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November 3, 2025 • 17 mins
Fluent Fiction - Dutch: Mysterious Art Heist: Bram's Unexpected Village Heroics
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Nl: In het oude stadje, vol bakstenen muren en kronkelige straatjes, rook het naar kruidnoten en kaneel.
En: In the old town, full of brick walls and winding streets, it smelled of kruidnoten and cinnamon.

Nl: Het herfstseizoen was aangebroken, en de bladeren bedekten de straten als een kleurrijk tapijt.
En: The autumn season had arrived, and the leaves covered the streets like a colorful carpet.

Nl: In deze sfeer van gezelligheid en drukte, was iedereen bezig met de voorbereidingen voor het Sinterklaasfeest.
En: In this atmosphere of coziness and hustle, everyone was busy with preparations for the Sinterklaas celebration.

Nl: Maar niet alles was zo vredig als het leek.
En: But not everything was as peaceful as it seemed.

Nl: Bram, een amateur detective en smid, zat in zijn kleine werkplaats aan het einde van de straat.
En: Bram, an amateur detective and blacksmith, sat in his small workshop at the end of the street.

Nl: Hij luisterde naar het geluid van de hamer op het aambeeld en dacht aan zijn nieuwste uitdaging.
En: He listened to the sound of the hammer on the anvil and thought about his latest challenge.

Nl: Er was een kostbaar schilderij verdwenen uit het museum in het hart van de stad.
En: A valuable painting had disappeared from the museum in the heart of the town.

Nl: Niemand wist wie de dader was, maar Bram voelde zich geroepen het mysterie op te lossen.
En: No one knew who the culprit was, but Bram felt compelled to solve the mystery.

Nl: Lotte, de curator van het museum, was onrustig.
En: Lotte, the curator of the museum, was restless.

Nl: Het schilderij was niet zomaar een kunstwerk; het had een speciale betekenis voor haar.
En: The painting was not just a piece of art; it had a special meaning for her.

Nl: Maar dat geheim hield zij voor zich.
En: But she kept that secret to herself.

Nl: Ze was bezorgd over wat de diefstal zou kunnen betekenen voor het imago van het museum en het stadje.
En: She was worried about what the theft could mean for the image of the museum and the town.

Nl: Hoorde ze iets over een man met een verleden, iemand zoals Jasper?
En: Had she heard something about a man with a past, someone like Jasper?

Nl: Jasper, een handelaar die al lang in de stad woonde, leek meer te weten.
En: Jasper, a trader who had lived in the town for a long time, seemed to know more.

Nl: Hij was altijd wat op de achtergrond en had ooit een andere kant van zich laten zien.
En: He was always somewhat in the background and had once shown a different side of himself.

Nl: Mensen fluisterden achter zijn rug om.
En: People whispered behind his back.

Nl: Misschien had hij motieven die niemand kon raden.
En: Perhaps he had motives that no one could guess.

Nl: Hoewel de bewoners twijfelden aan een amateur detective als Bram, besloot hij buiten zijn smederij te kijken naar aanwijzingen.
En: Although the residents doubted an amateur detective like Bram, he decided to look for clues outside his forge.

Nl: Hij observeerde het museum en zag verdachte bewegingen.
En: He observed the museum and saw suspicious movements.

Nl: Hij zag Jasper meer dan eens in de buurt van het museum, vooral 's avonds wanneer niemand het zag.
En: He saw Jasper more than once near the museum, especially in the evenings when no one was watching.

Nl: Na dagen van onderzoek, voelde Bram zich klaar.
En: After days of investigation, Bram felt ready.

Nl: Hij benaderde Jasper op de markt, te midden van de Sinterklaasliederen en het geroezemoes.
En: He approached Jasper at the market, amidst the Sinterklaas songs and the buzz.

Nl: "Jasper," begon hij, "ik weet dat je meer weet over het schilderij."
En: "Jasper," he began, "I know that you know more about the painting."

Nl: Met bewijs van Jaspers nachtelijke rondzwervingen, confronteerde Bram hem.
En: With evidence of Jasper's nocturnal wanderings, Bram confronted him.

Nl: Jasper bloosde en keek schichtig om zich heen.
En: Jasper blushed and looked around nervously.

Nl: Langzaam gaf hij toe. "Ja, ik heb het schilderij genomen," zei hij schoorvoetend.
En: Slowly, he admitted, "Yes, I took the painting," he said hesitantly.

Nl: Maar voordat hij verder kon spreken, kwam Lotte tussenbeide.
En: But before he could
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 1 (00:25):
In this episode, we'll unravel an art heeist mystery in
an old town where an unlikely detective uncover surprises that
connect the community with its cherished past.

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Speaker 1 (06:06):
In the old town, full of brick walls and winding streets,
it smelled of kruydnitin and cinnamon.

Speaker 4 (06:11):
Hett says Zun was ah broke and the blad a
bedicte de strata of Saint Cleurectapit.

Speaker 1 (06:21):
The autumn season had arrived, and the leaves covered the
streets like a colorful carpet.

Speaker 4 (06:26):
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idine based metaforberating fortsinta class faced.

Speaker 1 (06:38):
In this atmosphere of coziness and hustle. Everyone was busy
with preparations for the center class celebration.

Speaker 4 (06:44):
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Speaker 1 (06:50):
But not everything was as peaceful as it seemed.

Speaker 4 (06:52):
Bloom an amateur de tod tifa and smith sultans incline
air plats and and i from the strat.

Speaker 1 (07:03):
Brum, an amateur detective in Blacksmith, sat in his small
workshop at the end of the street.

Speaker 4 (07:09):
Helauster de narretri laut frol nahamer obod ambilt en dacht
as a neustaudaching.

Speaker 1 (07:18):
He listened to the sound of the hammer on the
anvil and thought about his latest challenge.

Speaker 4 (07:23):
Hervosen costbard s hilde rey fdvene out at Museim in
his heartful the stadt.

Speaker 1 (07:31):
A valuable painting had disappeared from the museum in the
heart of the town.

Speaker 4 (07:36):
Niemnt vistvi de da dervos mar brom fool desrupnit mysteri
ob touloso.

Speaker 1 (07:45):
No one knew who the culprit was, but Brum felt
compelled to solve the mystery.

Speaker 4 (07:49):
Lotte de curat or for musem fas unlustre.

Speaker 1 (07:56):
Lutta, the curator of the museum was restless.

Speaker 4 (07:59):
Heads hildrey vosnitso marn kunstwerg he teltan spe chal lebautekenis for.

Speaker 1 (08:06):
Her the painting was not just a piece of art.
It had a special meaning.

Speaker 4 (08:12):
For her mar del Re, you'd say, for Sif, but she.

Speaker 1 (08:18):
Kept that secret to herself.

Speaker 4 (08:20):
Sevos bozor o for voltadif stalza kunebauteken for imho for
the museim and it's toti.

Speaker 1 (08:30):
She was worried about what the theft could mean for
the image of the museum in the town.

Speaker 4 (08:34):
Who does it's oh for a mommetefrillide i monsu shosper.

Speaker 1 (08:41):
Had she heard something about a man with a past,
someone like Joshper.

Speaker 4 (08:45):
Josper an jno Lardi alonge induestalt vonde le miretivete.

Speaker 1 (08:53):
Jasper, a trader who had lived in the town for
a long time, seemed to know more.

Speaker 4 (08:58):
Hey vos alta tevotel the achtrond and not out and
under the conference flat sine.

Speaker 1 (09:06):
He was always somewhat in the background and had once
shown a different side of himself.

Speaker 4 (09:11):
Mens have flows to the achter sen Luchem.

Speaker 1 (09:16):
People whispered behind his back.

Speaker 4 (09:18):
Miss Rien Hotel Motifa di nie monte Conrade.

Speaker 1 (09:24):
Perhaps he had motives that no one could guess.

Speaker 4 (09:27):
Juvel de bevonner s stayful Anon almatur de t tifaus
bram the slote bout SATs made rey to cake and namazing.

Speaker 1 (09:39):
Although the residents doubted an amateur detective like Brahms, he
decided to look for clues outside his forge.

Speaker 4 (09:45):
Hey observere det muse en zafredchte beveing.

Speaker 1 (09:52):
He observed the museum and saw suspicious movements.

Speaker 4 (09:55):
Heyzrjus Permier don ains in the burt full of Mougier
him for RaSE a fun ser niemontetzer.

Speaker 1 (10:05):
He saw Jasper more than once near the museum, especially
in the evenings when no one was watching.

Speaker 4 (10:11):
Nada from under zuk fool de brahmsigklar.

Speaker 1 (10:17):
After days of investigation, Brum felt ready.

Speaker 4 (10:20):
Hey Bernada de Josper, the marked to Midi from the
sinte class and a trusemus.

Speaker 1 (10:29):
He approached Jasper at the market amidst the cinder claus
songs and the buzz.

Speaker 4 (10:34):
Jesper bauhooney equate that you mervate o frutz hild day.

Speaker 1 (10:41):
Ysper. He began, I know that you know more about
the painting.

Speaker 4 (10:45):
Met Bervet's van jespers nochte le cornerfing conferntier de Bromhem.

Speaker 1 (10:53):
With evidence of jasper S nocturnal wanderings. Brum confronted him.

Speaker 4 (10:58):
Jesper Blowster and cake Srichtzehn.

Speaker 1 (11:03):
Jasper blushed and looked around nervously.

Speaker 4 (11:06):
Long sham haugh hay too jea keepitz hilde re nome
jees hoor futent.

Speaker 1 (11:16):
Slowly, he admitted, yes, I took the painting, he said hesitantly.

Speaker 4 (11:21):
Marfour d'ltel feeder con Sprague Crome Lotte to Sebeide.

Speaker 1 (11:27):
But before he could speak further, Lotta intervened.

Speaker 4 (11:31):
Lotte four bromforbast.

Speaker 1 (11:35):
Lotta asked Brahm, in surprise, s how the.

Speaker 4 (11:38):
Deep Adam and lechte outwoods Hilderee in portrait vos fonar
oh for hold Muder.

Speaker 1 (11:47):
She took a deep breath and explained how the painting
was a portrait of her great grandmother hetos.

Speaker 4 (11:53):
Out forlor Hm and knew umbetalbar from emuchurn Levarde.

Speaker 1 (12:01):
It had once been lost and was now priceless with
emotional value.

Speaker 4 (12:05):
Jesper cnique de mbchepe forte hatredame.

Speaker 1 (12:10):
Jusper nodded and understood what he had done.

Speaker 4 (12:13):
Equilded fcop hafe to sen O falspet.

Speaker 1 (12:20):
I wanted to sell it. He admitted, his eyes full
of regret.

Speaker 4 (12:23):
Blumzor Sen comes Maye Kuntatnure, said.

Speaker 1 (12:30):
Brum saw his opportunity, but you can set it right now.

Speaker 4 (12:33):
Metultfa Lotte Yemen. Comes hafonzerself to forbetre haf josperitz Hilreeter.

Speaker 1 (12:44):
With Lottaz's help, who gave him a chance to improve himself.
Jusper returned the painting.

Speaker 4 (12:49):
The Statte vardeid an er fault mire domoit.

Speaker 1 (12:55):
The town appreciated their heritage more than ever, and it ain.

Speaker 4 (12:59):
De fundis go de herstmidherch metu stattrecht, and it mysterie
o prelost greg Brum de eerd m touquom.

Speaker 1 (13:10):
At the end of this cold autumn afternoon, with the
town relieved and the mystery solved, Brum received the honor
due to him.

Speaker 4 (13:18):
Blum libtuttruch Narsen smeid rey umlnt dour de don parrete.
From the door, bling.

Speaker 1 (13:26):
Bram walked proudly back to his forge, surrounded by the
gratitude of the villagers.

Speaker 4 (13:31):
Hey hold nit a laine is shilreret maroked the forbidding
from the staudt metsein frie de heirstelt.

Speaker 1 (13:41):
He had not only saved a painting, but also restored
the town's connection to its past.

Speaker 4 (13:46):
And zauvi de friensraup er frut and de varheit vierini reherstelt.

Speaker 1 (13:55):
And thus friendship, heritage, and truth were honored once again.

Speaker 2 (14:04):
Today's vocabulary words are coming up right after this commercial break.
Here are today's vocabulary words, first in Dutch, then in English.

Speaker 4 (14:20):
Concule, conkule, concule, winding, hozilla, right, hozilla right, hozilla right,
coziness on luster um, luster on luster, restless, curator, curator, curator, curator,

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flousterde flousterden flousterde whispered, schmeidehray, schmidhay, schmeeay, forge, fordhte fordhte
for dohte, suspicious, bewaving, bewaving and beveving. Movements to medivhon

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to medafon to medevom amidst nochteleke, nochtelec nochteleke, nocturnal, hnsweerfinger, hnsweerfinger, run, sweevinger, wanderings, blowster, blowster,
blowst blushed, strichter, strichter, swrichter nervously, schorfuted, schorfuted, schorfuten hesitantly

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to simbade t simbade to sembee intervened, portraits, portrait, portreats portrait, umbetalbar, umbetalbar,
umb talbar, priceless, emochnelle, emochu nail, emo chu nail, emotional, spade, spade, spade, regret, comes, comes, comes, opportunity,

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earth fruit, earthrute, earth fruit, heritage, oprelucht o prelucht orelt relieved,
dung bar hate, dung bar hate, dung bar hate, gratitude,
hair stealt, hair stelt, hair stealth restored forbinding, forbinding, forbinding

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connection in ere hairstelt in ere hairstelt in ere hairstels honored.
Mystery Mystery, Mystery.

Speaker 1 (16:53):
Mysteryop haruopen ho roop compelled the other dather dather culprit
hollop hollop en holl hoop compelled.

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