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Together, we can keep the world's stories flowing. 24 00:01:42,879 --> 00:02:00,120 Speaker 5: Snijadli leekobi nam kitsivi yola nastaatrazivivs do in fact that 25 00:02:00,359 --> 00:02:10,159 belanadovni ustupo, nectaria, petra post mista pos de la lana, 26 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:20,039 holistic prido givne petraces mala apology laruku nai ramno du 27 00:02:20,159 --> 00:02:28,560 viu processo, marek is quieri provo v sod la marek 28 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:46,800 vrajo pristop proskov zeptel skidn yejolas baba pomalii jolana prikivla 29 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:59,360 a vnit zusta vlaskeptis car petrasavar bestsni avnit blame milastra 30 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:07,520 os vez s dravi advatolan starosti, les bill magitski v 31 00:03:07,719 --> 00:03:14,520 shini borovitz bel is a critter afpanoijo scoopin arao ash 32 00:03:14,599 --> 00:03:19,800 do razella na misto or chenek meditazzi, marek, pology, nazem 33 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:32,360 apos vali, zavrete ochi reclam nasloeter lessui te java poenospirro 34 00:03:32,479 --> 00:03:41,360 do jolan azarella ochi igrish stavalla alepo still a clitteri 35 00:03:41,599 --> 00:03:48,639 is a still nayedno posla sovieteplo uvi doo melasi gemui 36 00:03:48,759 --> 00:04:04,000 primoeno abdravela, yeah name prestalba oramui petraved lenis lubocade laevreaolana 37 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:11,919 mam takistra, yeah lasbil so vaslich telni jolan a, pore 38 00:04:12,120 --> 00:04:22,800 la petrosim pots a, zayem o, sma lasse spoleno veer 39 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:33,120 pomditae yo lana lainaki a nadiedo, buzna less nim kldo, 40 00:04:33,199 --> 00:04:45,199 nava terotolic potrebovala a petra now childlensviktostimprinest o, levo, masopost 41 00:04:45,279 --> 00:04:51,399 sebil a proolana utbil and svartex mascam atansem ale simbol 42 00:04:51,519 --> 00:04:59,959 novechatko ustraisne nejo sam see as. 43 00:05:03,319 --> 00:05:06,399 Speaker 3: Let's take another listen. Listen closely to any parts you 44 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:07,120 may have missed. 45 00:05:07,759 --> 00:05:15,360 Speaker 5: Snijadlsquil ya kobirai's nam kitizat. 46 00:05:17,199 --> 00:05:19,519 Speaker 3: The snow fell thickly on the boviski rests like a 47 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:22,480 white blanket, silencing signs of civilization. 48 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:28,560 Speaker 5: Yola nastalla pretato helamrasivivs do. 49 00:05:30,439 --> 00:05:33,279 Speaker 3: Elana stood in front of the cabin, breathing the frosty 50 00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:42,040 air deeply. In fact, a few months ago, Jolena had 51 00:05:42,079 --> 00:05:42,680 a heart attack. 52 00:05:46,360 --> 00:05:50,519 Speaker 5: Nakteri prit Petra. 53 00:05:51,839 --> 00:05:54,199 Speaker 3: Now she was on a spiritual retreat that her friend 54 00:05:54,279 --> 00:05:56,279 Pekra had convinced her to join. 55 00:05:56,720 --> 00:06:01,240 Speaker 5: Posat ne semi stas de Claciolana. 56 00:06:02,879 --> 00:06:04,759 Speaker 3: I'm still not sure, sighed Jonna. 57 00:06:05,279 --> 00:06:07,720 Speaker 5: Holisticke me dipsi do. 58 00:06:07,959 --> 00:06:11,959 Speaker 3: Givna holistic methods seems strange to me. 59 00:06:12,639 --> 00:06:17,079 Speaker 5: Petrase umla apoloucu nairramno. 60 00:06:18,759 --> 00:06:21,079 Speaker 3: Petra smiled and placed a hand on her shoulder. 61 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:24,160 Speaker 1: Du viu prucessu. 62 00:06:25,040 --> 00:06:31,120 Speaker 3: Trust the process. Mare kis kwirri pro vutze. Marek is 63 00:06:31,160 --> 00:06:36,720 an excellent guide the sodie la. He knows what he's doing. 64 00:06:37,439 --> 00:06:45,040 Speaker 5: Marek viski mu svraska mimiju pisto pliname. 65 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:48,560 Speaker 3: Marek. A tall man with laugh lines approached the women. 66 00:06:49,199 --> 00:06:57,000 Projascuvlese ready for a walk in the forest. Zeptl see, 67 00:06:58,560 --> 00:06:59,639 he asked, calmly. 68 00:07:00,439 --> 00:07:04,959 Speaker 5: Las briekoa po maliki. 69 00:07:06,759 --> 00:07:08,959 Speaker 3: His voice was like music, slow and soothing. 70 00:07:09,639 --> 00:07:15,000 Speaker 5: Yolan a prikivra a le uvnitzustava la sceptitzka. 71 00:07:16,759 --> 00:07:19,480 Speaker 3: Yolena nodded, but inside she remained skeptical. 72 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:28,319 Speaker 1: Tetrassn bestarostne a le vnit VLAs me. 73 00:07:29,959 --> 00:07:33,360 Speaker 3: Petra tried to appear carefree, but inside she was battling 74 00:07:33,439 --> 00:07:34,160 her own fears. 75 00:07:34,920 --> 00:07:41,319 Speaker 5: Nilastrezdravi ale nedava tiola estarosti. 76 00:07:42,959 --> 00:07:45,120 Speaker 3: She was worried about her health, but didn't want to 77 00:07:45,160 --> 00:07:46,439 add to yours concerns. 78 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:53,519 Speaker 5: Les bil magitski. The forest was magical v shini borovitz 79 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:56,800 biri zakrit afshudepanovo. 80 00:07:58,480 --> 00:08:02,040 Speaker 3: The heights of the pines were shrouded and silence prevailed everywhere. 81 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:08,879 Speaker 5: Scoopina cracea po malo ash do razila namisto urcenek meditatzi. 82 00:08:10,480 --> 00:08:14,040 Speaker 3: The group walked slowly until they reached a designated meditation spot. 83 00:08:14,759 --> 00:08:19,120 Speaker 5: Marec pologil nazembeki a pos vaik poszeni. 84 00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:23,839 Speaker 3: Marek laid blankets on the ground and invited them to 85 00:08:23,879 --> 00:08:24,360 sit down. 86 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:28,800 Speaker 5: Zavrete ochi decliemne. 87 00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:31,240 Speaker 3: Close your eyes, he said gently. 88 00:08:31,879 --> 00:08:33,879 Speaker 1: Naso che te lesu. 89 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:35,960 Speaker 3: Listen to the forest. 90 00:08:36,720 --> 00:08:42,080 Speaker 5: Si quite ya kiva che kilo spuenospirirro. 91 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:44,919 Speaker 3: Do feel how your body is connected to nature. 92 00:08:45,559 --> 00:08:49,639 Speaker 5: Yola Nazaverera chi ignista. 93 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:54,960 Speaker 3: Levaala Urana closed her eyes, although she was still hesitant a. 94 00:08:55,039 --> 00:08:59,039 Speaker 5: Le postupni sipustilla clitteriza. 95 00:08:59,159 --> 00:09:03,799 Speaker 3: Still, but gradually she allowed the peace that overtook her. 96 00:09:04,480 --> 00:09:07,200 Speaker 5: Nayid no pozziti la soubieepro. 97 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:11,080 Speaker 3: Suddenly she felt warmth inside. 98 00:09:11,159 --> 00:09:16,960 Speaker 5: Uvi doo mela si gemusi primudzumieno abiz usdra vela. 99 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:20,759 Speaker 3: She realized she needed to embrace change. 100 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:26,440 Speaker 5: To heal ya strassnameh ho pres talbiromuici. 101 00:09:28,279 --> 00:09:30,840 Speaker 3: Her fear of the unknown ceased to be so overwhelming. 102 00:09:31,399 --> 00:09:34,320 Speaker 5: Petra ved le niss luboca. 103 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:37,679 Speaker 3: Nadegra Pegra, next to her, took a deep breath. 104 00:09:40,799 --> 00:09:41,519 Speaker 1: Nayolana. 105 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:45,000 Speaker 3: She opened her eyes and looked at Yolena. 106 00:09:45,559 --> 00:09:46,919 Speaker 1: Ma'm tachistrach. 107 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:52,759 Speaker 5: I'm scared too, ye helas beilstvasni. 108 00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:56,200 Speaker 3: Her voice was barely audible. 109 00:09:56,399 --> 00:09:58,480 Speaker 1: Yolana Pola Petrus. 110 00:10:01,480 --> 00:10:03,519 Speaker 3: Yolena looked at Pedra with understanding. 111 00:10:04,120 --> 00:10:16,320 Speaker 1: Posenovzayem usma lasse we support each other, she smiled, spolechno together, 112 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:16,960 we can do it. 113 00:10:17,679 --> 00:10:19,200 Speaker 5: Vecho meditati. 114 00:10:22,279 --> 00:10:25,480 Speaker 3: In the evening. After the meditation, they sat by the fire. 115 00:10:25,879 --> 00:10:32,320 Speaker 5: Yolan Na setiacchi apuna nadir do buzna. 116 00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:36,600 Speaker 3: Yolena felt different, more open and full of hope for 117 00:10:36,679 --> 00:10:37,159 the future. 118 00:10:37,799 --> 00:10:41,080 Speaker 5: VLEs nim kleiduna schla motevatzitero. 119 00:10:44,440 --> 00:10:47,480 Speaker 3: In the forest tranquility, she found the motivation she so 120 00:10:47,679 --> 00:10:50,159 desperately needed, a petra. 121 00:10:51,320 --> 00:10:57,960 Speaker 1: And pedra now chila seges sevistos ki muestuvo. 122 00:10:59,639 --> 00:11:02,039 Speaker 3: She learned that sharing her worries could bring relief. 123 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:13,240 Speaker 5: Masopost sel aprotobili and swatis moscami atansem al simbol noveo zachatko. 124 00:11:14,840 --> 00:11:18,240 Speaker 3: Masapust was approaching, and for Urina it was no longer 125 00:11:18,399 --> 00:11:21,120 just a festival with masks and dancing, but a symbol 126 00:11:21,159 --> 00:11:21,879 of a new beginning. 127 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:32,919 Speaker 5: Ustrai bohemisquejole sh ne sam sebe asvoposlenopsatelsti. 128 00:11:34,799 --> 00:11:37,919 Speaker 3: In the solitude of budaski rss both women found something 129 00:11:37,960 --> 00:11:41,080 irreplaceable themselves and their strengthened friendship. 130 00:11:46,919 --> 00:11:51,039 Speaker 2: Today's vocabulary words are coming up right after this commercial break. 131 00:11:52,080 --> 00:11:55,840 Here are today's vocabulary words, first in check, then in English. 132 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:11,399 Speaker 6: Pokrifka pokrifka poa blanket, tishi t tishi t tishi t 133 00:12:12,840 --> 00:12:18,200 silencing hatta hatta, hatta cabin. 134 00:12:18,320 --> 00:12:32,720 Speaker 5: Maraziv, maraziv, maraziv, frosty ulstopek, ustupek, retreat, dohovni, douhovni, douhovni, 135 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:40,279 spiritual pame love it, same love it, same love it, convinced, 136 00:12:40,759 --> 00:12:47,799 holistic Ski, holistic Ski, holist It's key, holistic, skeptics Ki, 137 00:12:48,879 --> 00:13:25,759 skeptic Sky, skeptics Ki, skeptical, Bestarosni, Bestarosni, Bestarosny, carefree, obave, obave, obave, fierce, Maggitzki, Magitzki, Magitzki, magical, zacriti, zacriti, zachriti, shrouded, panovat, panovat, banlovat, prevailed, orchene, orchene, orzene, designated, 138 00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:42,000 meditatse meditase, medit, meditation, decay, deci, deci, blankets, vahavi, vahavi, vahhavi, hesitant. 139 00:13:41,960 --> 00:13:56,360 Speaker 7: Ohramui, ohramui oramuici, overwhelming, ustrani, ustrani, ustraani, solitude, oliva, oliva, 140 00:13:56,759 --> 00:14:05,200 over relief, brighi see blee g t ble g t, approaching, 141 00:14:05,720 --> 00:14:19,679 svatik svatik svatik festivaln Nena tell me irreplaceable, Vrasky, who 142 00:14:20,799 --> 00:14:33,320 Vrasky who Vraskio, laughter lines, clit, clit, glit, tranquility, pree mode, sree, 143 00:14:33,399 --> 00:14:39,720 mothe see mold embrace, Slichy tell me, Slichy, tell me 144 00:14:40,159 --> 00:14:49,440 slichy tell me audible Motivase, motivase, motivadse motivation d n 145 00:14:49,519 --> 00:14:54,360 E d n E d l an e sharing. 146 00:15:00,559 --> 00:15:03,279 Speaker 2: We hope you've enjoyed this episode of Fluent Fiction Check. 147 00:15:04,200 --> 00:15:07,159 Our team works tirelessly to bring you high quality, engaging 148 00:15:07,279 --> 00:15:10,120 content that will help you to reach your goals, but 149 00:15:10,240 --> 00:15:13,639 we can't do it alone. 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