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<v Speaker 1>Fluid fluent Dorg.

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome to Fluent Fiction Danish, the podcast where we bring

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<v Speaker 2>you bilingual stories to supercharge your listening comprehension. In each episode,

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<v Speaker 2>we'll present a short story in both English and Danish

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<v Speaker 2>with the aim of helping you to improve your listening comprehension.

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<v Speaker 3>In this episode, we'll dive into a heartwarming winter tale

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<v Speaker 3>where love conquers icy depths and the fear of inadequacy

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<v Speaker 3>in a magical proposal beside Copenhagen's iconic Mermaid statue.

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<v Speaker 4>we can keep the world's stories flowing. Divine kot vita

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<v Speaker 4>morn ibnau sneain felt alisa frima glim attack miss nif

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<v Speaker 4>bilaglinislu allah how in ern stood last someone hope for

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<v Speaker 4>romantic on my plainer on a mile salad laskui freti

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<v Speaker 4>is in chaoste made behalfro stay tune, Hannah plane liked

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<v Speaker 4>at our tail missing vincerne the skuya ki stood baboples

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<v Speaker 4>made the anal indle am last platner control the bascuo

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<v Speaker 4>se per yulu is stealing an iputin men last hand

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<v Speaker 4>bar upon him de freud beversenika godnog for mede then

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<v Speaker 4>a day school visasa las maga rangings vigilm a token

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<v Speaker 4>dupe in auning hankik mu stay tuned made a vis

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<v Speaker 4>and seal lisam and boils are for finnrang isk fram skidy.

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<v Speaker 4>The lutingly asking claruther handshod a plumbered is called vet

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<v Speaker 4>pannickrepencierre acern such a store or last or of a

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<v Speaker 4>Silups swears to b slutning.

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<v Speaker 1>And springy. In the Eastern event of finn riting Ela

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<v Speaker 1>teg the hoded efta new plane last thing. The egg

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<v Speaker 1>lany calls to mede a tank now in smea figrant

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<v Speaker 1>test springnan vener was some tous nola munds men last thing,

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<v Speaker 1>the cono eating riten handurgle a roly the mural event

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<v Speaker 1>sern Hot made his skag mis masnak and kunhun a

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<v Speaker 1>yulese lank dam Laney brought last venoe of the nikin

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<v Speaker 1>mill it called messirid s me Hot hand riten Up

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<v Speaker 1>made the all ask a gisp means last preuvo arestena

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<v Speaker 1>coule sang the pokney made say and macare little event

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<v Speaker 1>broken favers dels ugi Rememma made the schoon di sasa

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<v Speaker 1>yeah mittore clearly on sirn clabl auld snafflower. The ford

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<v Speaker 1>said may have felt plead and franked him mince the

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<v Speaker 1>too ilskin Holien and said he lifted avid Field escape

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<v Speaker 1>viti las ands frit made the ilskillham igavenku Ilaku mianfoten

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<v Speaker 1>han vay Abel, there's care little vastuegl a Madie Vindan's

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<v Speaker 1>cooler plumpston in neu vam.

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<v Speaker 3>Let's take another listen. Listen closely to any parts you

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<v Speaker 3>may have missed.

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<v Speaker 1>Divane caught vitdam morn equldn't houn.

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<v Speaker 3>It was a cold winter morning in Coben Houn.

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<v Speaker 1>Snein fell still. Little Alusa Framani exclaimed to attack miss snefn.

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<v Speaker 3>The snow fell quietly over the city, and the light

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<v Speaker 3>from the many Christmas lights twinkled in time with the snowflakes.

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<v Speaker 1>Bilgel ninia stud li la haufru akil ul or gro carla.

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<v Speaker 3>Hou at la linu the dune leila halfu, a statue

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<v Speaker 3>gazed out over the gray cold sea.

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<v Speaker 1>Iner stood Las svan hopeful romantica Mplayna Alma.

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<v Speaker 3>Slid nearby stood laugh a hopeful romantic with plans for

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<v Speaker 3>something very special.

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<v Speaker 1>Las guifriti sincioste made behufru stetum.

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<v Speaker 3>Las was going to propose to his girlfriend Mitta by

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<v Speaker 3>the mermaid statue Henna plain lacked elt He had planned

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<v Speaker 3>everything our.

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<v Speaker 1>Tail missing vincerne taskueki estudre babo pleas.

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<v Speaker 3>The arrangement with his friend Siren, who was to provide support,

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<v Speaker 3>was in place.

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<v Speaker 1>Madea aina indel m las platna.

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<v Speaker 3>Meta suspected nothing about lost plans.

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<v Speaker 1>Untrol tbasqusi po yulu stealing an iputin.

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<v Speaker 3>She thought they were just going to see the Christmas

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<v Speaker 3>displays in the city.

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<v Speaker 1>Men las ham bapuon jimlifrutt visinigva guno for mede.

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<v Speaker 3>But las he harbored a secret fear. What if he

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<v Speaker 3>wasn't good enough for mid.

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<v Speaker 1>Then't they squvisamswa.

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<v Speaker 3>This day would show him the answer.

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<v Speaker 1>Las Maga rang in sweti lum a totun dupe in nannin.

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<v Speaker 3>Laf felt the weight of the ring in his pocket

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<v Speaker 3>and took a deep breath.

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<v Speaker 1>Hankigmu stay tuned mamide visensul.

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<v Speaker 3>He walked towards the statue with Metta by his side.

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<v Speaker 1>Lisaman bolsa for fin RAEng Is Kufram skided dou tinkly.

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<v Speaker 3>Just as he bent down to retrieve the ring box,

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<v Speaker 3>the unthinkable happened.

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<v Speaker 1>Askant handsome A plumbered the iskent.

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<v Speaker 3>The box slipped from his hand and plummeted into the

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<v Speaker 3>icy water.

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<v Speaker 1>Pennicrevencierre acern Sa to mister.

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<v Speaker 3>Wooin panic gripped his heart and Serin watched with white eyes.

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<v Speaker 1>Last oh fassilius face to persutein.

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<v Speaker 3>Las faced the most difficult decision of his life.

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<v Speaker 1>Scuen sprangi ed eastern event a fina Raengton.

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<v Speaker 3>Should he jump into the freezing water and retrieve the

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<v Speaker 3>ring i la teng huid ifta new plane, or quickly

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<v Speaker 3>think up a new plan last Ting de egling Last

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<v Speaker 3>didn't think for long.

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<v Speaker 1>Kala intimide a tank smee figrane Testpraytan.

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<v Speaker 3>His love for Midda and the thought of her smile

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<v Speaker 3>prompted him to take the plunge.

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<v Speaker 1>Veneva sumtus no lemun soul.

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<v Speaker 3>The water was like a thousand needles against his skin.

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<v Speaker 1>Men last Ting de kunpu eat tin raton.

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<v Speaker 3>But lost thought only of one thing, the.

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<v Speaker 1>Ring handurgal rul de mura.

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<v Speaker 3>Then he dove and rummaged in the muddy water.

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<v Speaker 1>San hat made e skag miss mosnak m kobnhun a.

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<v Speaker 3>Yulies Siren kept mid A distracted with small talk about

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<v Speaker 3>koben Haut and the Christmas lights.

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<v Speaker 1>Lank dam Ling you pull las ven orflel nikin.

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<v Speaker 3>At long last lost broke the water's surface again.

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<v Speaker 1>Milt cult missirit smi holln raten up.

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<v Speaker 3>With a cold but triumphant smile. He held up the ring.

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<v Speaker 1>Made ulpu it oorask a giesp mince lass trivol aroustna

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<v Speaker 1>kule satnilpukni.

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<v Speaker 3>Meta let out a gasp of surprise. Loss, soaking wet

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<v Speaker 3>and shivering with cold, sank to one knee.

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<v Speaker 1>Maide say hen michail little aventropn fraverstaus biugifte d amema medr.

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<v Speaker 3>He said, with love and water dripping from each syllable,

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<v Speaker 3>will you marry me?

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<v Speaker 1>Made a scund de sasfai ye metore gioin.

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<v Speaker 3>Meta hurried to say yes, with tears of joy in

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<v Speaker 3>her eyes.

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<v Speaker 1>Sir and clavil a yuld.

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<v Speaker 3>Sir unclapped and cheered.

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<v Speaker 1>Sneffla theford said merfhel plead m krintim minstito ilskna hooliinen

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<v Speaker 1>said lufte amivid fil escape.

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<v Speaker 3>Snowflakes continued to fall gently around them as the two

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<v Speaker 3>lovers held each other close in a promise of eternal togetherness.

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<v Speaker 1>Fredente Vistelas and freutva ubergne.

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<v Speaker 3>From that day, las knew his fears were unfounded.

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<v Speaker 1>Made the ilskiham if venku ila ekul min fodenhan vy.

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<v Speaker 3>Abel Meta loved him not for what he could or

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<v Speaker 3>couldn't do, but for who he was.

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<v Speaker 1>Desk livastegel a mayde vin Dan's hooly plump stuvam.

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<v Speaker 3>Their love was strengthened, and in the middle of winter's cold,

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<v Speaker 3>a new warmth blossomed.

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<v Speaker 2>Today's vocabulary words are coming up right after this commercial break.

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<v Speaker 2>Here are today's vocabulary words, first in Danish, then in English.

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<v Speaker 1>Steely, steely, steely, quietly, glimt, glimed, glim to, twinkled, keegel, keigel, kegel, gazed, hope, fool, hope,

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<v Speaker 1>fool hope, fool hopeful, Romantica, romantica, romantica, romantic, free, free, free,

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<v Speaker 1>purpose out, tailing out, tailing out, tailing, arrangement, bar pooh

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<v Speaker 1>bar pooh, bah pooh, harbard thien thin thien, retrieve, plumble, plumble, plumble, plummeted, pannique, pannique,

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<v Speaker 1>panniqu panic, crape crape pray, gript wo think lee, who

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<v Speaker 1>think lie, Wo think lie?

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<v Speaker 3>Unthinkable Spring spring spring, plunge rule rule rule rummaged.

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<v Speaker 1>Venoa flilm, venoa flilm, venoa flilm, surface, sire read sire

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<v Speaker 1>read sire.

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<v Speaker 3>Read, triumphant, Rousten, rousten, rousten, shivering, stals, stals, stals, syllable, scooned, scooned, scooned, hurried,

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<v Speaker 3>giesep giesep geast, gasp eviat, evit, evit eternal, un un

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<v Speaker 3>unfounded fill, escape, fill escape, fail, escape, togetherness, stule, stugle, stuagle, strengthened, blomstel, blomstel, blomstrel, blossomed, eastcote, eastcout, eastcote,

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<v Speaker 3>I see noul, noul, noul, needles.

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<v Speaker 1>Mural, murral, mural, muddy, halty, skak, halty, skak, halty, skak, distracted.

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