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Speaker 1: Fluid Fluent RG.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to Fluent Fiction French, the podcast where we bring

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Uncover a heartwarming tale of unexpected inspiration and connection in

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a snowy Parisian garden as two strangers find common ground

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under the shimmering winter stars right after this commercial break.

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Speaker 1: Le flucon dens paris seteta matin di vertnqill coverd in

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finkuch dej listatus le sole visitor, the umble lane, lenars

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and foncinoi posh de somoto is erchell and spiracion eqvand

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ill speracular about Diard ledreates apendig creature isaretta pred in

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fontangelis is superra no nuandola elodi in botanist to passione

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supreme ne prena imposed the sonra liantons alestis s did

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sando plan ze vernal fascine plariki persisted mandl froi elet

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absorbe person second claim La romarca curieux clemens a proscia

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de lodi expisemoi di tila vecesitation super traguli vu the

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meli plant elodi le valetieu sur prist messurient we joesse

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botanist giadorob servella natieur mamoni vere l'armousmele aveque brice fresh

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pilemont moner veu partage aculated feva yes speracular, giardaluio freire,

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nouvel perspective, Elo d adreguer the mondasuquillan spire, I decouvrier,

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rapid man in passion, commune poula natur la literature, l'er

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conversation so prolonge ricci anime clement Paula de selivo prefere

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elodi de siplanza dorre is rendez count till partage pretty

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le ponce a preserv arrie, dispute is desider the quittell

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lo giarda ensembles lide de discouvrier, pari cootta courtier and

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chante avond de partier is so done rendezvous poor trojour

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promised the nouvelle avantiere, pierremont, the care reggie so son

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tienfandsepire eloditreveno tron encanuvre reneu veal pages mel ramore, conde,

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jela de montsissant susan monto.

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Speaker 4: Let's take another listen. Listen closely to any part you

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may have missed.

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Speaker 1: Les fleu coun dee dance du monsieur Paris.

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Speaker 4: The snowflakes danced gently over by.

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Speaker 1: Hill Ceeta Matin di vere Ton, quill ill Gard, vixenbur Rete,

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couverd jing couch Den.

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Speaker 4: It was a quiet winter morning, and the Giardre de

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Luxembo was covered with a thin layer of snow.

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Speaker 1: Listeti son le vi ye selon sieurs mons le visitterra.

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Speaker 4: The statues seemed to watch silently over the few visitors.

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Speaker 1: Quier Mon Dillon, vile lan Linasonfon Signali, poche du su.

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Speaker 4: Monto Clemaud strolled slowly, hands tucked into the pockets of

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his coat.

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Speaker 1: Is cherche la Spiraciu.

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Speaker 4: He was seeking inspiration.

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Speaker 1: Ecrivan po dut illespercular Budi Gnaedresa Pandi Gricier.

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Speaker 4: A writer plagued by doubt. He hoped the beauty of

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the garden would help him overcome his writer's block.

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Speaker 1: Bi sareta predin futen Julie is superrat.

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Speaker 4: He stopped near a frozen fountain, insighed no nouen de.

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Speaker 1: La ilodi in bhutanist to Passioni supreme ne pronarde posd soans.

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Speaker 4: Not far from there. Iledi, a passionate botanist, was taking

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a break from her intense work.

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Speaker 1: Eleestise di di saindre plonzivernale facine pa riquipe stemen.

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Speaker 4: She was sketching drawings of winter plants, fascinated by the

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life that persisted even in the cold.

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Speaker 1: El Pierre la remacre.

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Speaker 4: She was lost in her thoughts when Cremo noticed her.

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Speaker 1: Curieu Pierre monsa proche de laud.

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Speaker 4: Curious, Clemau approached, Ilode.

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Speaker 1: Excuse mi di ti lea Vecusesciu.

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Speaker 4: Excuse me, he said, hesitantly, Sucuri, what you're sketching is

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very pretty.

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Speaker 1: Vous?

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Speaker 4: Do you like plants?

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Speaker 1: Elu di le vell lisieux sur prismessurient.

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Speaker 4: Ilody looked up, surprised, but smiling.

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Speaker 1: U jueshi boutenist. Yes, I am a botanist, giadorn etieu

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moni vere.

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Speaker 4: I love observing nature even in winter.

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Speaker 1: L' mu seurmele a vecue bris fresh.

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Speaker 4: Their words mingled with the fresh breeze.

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Speaker 1: Pierre mont Monervoud bartejecquillri te di.

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Speaker 4: Riva Clemaud, feeling less nervous, shared that he was a writer.

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Speaker 1: Y yespercul genna yeo frirae nouvelle perspective.

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Speaker 4: He hoped the garden would offer him a new perspective.

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Speaker 1: Elodi an triduier de monde suquillen spire.

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Speaker 4: Ilode, intrigued, asked what inspired him.

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Speaker 1: Illi couvrie rappy du maine, passion cou mine pola neatieur

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la liter ratieu.

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Speaker 4: They quickly discovered a shared passion for nature and literature.

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Speaker 1: Leer conversecien sou prole richiernie.

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Speaker 4: Their conversations flowed on rich and lively.

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Speaker 1: Quiemon par la de silvo preferre ilu did siponce.

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Speaker 4: Dore Clemau talked about his favorite books, and Ilodie about

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her beloved plants is.

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Speaker 1: Sernde conte tirartege prici lu.

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Speaker 4: Ponce they realized they shared more in common than they

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initially thought.

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Speaker 1: A presa varie disputi ydicider de quitil garda ensembles.

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Speaker 4: After laughing and talking, they decided to leave the garden together.

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Speaker 1: Li di di di couvrier paris coute coutieren chante.

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Speaker 4: The idea of discovering by his side by side delighted them.

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Speaker 1: Avn de partier yu don rendez voupjour promise di nouve

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la ventier.

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Speaker 4: Before leaving, they arranged to meet again another day a

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promise of a new adventure.

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Speaker 1: Pierre Mont the cailegi soson tienfanas.

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Speaker 4: Pi clemaud with a light heart finally felt inspired eluditruvena

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setncnives ilede found in this encounter a welcome escape.

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Speaker 1: Ensnuvre reneuvel page mela la ramur co mamunde.

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Speaker 4: Together they opened a new page, blending their shared love

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for the beauty of the.

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Speaker 1: World legendandlxla de monsielan sieur gistnis sent Susan montout.

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Speaker 4: The Jarda de Lucabour stood there, a silent witness to

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a budding story beneath a dazzling coat of snow.

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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: The flu condones, the flu condone, the flu condone, snowflake,

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black river, lick river, lick river, writer, the duot, the dude,

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the dudes now, lepandi crituur, lependi, crituu lebendi creture writer's black,

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La fontaine, la fontaine, laft fon ten fountain, the le botanist,

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the le botanist, the labotanist, bard nest lanspirascium lance, piracium, lance, piracium, inspiration,

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La push, let push, la push where Let's statue, Let's statue,

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Let's statue, statue, La perspective, perspective, La perspective perspective, silon

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cilon ciloncus silently Fascini, fascini, Fascini, fascinated, Labrize, Labrize, librize, breeze,

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skisci skis esquiss sketch, levonteur, levanteur, LEVONTEU adventure, lapage, lapage, lapage, page, lemoteo,

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lemoteu le monteu coat of snow, passioni, passioni passuni, passionate,

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their own belly, their own belly, their own puly straw, curious, curious, curius, curious, curius, curious, curious,

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suppolonge soupolnge, suppolnge, linger melee, melee, melee, to mix sodn rendezvous,

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so don rendezvous, so don hndevou to arrange sra count

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sondra conte serndre cont to realize absorb absorb absorb, be absorbed.

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Key persist ti persist key persist.

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Speaker 4: Persistent, Le pond de vie, le pondo, vieu, le pin vie, Viewpoint.

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Speaker 1: Bartegi, bartege Tartegi, Shared Anime, Animei, Animi Lively and Chanti

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Chianti and Chanti the Light.

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