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Speaker 3: In this episode, we'll embark on a whimsical Valentine's Day

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adventure where humor, history, and heartwarming moments blend within the

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hallowed halls of a museum.

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Speaker 1: Lere sole di vere, preverly ut neetrodtrell, distesqu escalete, do dinosaur, it'sien,

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marchi vet, Pierre, marc ivoulet absolemon and pression claire ro Giorgi, churtook,

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Stella sat Valentin, Etienne, Sierra, serves, stampe, prefer meman, controlui, clerire, comment, Satila, Vecin, sourier, conference,

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saveatucill tiranosrris rex puve courier, rosierte, candepar claire, amuse o, Sali,

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sourci ramon, sabuel Etrassese and pression avoir dite, gentiman, memsieur,

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saveg gulcochos sonefou macxucuadou, small attette, ameus eyconsebia Etienne, stantative,

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maladrat de ferlan tereseson Etienne, jeocraquilgepargenni too, josette, course taking

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a marquevec and clandeills Etienne, no sole sa pademonte oh

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mesa tin lady nosour aved prime ramon ypuvevolet contivoulet sertain

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fe aver Pierre clertad'rrier don't tidiqi puvebatrolesajo macno desmond atael

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seize you piti on the pisier mark realiosi ajouta ibianto

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indirectly dinosaur fa the dimun work etienne ardipallion jovial fillen

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conestere verence college gion and declared a fette si dinosaur

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sid vonnu pu vevalsi we we invisily guante too Pierre

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remark the person peged' reprefor le visitor curiolle alongside the

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redha damisi etienne really is all adrold the situation common

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sire here veteux petetricagnusi pas and experiendinoso a pretu admi

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lanfin lejou and perouge mello sourier to jour bia present

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ne giem rebionap andre davantage claire leadressa roder chalre and

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pet de refe ensembles sassret amison sugeratl avecan candre comprie

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etien santiss ratio female grill frai vernale icomprielor la sante

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lanier Retadian presidisont capre andretron expat marc vuyen solavec pleasi

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sud quatien avevremon resi ageni lut de Claire Memeson to

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connetrol dinos pesetanci and tourredo vestige da mondoncience lad suner

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de vere katien ave finande more sison paris in jeanne

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tarfette point Saint Valentino musi.

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Speaker 3: Let's take another lesson. Listen closely to any part you

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may have messed.

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Speaker 1: Lereung des sole di vere slice at raveri old fernetrodgo

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GUIs dito neturrelle.

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Speaker 3: The rays of the winter sun slipped through the tall

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windows of the great hall of the mouse distoir, not

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to hell.

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Speaker 1: De zon broduce lancetes caescullet de dinoso.

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Speaker 3: Soft shadows danced on the gigantic dinosaur skeletons.

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Speaker 1: Etiennarcher vecquier renac.

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Speaker 3: Con Etienne walked with Claire and Mark among these giants

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of the.

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Speaker 1: Past, im and presci surtou s Valentin.

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Speaker 3: He absolutely wanted to impress Claire today, especially since it

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was Valentine's day.

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Speaker 1: Etien sira sa ves stampe prefermement con.

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Speaker 3: Etienne pulled his coat a bit more tightly against himself.

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Speaker 1: Pierre comn ser till ve Can surier con sevetu tira

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nosos rex uve.

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Speaker 3: Courier Claire, he began with a confident smile. Did you

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know that the tyran his rects could run as fast

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as a cheetah?

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Speaker 1: Claire amusi uselli sourci.

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Speaker 3: Claire amused, raised her eyebrows.

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Speaker 1: Ramon, really, Cristion a voi.

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Speaker 3: That must be quite impressive to see.

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Speaker 1: Dite.

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Speaker 3: Mamsieur sonfu, she said kindly, even though she knew something

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sounded off.

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Speaker 1: Mac su coue dulette Amusi.

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Speaker 3: Marc gently shook his head. Amused e.

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Speaker 1: Maladrote de fer lan Terson.

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Speaker 3: He knew it, Tienne well, and his awkward attempts to

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be interesting.

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Speaker 1: Etienne en joset course, take you mave can.

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Speaker 3: Echien. I think the cheetas always win that race, teased

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Mark with a wink. Pitieni etien wasn't discouraged bo Meser. Oh,

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but wait le di nozo ve di pume dinosaurs had

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feathers rement con truly they could fly whenever they wanted

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setan fever. It's a proven fact.

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Speaker 1: Pierre quiet de.

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Speaker 3: Claire burst into laughter.

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Speaker 1: Don't tidqive.

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Speaker 3: So you're saying they could outly airplanes?

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Speaker 1: Now, de mondet tel seize you pitien de pisier.

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Speaker 3: She asked, her eyes sparkling with delight.

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Speaker 1: Marc Rien lu si anjuta ibiento udi ra could noosour

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faesdi munoo.

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Speaker 3: Marc also laughing, ad it and soon he'll tell us

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that the dinosaurs did the moon walk.

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Speaker 1: Etienne a dipa l viel fienneste verence quelle gill e

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di claira en fete si dinosauri devon upu ve versi.

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Speaker 2: A.

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Speaker 3: Tienne, emboldened by the jovial atmosphere, made a grand gesture

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towards a giant skeleton and declared, in fact, these dinosaurs

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here before us could waltz we.

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Speaker 1: We invisily gontitoo.

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Speaker 3: Yes, yes, and elegant waltz and all.

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Speaker 1: Pierre re Marc ne pier sin pec de ri prifot.

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Speaker 3: Claire and Marc couldn't help but laugh harder.

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Speaker 1: Le visiter curilla lancee de re missi.

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Speaker 3: Curious visitors cast amused glances at them.

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Speaker 1: Etienne realizon la dron de situec come on sin riere vetu.

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Speaker 3: Etienne, realizing the funny situation, began to laugh along with them.

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Speaker 1: The tetre cougenuci para experendinoso a pretu adnil li jou

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and peeruge melu surier tu jo bien prison.

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Speaker 3: Maybe I'm not a dinosaur expert after all. He finally admitted,

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his cheeks a bit red, but his smile still very

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much present.

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Speaker 1: Le gienre biena pondre davantage.

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Speaker 3: But I'd love to learn more.

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Speaker 1: Pierre vie dre sa Rederchell.

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Speaker 3: Claire gave him a warm look.

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Speaker 1: Perche direfe ensan.

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Speaker 3: We could look for real facts together, ceesretamison. That would

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be fun sgiretel a ve can condei compris. She suggested

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the wink.

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Speaker 1: Etien santiss recio fe mae grill froy vernal.

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Speaker 3: Echien felt his heart warm despite the winter cold.

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Speaker 1: Ye compreel cela sante di presidisonni spere.

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Speaker 3: He then understood that sincerity and good humor were far

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more charming than pretending to be an expert.

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Speaker 1: Marc voyen sola vic peisi sudi quitien vev remreier genill

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le care de claire meme.

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Speaker 3: Son Mark, seeing this with pleasure, thought that a Chien

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had really managed to win Claire as heart, even without

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knowing everything about dinosaurs.

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Speaker 1: Piceten si nturi de vestige, da mondla duers di vere

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qutien ave Finane more Sson Paris, and so.

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Speaker 3: It was surrounded by remnants of an ancient world under

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the gentle winter light, that Etienne finally achieved his goal.

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Speaker 1: In Jeannetta Fette saint Vlento music.

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Speaker 3: A perfect day for a Valentine's Day at the museum.

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Speaker 2: Today's vocabulary words are coming up right after this commercial break.

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Here are today's vocabulary words, first in French, then in English.

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Speaker 1: Lerion, lerion, lereeju, the rays, blul blueull, lull, the hall, lisom, lissom, lissom,

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the shadows, lescalate, lescalate, liskellt, the skeletons, licien, ligion, lu chier,

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the levest, levest, levest, the coat, courier, courier, courier, to run,

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lesur selesur si lesur si, the eyebrows, le course, le course,

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le course, the race, mela, DROs, mela, drois, mela droi,

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awkward lipum, lepum, lepun, the feathers, bet On Voulon, bet

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On Voulon, bet On te out fly, leve leve yon,

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leve yu, the airplane, Le moon walk, Le moon walk,

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le moon walk, the moonwalk. They see, they see, they

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see towards Diligan, Iligan illigan ole again. Le visitae, le

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visiteur le visite, the visitor lickspere, lispere, li spere, the expert,

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le fe le fe le fe, the fact di cleete,

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du vier, icleeti, duurier eclette de vier to burst into laughter, blecuire, lecuer,

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le care, the heart, La sen cerriti, la sn cerriti,

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lai san cerriti, The sincerity, le bonie maer le bonie mare,

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la bonniemer, the humor, pretendre, pretendre, pretendre, to pretend, brescio fi,

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bricio fe brecio fi too warm, gen yi bien yi

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gen ye, to win, levistige, levistige, levis tig the remnants,

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le monde, LeMond, le monde, the world, lupissi, lupissi, le pissi,

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the pleasure, pracire, pray sire, pray si, to achieve.

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