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Speaker 3: In this episode, we'll journey through a magical night in
Speaker 3: Amsterdam following Martin's heartfelt quest for a perfect gift amidst
Speaker 3: the festive cheer of cinder clause.
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Speaker 1: The co la o send otdam de l'utvos helda and
Speaker 1: the twinkle in the kerste spirs stilevat hetvos de a
Speaker 1: class and the market in thet hordelbarstefon a lever Martin
Speaker 1: stooped under round from the market, the ur from warmer
Speaker 1: waffles and ruven drunk send usbinner he yield from the
Speaker 1: face to luck a sphere why the drug the mark,
Speaker 1: the hem nervos he adamed the deep in and out
Speaker 1: and zettasen ears to stop to sue the crampies. Zain
Speaker 1: doul was doudluk and cauda for lotter lotter alted stralland
Speaker 1: and friendly looks at lichtpunji in zenderch Marvo to copper
Speaker 1: the well Heizefendechbahan alongs to role ka menert Cobert de
Speaker 1: haisen Zeni with the Petrina Thomas and friend from marthe
Speaker 1: hot hem outnd Or made the comer Thomas heiled from
Speaker 1: the drugte and was over wickled in it on the
Speaker 1: Hondeleo meton for copper over what snoop Martin Riimloch debates
Speaker 1: fancenne and to Shasma Marfa Dwayne aves snell out the
Speaker 1: sicht obsugnar do any special le Cadeau baying cram full
Speaker 1: carest for seeing playfacetan then Oveila opened pacht hunt remarked
Speaker 1: ornament presies what lots are our dear had hum metem
Speaker 1: betoun the route presis so as Harlach mar OpEd self
Speaker 1: the moment strict and under the shopper, saying hunt out
Speaker 1: neither self. The for seering marts are the first baradenheit
Speaker 1: in the oak fonzaint tees river and lead to ornamental loss.
Speaker 1: He fooled, as if the lurestled mark ok oprelecht that
Speaker 1: he hain senn woved the marker thein black fiel tune
Speaker 1: open under the cram full soft clear like shalls and
Speaker 1: deep road, the shell toks and andercht the clear hernnered
Speaker 1: the hem on the upper va from Lota in the
Speaker 1: cow he fooled, and the stuffed and whist that did
Speaker 1: it perfect the cadovas Matte Charles staf in sen Hon
Speaker 1: the lip martyr to Ruhnar Thomas Digniflence and Incope Inspectator
Speaker 1: Zunderfield wore the Marmott tots o lip Martyrs and ancorps
Speaker 1: in Obwgner House, sach Martas and speaker built in the
Speaker 1: dunk route from the hochtenhauses zen Heart was Lichter hey
Speaker 1: hatze Nerpositate over Wuna and Cadogo founded at Lotus Augustre.
Speaker 1: The aphant on the the Freinde and face to le
Speaker 1: Collechte fool the marts in Beiji's therker head wasn't center
Speaker 1: class Varai Norvak and ruhtenk knit alaine vrom vej Cado
Speaker 1: that had haf mar oak from veg to stop the izet.
Speaker 3: Let's take another listen. Listen closely to any part you
Speaker 3: may have missed.
Speaker 1: The coufon December loch o sendek over de rochte von Amsterdam.
Speaker 3: The cold of December lay like a blanket over the
Speaker 3: froting of Amsterdam.
Speaker 1: De luchtvos Helder and the twinkle in the Kerstfrichting spiro
Speaker 1: Desig in its stilevater.
Speaker 3: The air was clear and the twinkling Christmas lights reflected
Speaker 3: in the still water.
Speaker 1: Hetlos, the afnd fon sintter class and the marked in
Speaker 1: the rochte Hoordel barstefondlev.
Speaker 3: It was the evening of ciner class and the market
Speaker 3: in the Frachtenhordel was bursting with life.
Speaker 1: Martin stunt and de ronte froon de marked.
Speaker 3: Martin stood at the edge of the market.
Speaker 1: De hour fonvarmevaffles and fruvein drun sen ursbine.
Speaker 3: The smell of warm waffles and cluvine filled his nose.
Speaker 1: Hey yielded from the face to the kaushear marter dluc
Speaker 1: de mach dehem nervous.
Speaker 3: He loved the festive atmosphere, but the crowd made him nervous.
Speaker 1: He adam the deep in and out and zetizen ear
Speaker 1: is to stop to sue de cramps.
Speaker 3: He took a deep breath in and out and took
Speaker 3: his first step among the stalls.
Speaker 1: Zendul vas d'audluc and cadorfur loote.
Speaker 3: His goal was clear, a gift for Lutta.
Speaker 1: Lotte altaed strallant and friendly. Luk bossert lichpunji inzender.
Speaker 3: Lutta, always radiant and friendly, was the bright spot in
Speaker 3: his day.
Speaker 1: Marvottukobe but what to buy vel heiseefundchbahn the longst fo
Speaker 1: de khmenerte cobi dehisen zeniutebodvina.
Speaker 3: As he made his way through the cheerful crowd, he
Speaker 3: tried to quell his nerves.
Speaker 1: Thomas infreened from Marte hatem outrena o may to comb.
Speaker 3: Thomas, a friend of Martin, had invited him to come along.
Speaker 1: Thomas heeled from the drug to envos alfred wicklt in
Speaker 1: it larhandole metem for coper oh for what snoop.
Speaker 3: Thomas loved the hustle and was already engaged in haggling
Speaker 3: with a vender over some sweets.
Speaker 1: Marte rhim lachtebe sine fonsein entuschasmin marf dvane afus snell
Speaker 1: out at sicht ob suk nardod ain't a speescha le cado.
Speaker 3: Martin smiled at his enthusiasm, but quickly slipped out of sight,
Speaker 3: searching for that one special gift.
Speaker 1: beIN come full curst for seeing play fastdam.
Speaker 3: He paused at a stall full of Christmas decorations.
Speaker 1: Zen O rafila opeen port romde remarked ornament prucis fault
Speaker 1: lotosauv ardar.
Speaker 3: His eyes fell on a beautifully handmade ornament, just what
Speaker 3: Lutta would appreciate.
Speaker 1: Had hum metem bedeau ren de flute prucis sours harlach.
Speaker 3: It shone with an enchanting glow, just like her smile.
Speaker 1: Mar O patzilf de moment strict and homrous chopper saying,
Speaker 1: hunt out Naida zelf the foreseering.
Speaker 3: But at the same moment another shopper reached out for
Speaker 3: the same decoration.
Speaker 1: Martezs are the fosparadenheit in the o fon saint destreefer
Speaker 1: and lead to ornamental los.
Speaker 3: Martin saw the determination in his rival's eyes and let
Speaker 3: go of the ornaments.
Speaker 1: Hey fool desirete leur hostels mar o opreleurt d'lte hain
Speaker 1: sen wulf de de marc.
Speaker 3: He felt disappointed, but also relieved not to have to
Speaker 3: make a scene.
Speaker 1: Zemblik filtune open onre cram full soft cluageshells.
Speaker 3: His gaze then fell on another stall full of soft,
Speaker 3: colorful scarves.
Speaker 1: Then deep road a shall tokxen amlercht.
Speaker 3: A deep red scarf caught his attention the.
Speaker 1: Clear her inner de heem on the appolvam of Lotto Deco.
Speaker 3: The color reminded him of Lutta as rosy cheeks in
Speaker 3: the cold.
Speaker 1: He fooled and the stuff envest tldit it perfect kadovos.
Speaker 3: He felt the fabric and knew this was the perfect gift.
Speaker 1: Metuchall stay in zen homle lip marte truhnartomos di sniflence
Speaker 1: and inco inspected.
Speaker 3: With the scarf firmly in his hands. Martin walked back
Speaker 3: to Tomas, who was chuckling as he inspected his purchases.
Speaker 1: Zundr field War de marmaid Tozzo Orite Martis and ankob Seine.
Speaker 3: With few words but proud eyes, Martin showed his acquisition.
Speaker 1: Op vichnarhaus sch Martez spigrobuilt in the don core rauta Fondrchochtenhauschis.
Speaker 3: On the way home, Martin saw his reflection in the
Speaker 3: dark windows of the frachtenheisches.
Speaker 1: Zeen hart voss lichter. His heart was lighter, hey hartz
Speaker 1: Ner fauchetate o for vonde en cadorofon de dot lotus Augustre.
Speaker 3: He had overcome his nervousness and found a gift that
Speaker 3: Lutta would cherish.
Speaker 1: The afant onl de frinde and faced le calichte fool
Speaker 1: de martis i Nbachystacher.
Speaker 3: That evening, among friends and festive lights, Martin felt a
Speaker 3: bit stronger.
Speaker 1: Hertwossen sinterklasvar no fak nit a laine from vedo del
Speaker 1: te huff mark oak from the stop diez it.
Speaker 3: It was a cinder clash he would often look back on,
Speaker 3: not only because of the gift he gave, but also
Speaker 3: because of the step he had taken. Today's vocabulary words
Speaker 3: are coming up right after this commercial break. Here are
Speaker 3: today's vocabulary words, first in Dutch, then in English.
Speaker 1: Deacon, daked, dec blanket, twink linde, twink linda, twink linde, twinkling,
Speaker 1: still still, still, still, hachten, hordele, hochten, hordele, hochten, hordle, crackton,
Speaker 1: gordle borste, barste borste bursting where, where where smell vaffles,
Speaker 1: vaffles vaffles waffles, sphere, sphere, sphere, atmosphere, dructe, dructe, dructe, crowd, nervous, nervous, nervous, nervous,
Speaker 1: flo lugu, flo lug, flolug, cheerful bedwge, bedwgen bedvigne, quill
Speaker 1: derong derong deng hussel on the Hondeleu, on the hondele
Speaker 1: on the handele haggling for cober for cober, for cobre,
Speaker 1: bender for searing, foreseering, foreseeing ornament bedaver bedauver enchanted, lute
Speaker 1: route root glow tefn strafer tefn strafer deefnstraferbal shall shall
Speaker 1: shall scarf, apple, vanna appele vanna rosie, stuff stuff stuff fabric, mcope, mcope, mcope, acquisition,
Speaker 1: Spigrael built, Spiegel built, Spiegrael built, reflection. Hochtenhaus is Hachtenhaus's,
Speaker 1: Hochtenhaus's grachton wishes over vulner, over vulner over vulner overcome,
Speaker 1: gustare gush whosterin cherish, face to liquor, face to liquor,
Speaker 1: face to liquor, festive stop stop stop step, fust baradenheite,
Speaker 1: fust baradenhite, fust bradenheite determination.
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