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<v Speaker 3>In this episode, will follow Klaus as he transforms a

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<v Speaker 1>De vinta in Berlin is kite is kite klaus sits

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<v Speaker 1>off impendlatsugen rechtstadtzentrum, jeden morgen desebevik dizebezichte diezeben gedantan it

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<v Speaker 1>seats on a schil anger on denhides defense that the

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<v Speaker 1>istzuk sin beschlagen drausen c de faschneider washda anim for

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<v Speaker 1>bai klaus ist metafertzi seign job in bureau is siha

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<v Speaker 1>abba langwilich er schraped sign and taban yeden hug for

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<v Speaker 1>nain bisfinth manchmazenzi klausner upwaxlong nahatwas echtem the laugebraha and

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<v Speaker 1>zu krechtsen i'd the nastastadtsion angerzagtward engedannke blitz to sign

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<v Speaker 1>and kopfa was were when er ainva auschtegen verde an

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<v Speaker 1>anastatsion diannist kent einfa eimal at vasraskirn dead zu kat

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<v Speaker 1>klaus steed out before their gedankeva klomenist thas heads klopped

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<v Speaker 1>in bistom heights airshtygdaus kalteluf driftzen sicht, the barnferdvitera on

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<v Speaker 1>Klaus blaped off the bansdike stein Alice worked frammed abba

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<v Speaker 1>or halfragned di stazionist kleiner at avattat Speiglisa and pabenker

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<v Speaker 1>and e'n kiosk of their under inside their glaser zide

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<v Speaker 1>yemanten the imba kant foecomte eine fraumed rotem schalda's ist

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<v Speaker 1>Monica aina alte schulfreenden the hatzig khaumfa ended Klaus roofed

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<v Speaker 1>the ashdowned at the inn a kant, the comte ner

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<v Speaker 1>the lejeed as stein vames echtes lechen, the Omamanzich wasa

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<v Speaker 1>mastuhir fragged Monica klauslacht echporta einfer mal at vasnuez sizas

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<v Speaker 1>of anabank on plowden. Monica had sailed for Iram job

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<v Speaker 1>Inderstadt van Iram kleinen hunt Klaus hurd su on furtzig

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<v Speaker 1>Lebendi deeed side faget on si lachenfield, i'm end the

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<v Speaker 1>Taushenzi telephone, no man OUs monica, sagt less on snacht

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<v Speaker 1>vida jaafagain lessen it's klausch beta vida m suksids of

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<v Speaker 1>the Wegnerhauser filled as if ended their altag mark eintny

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<v Speaker 1>sign danked as a aby a khanjida side neueveg again

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<v Speaker 1>mademosnaden motaben austuschteigen der schnefeld vitter abby de kay de

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<v Speaker 1>de strd in nichtme zosia klaus had wermer m Hardzinger funten,

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<v Speaker 1>i'm kleiner schritt and s unba canta hartzenvetka ifnet elecht

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<v Speaker 1>is ostmfensta shout jah zvahen guta tag der anfang fon

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<v Speaker 1>et vasnayem.

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<v Speaker 3>Let's take another listen. Listen closely to any parts you

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<v Speaker 3>may have missed.

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<v Speaker 1>Der Vinta in Berlin is kite.

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<v Speaker 3>The winter in Berlin is cold, ice, kite ice cold.

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<v Speaker 1>Klaus sits of the impend la sug in rechtom stat sentrom.

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<v Speaker 3>Klaus sits on the commuter train heading toward the city center.

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<v Speaker 1>Jeden morgendsel bevig dizden ghezichte diezden gedantan.

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<v Speaker 3>Every morning, the same route, the same faces, the same thoughts.

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<v Speaker 1>It's siitzen and schail enger om din heiz.

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<v Speaker 3>He pulls his scarf tighter around his neck.

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<v Speaker 1>Defense that is zuk sind peschlagen.

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<v Speaker 3>The train windows are fogged up drausan c.

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<v Speaker 1>T faschneid to fostat anim.

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<v Speaker 3>Fobai outside the snow covered suburbs pass by him.

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<v Speaker 1>Klaus is mete frtzich.

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<v Speaker 3>Klaus is in his mid forties.

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<v Speaker 1>Zeenjob mburou is sicha abba Langwilich.

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<v Speaker 3>His office job is secure but boring.

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<v Speaker 1>Eschreibzan and tabin.

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<v Speaker 3>He writes numbers into spreadsheets.

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<v Speaker 1>Jeden tag for nine bisfunf.

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<v Speaker 3>Every day from nine to five.

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<v Speaker 1>Manch marzen sich klausnach apvekslon nah etwas echtem.

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<v Speaker 3>Sometimes Klaus longs for something different, something real.

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<v Speaker 1>The lauch precher msu krechtzen ads dinees destat sun angazaktat.

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<v Speaker 3>The loud speakers on the train crackle as the next

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<v Speaker 3>station is announced.

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<v Speaker 1>An gaedanka, blitz toussen and kopf.

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<v Speaker 3>A thought flashes through his mind.

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<v Speaker 1>Vas vere vener einfa auschtegenverde. What if he simply got

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<v Speaker 1>off an an ashtatzion darnich.

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<v Speaker 3>Kent at a station he doesn't know ein pha.

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<v Speaker 1>Ein mal et vas reskirn.

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<v Speaker 3>Just take a risk for once detsu kate. The train stops.

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<v Speaker 1>Klauschtet alf before de gadanka fer Klomenist.

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<v Speaker 3>Klaus stands up before the thought fades.

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<v Speaker 1>DEAs hats klopped visto heights.

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<v Speaker 3>His heart is pounding in his chest, er stiched OUs.

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<v Speaker 1>He gets off kaelteluftriftzengezicht.

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<v Speaker 3>Cold air hits his face.

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<v Speaker 1>The ban fiertwetter on klauslipped off the imban steik Steen.

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<v Speaker 3>The train moves on and Klaus remains standing on the platform.

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<v Speaker 1>Alice wktrempt ava or Alfreigt.

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<v Speaker 3>Everything seems strange but also exciting.

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<v Speaker 1>Distazion Ist Kleiner at avatt.

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<v Speaker 3>The station is smaller than expected.

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<v Speaker 1>Spy glaiser i'm pabenker ont ein kiosk.

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<v Speaker 3>Two tracks, a few benches and a kiosk.

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<v Speaker 1>Of derander and sete de gleiser ze yemanten de imbacante focomte.

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<v Speaker 3>On the other side of the tracks, he sees someone

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<v Speaker 3>who looks familiar.

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<v Speaker 1>Einer fraumedrotem Schel, a woman with a red scarf. Des

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<v Speaker 1>is Monica. That is Monica Aina al de schulfreud In,

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<v Speaker 1>an old school friend zi hatzi kampha ended.

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<v Speaker 3>She has hardly changed.

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<v Speaker 1>Klaus Klaus rufzi ershed down at see in a kint.

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<v Speaker 3>She calls out in surprise when she recognizes.

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<v Speaker 1>Him, the komt neer zie Lechet.

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<v Speaker 3>She comes closer.

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<v Speaker 1>She smiles, as is Anne vamos echtes Lechen.

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<v Speaker 3>It's a warm, genuine smile.

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<v Speaker 1>The omamanzich they hud vas maastu here.

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<v Speaker 3>What are you doing here?

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<v Speaker 1>Frakt Monica asks Monica Klaus slacht. Klaus laughs ich parta

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<v Speaker 1>ain fa mal et vasnai is.

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<v Speaker 3>I just needed something new?

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<v Speaker 1>The z of Anna bank on Plowden.

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<v Speaker 3>They sit on a bench and chat.

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<v Speaker 1>Monica at said van Iram job Inderstadt van Iram kleinen Hunt.

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<v Speaker 3>Monica talks about her job in the city, about her

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<v Speaker 3>little dog.

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<v Speaker 1>Klaus hurtsu on furzichle Bendich.

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<v Speaker 3>Klaus listens and feels alive.

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<v Speaker 1>Deed, said fergit Onzi lahn.

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<v Speaker 3>Feel time passes and they laugh a lot.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm end at taoshnzi telephone no manaus.

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<v Speaker 3>In the end they exchange phone numbers.

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<v Speaker 1>Monica's act lets on snide ya feggin lessen.

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<v Speaker 3>Monica says, let's not let years pass by again.

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<v Speaker 1>It's Klaus speta vide imsuk sis of dim weeknahauser futezifer

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<v Speaker 1>end at.

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<v Speaker 3>Later, when Klaus is sitting on the train again on

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<v Speaker 3>his way home, he feels changed.

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<v Speaker 1>Dear alitak mark, i'm too anich sign thinked ezich avia

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<v Speaker 1>ekhanyider said nouevig again.

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<v Speaker 3>The everyday life may be monotonous, he thinks to himself,

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<v Speaker 3>but he can take new pads at any time.

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<v Speaker 1>Manmosn mota aust susteigen.

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<v Speaker 3>You just have to have the courage to get off.

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<v Speaker 1>Der schneefertwta aberd k de stutzzia.

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<v Speaker 3>The snow continues to fall, but the cold doesn't bother

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<v Speaker 3>him as much anymore.

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<v Speaker 1>Klaus hatwama imhatzengefunten.

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<v Speaker 3>Klaus has found warmth in his heart and.

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<v Speaker 1>Kleiner Schritten's unba canta hatzenevetka ifnet.

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<v Speaker 3>A small step into the unknown has opened his world.

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<v Speaker 1>Elechit a ostimfensta shout.

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<v Speaker 3>He smiles as he looks out the window. Yeah is far,

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<v Speaker 3>I'm good attack, Yes, it was a good day. There

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<v Speaker 3>anfang fan at first naim the beginning of something new.

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<v Speaker 4>Today's vocabulary words are coming up right after this commercial break.

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<v Speaker 4>Here are today's vocabulary words, first in German, then in English.

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<v Speaker 1>The appendlett suk de appendlett zuk de appendlet suk, commuter train,

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<v Speaker 1>dear shall, dear shall, dear shall, scarf di tabella, di tabele,

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<v Speaker 1>d tabele spreadsheet, delauch prescia, delauch pressia, derlauch prescia, loud speaker,

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<v Speaker 1>dishtat sion, dishtatsion, dishtatzio station, their branch dike, their banchdke,

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<v Speaker 1>their banch dyke platform, first night, first night, fresh.

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<v Speaker 3>Night, snow covered.

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<v Speaker 1>Deforsh that deforsh, that def wash, that suburbs. I'm tunich

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<v Speaker 1>iron too niche I into nich monogness de gliser de gliser,

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<v Speaker 1>de gliser tracks their kiosk, their kiosk, their kiosk kiosk.

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<v Speaker 1>The bank, the bank, d bank bench, becht echt echt

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<v Speaker 1>genuine fair in that fair, in that fair in that changed,

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<v Speaker 1>the hea zi here zi here secure lang Wili Lang

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<v Speaker 1>Wiley Lang Viley boring. There's Risico. There's Risico does reasy

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<v Speaker 1>co risk bush Lagen, bush Lagen, bush Lagen, fucked up?

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<v Speaker 1>De Vermer, de vermer, de vermer warmth be, can't becan't be,

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<v Speaker 1>can't familiar the uber Rahm, the uber Rachm, the uber

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<v Speaker 1>Rason surprise their mood, their mood, they are mood courage.

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<v Speaker 1>There's Umbercanter. Do's Umbercanter? Does Umbercanter?

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<v Speaker 3>Unknown?

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<v Speaker 1>Their attack their a attack, their all attack routine. There's

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<v Speaker 1>Hats does hats does hats hard. They're unfun, They're unfund

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<v Speaker 1>they are unfun beginning. They're weak. De vik der vik

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<v Speaker 1>raut mite Feltzich mite, Filtzich, mite, filtzich mid forties klopfen, klopfen,

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<v Speaker 1>kloppen pound Taushen Taushian Taushen exchange.

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