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Speaker 3: In this episode, we'll explore the transformative power of vulnerability
Speaker 3: and love amidst a snowy Rotterdam cafe rendezvous.
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Speaker 1: naval and the strato vardict de lasniew Heat's cafe and
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Speaker 1: to interieure and zachte Frichtin the huer van Ferzramaala coffee
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Speaker 1: desvar Torjos von dacht Dope, Elsa sen Judefrindin sen varvuln
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Speaker 1: friend tirum mardiit kir wildeh Elaine met Elsa, zayn by
Speaker 1: binnekomst Sir Marte Elsa alzebeun fostatafo the Lachta tunsee Hemzoch
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Speaker 1: be taken the ad mere who had it four elsa
Speaker 1: taveels warmer kopchocolade milk for am near set martin himlachtes
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Speaker 1: niss ob coma, I will the need that say alto
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Speaker 1: aladarchsedinger the snail and what si did wicken saud doum
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Speaker 1: varabee whate wil dezehre high wist that head numus doom
Speaker 1: elsa bohone sarchiz say stem trilland the cake came an
Speaker 1: newsher had in her o marnette of that moment dry
Speaker 1: the OLiS on her main the am blackwerdwase hal foolded
Speaker 1: the kracht out saint lechram verfleuy and stortebayena in okar
Speaker 1: elsa stone mettainop lecht harhontopsen arm and helped the hem
Speaker 1: overrained marten ripse yezit and knitrot out hulng fool ye.
Speaker 1: Also in that moment vel Hay loaned ob elsa on
Speaker 1: snapped adam elsa igban for Liftopia flows to the hay
Speaker 1: for that taise really zired pot Hatrazert trown A veldoop
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Speaker 1: come Elsa cake ham An har Blick forsartend oh Marten
Speaker 1: jes and tokuhem dichtterruzerrahm igben Oak for lift Objiao. Thevel
Speaker 1: Sehem helped the narn roustr replek in a cafe fool,
Speaker 1: the marta varmerhol van obuerting m dungs sen Klockel and
Speaker 1: the rossonteate fool the hesif Lichter don oit tervell Elsa
Speaker 1: for hem zorte besif de hey dot he haes if
Speaker 1: nied mirzau forbert Achter and mosca from aungst Martin hot
Speaker 1: ondict dot kritzperhet knit alted and swackavos mancrot and dort
Speaker 1: varhead spreaking and leave the fallabond Alain marstairkor comagher vell
Speaker 1: hey darzot in that knuse cafe on linked to the
Speaker 1: rur from coffee and lift fool. The Heesi ain de lectouse.
Speaker 3: Let's take another listen. Listen closely to any part you
Speaker 3: may have missed.
Speaker 1: Open co de februari dach in Rotterdam, wandle de Marte
Speaker 1: narrat cafe on the UK.
Speaker 3: On a cold February day in Rotterdam, Martin walked to
Speaker 3: the cafe. Around the corner.
Speaker 1: Heatwas benafalateinstach and the stratavara beedicte metenzch de la sneel.
Speaker 3: It was almost Valentine's Day and the streets were covered
Speaker 3: with a soft layer of snow.
Speaker 1: Head cafe then begin to blick for him and sinfrinde
Speaker 1: strawl of arm to out mitzen how to interieur enzerchte frichtin.
Speaker 3: The cafe, a familiar place for him and his friends,
Speaker 3: exuded warmth with its wooden interior and soft lighting.
Speaker 1: De ur fanfer schramale coffee ful de de l'uchte.
Speaker 3: The smell of freshly ground coffee filled the air.
Speaker 1: Martin fool as if neat best.
Speaker 3: Martin didn't feel well.
Speaker 1: Zhen hooftet pain zen gilvos hoort en sint lecham fool d'esvar.
Speaker 3: His head ached, his throat was hoarse. And his body
Speaker 3: felt heavy.
Speaker 1: Torlos v n dat dor varrope Elsa sen Jude frindin
Speaker 1: gen varfuluns vil dee fritelle.
Speaker 3: Still, today was the day he wanted to tell Elsha,
Speaker 3: his good friend, his true feelings.
Speaker 1: Sesa the fact sam indict cafe meet un Jude friend Tirun.
Speaker 3: They often sat together in this cafe with their good
Speaker 3: friend Yurun.
Speaker 1: Mardit kir vil dee hee alain met.
Speaker 3: Elsa Zeyn, But this time he wanted to be alone
Speaker 3: with Elsha.
Speaker 1: Beb bine comste serh Marte, Elsa al zite be un faustatafol.
Speaker 3: Upon entering, Martin saw Elshah already seated at their usual table.
Speaker 1: Selarte tun sehem sa and swa defro.
Speaker 3: She laughed when she saw him and waved cheerfully.
Speaker 1: Hapobiarde tutelach marat coste muite.
Speaker 3: He tried to smile back, but it took effort.
Speaker 1: Sir had afrouspoco onlo at four van silvan ravod the
Speaker 1: coffee date marfor Marte betaken it mere.
Speaker 3: They had arranged to meet under the pretense of an
Speaker 3: ordinary coffee date, but for Martin it meant more.
Speaker 1: Hoor hats it.
Speaker 3: How are you.
Speaker 1: Fool el sa de vell's varmacopchoc la de milk for him.
Speaker 3: Nears it, asked Elsha as she set a warm cup
Speaker 3: of hot chocolate in front of him.
Speaker 1: Martin him lach tesbachis.
Speaker 3: Martin smiled weakly.
Speaker 1: Behimu ding cake ze Hey.
Speaker 3: A bit tired, I think, he said, ze.
Speaker 1: Nourse bohonteug and he fool the nisse ob comb.
Speaker 3: His nose began to itch, and he felt a sneeze
Speaker 3: coming on.
Speaker 1: Hey vil de neatd'l s all to brasor s order.
Speaker 3: He didn't want her to become too worried. Mar alas
Speaker 3: is okay, but everything is okay.
Speaker 1: Soeprat over a la da seding the snail and vot
Speaker 1: sadd vikan sauddum.
Speaker 3: They talked about everyday things, the snow, and what they
Speaker 3: would do this weekend.
Speaker 1: Marte knichte en him lrt zo jut ose com Martin
Speaker 1: dorte varabe votte ville desire.
Speaker 3: Martin nodded and smiled as best he could, but his
Speaker 3: thoughts were on what he wanted to say.
Speaker 1: Hey, vist d'ltey nu MOUs doom. He knew he had
Speaker 1: to do it now, Elsa Bahonsachius, saying stem trillans Elsha.
Speaker 3: He began softly, his voice trembling.
Speaker 1: Seg km ahms news shirred in her own.
Speaker 3: She looked at him, curiosity in her eyes.
Speaker 1: Marnit ob dat moment dried ALUs.
Speaker 2: O ma min.
Speaker 3: But just at that moment, everything around him started to
Speaker 3: spin zemblikwertvase. His vision blurred hal fool de de de
Speaker 3: corcht alt sen leram ve fleuy and store to bay
Speaker 3: Na in okar. He felt the strength drain from his
Speaker 3: body and almost collapsed.
Speaker 1: Elsa stond matin hop lech tarantopsin arm and help to
Speaker 1: him overrains.
Speaker 3: Elshau immediately stood up, placed her hand on his arm
Speaker 3: and helped him up. Martin Martin rips. She exclaimed, yezit
Speaker 3: er nitrut out, you don't look well.
Speaker 1: Who long fool ye?
Speaker 3: Also, how long have you been feel like this?
Speaker 1: In that moment, terevel helen deb Elsa will snap to
Speaker 1: hit him.
Speaker 3: In that moment, as he leaned on Elshah, it slipped
Speaker 3: out of him.
Speaker 1: Elsa igbin Furliftopie flows to the hall for d'lte seized Valte.
Speaker 3: Has Elsha I'm in love with you, he whispered, before
Speaker 3: he realized what he had said.
Speaker 1: Travel dozen oh needsake or offador the court of the
Speaker 1: emoti is come.
Speaker 3: Tears welled up in his eyes. I'm sure if it
Speaker 3: was from the fever or the emotions.
Speaker 1: Elsa kikhem ahm harblik frsten.
Speaker 3: Elsha looked at him, her gaze softening.
Speaker 1: Oh Martin, jes and tokm dicht.
Speaker 3: Oh Martin, she said, pulling him close. Igbin o flipiao,
Speaker 3: I'm in love with you too. Tervel Sehem helped Narn
Speaker 3: rust Repliq in his cafe fool the marte envoormchol from oberting.
Speaker 3: As she helped him to a quieter spot in the cafe,
Speaker 3: Martin felt a warm wave of relief.
Speaker 1: Umdungs, saying, kroaquelin de roussnte fool de heise lichter domod.
Speaker 3: Despite his ailing health, he felt lighter than ever.
Speaker 1: Tervel Elsa for him zorte beseif de hey deltesif noyed
Speaker 1: mirzau forber achter mosquer from aungst.
Speaker 3: While Elscha took care of him, he realized he would
Speaker 3: never again hide behind a mask of fear.
Speaker 1: Martin hot undicht, dot kwitz berhete net alted and zwachtevos marincrot.
Speaker 3: Martin had discovered that vulnerability was not always a weakness,
Speaker 3: but a strength, and.
Speaker 1: Del tevarheit sprakin' a leaf to fall bond alain marstaire
Speaker 1: kur comage.
Speaker 3: And that speaking the truth could only strengthen a loving.
Speaker 1: Bond tervel hey darzolt in the knuse cafe on linked
Speaker 1: to dehur from coffi and lift fule heserin deluctas.
Speaker 3: As he sat there in that cozy cafe, surrounded by
Speaker 3: the scent of coffee and love, he finally felt at home.
Speaker 4: Today's vocabulary words are coming up right after this commercial break.
Speaker 4: Here are today's vocabulary words, first in Dutch, then in English.
Speaker 6: Strawled out, strauld out, strauled.
Speaker 1: Out, exuded, schur, schre sore, horse, four, vencil four vencil
Speaker 1: for vencil, pretense, pain, doom, pain, doom pain, doom ache, blick, blick,
Speaker 1: black casevasvasaser, blurred, trillant, trillant, trilland trembling, kritzpar hate, kritzpar hate,
Speaker 1: quit spar hate, vulnerability, flowster, the flouster, the flowster, the
Speaker 1: whispered quackland, quackland, quackland, ailing, Schwachter sat weakness, croft strength There,
Speaker 1: rufullence there, rufullence, the ruffl true feelings, obluchting, opluchting, oblurchting, relief,
Speaker 1: afrus broke, afrus broken, afrus broke, arranged, dune All's off,
Speaker 1: doune alls off, doune All's off, pretend zitter zitten, zite seated, learned, learned, learned, leaned,
Speaker 1: connecte connector, knechte, nodded their flu thefluen, their flu train,
Speaker 1: storter in ocar, storter in ocar, storter in ocar, collapsed, forsortant, forsortant, forsorten, softening,
Speaker 1: luster here, luster here, luster quieter, bedeck, bideckendeck, cover begins, begins, begins,
Speaker 1: familiar muitu, muitu, muitu effort canus canusu canuse cozy, fierce
Speaker 1: Ramala Koffi, fierce ramalakoffi, fierce ramaalakofi ground coffee for strooid,
Speaker 1: for stloid, for stroid scattered You can you can you
Speaker 1: cand itch.
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