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Speaker 1: Fluid fluent dorg.

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Speaker 3: In this episode, we'll unlock the secrets behind the mysterious

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morning envelopes that transform Alloy's routine life in a lively

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Parisian office.

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Speaker 1: Check metal ou bureau an email, plant de paris, eloa

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de couvreer, mysteri, envelia, eloi, tejon, fidela, s'arroutine mes secret,

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lere sole, pantaneer and trepai grand fenette animal atmosphere of

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the adriabe lejures, perce, shaques, matter a partison, novel, penigmatic, padantitassumed, expeditor, eloa,

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perplex scherer, rippons, the tet retest le for the super

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viser Lucia Lucia teta no mystery, to jo drapednisterre dolis, antons,

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chapatus an apremidi, panola post degene eloasaprocha de Marcelline, marcellin

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need in college, vive curious, avecan write along policy explical

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a situation, the immediate mortrigante, the moi arisud or so

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mister de mordailois, Marcelline accepta aveconentusiasm, the si there ensemble

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de dicu, RelA verite, shaques post de genie eloi and

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Marcellina alize les envelope amatin in sur prisatnde envelope contain message,

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cachis who found the puzzle, avecpasience Antisium Marcellini, Truva nandi

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in reference and socrebianard de la society langouie the Thai

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Eloa Saveki Levettagier in prising your real, Nigma son kerbate

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Partagi and trexitation villa pransion illela confront Elusia nonson buro

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and pre de linear Brantagnier, Lucia alrediarda Avecancuria enigmatic, don'travai

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eloi di tye memo, Lucia exprica lois envelop pete teste

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jeche do dii de conference pres de fi laroutine a

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dis couvri rea compandere to approveta valer elois de santieni

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illreal i zacqui la vellu courage de surtill de saison

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de comfort leete preen braci de nouveau de fi a

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sortiere de l'Ebre de la routine, lemistere de envelop la

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ve transfone irite fierre de son voges irederda parier trevera finette,

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licu l rille di pranton donan villes revdevnier.

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

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may have missed.

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Speaker 1: Jacques matin u bureau a nimen planterre de Paris, Elias

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di couvree mysterious envelope silis josun viureaux.

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Speaker 3: Every morning in the Lively office in the heart of Paris,

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a Loi would find a mysterious sealed envelope on his desk.

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Speaker 1: E lois teta nnpoill de le jon fide, la saint

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routine mes se grete mon guete de chen germent.

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Speaker 3: A Loi was a diligent employee, faithful to his routine,

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but secretly in search of change.

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Speaker 1: Le rejundi du soles pantagnier entre pais grandfenette annimont latmuns

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fer a vecuinie ragreebe.

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Speaker 3: The soft spring sunshine streamed through the large windows, filling

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the atmosphere with a pleasant light.

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Speaker 1: Lejiur perse Cheques matin a porte so nan v penigmatique.

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Speaker 3: Days went by, each morning, bringing its enigmatic envelope Pas

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de nand pa d'anitecn dixpeditter, no name, no indication of

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the sender e lois erpex cherche de riponce a loi perplexed,

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searched for answers the.

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Speaker 1: Tetre te su levre de son superviser Lucien.

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Speaker 3: Perhaps it was the work of his supervisor, Lucien.

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Speaker 1: Luci teta misterieux tu jo dariloister dolisa petus.

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Speaker 3: Lucien was a mysterious man, always shrouded in intrigue, whose

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intentions eluded everyone.

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Speaker 1: Anna Premidi parno la pus de geni ilois aprocha de Marcelline.

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Speaker 3: One afternoon, during his lunch break, a lawyer approached Marcelline.

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Speaker 1: Marcellini te tin cole dive curious a vegan reta.

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Speaker 3: Marcelline was a lively colleague, curious with a real talent

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for puzzles.

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Speaker 1: E'spriter situec He explained the situation to her immediate morigant.

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Speaker 3: She was immediately intrigued.

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Speaker 1: Dedu moi risudo suster de mondailois.

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Speaker 3: Help me solve this mystery, asked a.

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Speaker 1: Loi Marcelline, exeta a ve contusiers.

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Speaker 3: Marcelline agreed, enthusiastically.

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Speaker 1: Idernsanre de di Couvrille la veriti.

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Speaker 3: Together, they decided to uncover the truth cheques pus.

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Speaker 1: De geri, Ilis and Marcellina.

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Speaker 3: During every lunch break, a Lay and Marsoline analyzed the envelopes.

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Speaker 1: A matin in sieur PRIs.

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Speaker 3: One morning, a surprise awaited.

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Speaker 1: L'enveloquescisu fon de peersel.

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Speaker 3: The envelope contained a hidden message in the form of

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a puzzle.

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Speaker 1: Avec percience antisiuen Marcellini trouvain nandis in referencein sucre l sociti.

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Speaker 3: With patience and intuition, Marsolene found a clue, a reference

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to a well kept company secret, lu Te de tai.

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The stakes were high.

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Speaker 1: Elois sa veti leu veta gier.

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Speaker 3: Aloi knew he had to act. Dilluve nine. He could

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no longer ignore the enigma.

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Speaker 1: Sounquerberte tartegirecita precion.

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Speaker 3: His heart raised, caught between excitement and apprehension Ille.

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Speaker 1: La confern delia nonson viro en pri de lignergne.

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Speaker 3: He went to confront Lucien in his office filled with

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spring time light.

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Speaker 1: Lucie regarda a vecancouriere enigmatique.

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Speaker 3: Lucien looked at him with a mysterious smile.

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Speaker 1: BoNT travail, elois ditriquement.

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Speaker 3: Good work a loi, he said, calmly.

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Speaker 1: Ucien exprique reison velo pete tanteste.

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Speaker 3: Lucien explained the envelopes were.

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Speaker 1: A test cherche que ca do di de confiance, pre

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de filla routine and de couvri rea compende.

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Speaker 3: I was looking for someone trustworthy, ready to challenge routine,

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to discover and understand.

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Speaker 1: Die approveta veller. You have proven your worth, Elois sous SANTIENI.

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Speaker 3: Ali felt changed.

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Speaker 1: Ill realize quille velu courage de sur till de sasun

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de confort.

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Speaker 3: He realized he had the courage to step out of

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his comfort zone.

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Speaker 1: Yete preen mareci de nouveau de fi as sortill de

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l'ebres de la routine.

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Speaker 3: He was ready to embrace new challenges, to step out

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of the shadow of routine.

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Speaker 1: Le mister dessen vela pla ve trancef irite fierred s.

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Speaker 3: The mystery of the envelopes had transformed him, and he

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was proud of his journey.

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Speaker 1: Illre gerda parie trever le fete li cou l rill

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du praton, don jes se rel de renier.

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Speaker 3: He looked at Paris through the window, the bright colors

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of spring, giving life to his dreams for the future.

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Speaker 4: 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: The envelope silly, silly, silly, sealed, bleucuer, bleuquer blecker, the heart, delesion, deleision, delision, diligent, blee, bureaux, bleue,

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bureau ble bureaux, the desk, blue slat, blue soul, BLUs solat,

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the sunshine, terplex, terblex, terplex, perplexed, blond, this blind, this blond, this,

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the clue, enigmatic, enigmatic, enigmatic, enigmatic, lu superviser, blue super

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visere l superviser, the supervisor, gopy, gopy, gopy, shrouded, let's mosphair,

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let's most fair, let's mosphere, the atmosphere like a leg,

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like a leg, like a leg, the colleague tello, tello, tello,

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talent contusies, I ve contusies, the contusiasm, enthusiastically analyze anlysi

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analyze analyzed, loan loan lane, the steake lexitestion, lexites, lexitestion,

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the excitement, leprehension, le prehension, leprehension.

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Speaker 3: The apprehension antest antest.

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Speaker 1: Antest a test, gin you the confidence, ging you, the confidence,

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gin you the confidence, trustworthy this he this he this,

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he the challenge, oss obras Oh brassy to embrace breemister,

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bluemis there, bluemister.

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Speaker 3: The mystery.

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Speaker 1: Postpone me, postfone me, postpone me.

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Speaker 3: Transformed, agreeable, agreeable, agreeable, beautiful as.

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Speaker 1: Intention aniem mene me anie me lively, changement change, changement change, pantagnie, pantaigne,

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pantaigne springtime.

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