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Speaker 3: In this episode, we'll delve into the suspenseful journey of

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a Meal, a solitary historian, as he uncovers a conspiracy

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hidden within the shadows of a forgotten bunker, intertwining trust

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and secrets in the winter chill.

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Speaker 1: Larzugnye Vi lentouri de collin Raneschi, emil a historian solitaire, Savontieu,

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monsa bent Suter lu bonire froi essum leneur APIs do

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yer what the religi du blier bre febre, mons la

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lunier de non pue, solitaire de la pousier, dance non

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se de clairache, fragil creer and ambience mysterious, Emilia toujour

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remeilnister no resolue Esamon Yarrochi did not sign on him

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the condiso a standrois securiosity, pique ajeur de fevrier alrquelemon

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syllable las san valentine, Emili t laroussia the message cachet

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leesper compromra passive blier petetrolia Jacques in figure enigmatic de

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lis to our locale, Sophie Lendi DeLong that demil Rossan

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Caulcucho's don quitin ennu serriendo la cat secret demil portin

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el sainquiri cache calcuchaus a lavit su and cafe poor

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dispute esperanti se conferra maisie milesi vulso concerns messius sodomon

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sildula metrodo la confidence angour sail down the banquier emil

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de couvent in ascription myster use, the message coude soun

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kerba privit sec massage poor revily and crecio con petet

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rossla concern til can kie latinsimont the fir more down,

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the bun care netpar medii persevere tillis conaissance poderci fellow

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god hipaa a message he acuse jacques the tramplicidos in

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conspiracy historic bimile de concerte jacquet in figure respecte mesu

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message remeto tonkestume he se killed adamo medio super pro

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fundemo p tilgarde solla poului sonnstan RIDI killed a partagello

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pad said de couvert finan mon emil de sid deliver

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soufi el vatarive avecan visage truble iracunt too bodbu l

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s op melro merced the circumference, ensemble in deceit, the

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very hill fe de gerravexaggestes a traverset experience Emi comprona

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partons de la conference de partage, mend le mormali, prison

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a varcek atipa pressiu, the sacred de buoncer norest the prison,

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fardo para solom in responsibility, partage and truduce Ani The

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Free deliver persists. Marinil sona schaller de sutia rot de

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louis hesseki ne prisell le buoncer olivers socre may i

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see a f la vaal de la confience de la nier.

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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: Nancignier yi lentourre de collin raunegi Eimille an historian solitaire

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savonciu nansin bentierre sulterra.

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Speaker 3: In an old town surrounded by snowy hills. Emil a

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solitary historian ventures into an underground bunker.

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Speaker 5: Le boniere froi es soumb.

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Speaker 3: The bunker is cold and dark.

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Speaker 1: Leneer tapicid yer what de reliu blill bre fe ble mons,

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la lunier d noon pour solitaire.

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Speaker 3: The walls lined with old boxes of forgotten relics glow

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faintly under the light of a solitary bulb.

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Speaker 1: De la poucier dance nancticierra fragill creer renan bience.

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Speaker 3: Mysterious does dance is in this fragile lighting, creating a

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mysterious atmosphere.

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Speaker 1: Emire tujo remeri, nister nouri risamn yer Rouci di not

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send a nin l counisadois.

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Speaker 3: Emil has always loved unsolved mysteries, and recently he received

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anonymous notes leading him to this place.

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Speaker 5: Securiosity piqui.

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Speaker 3: His curiosity is piqued anjour.

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Speaker 1: De fevrilli allorque le monde, selebro le sin Valentin Emili

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te la roucheruchi.

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Speaker 3: One day in February, while the world celebrates Valentine's Day,

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Emil is searching for a hidden message.

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Speaker 5: Yes per compon passie blill pe te trier, Jacques in

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figur enigmatic de ristoi le guel.

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Speaker 3: He hopes to understand a forgotten past, perhaps linked to Jack,

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an enigmatic figure in local history.

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Speaker 5: So fi len ni de lune dette de nill roussin

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queer cochus den.

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Speaker 3: Quito Sophie, Emilia's longtime friend, feels something unsettling.

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Speaker 5: En seren lte secret de nill.

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Speaker 3: She knows nothing of amile as secret.

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Speaker 5: Quest pourtin el sonquirikeshq coucheurs.

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Speaker 3: Yet she senses that he is hiding something from her e.

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Speaker 5: La vie piti esperon qui se confierra.

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Speaker 3: She often invites him for coffee to chat, hoping he

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will confide in her maisi ni lesit, but Emil hesitates

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vusu cons messieu sud monsieur la confidence. He wants to

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focus on his research, but he wonders if he should

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let her in on the secret.

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Speaker 1: Angour seer de lubunquiere eni di couvrent fa escritiu misterius.

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Speaker 3: One day alone in the bunker, Emil finally discovers a

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mysterious inscription le mes sage coudi. The message is coded

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son quer bar priit. His heart beats faster bisiku.

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Speaker 5: Su mege pour rivilli and surgrecu con.

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Speaker 3: He knows that this message could reveal a shocking secret.

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Speaker 5: Te te tro su le conseln tique can chier coune.

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Speaker 3: Perhaps it concerns someone he knows, Le tonsieur Mont. The

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tension rises le froi more.

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Speaker 5: Don ye bunterer neetka.

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Speaker 3: The biting cold of the bunker doesn't help.

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Speaker 5: Maisi ni persever etili son scune sens podeschi frilu cood.

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Speaker 3: But Emil perseveres, using his knowledge to decipher the code.

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Speaker 5: Ipa viene ecuse Jacques de Carampriquinos in Conspiraci historique.

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Speaker 3: He finally manages to read the message. It accuses Jack

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of being involved in a historical conspiracy.

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Speaker 5: Demi de concerti.

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Speaker 3: Emil is baffled.

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Speaker 1: Jacquet in figure respecte mess message remertnquist.

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Speaker 3: Jacques is a respected figure, but this message calls everything

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into question.

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Speaker 5: Is se quilldm.

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Speaker 3: He knows he must act carefully Lis Supierre, but he

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sighs deeply.

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Speaker 5: Peti deer de sol.

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Speaker 3: Can he keep this to himself?

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Speaker 5: Sonsta lu ditild part de couvert.

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Speaker 3: His instinct tells him he must share the burden of

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this discovery.

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Speaker 5: Finan moni de la voisoufi.

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Speaker 3: Eventually, Emil decides to go see Safie.

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Speaker 5: El voari ve avec visege troubles.

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Speaker 3: She sees him arrive with a troubled face.

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Speaker 5: Vira conte too.

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Speaker 3: He tells her everything.

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Speaker 5: Budebiut le chupi mel le remerci de se conference.

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Speaker 3: At first she is shocked, but she thanks him for

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his trust.

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Speaker 5: Encan yi de sin de vere hili fey de gire

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vec seges.

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Speaker 3: Together, they decide to verify the facts and act wisely.

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Speaker 5: At traversee te experience ni compo portons de la confiance

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di partage.

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Speaker 3: Through this experience, Emil understands the importance of trust and sharing.

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Speaker 1: Meme no li monmoli prison a vartta achipele.

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Speaker 3: Prescieu, even in the darkest moments, having someone to talk

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to his precious.

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Speaker 1: Le sec re di bnquier ne rese de puisin fardo

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pour soleme neresonardusni.

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Speaker 3: The bunker's secret is no longer a burden for one man,

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but a responsibility shared between two friends.

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Speaker 2: Le frai de l.

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Speaker 1: Vere persist me renisson la chele de soutierro tour.

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Speaker 4: De l.

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Speaker 3: The winter cold persists, but Emil feels the warmth of

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support around him.

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Speaker 5: Qui ne poussel.

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Speaker 3: He knows he is no longer alone.

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Speaker 1: Le bunquerra livres scre meaou siur ferri, lu son re, sel,

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la valli de la confiance de icier.

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Speaker 3: The Bunker has revealed its secrets, but has also offered

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an essential lesson the value of trust and friendship.

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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 5: Leville, le Ville, Leville, the town, solitaire, solitaire, solitaire, solitary, Listoria, listorian, listoria,

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the historian, Leubuncierre, leubunquerre, lebincier, the bunker, licouline, lecoline, li couline,

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the hills, lerelque, lerelque, le relique, the relics, l'an pool,

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lamp pool, l'an pool, the.

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Speaker 1: Bulb, la pousier, la pousier, la pousier, the dust, blone Beyonce,

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lone Beyonce, lone biyonce, the atmosphere blue, miss there themis there,

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the miss there, The mystery blee it blee not le

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not the notes like curiousity, like curious city, like curiousity, the.

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Speaker 5: Curiosity, le message, le message, the message, the message lu

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passi lu passi, l pasci, the past, enigmatic, enigmatic, enigmatic, enigmatic, Kito,

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Kito and Cito, unsettling, like it, lack it, leck it,

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the quest, blunscription, loscription, lanscription, the inscription, blue care, liquer air,

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the heart, the good, bl good, the good, the code,

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like Conspiraci, like Conspiraci, like conspirac, the conspiracy, the concerte

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de concerte de concerti baffled lauansta lanestan, lancestan, the instinct,

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Le fardeux, le fardeux, le farrudou, the burden, La confience,

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la confiance, la confiance, the trust, latonsiun latonsium, latons um,

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the tension, Le sutia, le sutien, le suia, the support,

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la esponsibility, la esponsibility, la esponsebility, the responsibility. Le loucon,

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le luson, Le louis soon, the lesson.

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Speaker 3: Let me ti, let me ti, let me ti, the friendship.

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