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Together we can keep the world's stories flowing. 24 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:59,239 Speaker 1: Preske panoval stro me, brijre akratam novos, pravetade, messiskki avzatsnikrostlin se, 25 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:06,519 cav nadi, nanale zeni, inspirraze bell umnielets ktori, projival turchi, 26 00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:15,240 crisy jejo plat nazella, praz noo zakim tolava himnosti, clara 27 00:02:15,639 --> 00:02:22,280 zanien behemd the control of al Rostlini, termelovala natolic vashnivie, 28 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:30,879 jacoby briso, chasti, rojvota poorovas radosti, cas de novelistI nebokutinovikuiet 29 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:39,719 nedleko tourist ivan obvovala tzimira poswam yemaskoma lakashdi de taile 30 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:47,120 caj do baru ivuni jacob nassat case chesque culture yacoups 31 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:54,800 usklenikov ken zaouiat shim so vid to see him clari 32 00:02:55,120 --> 00:03:02,120 ivani yax polom lovi, kazu naruz ne rostlini vedevost apotreau 33 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:12,000 samocho primiei nimpristo pit dobriden oslovelies lekim usmievem aledam trojo 34 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:22,159 in spiraz mujosevam pridad clara se osmala samosreimne chimweat tim 35 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:27,840 lib vi pravi meta di ivani ozimzasra ku nashi rostln 36 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:34,759 zimis azrak zopacova, jakup ye josa v v rostol so 37 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:44,080 chesnizas nomenale ivana fastinovanni naslova, clarre belovtomnitzovitnschi and obichina converzace 38 00:03:45,319 --> 00:03:50,360 anno podivet ukasa la clara naquet jen sch normal ni 39 00:03:50,560 --> 00:04:00,759 vette ashnayere tet navalentina tevrel ahobarvizarzi zelenimnistim yacoup bil o 40 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:12,560 roman ten moments strosplinoi chirac ti o brazi sikus on 41 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:21,519 the chicken cras prom yacoup o smile obma miss slim 42 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:34,720 nachelle sol recouprine yacuproschil averazel DomU yeounanna padu pohopel inspirra 43 00:04:35,040 --> 00:04:43,279 and musis crivat and mister avili a ifm aprostem attack 44 00:04:44,399 --> 00:04:49,839 munachell and na pat nanove um giro al enovi po 45 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:59,879 nasut callem sebe stope a teliero no yasna cash detachm. 46 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:08,079 Speaker 3: Let's take another listen. Listen closely to any parts you 47 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:08,800 may have missed. 48 00:05:09,519 --> 00:05:14,800 Speaker 1: Presque banitzke dye panoval zimiklit. 49 00:05:15,639 --> 00:05:18,720 Speaker 3: A winter calm prevailed in the Prasky Botanical garden. 50 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:23,800 Speaker 1: Stro birijo a krainataem novstvos. 51 00:05:25,879 --> 00:05:28,439 Speaker 3: The trees were bare and the landscape was covered with 52 00:05:28,519 --> 00:05:29,600 a light layer of snow. 53 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:41,800 Speaker 1: Pravetade messisk tropitski avsatsnikrostlin sea kup proaselvnadi nanalezeni in spiraze. 54 00:05:43,439 --> 00:05:46,360 Speaker 3: It was here among the greenhouses filled with tropical and 55 00:05:46,480 --> 00:05:50,120 rare plants, where Yakub strolled in hopes of finding inspiration. 56 00:05:50,839 --> 00:05:55,000 Speaker 1: Bill umniele kteri projival turchi krizi. 57 00:05:56,639 --> 00:05:59,120 Speaker 3: He was an artist experiencing a creative crisis. 58 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:06,360 Speaker 1: Ye platna zella pras no zakim sonosti. 59 00:06:08,199 --> 00:06:11,079 Speaker 3: His canvases were blank, while his mind was full of doubts. 60 00:06:11,759 --> 00:06:25,399 Speaker 1: Clara Zanien Behem Nekontrolova rostliniter Merovala natolynivie Ya kobilis chasti Yevta. 61 00:06:26,959 --> 00:06:30,639 Speaker 3: Clara, an enthusiastic botanist, spent her day checking on the 62 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:33,240 plants she loved as passionately as if they were a 63 00:06:33,319 --> 00:06:34,040 part of her life. 64 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:40,480 Speaker 1: Posadosti cas novelist Nebovikviet. 65 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:45,399 Speaker 3: She watched with joy every new leaf or flower blossom. 66 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:54,560 Speaker 1: Ned Leko Turista Ivana obvova tira posveem yemaskoma la cadi 67 00:06:54,720 --> 00:07:00,519 de tail cash do bar ivuni ya kobi n asad 68 00:07:00,639 --> 00:07:02,680 koo skchiskei. 69 00:07:04,399 --> 00:07:07,639 Speaker 3: Nearby, a tourist, Ivana admired this winter paradise in her 70 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:11,519 own way. Her eyes explored every detail, every color, and 71 00:07:11,720 --> 00:07:13,480 sent as if she wanted to absorb a piece of 72 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:14,240 Czech culture. 73 00:07:14,839 --> 00:07:22,199 Speaker 1: Yea kup Seza kul Usklenikovi oken zouyevshim. 74 00:07:21,639 --> 00:07:27,319 Speaker 3: Sovigi Yukup was idly standing by the greenhouse windows, engrossed 75 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:28,319 in everything he saw. 76 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:35,319 Speaker 1: TuS shiml Clari Ivani yx Polomlovi a o kazui naruz 77 00:07:35,399 --> 00:07:36,360 ne rostline. 78 00:07:37,959 --> 00:07:41,360 Speaker 3: He noticed Clara and Ivana talking and pointing at various plants. 79 00:07:42,040 --> 00:07:48,000 Speaker 1: Zvi devosimpristo pit. 80 00:07:49,519 --> 00:07:52,759 Speaker 3: A curiosity and a need to escape solitude urged him 81 00:07:52,759 --> 00:07:53,480 to approach them. 82 00:07:54,040 --> 00:08:00,199 Speaker 1: Dobri den oslovili simusvem. 83 00:08:00,279 --> 00:08:02,720 Speaker 3: Good day. He addressed them with a slight smile. 84 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:08,959 Speaker 1: Ladame trou in spiraze mujo sevampridet. 85 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:13,279 Speaker 3: I'm looking for a bit of inspiration. May I join you, 86 00:08:13,959 --> 00:08:24,680 Clara seusmahla samosraimne chim vid kim lib vipra vi metad 87 00:08:24,879 --> 00:08:31,879 Ivanni ozimnim zazraku na shih Rostlyn. Clara smiled. Of course, 88 00:08:31,920 --> 00:08:34,639 the more the merrier we're telling Ivna about the winter 89 00:08:34,759 --> 00:08:35,879 miracle of our plants. 90 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:42,399 Speaker 1: Zigni zazrak Zoppakovaia coupe ye jozayev v z rosto. 91 00:08:43,639 --> 00:08:47,200 Speaker 3: Winter miracle. Yakup repeated his interest piqued so. 92 00:08:47,519 --> 00:08:53,240 Speaker 1: Cesnie zasnamenal yek Ivana fassinovagnya nasoja Clarza. 93 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:57,600 Speaker 3: At the same time, he noted how Ivna listened to 94 00:08:57,639 --> 00:08:58,720 Clarap with fascination. 95 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:03,600 Speaker 1: Bilof and Obichina converza. 96 00:09:05,519 --> 00:09:08,000 Speaker 3: There was something more than just an ordinary conversation. 97 00:09:08,679 --> 00:09:17,720 Speaker 1: Anno PODi vet la Clara Nakvie Jennie ashnayerre. 98 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:21,919 Speaker 3: Yes look. Clara pointed to a flower that normally blooms 99 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:22,440 only in the. 100 00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:30,759 Speaker 1: Spring Tna valentinavl ajo barviza zelenim li stim. 101 00:09:32,600 --> 00:09:35,519 Speaker 3: Now on Valentine's Day it had opened its colors, shining 102 00:09:35,559 --> 00:09:36,320 among the greenery. 103 00:09:36,919 --> 00:09:38,960 Speaker 1: Yakubbil o romen. 104 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:41,360 Speaker 3: Yakup was amazed. 105 00:09:42,519 --> 00:09:46,000 Speaker 1: Moments tirosplino. 106 00:09:47,840 --> 00:09:50,039 Speaker 3: In that moment, all his doubts vanished. 107 00:09:50,799 --> 00:09:57,519 Speaker 1: Ciste crazi o braze scrus. 108 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:04,360 Speaker 3: In the pure beauty of that moment, he glimpsed his 109 00:10:04,480 --> 00:10:08,440 future paintings, a cycle about unexpected beauty and transformation. 110 00:10:09,159 --> 00:10:18,320 Speaker 1: Yea coup seu smile gyekuiva obiema mislim jisem nachel so 111 00:10:18,559 --> 00:10:21,559 sem ledelco upigne. 112 00:10:23,159 --> 00:10:26,360 Speaker 3: Jacub smiled, thank you both. I believe I've found what 113 00:10:26,480 --> 00:10:28,720 I was looking for, he said, sincerely. 114 00:10:29,320 --> 00:10:36,120 Speaker 1: Yea cup serrozo ChIL a virazil DomU yeho missupna novigna padu. 115 00:10:37,879 --> 00:10:40,759 Speaker 3: Yacub took his leave and headed home, his mind filled 116 00:10:40,759 --> 00:10:41,559 with new ideas. 117 00:10:42,279 --> 00:10:50,279 Speaker 1: Pohopel je inspiraz sen emusi scrivat miste ah vili a 118 00:10:50,399 --> 00:10:53,200 le ifmchm aprostem. 119 00:10:54,919 --> 00:10:57,799 Speaker 3: He understood that inspiration doesn't have to hide only in 120 00:10:57,919 --> 00:11:01,919 expected places and moments, but also in the unexpected and simple. 121 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:16,480 Speaker 1: At nenave giro a l inovibe. 122 00:11:15,279 --> 00:11:17,919 Speaker 3: And so, thanks to a chance meeting, he found not 123 00:11:18,039 --> 00:11:20,360 only an idea for a new piece of art, but 124 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:27,360 also a new perspective on the world around him. Atlieroch No, 125 00:11:31,039 --> 00:11:34,279 when he stepped into his studio, everything was suddenly clear. 126 00:11:43,279 --> 00:11:46,080 Every brushstroke was a monument to that marvelous day in 127 00:11:46,159 --> 00:11:47,080 the botanical garden. 128 00:11:52,919 --> 00:11:57,039 Speaker 2: Today's vocabulary words are coming up right after this commercial break. 129 00:11:58,080 --> 00:12:02,200 Here are today's vocabulary words, first in check, then in English. 130 00:12:08,200 --> 00:12:20,679 Speaker 1: Clit, clit, clit, come, banoval, banoval, banoval, prevailed, holly, holly, holly, 131 00:12:21,960 --> 00:12:32,080 bar Vestva, Vestva, Vestva, Where scleniky, scleniki, scleniki. 132 00:12:32,320 --> 00:12:37,440 Speaker 3: Greenhouses, that nikh that nigh, that ni. 133 00:12:38,919 --> 00:12:47,799 Speaker 1: Rare in spiritze in spirrazze, in spiritrazze, inspiration, Umniolet, umnielet, 134 00:12:48,360 --> 00:13:06,480 umnielets artist, Pohibnosti, Bohibnosti, pohibnoski, doubts zanienna zanitena zani Senna, enthusiastic, botanica, botanica, 135 00:13:06,799 --> 00:13:26,039 botanist vaishnivieh vaishnivieh vashnivieh passionately Kraina, Kraina, Craina landscape, zauyat, zauyat, zaouiyat, engrossed, 136 00:13:26,600 --> 00:13:34,480 samotie Samoti, samote, solitude, PRIs stop it, PRIs stop it, 137 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:42,840 pistope it approach tsa really za really za really listened. 138 00:13:43,240 --> 00:13:56,399 Prosplinuri rosplinuri, Prosplinoulli, vanished, poolette, poolett, Borolette, perspective, prostem prostem, 139 00:13:56,840 --> 00:14:11,200 prostem simple, nechik ne chic, unexpected, pomniquem, pomniquem, omniquem, monument, 140 00:14:11,679 --> 00:14:23,519 kvietinovik uet kvietinovik u kvietinovik viet blossom seclus seclus seclus cycle, 141 00:14:23,879 --> 00:14:33,480 obdivo vala, Obdivovlava admired first Genova, first Genova, first Sinova, 142 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:43,720 Ye fascination, ne chicane ne chicane chic, unexpected prom prom 143 00:14:44,559 --> 00:14:55,080 promene transformation upremie u premie sincerely, ne chick m ne 144 00:14:55,240 --> 00:14:59,200 chick mm unexpectedly. 145 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:08,200 Speaker 2: We hope you've enjoyed this episode of Fluent fiction check. 146 00:15:09,120 --> 00:15:12,080 Our team works tirelessly to bring you high quality, engaging 147 00:15:12,159 --> 00:15:15,039 content that will help you to reach your goals, but 148 00:15:15,159 --> 00:15:18,519 we can't do it alone. 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