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Speaker 5: svenberslowed on the close Allain de clara hey Blaze lad
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Speaker 5: and Tournamalis the Empirebourouse father viegte hey hot and heim
Speaker 5: wandering for her zong Knabe in the march osset anhardocht
Speaker 5: von dach saw heharan Valentine's card have miss hin osset
Speaker 5: d'erfde the well, the uf straker and the vertach to
Speaker 5: an ain't clumb really zerdes fancy to the Tai droun
Speaker 5: hey drunk and snell a slow coffee and veiled the
Speaker 5: net Bahine met a printer on the matriale to not
Speaker 5: lo tuslur metten Steve rebewaing stow the heysen cop coffeeum
Speaker 5: Zwarter fluistoff strong, the over sen papire panik numb, the
Speaker 5: overhunt in Lazen snellabuslissing phon swen allus out send hof
Speaker 5: te lere. The clock ticked a further and Saint stresnivo
Speaker 5: baked and ortepned nedtunei dacht datahine hope mir was comet
Speaker 5: moment from the prison tatsi for sen Kolai has and
Speaker 5: for al for marlis ud swen ALUs wa heha in
Speaker 5: sant tousprag the war the fluida out hem met an
Speaker 5: umpho vachte zel for zacred head na aflope prodoused to
Speaker 5: the delichte nauleux and sen Kolaie has clopped zelf senbas
Speaker 5: cake itwat under the indrug swenhaldo op adam lata rob
Speaker 5: the dach tunse zeny ainded at badarde fontei. In claim brief,
Speaker 5: Joe bureau head vos from mariise samme lunch stunt rope
Speaker 5: met and frolekharti airbag had taken swin glimlachte miss Rin
Speaker 5: was at the presentazi machriine its honders marhe vizt dtayn
Speaker 5: stop rotrisette. He had reliered that that name from riskos
Speaker 5: umfro varte consee combide met her new de zelf trauer
Speaker 5: kia de hayed brief you ome yeah, tap for coffee
Speaker 5: srave hay and left it for zichtro barburo to the
Speaker 5: lute boute was not out marswin fool decision stook warmer
Speaker 5: from binne.
Speaker 1: Let's take another Listen, listen closely to any part you
Speaker 1: may have missed.
Speaker 5: The hersterlur bouts.
Speaker 1: For the autumn air outside had been replaced by an
Speaker 1: enchanting blanket of white bin in.
Speaker 5: A trice opa contour filled the desai kubikum.
Speaker 1: Inside the gray open office, the dull cubicles filled the space.
Speaker 5: The fur lichting was smack and an outsitch o the
Speaker 5: met snail buddettestat Hoffen clean bake off lading from the
Speaker 5: dark lexe sleur.
Speaker 1: The lighting was dim and the view of the snow
Speaker 1: covered city provided a small distraction from the daily grind.
Speaker 5: Hetros endre d'ab contour met telephone lay zuma and touchin
Speaker 5: sla dietriverta form.
Speaker 1: It was a busy day at the office, with buzzing
Speaker 1: phone lines and keystrokes forming the rhythm of the workday.
Speaker 5: Spin and two de poject manager so delmte fonsenstul.
Speaker 1: Schwen a dedicated project manager sat on the edge of
Speaker 1: his seat.
Speaker 5: Zeen Finer sticked his snell over the tutsubort tevel he
Speaker 5: deep surte.
Speaker 1: His fingers quickly tapped over the keyboard as he sighed deeply.
Speaker 5: Fondach vos boulongek.
Speaker 1: Today was important.
Speaker 5: Hetvos valenteinstach marfor sfinstned alas in a take from prison Tazzi.
Speaker 1: It was Valentine's Day, But for Schfen everything revolved around
Speaker 1: a presentation.
Speaker 5: Then present tazi so boulongeg deldaisis and carries a kunmaca
Speaker 5: off break.
Speaker 1: A presentation so important that it could make or break
Speaker 1: his career.
Speaker 5: Hey wil the inlut march of sembas sen var de
Speaker 5: bavets and bishrin m pomochi indevauchtsleib.
Speaker 1: He wanted to impress his boss, prove his worth and
Speaker 1: perhaps secure a promotion.
Speaker 5: Her vos echtemprobleme.
Speaker 1: There was a problem, however.
Speaker 5: Annouk zaintinnaute Frantford looked for belong re gustatistic meldsivsik.
Speaker 1: Anouk, his teammate responsible for crucial statistics called in sick.
Speaker 5: The clock tikte and the presentatzi Vo was fero fans complaint.
Speaker 1: The clock was ticking and the presentation was far from complete.
Speaker 5: Swen vos respon eni darte frazeong.
Speaker 1: Schwen was tense and lost in thought.
Speaker 5: Vot asse fouled what if he failed, had swayed block
Speaker 5: him out? Mark Schwin beslout on the cluse a lain
Speaker 5: de clar.
Speaker 1: Sweat broke out on his forehead, but Schfenn decided to
Speaker 1: tackle the task on his own.
Speaker 5: Hey Blais flat deepened and stapened met no ticicis.
Speaker 1: He stayed late, typing and scratching notes on the tu sefeur.
Speaker 5: De hay off into now Marlise de imparbourouse feer de ropeergte.
Speaker 1: Meanwhile, he occasionally glanced at Marlich, who worked a few
Speaker 1: desks away.
Speaker 5: Hey hattelchy ma beuvundl ring for her.
Speaker 1: He had a secret admiration for her.
Speaker 5: Zuon cunobe in se ma assei an heardocht.
Speaker 1: Such a nod in his stomach when he thought of her.
Speaker 5: Fondarch sou heharen Valentine's card hav.
Speaker 1: To day he would give her a Valentine's card, Miss
Speaker 1: fin maybe alset d'ervte if he dared dee vel de
Speaker 1: u lef strak and de vertach toltan ain't clum really
Speaker 1: zereds fenci te trn. As the hours passed and the
Speaker 1: workday came to an end, Schwen realized that time was
Speaker 1: running out.
Speaker 5: Hey drunk and snell a slow coffee and wild knit
Speaker 5: behine met a printer from the Matriale no to slur.
Speaker 1: He took a quick sip of coffee and was just
Speaker 1: about to start printing the materials when disaster struck.
Speaker 5: Metten stevebeveing stowteheisen kopkoffi um.
Speaker 1: With a strong motion. He knocked over his cup of coffee.
Speaker 5: Zwarte fleuistoff strong. The overs papierre.
Speaker 1: Black liquid poured over his papers.
Speaker 5: Panik numb the overhns panic took over in a lassen
Speaker 5: snellebuslisi bohonsfin allas ten hof telier. In a split second decision,
Speaker 5: Schwen began to memorize everything. The clock ticked a ferder
Speaker 5: and Saint straisnifo baked and hortebund.
Speaker 1: The clock kept ticking and his stress level reached the peak.
Speaker 5: Nittun dacht daughter sin hope mir vos clommet moment on
Speaker 5: the present tatsi.
Speaker 1: Just when he thought there was no hope left, the
Speaker 1: moment of the presentation arrived.
Speaker 5: For sen Coleras and for al for Marlise hoidisfin alas
Speaker 5: vottei hat in sentu sprague, for.
Speaker 1: His colleagues, and especially for Marlice. Schwen threw everything he
Speaker 1: had into his speech.
Speaker 5: Devor de fluid altem met an ulf vauchtezel for zacre tte.
Speaker 1: The words flowed from him with unexpected confidence.
Speaker 5: Naw offlope for doosed to the deli the now lux
Speaker 5: and Saint Coolais has clopped.
Speaker 1: Afterwards, the lights barely dimmed, and his colleagues clapped.
Speaker 5: Zilf sembas kik itvod under the indruges.
Speaker 1: Even his boss seemed somewhat impressed.
Speaker 5: Sfinhaldo opt Adam.
Speaker 1: Schwen breathed a sigh of relief.
Speaker 5: La to rope de d'Ache tounzin zen angelet budarde fonte
Speaker 5: in clean brief jopseemburo.
Speaker 1: Later that day, when his nerves finally settled, he found
Speaker 1: a small note on his desk het vos fon marlis.
Speaker 1: It was from Marlice, Saint malunch lunch together stunt rope made.
Speaker 5: Him fol cartie erbe had taken.
Speaker 1: It, said, with a cheerful heart drawn next to it.
Speaker 5: Sfinchlimlachte.
Speaker 1: Spenn smiled.
Speaker 5: Misshen vossit de presentazi massin needs omlers marhe vist d'artai
Speaker 5: and stop hartrise it.
Speaker 1: Maybe it was the presentation, maybe something else, but he
Speaker 1: knew he had taken a step.
Speaker 5: Hey haltreliered deltat name fen risicos um for vaute com
Speaker 5: se combide.
Speaker 1: He had learned that taking risks can offer unexpected opportunities.
Speaker 5: Mat hernius de zell fortrau quier de hay at brifiume.
Speaker 1: With renewed confidence, he turned the note over.
Speaker 5: Ja ta it for coffy sreeve hay and lechtet forzirtre
Speaker 5: of barbouro.
Speaker 1: Touch Yes, time for coffee, he wrote, and placed it
Speaker 1: carefully back on her desk.
Speaker 5: De luches bau de vos norcaut march fin fool desire
Speaker 5: and stoukwarmer frombine.
Speaker 1: The air out side was still cold, but sch Fenn
Speaker 1: felt much warmer inside.
Speaker 3: Today's vocabulary words are coming up right after this commercial break.
Speaker 3: Here are today's vocabulary words. First in Dutch, then in English.
Speaker 5: Herfsteh, hersteh, herfstre autumn, bedau, budaud enchanting, deacon, dacon, decon, blanket, kubiks,
Speaker 5: kubikxen kubiks, cubicles, shah ye shah yu, shah duh, offloading,
Speaker 5: off lading, offloading, distraction, sleur, sleur, sleur, rind toots a
Speaker 5: slaugher toots a slag tooths and slaugh key strokes, Tourvede, tourvede, tourvede, dedicated,
Speaker 5: zuchte zuurchte zuchte side present, tatzi present, tatzi present, tatzi, presentation,
Speaker 5: belongreac belongreac, belongke, crucial ticte, dikte, tikte, ticking zwet zweete
Speaker 5: zweet sweat, mah mach mach stomach, duerfte, duerf de duerft
Speaker 5: dirt note, lot note lot note, lot, disaster, stot, stot stot, knocked, fluistoff,
Speaker 5: flui stuff, flui stuff, liquid, panique, panique, panique, panic out
Speaker 5: at holt lear out at holt lear out at hoft
Speaker 5: lear memorize, zell forsacred head, zell fors acred head zel
Speaker 5: forsacred head confidence, Kloppte Clopton kloppt clapped under the indrug,
Speaker 5: under the indrug, under the indrug. Impressed Bedard Bedarden, Bedaharde settled,
Speaker 5: brief you, brief Ye, brief y No throow look throw
Speaker 5: look throw look cheerful and stop hot rosette. Then stop
Speaker 5: hot rosette and stop hot Risette took a step, risicos
Speaker 5: resico those easy goals, risks concinn conson conse opportunities.
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