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<v Speaker 1>Fluidl Dorg.

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<v Speaker 3>trepidation to triumph as she finds her strength and voice

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<v Speaker 3>in the heart of the tulip gardens, supported by friendship

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<v Speaker 5>In the lens al stetulpeblu andlzach over the Kirkehnhoff but

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<v Speaker 5>Rey de delil diploma adraking son an ev lopz Wacht

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<v Speaker 5>to the Klugetawner, the out vrom plonte and Bloomer for

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<v Speaker 5>rau tube, the kerkenoff is Harfa for riteplek onton spawner

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<v Speaker 5>von dach fought son as if after her spawner. The

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<v Speaker 5>mood sprayu attidens, the ceremony shaved her speech hoodvoberight whither

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<v Speaker 5>redakta unsprakeen from Harold public Mark tarzani Warter, the lobe lungs,

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<v Speaker 5>the roder Hailea and parstupe theevelsi idacht and her speech

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<v Speaker 5>opened euris and Renata her best friend jinhar lobe and

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<v Speaker 5>comaber hutte allas hood sona frat Joris knit aft heaved

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<v Speaker 5>sona too ig mark Masurga over the speech Renata himlacht

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<v Speaker 5>bermudherrant ye kuntt Sona the hlofn inye, the name and

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<v Speaker 5>hermine are and Roostpattus the bloomer, the whur is rustchavened

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<v Speaker 5>and the clearest strall of rolegit out medhun sterne fought

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<v Speaker 5>son as if calmer sobslaud her speech, nor ain't kiret

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<v Speaker 5>ufna a lain did care matten echte publick euris and

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<v Speaker 5>renata loust and doctor and haven her tips Adam deep

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<v Speaker 5>in and out zert renat as archiz for hat nitz

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<v Speaker 5>riemlach foot yours too. The rout dar breaked an the

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<v Speaker 5>town as e pracht foreseared for the ceremony had podium

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<v Speaker 5>is unringed door strauchis zon licht and blue in the

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<v Speaker 5>bloomer Sono stad up enlobed narratpodium her hund the trilling

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<v Speaker 5>and baker marce dente andoris and renata the stamform lochened

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<v Speaker 5>and knickened son of Berhinte spraker har stem harpard eve

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<v Speaker 5>mardame aunt MutS de ovan herfringde humblickerhaven harcraft the Adams

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<v Speaker 5>deep in and her paksif Bestefrinda and leirare berhnzo b

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<v Speaker 5>nieu van Darstan the year in their separtre retwn clare

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<v Speaker 5>for the new ostuk the ward the fluiiu supo son

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<v Speaker 5>Ha spraked over her lift for the nature over who

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<v Speaker 5>the tulp andhar eared have shron heights in in enfaut

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<v Speaker 5>and over the stone from her closer noted, and Frinde

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<v Speaker 5>the ingert Madame dun petarrin direct out her heart comes

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<v Speaker 5>the stilt and nahar last of a or the legged

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<v Speaker 5>ewer to dure Madame clinked and loud applause. Her closer noted,

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<v Speaker 5>springing up for nstandard ovazzi Sona strouled from freude and oplerting.

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<v Speaker 5>Now the ceremony lobed Sona metioris and renata door the

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<v Speaker 5>bluematine equizzt that she had come certioristrats yeah renat hapt

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<v Speaker 5>on ola mar ragged matiere order son a lacht her

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<v Speaker 5>angst for spraker is four hundred in self tower the

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<v Speaker 5>kerkenhoff met sam portre blumer and stone from Frinde haave

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<v Speaker 5>tied the moutricheved is zunodht seveik knew that her stem

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<v Speaker 5>and her boats.

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<v Speaker 3>Hoop are to doom let's take another listen. Listen closely

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<v Speaker 3>to any part you may have missed in.

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<v Speaker 5>The lens als the Tullpeblui and the znzachis haint over

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<v Speaker 5>the Kirkenhoff by the de leib the diploma out raking.

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<v Speaker 3>In the spring, when the tulips are blooming and the

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<v Speaker 3>sun softly shines over the Kirchhenhoff, the students prepare for graduation.

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<v Speaker 5>Son an afel embda samiliering lobed Zeniewacht to the Klureka.

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<v Speaker 3>Town san a diligent and thoughtful student walks nervously through

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<v Speaker 3>the colorful gardens.

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<v Speaker 5>Shout from plante and bloomer furraltube.

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<v Speaker 3>She loves plants and flowers, especially tulips.

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<v Speaker 5>The Kirkenhoff is her fa fur ritu bleck onton spoon.

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<v Speaker 3>The Kuchenhoff is her favorite place to relax.

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<v Speaker 5>Fondachful socht spone.

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<v Speaker 3>Today, however, sand fields ten.

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<v Speaker 5>Zummut spray at tidens the seremony.

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<v Speaker 3>She has to speak during the ceremony.

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<v Speaker 5>Saved her speech houtfurberit marda rudochhta and sprak for hte

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<v Speaker 5>publique mark tarze nuorte.

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<v Speaker 3>She has prepared her speech well, but the thought of

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<v Speaker 3>speaking in front of a large audience makes her nervous.

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<v Speaker 5>Zelob plungs the road de HeLa embarseetulbe te velsei irdacht

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<v Speaker 5>and her speech ufens.

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<v Speaker 3>She walks past the red, yellow and purple tulips, practicing

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<v Speaker 3>her speech in her mind.

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<v Speaker 5>URIs and renat her bestefrinde jinharlobe and coma bu hute.

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<v Speaker 3>Juris and Renata. Her best friends see her walking and

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<v Speaker 3>come to greet her.

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<v Speaker 5>Allahs hout son.

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<v Speaker 3>Everything okay, San.

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<v Speaker 5>Flatioris asks yours neet ert haaved Soma too, not.

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<v Speaker 3>Really, San admits ike.

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<v Speaker 5>Macmusour oh for this speech.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm worried about the speech, Renata himlacht bermudherrn Renauda smiles encouragingly.

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<v Speaker 3>You couldn't it, Son, You can do it, sand.

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<v Speaker 5>Rulofaniye, we believe in you. Sinname and her maid are

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<v Speaker 5>in rust battiss debloom.

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<v Speaker 3>They take her to a quiet path among the flowers.

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<v Speaker 5>De hour is rusteefen and the clur lustrala frodecate out.

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<v Speaker 3>The scent is soothing, and the colors radiate joy.

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<v Speaker 5>Meetun stern fulled so as if calmer.

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<v Speaker 3>With their support, Sanfiel's calmer.

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<v Speaker 5>So beslowed her speech, nor ain't kire to alain diet

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<v Speaker 5>kre metin echte pubrique.

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<v Speaker 3>She decides to practice her speech one more time, but

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<v Speaker 3>this time with a real audience.

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<v Speaker 5>URIs and Renata lous to andcht and hafn her tips.

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<v Speaker 3>Urus and Rnata listen attentively and give her tips, ad.

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<v Speaker 5>Them deep in and out zet Renata.

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<v Speaker 3>Zachis breathing deeply and out. Renata says softly.

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<v Speaker 5>For hate needs to him lah for yours.

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<v Speaker 3>Too, don't forget to smile, adds yours.

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<v Speaker 5>Duhou to da breaked am.

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<v Speaker 3>The big day arrives.

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<v Speaker 5>The town is em prachtre foreseared for the ceremony.

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<v Speaker 3>The gardens are beautifully decorated for the ceremony.

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<v Speaker 5>Hedpodium is umringd door strauchis zunlicht embley the bloom.

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<v Speaker 3>The stage is surrounded by streams of sunlight and blooming flowers.

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<v Speaker 5>Sun mustat up enloped naratpodium.

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<v Speaker 3>Sand stands up and walks to the podium.

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<v Speaker 5>Har hn the trillinenbiche marciedingt and euris.

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<v Speaker 3>Ernat Her hands tremble a little but she thinks of

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<v Speaker 3>URIs and Renata.

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<v Speaker 5>Siestam furam lachent and knakens.

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<v Speaker 3>There at the front, smiling and nodding.

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<v Speaker 5>Son n berhint to sprague.

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<v Speaker 3>Sam begins to speak her stem hapert.

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<v Speaker 5>Ev mardame ovanarfriend.

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<v Speaker 3>Her voice falters for a moment, but then she meets

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<v Speaker 3>the eyes of her friends hunblickheifn Harkat. Their gazes give

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<v Speaker 3>her strength to adams deep in and her Baktsi. She

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<v Speaker 3>takes a deep breath and regains her composure.

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<v Speaker 5>Bestefrin de elere the hinsop nu from dastwn the year

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<v Speaker 5>in despart return clar for a new olfstuk.

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<v Speaker 3>Dear friends and teachers, she begins again. Today we stand

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<v Speaker 3>here in this beautiful garden, ready for a new chapter.

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<v Speaker 5>Devoor de fluia new souple.

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<v Speaker 3>The words now flow smoothly.

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<v Speaker 5>Sun has breaked over arliftef the natur ov wu de

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<v Speaker 5>tulpenha her creer Tebushronheit is seen in ain fault and

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<v Speaker 5>offer the stone from her clause. Renaed and frind.

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<v Speaker 3>So speaks about her love for nature, about how the

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<v Speaker 3>tulips taught her to see beauty and simplicity, and about

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<v Speaker 3>the support of her classmates and friends.

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<v Speaker 5>She ain't meten don patelring diricht out her heart comes.

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<v Speaker 3>She ends with a heartfelt thank you.

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<v Speaker 5>Distill tonaar last of word elect awortdur mardame clinked aloud applause.

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<v Speaker 3>The silence after her final words seems to last forever,

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<v Speaker 3>but then loud applause erupts her.

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<v Speaker 5>Close re noted spring and opful and stann the opatsi.

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<v Speaker 3>Her classmates rise for a standing ovation.

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<v Speaker 5>Sun has strout from fleurge and opting.

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<v Speaker 3>Sand beams with joy and relief.

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<v Speaker 5>Na de sier Ramoni loped so Mediuris and renatador de

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<v Speaker 5>blue moutain.

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<v Speaker 3>After the ceremony, Sand walks with URIs and Renata through

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<v Speaker 3>the flower gardens.

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<v Speaker 5>Equist dat yet comb zertioris trots.

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<v Speaker 3>I knew you could do it, says URIs, proudly.

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<v Speaker 5>Jeahzert renat de heptols a la mar ract machievorde.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, says Renata, you touched us all with your words.

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<v Speaker 5>Son lacht.

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<v Speaker 3>Sand laughs.

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<v Speaker 5>Her angst for spreak is fur undered in zelftrao.

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<v Speaker 3>Her fear of speaking has transformed into confidence.

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<v Speaker 5>The gergnhoff met saint portrblum and sterne from frinde haf

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<v Speaker 5>tai de moutre hey fegis.

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<v Speaker 4>You know.

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<v Speaker 3>De Kuchenhoff, with its beautiful flowers and the support of friends,

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<v Speaker 3>has given her the courage she needed.

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<v Speaker 5>Seven delt, her stim and her boats hop are to doom.

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<v Speaker 3>She now knows that her voice and her message matter.

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

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<v Speaker 2>Here are today's vocabulary words, first in Dutch, then in English.

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<v Speaker 5>Ev ev ev, diligent, budur sam, budursam, bidur sam.

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<v Speaker 3>Thoughtful, zen.

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<v Speaker 5>Zen water, zane water, nervously, ceremony, ceremony, ceremony.

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<v Speaker 3>Ceremony, publique, publique, publique.

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<v Speaker 5>Audience responda risponne, responda tense, lustrevens, lustrened, lustrens, soothing, stralla, strallle, stralle.

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<v Speaker 3>Radiate, hair, bucked hair, pucked hair, bucked, composure, habre, harper, harper.

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<v Speaker 5>Fighter aplaus aplaus aplaus applause, o fatzi o fatzi o

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<v Speaker 5>fatzi ovation, stralla, strall, stralla, peam, oplichting, oplichting, oplichting, relief.

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<v Speaker 5>The hooter, the hooter, the hooter, greed, the muderran the Muderran.

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<v Speaker 3>The Muderran encouragingly, brilliant, bluiant, blulliant, blossoming Thriller, Triller, Triller, tremble, blaken, blaken, blaken.

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<v Speaker 1>Gaze, grt kroft, grot strength, Adam, Adam, Adam.

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<v Speaker 5>Breathe, clinking, clinking, clinking, erupt, rooster luster, rooster quiet, but

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<v Speaker 5>but but path rust Haven, sooth lust Haven, sooth lust Haven,

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<v Speaker 5>sooth sooth, fluyor flu ye fluj whoe strauchis straultius, strausius stream,

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<v Speaker 5>foresee it, foresee it, foresee it. Decorate zilftrau, zil fortrau, zilftraux, confidence, moot, moot, moot, courage.

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<v Speaker 2>We hope you've enjoyed this episode of Fluent Fiction Dutch.

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