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<v Speaker 1>Fluid fluent dorg.

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome to Fluent Fiction Catalan, the podcast where we bring

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<v Speaker 2>Discover how trust and adaptability can transform a high stakes

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<v Speaker 1>Alsold verrievas Barcelona, Alin trior de luficina, Ura, parun da, vidra,

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<v Speaker 1>m vistas, alskina, lambien er intense, la nuria, say al

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<v Speaker 1>sildaspatch a'm la sibus mansfrethers tutpansana la presents keatada, la seva,

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<v Speaker 1>ultim valuasio na bia nadbe yara asitabada, mustraka real men puddilla,

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<v Speaker 1>puta da vanal projecta, a begxit a, numezuns, passus da distancia,

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<v Speaker 1>lurioal travaaba and al descend vizualda la presentacio creative e,

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<v Speaker 1>m bidees frescas ebayla proposta, duna manera, maldi ferend de

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<v Speaker 1>la nuria, al al travanda, dalla sala angngiordi linternambizios astaba

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<v Speaker 1>in mers and solutionna um problema technique a balsoftware, caut

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<v Speaker 1>lid zaven nuriya baddi, luriol al san lave, brunzid kunstan

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<v Speaker 1>da luficina no creos kauriam defesser b una paletta the

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<v Speaker 1>culos mesa travida aputtaria mesbida a la presentacio lanuria bassuspira

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<v Speaker 1>amsembela kauriamd mantanirnus and l liniakurpura al klien is more

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<v Speaker 1>traditional asakunai with then entrees mentradiscutistatas lanurias and tia la

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<v Speaker 1>prasio prosavilla caaba kufia and las cumpatensias duriol is jordi

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<v Speaker 1>alcabdavai un bonakip sempre is mes calasuma d la sevas

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<v Speaker 1>pas mirell baddi draspiran prufunda men kumfiou and busltras uriol

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<v Speaker 1>al discend keda alas tevas mans surprenma jordi kumfiu and

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<v Speaker 1>kela al problemma and balsoftware akea tada a la sala

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<v Speaker 1>dar onions tota stabalest or shosa lava finska amids de

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<v Speaker 1>la presentacio al software bafaa al seu scores as van

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<v Speaker 1>paraun women lanuria centin al mondes mu runasa baraspirap fundamen

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<v Speaker 1>savilla canopudiya fayara passen im pravistus o parasha stema kiper parladi,

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<v Speaker 1>dectamen and busaltras bay improvisa, mirandi, rectamen, al cleen and bunsumbruda, tranquil,

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<v Speaker 1>the shell macausakspliky al call nostra, kip us, potufari la unio, bapu,

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<v Speaker 1>sahi am lanuria, par la u vertamen, several a svasids a,

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<v Speaker 1>profitan la sin saritad d linstan a PoCA park banuta,

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<v Speaker 1>call al cleen, cintera, sabames alfinald la rauneo, al cleien

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<v Speaker 1>asba mustra imprasnad palceo and fukamen authentic unites astariya man

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<v Speaker 1>cantats the trabaya am buzaltras, baddi, mentral cleen, sutiya, lanuria, vasumbura,

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<v Speaker 1>sentin samesra a villa press una coosa in putin an akellauficina,

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<v Speaker 1>muderna ambalpanuramada Barcelona, alcildareda, ban tindre la in portensia de

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<v Speaker 1>la cunfienza ila flexivilitat avilla, presa kunfia and alsilla quip

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<v Speaker 1>is sobratut a ela matsha.

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<v Speaker 5>Let's take another listen, listen closely to any parts you

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<v Speaker 5>may have missed.

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<v Speaker 1>Alsold levern Brieva suau men sobra la suta de Barsalona.

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<v Speaker 5>The winter sun shone softly over the city of Barcelona.

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<v Speaker 1>Alinterior de luficina ura parun da vidra ambistas alscina lambien

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<v Speaker 1>era intense.

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<v Speaker 5>Inside the glass wrapped office with views of the skyline,

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<v Speaker 5>the atmosphere was intense.

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<v Speaker 1>Lauria Seya al Silda's patch am, la Seva's mansfreds tutpansan

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<v Speaker 1>and la present a sioux crucial da Kella Tarda.

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<v Speaker 5>Nuria sat in her office with her cold hands, thinking

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<v Speaker 5>about the crucial presentation that afternoon.

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<v Speaker 1>La se va ultima vlua sieur noa billa nad bee yara,

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<v Speaker 1>nasa sitabad mustra caa real men purdilla, purtin davan al

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<v Speaker 5>Her last evaluation hadn't gone well, and now she needed

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<v Speaker 5>to prove that she could successfully lead the project.

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<v Speaker 1>A numezun spassus da di stancia, luri altra vaalaba and

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<v Speaker 1>al de senvizol da la present a.

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<v Speaker 5>Sieux just a few steps away Uriol was working on

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<v Speaker 5>the visual design of the presentation.

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<v Speaker 1>Creatiu iambides frescas eve ye la pruposta duna manera moldi farenda.

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<v Speaker 5>La Nuria creative and with fresh ideas. He viewed the

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<v Speaker 5>proposal very differently from Nuria al.

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<v Speaker 1>Al travanda la la salla an giorgi linterne n ambisius

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<v Speaker 1>astavamers and sulusuna umpublem technique am balsofuark tiidzeven.

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<v Speaker 5>On the other side of the room, Jurdi, the ambitious,

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<v Speaker 5>in turn, was engrossed in solving a technical issue with

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<v Speaker 5>the software they were using.

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<v Speaker 1>Nuria badi luriol al sin la vel parsovra dal brunzid

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<v Speaker 1>kunstan da.

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<v Speaker 5>Luficina Nuria, Riol said, raising his voice over the constant

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<v Speaker 5>hum of the office.

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<v Speaker 1>No creus kouriam the fiservi una paletta, the culos mesa

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<v Speaker 1>travida aputia messbida a la present a sieux.

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<v Speaker 5>Don't you think we should use a boulder color palette.

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<v Speaker 5>It would bring more life to the presentation. La nuria

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<v Speaker 5>vasuspira Nuria sighed.

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<v Speaker 1>Amsembla couriem d mantanir nus and Lalinia, Kurpura tiba al

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<v Speaker 1>tien is moltre di siunal.

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<v Speaker 5>I think we should stick to the corporate line. The

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<v Speaker 5>client is very traditional.

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<v Speaker 1>Asbacria, Una Dencio, bedin in trees, mintre discutiennal tales.

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<v Speaker 5>An evident tension arose between them as they discussed the details.

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<v Speaker 1>La Nuria sentia la Brasio pros saville Caumfia and las

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<v Speaker 1>cumpa Densias uriol Is Jordi.

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<v Speaker 5>Nuria felt the pressure, but she knew she needed to

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<v Speaker 5>trust in the competencies of Uriol and Jordi.

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<v Speaker 1>Alcabda vai un bona quip simpre is miss calasuma the

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<v Speaker 1>la sevaspas.

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<v Speaker 5>After all, a good team is always more than the

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<v Speaker 5>sum of its parts.

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<v Speaker 1>Mireo badi raspiren prufund min kumfiu and bursaltres.

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<v Speaker 5>Look, she said, breathing deeply.

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<v Speaker 1>I trust you, Uriol, al di sen keeda a la

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<v Speaker 1>stevas mans surprenma urriol.

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<v Speaker 5>The design is in your hands, surprised me.

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<v Speaker 1>Jordi kumfio and que pugis la al prulema am balsoffware.

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<v Speaker 5>Giordi, I trust you to fix the issue with the software.

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<v Speaker 1>Akea tarda a la sa la darraunions totas tavalest o

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<v Speaker 1>chossam lava finska amiza la presentasiu alsaffa.

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<v Speaker 5>That afternoon in the meeting room, everything was ready, or

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<v Speaker 5>so it seemed, until in the middle of the presentation

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<v Speaker 5>the software failed.

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<v Speaker 1>Alcius course asban paraunmu minh.

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<v Speaker 5>Their hearts stopped for a moment.

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<v Speaker 1>La nouria sentin al mondas muru narsa baraspira prufunda.

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<v Speaker 5>Minh Nuria, feeling the world crumbled, took a deep breath.

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<v Speaker 1>Savilla canopudilla fallara.

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<v Speaker 5>She knew she couldn't fail now.

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<v Speaker 1>Basen impravistus i parashure ste maqui par parla de re

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<v Speaker 1>tamen am buz altras bai impruvisa miran di ret tamen

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<v Speaker 1>al klien am bun sumbria.

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<v Speaker 5>Tranquil Unexpected things happen, right, That's why we're here to

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<v Speaker 5>speak directly with you, she improvised, looking directly at the

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<v Speaker 5>client with a calm smile.

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<v Speaker 1>De shel makuzakspliky al call nostra quip us potu.

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<v Speaker 5>Fari Let me explain what our team can offer you.

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<v Speaker 1>La runo ba prushi am la nuria parla nuvertamen sobra

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<v Speaker 1>la sevasides ia prufitan la sincerite de linsten.

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<v Speaker 5>The meeting continued, with Nuria speaking openly about her ideas

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<v Speaker 5>and taking advantage of the sincerity of the moment a.

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<v Speaker 1>Boca bac banuta co maltien sinterrasavames.

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<v Speaker 5>Gradually, she noticed the client becoming more interested.

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<v Speaker 1>Alfinel de la rauneo al kien asba mustra imprasunat palseu

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<v Speaker 1>amfu kamen authentic eunis.

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<v Speaker 5>At the end of the meeting, the client seemed impressed

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<v Speaker 5>by her authentic and honest approach.

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<v Speaker 1>Asteria man Cantat's the trava ambuzaltras badi.

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<v Speaker 5>We would be delighted to work with you, they said.

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<v Speaker 1>Mintral tien surltiya, la nuria vasumbria centin Samesia.

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<v Speaker 5>As the client exited, Nura smiled, feeling lighter.

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<v Speaker 1>Avilla pres una carza.

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<v Speaker 5>I purtain she had learned something important.

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<v Speaker 1>Anakya ficina muderna ambalpaurama da barsalona al silda ban tindre

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<v Speaker 1>la in portensia la la gunfienza i la flexivi.

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<v Speaker 5>In that modern office, with the view of Barcelona behind her,

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<v Speaker 5>she understood the importance of trust and flexibility.

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<v Speaker 1>Avilla preza, gunfia al sakip is anela madesha.

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<v Speaker 5>She had learned to trust her team and above all, herself.

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<v Speaker 3>Today's vocabulary words are coming up right after this commercial break.

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<v Speaker 3>Here are today's vocabulary words, first in Catalan, then in English.

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<v Speaker 1>Ibn ibn ibn. The winter alsklina, alskilina, alsklina, The skyline lambien, lambian.

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<v Speaker 1>The atmosphere La la luisio, la la lucio, la la luisio,

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<v Speaker 1>the evaluation, la proposta, la proposta, la preoposta, the proposal, latincio, latincio,

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<v Speaker 1>lat encu, The tension la brasio, la brasio, la brescio,

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<v Speaker 1>the pressure, Las competentious, las compatentius, las combat ensius, the

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<v Speaker 1>competencies all software, all software, al software, the software al problemma,

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<v Speaker 1>al problema, al problemma, the issue, al brunsit, albrunsit, al

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<v Speaker 1>bruns it. The hum La paletta, the culos, la paletta,

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<v Speaker 1>the culos, la paletta, the culos, the color palette, alte

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<v Speaker 1>in altree, in al three in the client Al descen al,

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<v Speaker 1>descen al, disseng the design, Latar da latar da latarda,

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<v Speaker 1>The afternoon, Las la Darnians, Las la Darnians, las la

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<v Speaker 1>da Raunions, The meeting room, alcor alcre alcor the Heart,

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<v Speaker 1>las in Seritat, las in seritat, lass in seritat, The sincerity,

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<v Speaker 1>Linstan Linstan Linstan The moment, Lamfu, Come in, Lamfu, Come in, Lamfu,

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<v Speaker 1>Come in.

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<v Speaker 5>The approach La keep La keep La keep, The team.

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<v Speaker 1>La counfienza, lacunfienza, La counfianza. The trust, Love, flexibilitat, love, flexibility, love, flexibilitat,

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<v Speaker 1>the flexibility. I'll al panorama, alba Urama, the view, less you,

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<v Speaker 1>that less you, that less you, that the city, less months,

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<v Speaker 1>less months, less months, The hands, Lintern, Lintern, Lintern.

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<v Speaker 5>The in turn, Luzzy, Theirs, Luzzy, theirs, Lussy their the idea, als,

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<v Speaker 5>als is, als, the details.

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<v Speaker 1>Laff a leather, laff a leather, lafa leather.

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<v Speaker 5>The failure.

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