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Speaker 3: In this episode, will glide through a wintry love story
Speaker 3: in Vondal Park, where fireworks light up the sky and
Speaker 3: hearts find warmth amidst the cold.
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Speaker 1: In its full bark snail flokodons, de hetvos, ma Fordarvi,
Speaker 1: Marte es and the from the ace Bhan come up,
Speaker 1: Soner Reap Martin enthusiost hey Day sends hats An and
Speaker 1: stunt Clark ont as Optraham had isbeyn at tate had
Speaker 1: niue Jarvacht son of Grimlacht, my ERNs diep from bender
Speaker 1: wolderids Martin alted in a chic and volklaner cake car
Speaker 1: for wachtings for Anne Seviston all abai the day's avant
Speaker 1: under Sauzan sevistnet zundered echt ikkom Heifmann moment, says Sona.
Speaker 1: The welsare veders strucker antrok s was al ted the
Speaker 1: mere beda Sama from the twe my day's aphant full
Speaker 1: the unders Er wasn't spawning in the lucht knit Alaine
Speaker 1: from the the face to the cador Sa Magriede Marta
Speaker 1: and Sona over the ace on linked to lach van
Speaker 1: Zina and zacht music for not faced whoen Adam walked
Speaker 1: in the cow de luchte, the wild on Manhane lake
Speaker 1: Stiltstan Sleersee and laud unshatz op as Martin fool Deese
Speaker 1: and hard Sneller klopper Hey hot days alfondreplant. That was
Speaker 1: a perfect moment. Minor states the youngst omen friends raped
Speaker 1: the flies, hiled him ta hey yield van Sona mirrored
Speaker 1: on her oid hot durv tuhav tune the clock bayna midnachtslu.
Speaker 1: For example, the martyrs ehmud sona bahon hay say stemblech
Speaker 1: trillant to the upwinding and nervositate sona cakeop her oh
Speaker 1: vier spirod de frinster delegus o Manhane and is it
Speaker 1: statti mutzech for for the martyr ik ikben for livtopi
Speaker 1: sona all helm sona for staved for rost dorsenboorder marslets
Speaker 1: and moment in that all rumblick, perhaps ehrevulence all at
Speaker 1: dad hot seat in twee for troko manu tevel de
Speaker 1: lut lichtwert door the knolovnat fur Werk visited Sacre Martin
Speaker 1: says sono zacht and Beyna also floustering furtrant to pick
Speaker 1: fool itself the for Ya meteverod o manhein this hitter
Speaker 1: the incluraphon at fur work stop the martyr and son
Speaker 1: and now Cartu and de levarma on melsing the cow
Speaker 1: from the winter avant. For Dwayne met the Aina Varma
Speaker 1: or marmin had niwa yard Bahom met a new lifte
Speaker 1: mar and fooled as if sacred or done out bright
Speaker 1: on Kritz partizan son. The out bun was for froundering
Speaker 1: stop new open for the kind. The two comst met
Speaker 1: Marte and there open as ban in at hart from Amsterdam,
Speaker 1: but knew wolfstuk in Unfrau de Lucht was caught marunhartev
Speaker 1: a full warmed and for vachting for what a new
Speaker 1: jar so obringer.
Speaker 3: Let's take another listen. Listen closely to any parts you
Speaker 3: may have missed.
Speaker 1: Saphons hinging er Kleine Lichius Rundle, the ace bhan in
Speaker 1: at Fundle.
Speaker 3: Park in the evening, small lights hung around the ice
Speaker 3: rink in Fundlepark.
Speaker 1: Snail flokodunce desarchies Outlucht.
Speaker 3: Snowflakes gently danced from the sky head was.
Speaker 1: A Maris Alfond flock for the yar whistling.
Speaker 3: It was a magical evening just before the year end.
Speaker 1: Martin and so st on the sam and the cot
Speaker 1: from the ace Bahan.
Speaker 3: Martin and Shanna stood together at the edge of the
Speaker 3: ice rink. Come up, son, come on, Shanna.
Speaker 1: Reap Martin and tusiost.
Speaker 3: Martin called enthusiastically.
Speaker 1: Hey, dats hats and stunt clar mut a subteram.
Speaker 3: He put on his skates and was ready to hit
Speaker 3: the ice.
Speaker 1: Had isbee at tate hed niu jarvocht.
Speaker 3: It's almost time.
Speaker 1: The new year awaits son, machlimlacht mar erchuns deep from
Speaker 1: bender volds.
Speaker 3: Shanna smiled, but deep inside something stirred.
Speaker 1: Martin alted in chic and vault kike car for vochtings for.
Speaker 3: M Martin, always energetic and full of plans, looked at
Speaker 3: her expectantly.
Speaker 1: Sevistin a la bai del desha affund umler saugey.
Speaker 3: They both knew this evening would be different.
Speaker 1: Servist in it zun echtufz.
Speaker 3: They knew it without really needing to say it. Ikkum
Speaker 3: I'm coming Heifmann.
Speaker 1: Moment, says son tvel Sahar feeders strucker antroc.
Speaker 3: Give me a moment, Sona said as she tightened her laces.
Speaker 1: Sivos alte to de mere budu Sama from the tree
Speaker 1: my desha afeld fool the umlers.
Speaker 3: She was always the more thoughtful of the two, but
Speaker 3: this evening felt different.
Speaker 1: Rvosn spunning in de luchte nit a laine from veche
Speaker 1: de faced Likhayde.
Speaker 3: There was tension in the air, not just because of
Speaker 3: the festivities.
Speaker 1: Saint Marfie de Marte and Somma over at ace M
Speaker 1: linked to Fusine and desert musique from it.
Speaker 3: Faced Together, Martin and Shanna glided over the ice, surrounded
Speaker 3: by the laughter of families and the soft music of
Speaker 3: the celebration.
Speaker 1: Whun adam vulked in the cou de l'uchte.
Speaker 3: Their breath fogged in the cold air.
Speaker 1: De vet omenhane lake still to stand sleerse and its
Speaker 1: laud from SATs O. But as.
Speaker 3: The world around them seemed to stand still, only they
Speaker 3: and the sound of their skates on the ice.
Speaker 1: Martin fool de zen hart sneller Klobe.
Speaker 3: Martin felt his heart beating faster.
Speaker 1: Hey hotdaisah fun truplend. He had planned this evening, hedvos
Speaker 1: a perfect moment. It was the perfect moment, Marnoch states.
Speaker 1: The angst omlfrins hopped de friisee hield tempte.
Speaker 3: But still the fear of losing their friendship held him back.
Speaker 1: Hey yield fansona mere d' nay oi hard'ur fetuhev.
Speaker 3: He loved Shanna more than he had ever dared to admit.
Speaker 1: Tun de cloak bainn a mider nocht slur forzammle de martisemaud.
Speaker 3: As the clock neared midnight, Martin gathered his courage.
Speaker 1: Sona bauhon hay say Stembrich, trillans tour the opfinding and
Speaker 1: neerfoch died.
Speaker 3: Shanna. He began his voice, slightly trembling with excitement and nervousness.
Speaker 1: Son the cake op her oh revere spigro de de
Speaker 1: frinstr deligius omennein.
Speaker 3: Shaanna looked up, her eyes reflecting the sparkling lights around them.
Speaker 1: It is its del the quiemutzech f voute Marte.
Speaker 3: There's something I need to tell you, Martin continued.
Speaker 1: Ik.
Speaker 3: I ik ben Ferliftopieu son, I'm in love with you, Shanna,
Speaker 3: all heilum have been for a long time, Somna forestaved
Speaker 3: f Roste do'ursemburde. Shanna Froze surprised by his words. Mar
Speaker 3: sleichs moment, but only for a moment, in the o
Speaker 3: chumblich berheb sehar eh rufulens. In that instant she understood
Speaker 3: her own feelings.
Speaker 1: Alla day tutst in tree for utroco marnu devel de
Speaker 1: lechte fur lichtvert door de knoloflot furwerg vizitzacre.
Speaker 3: All along she had doubted, but now, as the sky
Speaker 3: was lit up by the fireworks, she knew for certain.
Speaker 1: Martin ja sonosocht and Beyna alsom flowstering furteesund to pick
Speaker 1: fool itself to Foria.
Speaker 3: Martin, Shaanna said softly, and almost in a whisper. She added,
Speaker 3: I feel the same for.
Speaker 1: You, metevillot o manhey deslittedly inclua Fromtfurwerk stopped to Marte
Speaker 1: and summon al Cartu and deal the envormomelsing.
Speaker 3: With the world around them shimmering in the colors of
Speaker 3: the fireworks. Martin and Shaanna stepped toward each other and
Speaker 3: shared a warm embrace.
Speaker 1: The cow from de winter affont f dvane metti ain
Speaker 1: novarm o marming.
Speaker 3: The cold of the winter evening vanished with that single
Speaker 3: warm hug.
Speaker 1: Had nuullar bauhom metu livte.
Speaker 3: The new year began with a new love.
Speaker 1: Martin fool deskerder don eut thereat umkritz bartise.
Speaker 3: Martin felt more confident than ever, ready to be vulnerable
Speaker 3: son the.
Speaker 1: Out bon thus forfarndering stole new opa for the umbikin
Speaker 1: the tukomst Macmarte.
Speaker 3: Shanna, once afraid of change, was now open to an
Speaker 3: unknown future, side by side with Martin, and there.
Speaker 1: Open asphan in his heart. From Amsterdam bahonen knew wolftstuk
Speaker 1: in unfral.
Speaker 3: And there on an ice rink in the heart of Amsterdam.
Speaker 3: A new chapter in their story began.
Speaker 1: De luchtros cout marunharteva a full armed and for vochting
Speaker 1: for voted Newia shall bring.
Speaker 3: The air was cold, but their hearts were full of
Speaker 3: warmth and anticipation for what the new year would bring.
Speaker 3: Today's vocabulary words are coming up right after this commercial break.
Speaker 3: Here are today's vocabulary words, first in Dutch, then in English.
Speaker 1: Hing hingen, hing hung, snail, flocker, snail flocken snail flock, snowflakes,
Speaker 1: Mars marsi mars magical, would vold, wold, stirred for varltings fall,
Speaker 1: for Varlting's fall, for Vachting's fall, expectantly, fleiden, fid glided, halach,
Speaker 1: halach uloch laughter, vulcte, vulked, vulcte, fogged for forzammeled, forsamelde, gathered, trilliant, trilliant,
Speaker 1: trilland trembling, grindstunde, grinsta and the klinster and sparkling for staved,
Speaker 1: for staved, for stafed, froze, furwerk, fuerwerk, furwerk, fireworks, umhelsing
Speaker 1: umhelsing umhelsing embrace for dune, for duane for duane, vanished,
Speaker 1: gritz bar, gritz bar, kritz bar, vulnerable, umbeken umbekende un
Speaker 1: unknown for vachting, for vachting, for wachting, anticipation, jarvi ceiling,
Speaker 1: jarb ceiling, jarvy ceiling, your end enthugiost enthusioste en tougiost.
Speaker 3: Enthusiastically Strucker, strucker strucker tightened, bedore, Sam, bedart, Sam, budoht
Speaker 3: sam thoughtful, m ringked, mringked um ringked, surrounded.
Speaker 1: Fast, beslowten hate fast, beslowt in hate fast, beslowten hate
Speaker 1: determination twey for rutrocue tway for ruetrocu tway for Rutroco
Speaker 1: doubted sritterde sritterde swritterde shimmering, Holt, stuck, holtstuck, hoft, stuck chapter,
Speaker 1: warcht wacht wacht awaits beslistened, beslistened, beslistened, decisive face, dead face,
Speaker 1: de lickad faced de lickad festivities.
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