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Together, we 25 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:36,439 can keep the world's stories flowing. 26 00:01:45,319 --> 00:01:56,239 Speaker 5: Zimivi t folkal ptisnam yes maleeskevesnitze igrimbla, cruta, stanki, stalid 27 00:01:56,280 --> 00:02:05,519 and vedl druero, zapave, melampion a girlandameridebroe, thea helen i, 28 00:02:05,719 --> 00:02:14,719 kabate avrukodli shaki or kave yakup stap stunk and specam zamracheni, 29 00:02:15,960 --> 00:02:27,479 nastolepa sebo isna ingredientsov naviro tradij nikolau receptually and apostletakodi 30 00:02:27,599 --> 00:02:40,120 att prevadko romnitz sevrati, domino loosti, ascostia upetz jova, pomozze, maladikova, vipeka, 31 00:02:40,759 --> 00:02:49,080 zabari te pp do, papiro vi padate genizoldat anno, snajim 32 00:02:49,199 --> 00:02:56,240 sena ni sadi yacopo, vidla o, povidial yakup yer jo, 33 00:02:56,400 --> 00:03:04,840 lasso stops totti yakoup viola blaklechov imp babiko lachu a 34 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:12,840 ni nato naid eliska vladaj avdal shimstanku sto of shimla 35 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:24,080 patra spetzi nim zavola la yeah zebriskvnem oko yakup kivel 36 00:03:25,479 --> 00:03:31,840 la dam povidla an jake varo the strom nicolace mo 37 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:41,319 la take eliska sibal skim usim which did leiri belovenkdno 38 00:03:42,599 --> 00:03:53,800 yakup o smile presniatak abha krat naydno secon nampola terza 39 00:03:54,240 --> 00:04:02,520 star sien a steprim kabatem la take oh yasem lavashi 40 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:08,520 babikumtrada prolace la terza a vita las clanist mavimi whose 41 00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:17,839 steamy povidi spots pulto zella sposlenese cleniti obodel s nat 42 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:28,480 al vibistel meat yacoup bilkvapen viz nate babiko, zept o 43 00:04:28,639 --> 00:04:40,680 romagne samos reimne maladiko bela tomoshikovna pekashka buddha pomot nevajeszeptat 44 00:04:41,399 --> 00:04:52,720 clat terzas usmim spavidly pomotin coatel seyakup vratio domokhinepon ai 45 00:04:54,040 --> 00:05:00,560 colla jesenes dalist tella Steine yaxiakuppamatoval ale, presto bili vinikai, 46 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:14,720 scoro titio, babrito cola, perfect me alesponilis vuitzil yakupol jetraditenso 47 00:05:14,920 --> 00:05:30,720 and Zahovani minulosti aritomnosti las cavost patel also vlastni venostis minulosti, 48 00:05:32,079 --> 00:05:42,680 then veer nacola chid the kal of ipoko sam sebo 49 00:05:43,079 --> 00:05:47,279 ato spoyenese bab pamatko. 50 00:05:48,639 --> 00:05:51,720 Speaker 3: Let's take another listen. Listen closely to any part you 51 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:52,439 may have missed. 52 00:05:53,160 --> 00:05:57,680 Speaker 5: Z nivir focal presnamis ti male cheskev. 53 00:06:00,079 --> 00:06:02,560 Speaker 3: The winter wind blew across the square of a small 54 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:11,120 Czech village poni igrimbra Cruta. The market was bustling, even 55 00:06:11,160 --> 00:06:12,240 though the winter was harsh. 56 00:06:12,959 --> 00:06:20,639 Speaker 5: Stanki stalid and vedla drueo zapla venecher papiro vim lampioni. 57 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:23,040 Speaker 1: A girlandami. 58 00:06:23,759 --> 00:06:27,160 Speaker 3: Stall stood side by side, flooded with red paper lanterns 59 00:06:27,199 --> 00:06:27,759 and garlands. 60 00:06:28,439 --> 00:06:36,399 Speaker 5: Ride se projazeli zahalniv kabat avrukodjelli schal k jorce cave. 61 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:41,480 Speaker 3: People strolled around wrapped in coats, holding cups of hot 62 00:06:41,519 --> 00:06:42,480 coffee in their hands. 63 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:47,279 Speaker 5: Yakup stalp at stangem spekarem. 64 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:52,000 Speaker 3: Zamracheni Yakub stood in front of a stall with a baker, 65 00:06:52,279 --> 00:06:54,720 frowning nastolip. 66 00:06:54,120 --> 00:07:02,959 Speaker 5: Set sebu il siesnam ingredient tea terval naviro bu tradichnikoach. 67 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:07,839 Speaker 3: On the table before him. He had a list of 68 00:07:08,040 --> 00:07:12,720 ingredients he needed to make traditional karacha following his grandmother's recipe. 69 00:07:12,959 --> 00:07:23,279 Speaker 5: Junia at pit set dom NulOs chi ascucitia upetz. 70 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:27,439 Speaker 3: He had last tasted them as a child, and now 71 00:07:27,759 --> 00:07:30,639 during the celebration of Treza, he wanted to step back 72 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:31,959 in time and try baking them. 73 00:07:32,560 --> 00:07:35,439 Speaker 1: Moujiou vam pomoze maladiku. 74 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:38,199 Speaker 3: Can I help you, young man? 75 00:07:38,839 --> 00:07:45,920 Speaker 5: Zebta Zabarrid Papiro. 76 00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:52,839 Speaker 3: Asked the smiling baker wrapping warm bread and paper. Vipadat dat, 77 00:07:54,639 --> 00:07:56,480 you look like you're searching for something. 78 00:07:56,759 --> 00:08:00,879 Speaker 1: Ano snajim sna pri sade. 79 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:04,399 Speaker 3: Yes, I'm trying to find some ingredients. 80 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:10,000 Speaker 1: Yakopovidla otakup. 81 00:08:09,879 --> 00:08:11,839 Speaker 3: Like pavidla Yakup replied. 82 00:08:12,040 --> 00:08:14,879 Speaker 1: Yeho las ne sustote. 83 00:08:16,519 --> 00:08:18,439 Speaker 3: His voice carried a hint of uncertainty. 84 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:28,959 Speaker 5: Yea coupe videl jep cicompke babchu anat nemo naid. 85 00:08:30,839 --> 00:08:33,039 Speaker 3: Yakup knew that pla were a key element in his 86 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:36,559 grandmother's karacha, but he couldn't find them anywhere in the market. 87 00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:43,399 Speaker 5: Eliska mala da jenav del shimstangku sito shimla. 88 00:08:44,519 --> 00:08:47,200 Speaker 3: Eriska. A young woman at the next stall noticed. 89 00:08:46,919 --> 00:08:51,039 Speaker 1: This Patra spezzia nim. 90 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:57,639 Speaker 3: Are you looking for something special zavola la, she called out. 91 00:08:58,120 --> 00:09:00,879 Speaker 1: Ye riskvin nemoko. 92 00:09:02,720 --> 00:09:04,159 Speaker 3: Her hands were stained with flower. 93 00:09:04,799 --> 00:09:05,919 Speaker 1: Yeah, koop kivl. 94 00:09:07,600 --> 00:09:08,320 Speaker 3: Yakup nodded. 95 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:11,679 Speaker 1: HeLa dam povid la anya ketvaro. 96 00:09:13,559 --> 00:09:15,919 Speaker 3: I'm looking for pavidla and some guvarov. 97 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:18,879 Speaker 1: This tero monikolach. 98 00:09:19,639 --> 00:09:21,440 Speaker 3: Those old fashion kolacca. 99 00:09:21,559 --> 00:09:27,919 Speaker 1: Moye bab la taki eliska seshibal skim uvem. 100 00:09:29,679 --> 00:09:33,080 Speaker 3: My grandmother made them too, said Ariska with a mischievous smile. 101 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:37,919 Speaker 5: Kibi naelep chibil ven kudo. 102 00:09:39,639 --> 00:09:41,919 Speaker 3: They were always the best when it was cold outside. 103 00:09:42,480 --> 00:09:57,399 Speaker 1: Yeah, coop seu smile. Jacob smiledntak exactly si abkrat. 104 00:09:56,480 --> 00:09:58,279 Speaker 3: I want them to taste just like back then. 105 00:09:58,960 --> 00:10:05,320 Speaker 1: Nayidno, said Nimo Terreza starshiji n a steplim kabatm. 106 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:10,279 Speaker 3: Suddenly Teresa, an older woman in a warm coat, joined. 107 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:12,879 Speaker 1: Them, zevna take out. 108 00:10:15,559 --> 00:10:17,559 Speaker 3: She evidently had a stall at the corner of the 109 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:18,279 market as well. 110 00:10:18,960 --> 00:10:24,240 Speaker 5: Yea semi la vache babi kumutrada pro la sierra Terreza 111 00:10:24,559 --> 00:10:30,960 a vita las clenistmavimi hu stividis pozo pulto. 112 00:10:32,639 --> 00:10:36,120 Speaker 3: I really liked your grandmother, declared Terza, pulling a jar 113 00:10:36,200 --> 00:10:38,000 of dark thick pulled off from under her counter. 114 00:10:38,799 --> 00:10:45,759 Speaker 1: Zella sempo snis clenizzi obli del sem signe. 115 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:50,120 Speaker 3: Ke nejat I took the last jar of her favorite Pavidla. 116 00:10:50,480 --> 00:10:52,000 Wanted to keep some myself. 117 00:10:52,240 --> 00:10:57,600 Speaker 5: A le vibisteeml meat, but you should have it. Ya 118 00:10:57,720 --> 00:10:59,480 kubbil tekva pen. 119 00:11:01,039 --> 00:11:02,120 Speaker 3: Yakup was surprised. 120 00:11:02,799 --> 00:11:08,559 Speaker 1: Viz nate em oui babichko you knew my grandmother zeptl 121 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:15,919 se o romagne, he asked, astonished, samos reimne maladi ku 122 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:21,679 of course, young man Bella to mutchikovna pecaska. 123 00:11:23,279 --> 00:11:25,000 Speaker 3: She was a very skilled baker. 124 00:11:25,240 --> 00:11:32,919 Speaker 1: Pocud Buddhist pozebovatpomotz nevay say zeptat teresas us mie vem. 125 00:11:34,679 --> 00:11:37,480 Speaker 3: If you need help, don't hesitate to ask, said Dza 126 00:11:37,519 --> 00:11:38,080 with a smile. 127 00:11:38,679 --> 00:11:44,600 Speaker 1: Spovidi a pomolti na koli kavita el sea cup vratil dommu. 128 00:11:46,320 --> 00:11:48,519 Speaker 3: With the pavadla and the help of a few new friends, 129 00:11:48,639 --> 00:11:49,799 Yacoup returned. 130 00:11:49,480 --> 00:11:53,600 Speaker 5: Home coohinbila brazipona vuna peccheni. 131 00:11:55,440 --> 00:11:58,080 Speaker 3: The kitchen was soon filled with the smell of baking. 132 00:11:58,399 --> 00:12:05,799 Speaker 1: Coola che senes da alist cela steine yaxial ale presto. 133 00:12:09,120 --> 00:12:12,000 Speaker 3: The kolacha didn't seem quite the same as Yakup remembered, 134 00:12:12,279 --> 00:12:13,519 but they were still delicious. 135 00:12:14,159 --> 00:12:18,440 Speaker 1: Scorro t kil babipri toomsbe. 136 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:22,480 Speaker 3: He almost felt his grandmother's presence beside him. 137 00:12:23,039 --> 00:12:27,960 Speaker 5: Colla perfect ni alesponli suizil. 138 00:12:29,759 --> 00:12:32,559 Speaker 3: The kolacha weren't perfect, but they achieved their purpose. 139 00:12:33,240 --> 00:12:41,200 Speaker 5: Yahkups uviedo mil jetred sene so and zahovani minulosti aspo 140 00:12:42,120 --> 00:12:43,519 sepri toomnosti. 141 00:12:45,120 --> 00:12:48,480 Speaker 3: Yakoup realized that traditions are not just about preserving the past, 142 00:12:48,919 --> 00:12:50,559 but also adapting to the present. 143 00:12:51,240 --> 00:13:03,759 Speaker 5: Jisti las cavostl arola la irospot vasni doved nostis minulosti. 144 00:13:05,519 --> 00:13:08,759 Speaker 3: Thanks to that small market community, the kindness of friends, 145 00:13:08,840 --> 00:13:12,039 and his determination, he managed to blend his own skills 146 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:12,679 with the past. 147 00:13:13,320 --> 00:13:22,320 Speaker 5: Then vecherprisvitusvichikipoutnavl nakoa chi sesviate sikio. 148 00:13:21,960 --> 00:13:27,279 Speaker 3: Serdi that evening by candlelight, as he enjoyed the karacha 149 00:13:27,360 --> 00:13:29,120 with his friends, he felt proud. 150 00:13:29,399 --> 00:13:38,240 Speaker 5: Ziskal novi pokoi sam sesebo atsoyedischi spoyenese babichino pamatko. 151 00:13:40,039 --> 00:13:42,879 Speaker 3: He gained a new piece with himself and more importantly, 152 00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:45,159 a connection to his grandmother's memory. 153 00:13:50,960 --> 00:13:55,039 Speaker 2: Today's vocabulary words are coming up right after this commercial break. 154 00:13:56,120 --> 00:13:59,440 Here are today's vocabulary words. First in check, then in. 155 00:13:59,480 --> 00:14:18,799 Speaker 1: English, Bonnie Bonnie, bonnie, bustling, kruta, cruta, gruta, harsh prohasse, prohasse, 156 00:14:19,200 --> 00:14:36,440 prohasid straw, marachitse, marachitse, marachite, brown, ingredients, ingredients, ingredients, ingredient, redcept, redcept, 157 00:14:36,960 --> 00:14:51,639 accept recipe, svatik svatik svart ek, celebration, neistota, neistota, neistota, uncertainty, stoppa, 158 00:14:52,679 --> 00:15:18,159 stoppa stopa and Shibowski Shibowski, sibarl Ski, mischievous o Romagne oromagne, Romania, astonished, chikovni, chikovni, chicovni, skilled, vahat, vahat, vahat, hesitate. 159 00:15:18,240 --> 00:15:23,240 Speaker 3: Spo it, spo it, spo it plant. 160 00:15:23,360 --> 00:15:43,519 Speaker 5: Dosa not dosa, not dosa, not achieve, zeal seal zeal purpose, traditze, traditze, traditz, tradition, zahovani, zahovanni, Zahovani, 161 00:15:44,720 --> 00:15:55,039 preserving prispose abeni prispose abeni sispools sobeni, adapting, Sclenitze, Sclenitze, 162 00:15:55,440 --> 00:16:04,159 sclenitz jar prietomnost three thomb lost three thomb lost, presence, 163 00:16:04,639 --> 00:16:13,519 odd lay odd laid la ni determination spolitchinz three spolit 164 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:23,080 chins three spolachens three community, minu lost, minor lost, mine lost, past, 165 00:16:23,639 --> 00:16:34,759 spoyn e spoyn e spoyny connection, bamatica, bamatka ramatkaa memory. 166 00:16:34,840 --> 00:16:39,000 Speaker 1: Swi sweet chick SMI sweet chick smith swee. 167 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:46,000 Speaker 3: Chick Candlelight, her D r D r D Proud. 168 00:16:46,120 --> 00:16:50,840 Speaker 1: Boko Boko Bokoy, Peace the. 169 00:16:53,879 --> 00:16:54,240 Speaker 3: Market. 170 00:17:00,440 --> 00:17:03,159 Speaker 2: We hope you've enjoyed this episode of fluent Fiction Check. 171 00:17:04,079 --> 00:17:07,039 Our team works tirelessly to bring you high quality, engaging 172 00:17:07,160 --> 00:17:10,000 content that will help you to reach your goals, but 173 00:17:10,119 --> 00:17:13,519 we can't do it alone. 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