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Speaker 1: Fluenluent dorg.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to Fluent Fiction French, the podcast where we bring

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we'll present a short story in both English and French

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In this episode, will join Clement and Sophie as they

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unravel secrets and form fragile alliances in a quest to

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reclaim art and hope within a crumbling love.

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Speaker 4: Daralos silos, l de l vere, parisia, lemoisdu louver anime frite, sigone, galries,

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jell pyramid, de vere, parsien, monte les sentre le vestige

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do lari issue shot on care eco damien rivoli claimont

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marche pre d'amo at raverri cularvide Cetancian historian de laar

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ponce la pentio dispari in curious pisquillesti me santiele la

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preservacionolettire upatel, bionette, mirmiertille, preocupe prilois along board in statuo

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vers sophie upser, s cheve flute ducemando levant glaciale electin

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sieur vivante, in chasseuse the tresor d notretin e secutor

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raon fermad socre and so crequi pour rella di de

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vera refused, donne donjer clmont is sofi saren count rinfranco,

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la pyramid breeze learisius cras eleupas de la mefiance, the

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lesparski lebrenttreux clemen declares, jo said, petre cho, sila, panture

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quevetion fare, sofie is it mesurvillport sete a casca chuma

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and santier major secred uvelas soviet, Paula neir, the streva

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en songble levon soufre balles breche, the las stricture less

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a rappro shape or dispute clement songs a determina suvasier

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in collaborasla q you recipe profetted bierh geuvette fair conference,

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polar petetrop detail, Sophie suri fe blemont, emoi jot Promeo,

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bartages not and mayanda surreal asurvi la memoir e comes

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a free ensemble. Jacques qu Iroquandi Museum will be at

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Pepe in allience fragill pontform chaggestou von lavois aeneuve, conprehension

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downcet quetes, bartage pilemont de couver til data datis valle

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rasun is sofi el aprint la confierence ristoi per tetros

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presespoi lev rest de cael guepar nea traverse tali piermont

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is sofi vavner di ferrand uladen garbrieride fact.

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Speaker 5: Let's take another lesson. Listen closely to any part you

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may have missed.

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Speaker 4: Dlos cirns GUIs deliver Parisia lemiss du louver u treu

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foi anime soutien cirencieux.

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Speaker 5: In the frozen silence of the Parisian winter, the mouse

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de louver once vibrant, stands silent.

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Speaker 4: Simre sonte frite si grand galleries jill Pierre remi de

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vere parcien monte les sentre.

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Speaker 5: Its walls are crumbling, its grand galleries deserted, and the

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glass pyramid partially collapsed. That's in a penetrating cold.

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Speaker 4: Le vestie de la rich cho don cour quoda.

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Speaker 5: The remnants of art still whisper there, echoes of a

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bygone world.

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Speaker 1: Quierremont marche prid mon tre veri code.

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Speaker 5: Quemo walks cautiously through the empty corridors.

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Speaker 4: Setni historian de la le panio dispari in curious pierce

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guillesti nesire.

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Speaker 5: This former art historian thinks of the missing painting, a

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curious piece he considers essential to preserving culture.

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Speaker 1: Upette, where could it be nere mirti ill priu cuipe.

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Speaker 5: He murmurs, worried, pri lent a.

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Speaker 4: Lanbrodn statio versi soufill pSer.

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Speaker 5: Further away, in the shadow of an overturned statue, Sofi watches.

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Speaker 4: Si cheve fut du sement de levrescielle.

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Speaker 5: Her hair floats gently in the freezing wind.

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Speaker 4: Ele Tin sieur vivente in chsseuse d triso d'autret.

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Speaker 5: She is a survivor, a treasure hunter from another time.

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Speaker 1: De sta raent fermn surgre.

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Speaker 5: She knows that this work holds a secret, and.

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Speaker 4: Surqui pour la guide veren refuge d'n s.

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Speaker 5: A secret that could guide her to a refuge in

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this dangerous world.

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Speaker 4: Pierremont Is, Soufi, surn conn fransu, les piramide.

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Speaker 1: Brisi.

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Speaker 5: Clemau, and Sofie finally meet under the broken pyramid.

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Speaker 1: Lesieu sous creise illupours de la mi fience de les

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foisi les brentreu.

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Speaker 5: Their eyes meet, and the weight of mistrust and hope

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balances between them.

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Speaker 4: Pierre mont de Claire, Jouseguituches sousie let planeu.

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Speaker 5: Clemau declares, I know you're looking for the painting too.

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Speaker 1: Quievecion fe.

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Speaker 5: What do you want to do with it?

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Speaker 1: So fisit messon de sieur vill lent Porte.

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Speaker 5: Sophie hesitates, but her need to survive prevails.

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Speaker 1: Cetere e cacha churmin a sintuer.

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Speaker 5: This work, it hides a path, a sanctuary.

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Speaker 4: Mesgiusecuitu veu les souvenier.

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Speaker 5: But I know you want to save it for the future.

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Speaker 1: Utreveillon senbres.

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Speaker 5: What if we work together?

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Speaker 4: Levon soufre par les brege de l'estricteur le force pro

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chepo di'sputi.

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Speaker 5: The wind blows through the breeches in the structure, forcing

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them to draw closer to discuss.

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Speaker 4: Quillermo son sa di termine sun vessilli in collaboras te

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trele quill.

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Speaker 5: Clemaud feels his determination waiver. A collaboration could be the key.

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Speaker 1: Yes, fierpro fu de mon che tete.

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Speaker 5: He takes a deep breath and nods, bier fine gieu

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vete fair confience. I will trust you, pour la petetroour

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di' till for the art and perhaps for us, he.

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Speaker 1: Says, sofissouri febrement.

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Speaker 5: Sophie gives a faint smile.

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Speaker 4: Mi jutuprome de partegesugse.

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Speaker 5: And I promise to share what I know.

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Speaker 1: No treu vau a ma en dessieuri las sieur le memoir.

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Speaker 5: We will find a way to ensure survival and memory.

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Speaker 4: Y comosa frie ensembles cheques coi iroquan demusii.

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Speaker 5: They begin to search together every forgotten corner and recess

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of the museum.

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Speaker 1: Pour peu in allience fragill pontfon chag gestou von la

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vois aeneuve confreen.

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Speaker 5: Gradually, a fragile alliance takes shape each gesture, paving the

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way for a new understanding between them.

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Speaker 4: Dancet quet partagi pierre mont de couve quill due dat

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veal rasun.

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Speaker 5: In this shared quest, Clemau discovers he must adapt his

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values to this changed world.

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Speaker 4: Is soufi el a print les conference ristoi per tetrossi presoi.

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Speaker 5: De and Sophie she learned that trust and history can

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be as precious as the hope for survival.

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Speaker 4: Le Restebard meer careverse cuement is soufientvovnier di ferrent ulacbrierd.

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Speaker 5: The work remains hidden somewhere, but through this unexpected alliance

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quemaux and sofie, glimpse of different future where art can

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still shine and guide pac.

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Speaker 2: The end.

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Speaker 3: 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 4: Licilence, li cilancele cilence, the silence, jess jes Leessi, frozen blue,

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missy blue, missi, lemusi, the.

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Speaker 1: Museum, animi, animi, animi, vibrant, leneu, leneur, leneu, the walls, iffiti, ifiti, effiti, crumbling, desert, desert, desert, deserted,

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diffundree effundree, ifundree, collapsed, levestige, levestige, levestige, the remnants. She SHOULDI,

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she shoulde, she should thee to whisper brivuli, privulieu, revoulie bygone,

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pri dement, pri de'ment prid'ament, cautiously, dispariu, dispariu di speriu missing.

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Speaker 4: Curious, curious, curious.

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Speaker 1: Curious, assantiel as santiele essaniel essential, like puteu, like putu,

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like puituur the culture murmurree nemurie to murmur, prao cuepee,

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prio cupee pre cupe, worried, bloombres, l'ombre, l'ebour, the shadow,

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bon versi, con versi, baron versi, overturned, lasieur vivont, lais

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your vivante, Las sieur vivont, The survivor, Le sucre, le sucre,

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le sucre, The Secret, Le roufuge, li roufugele refuge, the refuge,

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don cheru, donjerrue, don cheer us, dangerous, leupois, le pois,

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le pois, the wait, la mefiance, la mifiance, le me fiance,

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The mistrust, disiti, disiti, disiti, to hesitate, lessner, vessntur vessncture,

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the sanctuary, libreche, libreche libres, the breeches, vessillier, vessiller, vessiyi

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to waiver.

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