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Speaker 1: Fluid fluent Dorg.

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Speaker 3: In this episode, will join Julian and a Lodi on

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a serendipitous journey through a shimmering Parisian night, discovering how

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an unexpected encounter can illuminate the path to new beginnings.

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Speaker 1: Lenuie te parion so de novella, chiribrier festive sceli julien

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a photograph, the passage de la viere ve sonaparai cher

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jeanne spiracio, novelle ivenesdo vivo and riptio deficile espereque parillo

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frere and debi plometer elodi tel ausi assi is your

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umbon son carne de descanso, le genou etidian hona lm capturella,

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Maggi de la villa cha Caucasim uncourage passa mayer anicemi

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e lave disid do sondi LeFlo condo neche tombe do

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smaller skelsio do Julian supposers your Elodi l sticel a

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sentilated antrendo photography pre paranelon The curiousity is aprocha deel

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bonjour di Julian legire monerveu vud sinibia elodi le valezieux

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sur prismessaurient mercy. With that photograph is ganger de mosieur

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la re, la boute de Paris, Julia Santison editation parive

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kelodi te facil comes las espresso, comprene Elodi visite Elosi,

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Mela duser the Julia Lamette and conference soon astan us

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deis the sole part novellaniti la villelebrant ntourre idiantola son

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aninhui le fod artificillinaire l cielo duc de lato refel

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le cola vive dancen all obscurity proshed down de refredo

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lisiu de Julia, Adelodi so mormonsius bandola rufree in promise

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seldom av near libro de la dute pass Julian and

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Spira percei francune de si da da frontees visitation gemre

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boucouvoivod saint jour, elodiou chalattete the surre rolere emi vu

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futo in novella nie anuvou de pars is gan ger

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lr cordoni le terre regi Julia savetti pu veta rence

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sanprenello poi de san passi pour ello di In some predecision,

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the conference, Ville vetu veramond, the possibility allor, la fu

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si lu nier, Petita, Petti di Giardin, Julia Elo di

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resterram monsou la nietoille le home, contra prevido, l free,

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deliver Parisia avefefundroliglas de L'Or carnte respective ensemble, il marcher

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ver lanconnie mandon, la main pres de couvrier, sucular villa,

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Parilla reserve.

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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: La nuie te froida Parilla and soussoir de nouvella.

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Speaker 3: The night was called in Paris on this New Year's eve.

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Speaker 1: Le giardin ditiri, brie soulne festive Celia de rie red chon.

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Speaker 3: The Jardar de trill. He shone under the festive lights,

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its paths filled with laughter and songs.

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Speaker 1: Jullien a photograph d Pa l rie re ree vex

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Sonapa ree cherche espiracion nouvelle.

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Speaker 3: Julian, a photographer passing through the city, wandered with his

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camera seeking new inspiration.

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Speaker 1: Ivene de vill Ripchio di ficiliespe reque parillo frere dibu promettere.

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Speaker 3: He had just gone through a difficult break up and

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hoped that Bahi would offer him a promising start.

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Speaker 1: Elud dee lao si a surrambon son carne de di

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san so le genou.

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Speaker 3: L d was there too, sitting on a bench, her

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sketchbook on her lap.

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Speaker 1: Itidi na ele ne queptu villa Maggi de la ville

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a che Couqueziu.

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Speaker 3: An art student, she loved capturing the magic of the

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city at every opportunity.

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Speaker 1: Encourage parsemea ra nique ni e la ve did dure.

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Speaker 3: Encouraged by her best friend Camille, she had decided to

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open her heart to unexpected encounters.

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Speaker 1: Les flou con de neche tombe du small rasquelsieu do

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Julien supposer elod.

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Speaker 3: Snowflakes were gently falling when Julian's eyes landed on iled

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Electice la s.

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Speaker 1: Futo grafi.

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Speaker 3: She was sketching the scene he was photographing.

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Speaker 1: Pri paranelon de curiousity a proche del.

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Speaker 3: Driven by curiosity, he approached her.

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Speaker 1: Bon jour dijulien le giermonerveou.

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Speaker 3: Hello, said Julian slightly nervous.

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Speaker 1: Vudicinibia you draw well, elud le vell lisieux sur PRIs messurient.

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Speaker 3: Ilody looked up, surprised, but smiling.

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Speaker 1: Merci, thank you, vust photograph.

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Speaker 3: Are you a photographer?

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Speaker 1: Disoner de mussur la la paris.

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Speaker 3: They exchanged words about art and the beauty of Bahi.

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Speaker 1: Julia soon tis.

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Speaker 3: Julian felt his hesitations melt away.

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Speaker 1: Dave te ferci comesils.

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Speaker 3: Talking with Ildi was easy, as if their minds understood

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each other.

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Speaker 1: Eludisite eluci me la duso de la conference.

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Speaker 3: Iled was hesitant too, but Julian's gentleness reassured her.

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Speaker 1: So NaSTA ludze d slice porte parset nouvella ici.

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Speaker 3: Her instinct told her to embrace this new friendship.

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Speaker 1: Le vill y brantis entoure idientl sonnini.

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Speaker 3: The vibrant city surrounded them, and soon the clock struck midnight.

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Speaker 1: Le feu d'artificie lu siello du sieur de la torre fell.

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Speaker 3: Fireworks lit up the sky above the turifell.

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Speaker 1: Licu la ville d'ancen lous queriti pron de re f

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lisieu do julia e de ludi.

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Speaker 3: The bright colors danced in the darkness, casting reflections in

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the eyes of Julian and Ilodie.

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Speaker 1: Somurmon sieurs bon di la rue friend promesse seer d'avenier

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le bro de la d'ute persi.

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Speaker 3: This suspended moment offered them a promise, that of a

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future free from their past doubt.

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Speaker 1: Guilien en spirri pa decida da frent is zziteciu.

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Speaker 3: Julian, inspired by this meeting, decided to face his hesitations.

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Speaker 1: Giemre baucu vois voudi sain jour.

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Speaker 3: I would love to see your drawing someday.

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Speaker 1: Eludeu che la tete lu surrero.

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Speaker 3: Elodin nodded a smile on her face in mois voufutu

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and I your photos in nouve la ni anuvou di

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par a new year, a new beginning.

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Speaker 1: Is iten le cour deni letter reggi.

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Speaker 3: They exchanged contact details.

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Speaker 1: Lighthearted Guilien sa vici pou vetarenello de son perci.

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Speaker 3: Julian knew he could move forward without dragging the weight

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of his past.

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Speaker 1: Poor lad In jam pudicision de confiance ye vitu vera

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mound de poussi biiti.

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Speaker 3: For Ilodi. A simple decision of trust had opened up

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a world of possibilities.

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Speaker 1: Allorqui la fou si lua nier petita petit gardin Julia

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elud resterra monmns sou lea nier touillis.

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Speaker 3: As the crowd slowly drifted away from the garden, Julian

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and Elodie stayed for a moment under the starry night.

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Speaker 1: Laurent contram pre d' l foi de l vere parisier

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a vefefuls de la cante respective.

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Speaker 3: Their unexpected meeting in the cold Barzio winter had melted

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the ice of their respective fears.

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Speaker 1: Encanle Ill, marcherver l'ancunie, ma la la man pre di

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couvrier suquillier parilla reserve.

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Speaker 3: Together they walked towards the unknown, hand in hand, ready

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to discover what life in Bahill had in store for them.

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Speaker 2: 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: Leni, leni, leni, the night, Billie, Billunier, lilune.

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Speaker 3: The lights bery bery erre to wander.

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Speaker 1: Las Pi, rascian, las piracium, las Piraciu, the inspiration Larrybtiu, Larybitur, Larybteur,

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The breakup Ispirri espir espirri to hope, prometteur pometteur, promette promising.

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Let this, let le ca ne do this Son the sketchbook,

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Look as you look, as you look as you the

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opportunity on kuragee, kuragee on courage to encourage, Bouvrier, Bouvrier,

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Ouvrier to open La Hong Kong, La Hong Kong, La

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Hong Kong, The encounter tomb tomb tom be to fall,

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the flu, the flu condes, the flu cond the snowflake, saproci, sabrochi, saproci,

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to approach, bisiton, bisitan, bisitan, hesitant, passiuri, passuriy rassiuri.

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Speaker 5: To reassure laansta lanstann lancestan, the instinct sunny sunny Sunni

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to strike as in time, l'loge, l'luge, la hologe, the clock, pushti, pushti,

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push ti, the cast bizzitesciu, lizziteciun lizzitciux, the hesitation lettaier ligi,

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lettier reggie letier ligi, light hearted fundre fundre, fudre to

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melt like hant, like hant, like hant, the fear, fair, confience,

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fair confience, fair, confiance.

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Speaker 3: To trust.

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Speaker 1: Lizzelli Ain Bass, Lizelli Ain Bass, Lizelli a in Bass

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the path, La promesse, la promesse lapomese the promise, ekanimita, ekanimita,

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ekanyemt ba to be filled with la la la the art.

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