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Speaker 1: Leretetera, le nieur terro couvert, de bois de concerved provisions

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o sant jetablon bois entouri, de chees de parier at

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ton de la a it is rodiardo tordel, the carlo,

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el voulesque, tu sois par fe, Polarinian family, reelle, marquet,

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tetfala a predess anied absence. You see la banjamine, rangel Es, asier, pausdonia,

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portin es, saurier, messnxi, te t visible lespercule tonsiun di

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speetre comameo verer ecute common saires, mon cerrale manco let table,

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nussan sonsanble sese qui conte marque fill and signe de

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la tete says you fix on leneur disau souvenetti, dispute

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de malontnji sefai vi monqu meladu lea retetu jola leadini,

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commensalons and Celon's pusson anton pucel mont pe lebrid de

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couvert it is Servella sup shod sejondo reche feil atmosphere

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me mark rested distant Sudan. We see posasaquierre petain paris,

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de mondet divuadeus person repundi mean corne passa Eliza, sitter an, preno,

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relo pass ut, revere mark for quiet u reste siloa,

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the mondais savatre said de lemotion, marque, poussin, super profond,

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James fisonti xcu and compri avuetil simoorisondo Lebanpierre, commenco, latmosphere

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latnacro Giorepiparius, expique, dearies Lesiubria, the cilans revan lor camessauvenir setale,

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marque areqin Voifragi, medicide common sire, conte saint travaille vedita, deficile,

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sarre lacmave clerk per complex elisi. You see coute de

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courne a very taken navejame visagi in l'amoculacio la judires

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el solova, filtre de la tabli pre marked don sebra.

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You see le roguani crere in rnt fermi realitis unblestrizili

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brasior visible josidaizuli meomiurrailis realis uncle do relaship prize to

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count holy shack detaiet and possible and ferramieux ensembles marquet yes,

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sir Santana chell decere, laurelia, ter restore, fragil messincere, tonti

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susperer and novellespar floated alergiboncer levera proche madame so refuge

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innuvel schal set and steal and see la fernico monza

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dei re is conprique la verte dei sinte control encanle

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ypuveta frontell future ni.

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Speaker 3: Let's take another listen. Listen closely to any parts you

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may have missed.

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Speaker 1: Lere te fro de l bent su terra.

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Speaker 3: The air was cold in the underground bunker Lenere ter.

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Speaker 1: Ro couverd bois de concerve du pro vision jour jence.

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Speaker 3: The walls were covered with canned goods and emergency provisions.

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Speaker 1: Ou saint u yetta blon bois entourre de ches de

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pa reller at ton de la ferropas.

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Speaker 3: In the center, an old wooden table surrounded by mismatched chairs,

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awaited the family for a meal.

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Speaker 1: Elise roder del tour del viti.

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Speaker 3: Leur eligue looked around her, her heart heavy.

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Speaker 1: El voules que touso fermiel.

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Speaker 3: She wanted everything to be perfect for the family reunion.

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Speaker 1: Marquite la a predisance.

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Speaker 3: Marc was finally there after years of absence.

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Speaker 1: You see la germin Alierlusi.

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Speaker 3: The youngest, was arranging the plates for this important dinner.

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Speaker 1: Ees surier mess tib.

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Speaker 3: She smiled, but her anxiety was visible.

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Speaker 1: El spercuiletre comu verre.

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Speaker 3: She hoped the tensions would disappear, like a bad dream.

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Speaker 1: I couti comn sairise monnsle.

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Speaker 3: Tab listen began Elise, clenching her hands on the table.

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Speaker 1: Moussm son sombres.

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Speaker 3: We are together.

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Speaker 1: Cisqut that's what matters. Marc fi seisur fix.

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Speaker 3: Marc nodded, his eyes fixed on the wall des de

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dispute de melent. He remembered the arguments, the misunderstandings.

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Speaker 1: Seferi le montue melad.

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Speaker 3: He missed his family, but the pain was still there.

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Speaker 1: Le Dinico Monsannans silons, pousson Anton Pussin monta le bris

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Speaker 3: The dinner began in heavy silence, interrupted only by the

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sound of cutlery.

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Speaker 1: Elisee serve le soup should recheul fill et MOUs ferre.

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Speaker 3: Eligue served the hot soup, trying to warm the atmosphere.

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Speaker 1: Me Marc Reste distant, but.

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Speaker 3: Mark remained distant, sous dan Uci Pierre suddenly, Lisie put

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her spoon down.

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Speaker 1: Courtm Paris, Can we talk de mondete di voisdus.

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Speaker 3: She asked in a soft voice.

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Speaker 1: Person Repuonzi, maya and courone passin.

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Speaker 3: No one replied, but a current past.

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Speaker 1: Elisie cite rignol persi uturi vii.

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Speaker 3: Elise hesitated between ignoring the past or revealing everything.

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Speaker 1: Marc pour quaetures desiloon.

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Speaker 3: Mark, why did you stay away?

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Speaker 1: D mondaills Elisee asked Savoreisea de la moussieu.

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Speaker 3: Her voice betrayed emotion.

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Speaker 1: Marque poussin superprofen.

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Speaker 3: Marc sighed deeply.

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Speaker 1: J Mounsieur, santi Escu and comcrie a voetill.

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Speaker 3: I felt excluded, misunderstood. He admitted, simooris nella lubn Pierre comanicoo.

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His words echoed in the bunker like an echo.

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Speaker 1: Let's mons ferchonja let toncienco.

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Speaker 3: The atmosphere changed, the tension rose a notch.

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Speaker 1: Tiu repi parli usizpki diis lisieubrien.

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Speaker 3: You could have talked, explain to us, said Alise, her

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eyes glistening.

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Speaker 1: Vesi lance reuvain lorc mis sauvenier.

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Speaker 3: Silence returned heavy, like the memories.

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Speaker 1: Setelorque marque a vecui voi fragi medicidi come on sin

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ra counti.

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Speaker 3: It was then that Mark, with a fragile but determined voice,

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began to recount.

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Speaker 1: Soon travailve di ficill carro LEAs sieurve per compleix.

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Speaker 3: His work had been difficult, his relationship with her father complex.

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Speaker 1: Elisi Lucie coute de couvon de verite ne vegemeen visegi.

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Speaker 3: Elise and Lucie listened, discovering truths they had never imagined.

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Speaker 1: In La mucula sur la joud, lise.

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Speaker 3: A tear ran down Eliza's cheek.

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Speaker 1: El suluvai filletour de la table primac non sebra.

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Speaker 3: She stood up, walked around the table and hugged Mark.

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Speaker 1: You sile Rogeenni cre renntferniier tissanble Ce, trisili bre survisib.

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Speaker 3: Lucie joined them, creating a family embrace that seemed to

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heal the invisible wounds.

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Speaker 1: Guid Zuli nell Miurrailise really zonquell lu Vella che prise

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cell comte role cheques ditai te tam poucib.

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Speaker 3: I'm sorry, whispered Elise, realizing she had to let go

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that controlling every detail was impossible.

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Speaker 1: Montferramieu encandles.

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Speaker 3: Will do better together.

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Speaker 1: Marquechis sa saint la chele de si.

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Speaker 3: Ser Marc agreed, feeling the warmth of his sisters.

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Speaker 1: La lie ter restore fragill mes sainse.

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Speaker 3: Their bond was restored Fragile but sincere.

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Speaker 1: Contie Susiparre and nouve le esporte legibuncuerre.

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Speaker 3: When they separated, new hope floated in the air of

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the bunker.

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Speaker 1: Levere prochet me Dame sour refuge in nouve chele Cetelli.

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Speaker 3: Winter was approaching, but in this refuge a new warmth

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had settled.

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Speaker 1: Anci lea femico monsies dei relse contricui le verte te

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pu pis Saint cull control.

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Speaker 3: Thus the family began to heal, and Elise understood that

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the truth was more powerful than control.

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Speaker 1: En song.

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Speaker 3: Together, they could face the future united.

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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: Lubnquier, lubunquier lebuinquier the bunker le provision les provision lisprovision,

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the provisions de parier, de parier, de par reye mismatched,

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Citi long citi longxiti.

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Speaker 3: The anxiety, Siri siri, siri to clench, l man le

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malonn le malon, the misunderstanding.

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Speaker 5: Supiri superri supiri to sigh like Uier, like Uier, like Cuier.

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The spoon, Let's most fair, Let's most fair, Let's most fair.

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The atmosphere blecko, lico licu, the echo, l l arm

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leal arme l larm the.

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Speaker 1: Terror, pendre bra pendre, bra, pendre, don bra the hug,

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cic cat fizzy, cicat, fizzy c cat frizzy to hear

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blitrant litant lit hunt, the embrace, Lu souvenir, lu souvenir,

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lu souvenir, the memory, lu luantaw luanta, distant, Fragi fragile,

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fragi fragile, the CID, the CID, this CD determined caer

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cair craer to betray emotion, affronte, affronte, affronti to face, pisson, pison, purson,

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heavy silence, excure, excure, excure to exclude, laro, lesson, laro, lassium,

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lar roe, lesion, the relationship, controly, controly, controuly to control, privily,

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privily previly, to reveal, licouvert, lecouvert, le couvert, the cutlery, sussantier, susantier, susantier.

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To feel a pushy, a pushy, a pushy.

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Speaker 3: To approach epsoin epsoen abson, absent.

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Speaker 1: Lirifige, li rifuge, lirifige.

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Speaker 3: The refuge.

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