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Speaker 3: In this episode, we'll journey to the vibrant market of Brugie,
Speaker 3: where a determined brother and sister must navigate intrigue and
Speaker 3: rivalry to save their family spice business through bravery and
Speaker 3: honorable negotiation.
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Speaker 1: and hard hring Brom Didrich tramud here did rich igbenher
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Speaker 1: and Osnell Julie hebelev zehe out aindelch raincent and dot
Speaker 1: respectrych Boom and died Rich.
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Speaker 1: the ear for the family, Truche Tuns Truchkir, the Armuder
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Speaker 1: the Ahm, the Tredain, the the marked her offered need
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Speaker 1: family and Irlicht need Alain haut Ere and soo met
Speaker 1: unhumdel in ere her stealth feared, the Issama pass tvel,
Speaker 1: the studslan tarns zarchis flickered in the Nocht visit the family,
Speaker 1: dot Dorsama te Vierka, the elka audachrink on the Overvinna.
Speaker 3: Let's take another listen. Listen closely to any parts you
Speaker 3: may have missed.
Speaker 5: The ortenzon srain fell over the Lafe and the marked
Speaker 5: from Bruges.
Speaker 3: The morning sun shone brightly over the lively market of Bruggie.
Speaker 1: Overall y k sir quecleur fla di fo luk voper
Speaker 1: de indelen debris.
Speaker 3: Everywhere you looked you saw colorful flags, cheerfully fluttering in
Speaker 3: the spring breeze.
Speaker 1: The strata varrabedict Metcay and Hafildt met a troussemus for
Speaker 1: marked lead and ushil rubezugers.
Speaker 3: The streets were paved with cobblestones and filled with the
Speaker 3: murmur of merchants and curious visitors.
Speaker 5: Hetros Pass and the statos Ralt in his sphere for
Speaker 5: renewing and fervauchting.
Speaker 3: It was Easter and the city was wrapped in an
Speaker 3: atmosphere of renewal and expectation.
Speaker 1: Midden of the marked varra bram March and mura yorindrug ichesprig.
Speaker 3: In the middle of the market, Brahm March and their
Speaker 3: mother Jorian were deep in conversation.
Speaker 5: De famili Hotel Rutlo opened.
Speaker 1: The space eray Rondel May the last the date hingit
Speaker 1: min der Hout.
Speaker 3: The family had a thriving spice business, but lately it
Speaker 3: had been struggling the red the reason in zilt Sama
Speaker 3: space eray varshobreaknd foss Beyna heil mal out for court,
Speaker 3: a rare spice they relied on was almost entirely sold.
Speaker 5: Out baral Fabi, who holds the conquerrin Here Didric.
Speaker 3: Accept at their biggest competitor, Lord Diedrich.
Speaker 5: The mutin at coste vottat cost find je broun fassperade.
Speaker 3: We need to find it at all costs, said Braham,
Speaker 3: determined Hal.
Speaker 5: Fooled the druc onzen Famili bedred.
Speaker 3: He felt the pressure to save his family business.
Speaker 5: March kneik to instements.
Speaker 3: March nodded in agreement.
Speaker 5: Miss ring kez lere oh.
Speaker 3: For Didric, maybe we can learn something about Diedrich.
Speaker 5: Eachstelt oldskon help stell the sissart.
Speaker 3: For something that could help us, She softly suggested.
Speaker 5: Yurene k bossort Marvist del drwain.
Speaker 3: Opsisvarre Jorian looked concerned, but she knew there were few options.
Speaker 5: De Mida Clay de brahmsire Vauder meet elste Zoon from
Speaker 5: Hondolar Mars also Ravone Hmdelar.
Speaker 3: That afternoon Brahm dressed simply, not like the son of traders,
Speaker 3: but as an ordinary merchant.
Speaker 5: He jelpoubire Fertroudevin.
Speaker 3: He would try to gain trust.
Speaker 5: March mendez ire Fsichte ont folk lustudent nard Rosprika from
Speaker 5: and Luco Pride.
Speaker 3: March cautiously mingled with the crowd, listening to the conversations
Speaker 3: of other merchants.
Speaker 5: So Undicte del heer Diedrich from Plum was in faced.
Speaker 5: How the forepass.
Speaker 3: She discovered that Lord Diedrich plan to hold a party
Speaker 3: for Easter di.
Speaker 5: A Fenripte Bram and March narbin obot Faced.
Speaker 3: That evening, Brahm and March slipped inside.
Speaker 5: The party had clungquarm Et Leifner met Mousique Echlach.
Speaker 3: It sounded warm and lively, with music and laughter.
Speaker 5: Ider rein lake blaz imperfectedt Montel for an e Femissi.
Speaker 3: Everyone seemed happy, a perfect cover for their own mission.
Speaker 5: De Vel the hostess if f Markte Slope Boor and
Speaker 5: Zustiligius narn ops Larmte.
Speaker 3: While the guests enjoyed themselves, the brother and sister quietly
Speaker 3: sneaked into a storage room darstounded. There it was the
Speaker 3: zil samaspis ree fel oprabourg, the rare spice safely stored away.
Speaker 1: Metten klopend heart ring Bramdidrich tramaut.
Speaker 3: With a pounding heart. Brahm approached Diedrich Here.
Speaker 5: Did Rich igbnyer metten amboldt.
Speaker 3: Lord Diedrich, I am here with an offer.
Speaker 5: Hu hebt ittz voltig no der heb.
Speaker 3: You have something I need loads of the ear.
Speaker 1: Look on mahamdole jay hey full for trou and my respectful.
Speaker 3: Let's negotiate fairly, he said, confident yet respectful.
Speaker 1: Did Rich keek him ahm lake erstfer bast Martin o fersocht,
Speaker 1: and i'll snell.
Speaker 3: Diedrich looked at him, seemed surprised at first, but his
Speaker 3: eyes soon softened.
Speaker 5: Julie hebe lef je out eine luka ancient.
Speaker 3: You've got guts, he eventually said, grinning.
Speaker 5: End de'lt respecteeriche.
Speaker 3: And I respect that.
Speaker 5: Boom and die de Rich clame overin.
Speaker 3: Brahm and Diedrich reached an agreement an ear luk vessel
Speaker 3: for a fair exchange of goods.
Speaker 1: Boom altri gre votsocht the space say, and it's filled
Speaker 1: belungreker the ear from.
Speaker 5: The family touch.
Speaker 3: Bram had gotten what he was looking for, the spice
Speaker 3: and something much more important, the family's honor restored.
Speaker 5: Dun struch kid and narremuder met a trudinius blick te
Speaker 5: Broum and March el car to fried Ahm.
Speaker 3: When they returned to their mother with the good news,
Speaker 3: Bram and March exchanged satisfied glances.
Speaker 5: Ze Han tredame.
Speaker 3: They had done it, so had the marked her overort
Speaker 3: meet door slew hat and Petrich mardor mout and I
Speaker 3: la causam veer king. They had reclaimed the market, not
Speaker 3: through cunning and deceit, but through courage and honest cooperation.
Speaker 5: Bloom realized if reg do mi fami and ir yicht
Speaker 5: nt a le Haut and.
Speaker 3: Bram realized that true wealth lies in family and honor,
Speaker 3: not just golden goods.
Speaker 5: And zoo met unhumdel in iid her stelt fied isama pass.
Speaker 3: And so, with their trade restored, they celebrated Easter together.
Speaker 5: Develle the stultslan tarns Zurchis flickered in the nacht viste
Speaker 5: famili delt drsama, tevierk to elka au da kundovine.
Speaker 3: As the city lanterns gently flickered in the night, the
Speaker 3: family knew that by working together, they could overcome any challenge.
Speaker 3: Today's vocabulary words are coming up right after this commercial break.
Speaker 3: Here are today's vocabulary words first and Dutch than in English.
Speaker 5: Screame, screame, screame, sean lave in the lave in the
Speaker 5: lave in, the lively, vopper, the vopper, the vopper, the fluttering, breece, breece, breece, breeze, okay, okay,
Speaker 5: okay in cobblestones, russamus, hushmus, russamus, murmur news here, news here,
Speaker 5: news here, curious, utiltilt wrapped, fornewing for neewing, fornewing, renewal
Speaker 5: for vachting fur vachting for vachting, expectation, hoot opened, hoot lopened, hootpened,
Speaker 5: driving space, ray space ray space, ray, spice, minder root,
Speaker 5: minder root, minder root, struggling, concurrents, concurrents, concurrent competitor, fastperade asparade, fosporade, determined,
Speaker 5: stell the four stell, the four stell, the four suggested, bersort, bersort, bersort.
Speaker 3: Concerned, opsies, apsize, opsies, options, megde mengde megde mingled, slope, slope, slope,
Speaker 3: sneaked opps la ramt opslaughraumt oppslahram storage, clopant clopend clopant,
Speaker 3: pound on the handle, on the handle, on the handle,
Speaker 3: negotiate aincient, hainscient, chincent.
Speaker 5: Grinning, respector respectear respectior respect, blickt blict, blicked glances, slew hate,
Speaker 5: slew hate, slow hate, cunning, bedrich thedrich, bedrich, The seed, moot, moot, moot, courage, flicker,
Speaker 5: the flicker, the.
Speaker 3: Flick flickered.
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