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In this episode, we'll journey through a stormy Amsterdam is Bob Battle's reign fear and doubt to cast his vote and find unexpected strength.
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Als the kluko from La vista er sis r slam hast bas madridr drink distrata from Amsterdam. De lucht is dunker rans egfult meddomler, bustricht s yestrucor interval he rifting at stem local rent and Audus hold himself in the Jordan, Bennett is at warm and drooken mences down in long
arrayed vachte hun stem abina knit warbar. Both need cabal from the storm bout lumper flicker often too, as of the elkmomentuna outram the lukt rogged mouth and benowned toward the sam pak de mansemossa boss foot huss and adam Hahling sneller hat heyev mute met drukoplek mahevil nit obheve zaint stem is belongreg Ava and friendly look of Revela her baby Inhanan puhutem welcome, zemetter krimloch emudeal avadulteber had his hacken house von dach boss knicked and pobert grimlach
all fold teded by nick ob comer hayes had long sam for out ain't foot for the under the well has em black up the floor out elka clean is stop legged and aver hat the dure the tad ticked, bowed and dundarted, and the rech legged on aud look a darden spoke dorozenhoft what us haydnt optate halt what our saints stem floor had boss dinged azember's lissing blave obhave donzitae young an auder friend further up in the ray john zweite nahem and locht bay nadar boss optaber
murdherant is it's in the simple root that us knew moodhaved. Missrine sends alamal in the zel of the boat, miss Rin marked hasif de filsorg here sends howders and vote
ray stop for stop clotzeling hard that licht out. Then hul vanusmortres rail and Romunpo had to the manert the fray villagers povere The Comte de bevar Eva hoped that a norteti is and that the others dom o matererin order the creg had his joust of that moment in the bay nadaustanis that boss and besloud named heid sen angstopsee and maneufrierdnafort sireh excuiser, and the well had forbade.
The man's ribbed had moment fulled as an averhead mahibrakets tembers netwa neered Lichtria to ur comte mattrillan ahund the packed busted stamboul yet and stemmed hay swarded paper off and latted in the doors fall. Then heart clothed Snell might have fooled and enormal upburthing. He heaved the trout when near hated himself for lad marked bus dot reev is who stopped the lucht is freez and for freezened
hey fools. The wroundered stairker. Then stemhaved Iday and dothhaved them ruful from fordning and trots and thou wondled bust were the not strata from Amsterdam waiting. The dot hasen stained yehave by dragh and met a new for trowel in herself.
Let's take another lesson. Listen closely to any part you may have missed.
Alst the cloak of from the Vesta care says or slam ha baur de madridor drink the strata from Amsterdam.
As the bells of the Westerkirk strike six Bas hurries through the rain drenched streets of Amsterdam.
De Lieucht is dunker drehand and halfilled mid dummler.
The sky is dark, threatening and filled with thunder.
Bostricht say ya struck or umsihintervel herichting its stem local rent. Then audus houl himself in the Jordaan.
Bas pulls his coat tighter around him as he runs towards the polling station. An old school gymnasium in the Jordan. Binet is at warm and drunkend inside it's warm and oppressive.
Mincestan el'ngarayt vachte hun stemebein and nit warbar both the cabal from the storm.
People stand in long queues waiting. Their voice is barely audible over the clamor of the storm outside.
Lumper flickerer often too. Also, the elk moment couldn't.
Outram lights flicker occasionally as if they could go out at any moment.
The luchet rougedmuf and benout dor de saint Bachtmensemosa.
The air smells musty and stifling from the packed crowd.
Boss fool Toussein Adam hahling sneller hat.
Bas feels his breathing quicken heyev.
Mue medr kopleke marhe vil nitobreev.
He struggles with crowded places, but he doesn't want to give up.
Zay stem is blomach.
His vote is important.
Ava and freely l Kreville her baby in hung.
Putem Iva, a friendly volunteer at the entrance, greets.
Him vilcom zemetter rim lach.
Welcome, she says, with a smile.
U mutvel e fe radulteb at is hicken house Fonda.
You'll need a bit of patience. It's craziness today.
Boss knicked and pobert him lach all fold headed by nick op coom.
Bs, nods and tries to smile, although he feels the panic rising.
Hayes had lung sam for rout ain't foot for the umdler tevel hayseem blick opt floor out.
He shuffles forward slowly, one foot in front of the other, keeping his gaze on the floor.
El caklein is stop legged a hate the dure.
Every tiny step seems to take an eternity the date tik t, time ticks.
By bout and dunder it and re legged.
Outside it thunders, and the rain seems unending.
Adarten spoke Doorsenhoft.
All sorts of thoughts run through his mind.
That I'll say it neat obtate talt.
What if he doesn't make it on time?
What I'll say stem flor hat, What if his vote is lost? Bus dingd and be sliss blabreeve.
Bs thinks about his decision keep waiting or give.
Up duncite young an audu freeing fear the rope in the ray.
Then he sees Jan, an old friend further down the line.
Jonzweit Narheim and locht.
Jan waves at him and laughs, Bey nadar Boss almost there, bah.
Upte bermuderrand.
He calls encouragingly.
It is it's in the simple haut do boss new moutaeft.
There is something in that simple greeting that gives by new courage.
Missrine says a la mal in the self the boat.
Maybe they're all in the same boat.
Miss Srin mark taise if the fields org.
Maybe he's worrying too much.
Here saends howders and forte rey stop for stop.
He straightens his shoulders and follows the line step by.
Step, dmoutseling hatt lichts out.
Suddenly the lights go out.
Then hol f usmortreusrail enchmunpo hat dour de meinert.
A wave of muffled screams and murmurs goes through the crowd.
De fray villechurs pourbier de comte de de Bavard.
The volunteers try to maintain calm.
E faupt del the nortetis and that's alos doum o materer in order.
De cre.
Iva calls out that there is still time and they are doing everything to restore order.
Hatis joust of the moment in the bay at d'austanis the bass sen beslaut named.
It's at that moment, in the near darkness, that bie S makes his decision.
Dues an angst opse e manufritna for sir excuser and tevel hey forbade the manserribt.
He pushes his fear aside and maneuvers forward, excusing himself as he slips past people.
Had moment fulled us an awerhead mahei breaketis stembus nitvaaner trichtrietruchkomte.
The moment feels like an eternity, but he reaches the ballot box just as the lights come back.
Matrillin l'arhonle bucked, busted, stemboliet and stemmed.
With trembling hands, Bas takes the ballot and votes.
Hey shirted bapier off a latted in the doors follow.
He tears off the paper and drops it into the box.
Zen heart clothed snell mahe fult in enormal oberty.
His heart beats rapidly, but he feels a huge relief.
He yave tetraut. He made it when neer heeded himself for la market bus d'altrie is rustopt.
As he leaves the gymnasium, Bis notices that the rain has stopped.
De liecht is fleece and furf listened.
The air is fresh and refreshing.
Hey fools if rondert starer.
He feels changed stronger.
Zeyn stem heaved ide and dothreave tem and ruful from fulduning and trots.
His vote has been cast, and that gives him a sense of satisfaction and pride and.
Zhou vandled bastur the not a strata from Amsterdam, waiting did'ltesen stein kihav bay and metieu FUTRAU is yourself.
And so Bas walks through the wet streets of Amsterdam, knowing he has contributed and with a new confidence in himself.
Today's vocabulary words are coming up right after this commercial break. Here are today's vocabulary words, first in Dutch, then in English.
Cluck, cluck, cluck, bells, slam, slam, slam, strike, hast, hast, hast, hurries, matri door drink matri door drink, madrid or drinkte, rain, drenched, deleahds, durations, delhends, threatening, steam, local steam, local steam, local polling station, yen rey in ray in queues, wore, bar, wore, bar, wore, bar, audible, cabal, cabal, cabal, clamor drounkens, drookens, drunken, oppressive, flickering, flicker, flickering, flicker, romombo, rumumbo, rumumbo, murmurs,
sam rebuct de mensimosa, sam rebac de mensimosa, sam rebac de mensimosa, packed crowd, adam haling, sneller hat adam haling, sneller hat adam haling, sneller hat, breathing, quicken stem stem stem ooh, shlimlach, slimlach, shlimlach, smile, huduilt, huduilt, huduilt, patience, shraft, shraft, shraft, shuffles at a war height, a war height, eternity, the murderran, the murder ran, the murderran.
Encouragingly, mood, moot, mood, courage, manuflered, maneuvriered, manufliered, maneuvers.
Exclusierian, excuisierent, Excuisierian, excusing, trillan trilling, trilland trembling, oplifting, oplifting, oplifting.
Relief, full dooning, full dooning, for doing, satisfaction, truths, truths, truths.
Pride, freece, freece, freece fresh for freecent for freecent for freecent, refreshing, stain ghibet, stain, hibet, stainhibet, contribute.
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