Mystery Theater - Loser Take All
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Mystery Theater - Loser Take All

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 3, 202642 min
  • Documentary

Presents tales filled with suspense and intrigue, each episode unraveling mysteries that keep listeners engaged and guessing until the end.

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Sentence 9 of 12 · 1:01

All the bootless, fast-dealing, double-crossing folks cutting knives in a bath, sweetening behind me.

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And at the African agency business, I was king-king.

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  • 98% of the words are B1 or easier.
  • 148 words a minute: a natural pace.
  • 111 harder words (B2 and up) in the whole episode.

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0:00

They say that there is a woman for every man, a man for every woman. Since there are more women born than men, this can't be totally true. And in fact, in practice, it doesn't work out anyway because as the world sings, they may not necessarily meet.

0:28

But there are women whom human can resist, and for whom a man could be as ready to sell his soul as Dr. Faltzer's wife to the devil. A woman, for example, like Delphi Carr. As we end the summer, I finally had it made. All the bootless, fast-dealing, double-crossing folks cutting knives in a bath, sweetening behind me.

1:01

We're rubbing this god, and we're talent enterprises incorporated with mine. And at the African agency business, I was king-king. Well, as of the Venice Film Festival playing, God was the best speaker of the Giddy Palazzo Hotel, a cabana of the leader beast, and the world's my oyster. And I see that suddenly I find he contained a pearl beyond prayer.

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