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Speaker 3: a high stakes poker game where the true jackpot is
Speaker 3: a life changing realization.
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Speaker 1: plussin an umble short spuming yesper yik and brumsatl how Taffulty.
Speaker 1: The lucht was dick van rog and haloud from fallen
Speaker 1: the chips clung cart in the stead of gammer did
Speaker 1: was in poker afnd marchain halone did was hog inset
Speaker 1: ALUs of needs, Jaspers atrechtop, then heart bunks in semborskas
Speaker 1: heyhart raken swone in zeen hoft conspireking in a descent
Speaker 1: ticket now free had come the betaken heyhart srew the
Speaker 1: dis war Opendruchter did spelled conmurde leick a cake cam
Speaker 1: on harzifth calm and braakened. She spilled all sins harsh
Speaker 1: to dentitate and itself. It's the the baser bloom. The
Speaker 1: outst from the tree was dwarf wintered zain poker has
Speaker 1: ift Farada annoyed but head ached the chip staple. The
Speaker 1: zirrop Josper fooled albe Avona mark plots was a mistaken
Speaker 1: The pain in the embost had sluugh in Osenfarrada la
Speaker 1: koblixen he bathe os and Thunde cake and Nazen carter
Speaker 1: and either stapled chips the Octavo Loch then doctor Varon
Speaker 1: and werwar dourham of stopper the Adrinalina from main met
Speaker 1: angst marked at mulker Hey Hotto Houde hunt miss hinveld
Speaker 1: winender mar the pain the har Hey whist thought Cereus
Speaker 1: was bloom marked the unmacop hatted four hay Josper consles
Speaker 1: smacky sneaker Lika stopped the ave metted her shrieker from
Speaker 1: her carter and cakem on the z knt an the
Speaker 1: boat an onmd spell evs steeltelehre Marri Josper schudesenn hoft
Speaker 1: He wielded a hunt of maka they vis the need
Speaker 1: that he hoped of daisy eekombs toch Tunde pain and
Speaker 1: new diptapen brect vi jasper what he must don then
Speaker 1: hunt thrilled the tunheaded cart near lechte Ikpas flows to
Speaker 1: the hay benafs herself bloom and Lika Cake and okar
Speaker 1: an szagd Ernst from the Situazi and Zumba arseling com
Speaker 1: lick in Oxi and beldo umhulb. The Welzedarwachte met the
Speaker 1: donker Khamer nuhufield matebersorbed head in plats from spawning Tom
Speaker 1: the real tait to Jasper door miss Rine was winning
Speaker 1: neat alas Uzundad was belonged Aker then o mude divon
Speaker 1: lick and bron and he fooled the dumb by head
Speaker 1: Ave latter revered the gold Dnster Josper where calm and
Speaker 1: rustristld Meehnoma for controller hey Cake Narzenfrinde bedunked the hesacht
Speaker 1: in that moment Fonda there it's in Josper held and
Speaker 1: winner barn need to belongs to Zaga had leaf Hi
Speaker 1: self was Saint Rotes de Winced had spelled that I
Speaker 1: need Ravonna marmes rinto Hritzveld cost biders had perceived that
Speaker 1: the re laeve was forbid. The carter and the chips
Speaker 1: and the landebout that said belovtov on new Lever was
Speaker 1: puzzling full Barder don't owe it.
Speaker 3: Let's take another lesson. Listen closely to any party have missed.
Speaker 1: Hetwass encode affelt in April nit napass.
Speaker 3: It was a cold evening in April, just after Easter.
Speaker 1: De lintebrot clurin ad strata marbini infdosed to the gamer,
Speaker 1: fastened an under the sword.
Speaker 3: Spunning spring had brought colors to the streets, but inside,
Speaker 3: in a darkened room, there was a different kind of tension.
Speaker 1: Yosper yik and brumzatlnt ain rund how to taffled you?
Speaker 3: Jasper, Leak and Brahm sat around a round wooden table.
Speaker 1: De lucht twos Dick von Roque and aloud von fall
Speaker 1: on the chip's clung cart in the still gamer.
Speaker 3: The air was thick with smoke, and the sound of
Speaker 3: falling chips echoed loudly in the silent room.
Speaker 1: Dittvossen pokrafled marche kloone.
Speaker 3: This was a poker knight, but not an ordinary one.
Speaker 1: Dit vosh in zet alas off needs.
Speaker 3: This was high stakes, all or nothing.
Speaker 1: Yes, persatrechtop zen heart bonkan in zemborskas.
Speaker 3: Jasper sat upright, his heart pounding in his chest.
Speaker 1: Hey hartreken solma in zen hooft konspraakningn decent ticket narfre
Speaker 1: het komlebiteken.
Speaker 3: He was calculating in his head probability calculations that could
Speaker 3: mean his ticket to freedom.
Speaker 1: Hey halsul le dis var o pemdruchte.
Speaker 3: He had debts that weighed heavily on him.
Speaker 1: Diet spell Conemrede.
Speaker 3: This game could save him.
Speaker 1: Rikuld cake him an herz embrakens.
Speaker 3: Leak looked at him, her face calm and calculated.
Speaker 1: Suspilde all since harsh stood in to date and itself
Speaker 1: eats stabibets.
Speaker 3: She had been playing since her student days and had
Speaker 3: something to prove herself.
Speaker 1: Bloom the outsta fron de dri fausdorffered.
Speaker 3: Bram, the eldest of the three, was seasoned.
Speaker 1: Zain pokerst Ferrad knowed Botredercht.
Speaker 3: His poker face never betrayed what he was thinking.
Speaker 1: The chips stapled zirrope, the chips piled up jesper fool
Speaker 1: de albe na ravonne. Mark Bultz was an unstake in
Speaker 1: de bay in.
Speaker 3: Zemborst Jasper almost felt like he had won, but suddenly
Speaker 3: there was a stabbing pain in his chest.
Speaker 1: Had sluch in ossenfara de la kobliksen.
Speaker 3: It struck like treacherous lightning.
Speaker 1: Hey baitov sentn kei k and nashen carte and ida
Speaker 1: staple chips yuta fulch.
Speaker 3: He gritted his teeth, looking at his cards and the
Speaker 3: stack of chips on the table.
Speaker 1: Z rodorchte varn and verevar.
Speaker 3: His thoughts were a jumble.
Speaker 1: Durham off stoppe.
Speaker 3: Continue or stop the adri na line fermint met ngst
Speaker 3: marked h muelker. The adrenaline mixed with fear made it harder.
Speaker 1: Hey halte houde hands miss hin vel devinende.
Speaker 3: He had a good hand, maybe the winning one my
Speaker 3: de pain verteer, but the pain became more severe.
Speaker 1: Hai Vist thought the serious vos.
Speaker 3: He knew it was serious.
Speaker 1: Bloom marked his n unchmak.
Speaker 3: Up Brahm noticed his discomfort.
Speaker 1: Hat at fuche.
Speaker 3: Are you okay, he asked.
Speaker 1: Jesper gonsle smocks sneaker.
Speaker 3: Jasper could only weakly nod.
Speaker 1: Leku stopped the Efe, admitted her shrieker from her cart
Speaker 1: and cake him under zukunt am.
Speaker 3: Leek paused her card sorting and looked at him inquisitively.
Speaker 1: The boat an almost spill afa steel te lech.
Speaker 3: She offered to pause the game.
Speaker 1: My Jesper schudizen hoft, but Jasper shook his head, Hey
Speaker 1: wild the hunt off mark. He wanted to finish the
Speaker 1: hand ze vit neat d'Arte hope obdez eid it combs.
Speaker 3: They didn't know he was hoping for this one chance
Speaker 3: to tun de pain and.
Speaker 1: New deep tepend breaked vist Jasper vote mustun.
Speaker 3: Still. When the pain reached a new low, Jasper knew
Speaker 3: what he had to do.
Speaker 1: Zeenhans till the tunhe the cartain near Lechte.
Speaker 3: His hand trembled as he laid down the cards.
Speaker 1: Ikpos flows to de hay Bena forced herself.
Speaker 3: I fold. He whispered almost to himself.
Speaker 1: Boom and Yika Cake and okar.
Speaker 3: Am Brahm and Leek looked at each other.
Speaker 1: Sezare de ernst from the situvatzi and zumda arseling come
Speaker 1: lick in axi embel do mhulb.
Speaker 3: They saw the seriousness of the situation, and without hesitation,
Speaker 3: Leik sprang into action and called for help.
Speaker 1: Tevel sudar Vorchte met the don core kham or Nuhfeldt
Speaker 1: met besorteid in platz for spawning don breelitate totiasperdur.
Speaker 3: As they waited there, with the dark room now filled
Speaker 3: with concern instead of tension, reality dawned on Jasper.
Speaker 1: Miss rien vos vinni neet alas.
Speaker 3: Maybe winning wasn't everything.
Speaker 1: Ruzunteate vas blongecre.
Speaker 3: Health was more important.
Speaker 1: Zen onud moute di fond lika embrom and hey fool
Speaker 1: the dumb barhete.
Speaker 3: His eyes met those of leek and Brahm, and he
Speaker 3: felt gratitude.
Speaker 1: Afe laser arivi here de del dienste.
Speaker 3: A little later, the emergency services arrived.
Speaker 1: Jasper vert coom and rust risteld menoum for control.
Speaker 3: Jasper was calmly and reassuringly taken away for a checkup.
Speaker 1: Hey kik narsenfrinde. He looked at his friends bedunct Zsorcht.
Speaker 1: Thank you, he said softly, in delt moment ferndre de
Speaker 1: iti Josper. In that moment, something changed in Jasper. Hilt
Speaker 1: and vine varen need to belong eggs to Zach.
Speaker 3: Money and winning were not the most important things.
Speaker 1: Hed leif nzelf for Saint jrot stevinst.
Speaker 3: Life itself was his greatest treasure.
Speaker 1: Head spill lte, nitravolna, marmiss hinto hittsfeld ghost bards had
Speaker 1: persif delta releef of osvobe carte and the chips.
Speaker 3: He didn't win the game, but perhaps he won something
Speaker 3: much more valuable. The realization that there was a life
Speaker 3: beyond the cards and chips, and.
Speaker 1: The lintebout midsem belotevonulev vospozselin fool bard domoid.
Speaker 3: And the spring outside, with its promise of new life,
Speaker 3: suddenly felt more real than ever.
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 1: Spawning, spawning, spawning, tension, for dous tour, the for douster,
Speaker 1: the for doust the.
Speaker 3: Darkened insets, insets, inset steaks, Bunkin's, Bunkin's, Bunkin's pounding, conspirakoning, conspiraconing, conspirakoning,
Speaker 3: probability s.
Speaker 1: Death, delucte, delucte delucte, wad raacont racons baracant, calculated, dwarf
Speaker 1: of inter dwarf intered, dwarf intered, season for Lad, for Lad,
Speaker 1: for lad, betrayed, steak in the steaking, the steak in
Speaker 1: the stabbing for rather loquor, for rather loquor for rather loquor, treacherous, bait, bait, bait,
Speaker 1: creddit v war their war v war Jumbo, Adrina, Lina, Adrina, line, Adrina,
Speaker 1: Lina adrenaline, Hey for her, Hey for her, Hey for her,
Speaker 1: severe umremac umramach umremac discomfort, arzilin, arziling, arziling, hesitation under zukund,
Speaker 1: under zukund, under.
Speaker 3: Zukund, inquisitively ernst angst angst urgency, dung bar hate, dung
Speaker 3: bar hate, dung bar hate, gratitude, holustristelt, holustristeled, holustristelt reassuringly,
Speaker 3: becif besif becif realization Cost briders, cost briders, cost briders, valuable,
Speaker 3: berzort hat, berzort het, berzort hat, concern reacn somer reagonsmer
Speaker 3: reacn somer, calculate.
Speaker 1: Flowster, the flowster, the flouster, the whispered hoop, deems to hoop,
Speaker 1: deems to hoop, deems to.
Speaker 3: Emergency vinced vinced, vinced, treasure.
Speaker 1: Beloved, Beloved, beloved, promise.
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