Fi: Helsinki oli vielä kylmä maaliskuussa. En: Helsinki was still cold in March.
Fi: Lumipeite alkoi pikkuhiljaa sulaa katujen reunoilta, ja kevät antoi pieniä lupauksiaan. En: The snow cover began to slowly melt from the edges of the streets, and spring was giving small promises.
Fi: Kaupungin keskellä sijaitsi pieni ja viehättävä kahvila, täynnä kodikasta lämpöä ja tuoreen kahvin tuoksua. En: In the middle of the city was a small and charming café, full of cozy warmth and the scent of fresh coffee.
Fi: Kahvila oli pakopaikka kylmästä säästä, kutsuva ja rauhoittava. En: The café was a refuge from the cold weather, inviting and calming.
Fi: Aino istui yksin nurkkapöydässä. En: Aino sat alone at a corner table.
Fi: Hän oli kirjailija, joka etsi uutta inspiraatiota seuraavaa romaaniaan varten. En: She was a writer looking for new inspiration for her next novel.
Fi: Aino piti ihmisten tarkkailusta, vaikka itse pysyi mieluummin sivussa. En: Aino enjoyed observing people, even though she preferred to stay on the sidelines herself.
Fi: Hän nautti hiljaisuudesta, vaikka välillä kaipasi myös ihmisten seuraa. En: She liked the silence, although she sometimes longed for the company of people.
Fi: Kahvilan ikkunoista avautui näkymä vilkkaalle kadulle, ja ohikulkijat kiirehtivät ohi paksuissa takeissaan. En: The windows of the café offered a view of the busy street, and passersby hurried past in their thick coats.
Fi: Sanna, Ainon ystävä ja rohkaisija, oli se, joka oli sanonut: "Mene kahvilaan, katsele ihmisiä, löydä jotain uutta." En: Sanna, Aino's friend and encourager, was the one who had said: "Go to a café, watch people, find something new."
Fi: Aino oli kuunnellut ystäväänsä ja istui nyt täällä, kynä ja muistivihko valmiina. En: Aino had listened to her friend and was now sitting here, pen and notebook ready.
Fi: Asiakkaita saapui ja poistui, ja pian kahvila täyttyi ihmisistä. En: Customers came and went, and soon the café filled with people.
Fi: Elias astui sisään, turkoosi villapaita oli hänellä yllään ja kitara selässään. En: Elias walked in, wearing a turquoise sweater and with a guitar on his back.
Fi: Hän oli musiikista elävä muusikko, joka yritti toipua hiljattain päättyneestä suhteesta. En: He was a musician living from music, trying to recover from a recently ended relationship.
Fi: Kahvila tarjosi hänelle turvallisen paikan ajatella, ja musiikki oli hänelle turva. En: The café offered him a safe place to think, and music was his solace.
Fi: Kahvila täyttyi nopeasti, eikä istumapaikkoja jäänyt jäljelle. En: The café quickly filled up, and there were no seats left.
Fi: Aino huomasi Eliaksen, joka seisoi hieman epäröivänä. En: Aino noticed Elias, who stood slightly hesitantly.
Fi: Hän tunsi itsensä rohkeaksi, ehkä ystävänsä sanojen ansiosta, ja sanoi: "Haluatko istua tässä?" En: She felt brave, perhaps thanks to her friend's words, and said: "Would you like to sit here?"
Fi: Elias kiitti iloisena ja istui Ainoa vastapäätä. En: Elias thanked her happily and sat opposite Aino.
Fi: He alkoivat keskustella. En: They started to talk.
Fi: Aluksi puhe oli varovaista, mutta pian se virtasi kuin kevätpuro. En: Initially, the conversation was cautious, but soon it flowed like a spring stream.
Fi: Aino kertoi olevansa kirjailija, joka etsi inspiraatiota. En: Aino revealed she was a writer seeking inspiration.
Fi: Elias jakoi tarinansa muusikkona ja avasi hieman pettymyksiään. En: Elias shared his story as a musician and opened up a bit about his disappointments.
Fi: He tajusivat, että heillä oli yhteinen rakkaus musiikkiin ja kirjallisuuteen. En: They realized they had a common love for music and literature.
Fi: Aika kului huomaamatta, ja keskustelua kesti tuntikausia. En: Time passed unnoticed, and the conversation lasted for hours.
Fi: Lopulta kahvila alkoi hiljetä, ja oli aika lähteä. En: Eventually, the café began to quiet down, and it was time to leave.
Fi: Aino ja Elias vaihtoivat puhelinnumerot ja sähköpostiosoitteet. En: Aino and Elias exchanged phone numbers and email addresses.
Fi: Molemmat tunsivat, että tässä oli jotain erityistä. En: Both felt that there was something special here.
Fi: Aino sai uudenlaisen vireen kirjoittamiseensa, ja hän tunsi itsensä aiempaa rohkeammaksi. En: Aino gained a new energy for her writing and felt braver than before.
Fi: Elias löysi uuden ystävän, joka auttoi häntä toipumaan sydänsuruistaan. En: Elias found a new friend who helped him heal from his heartbreak.
Fi: Ensimmäinen kevään auringonsäde pilkahti pilvien takaa, kun Aino astui kahvilasta ulos. En: The first ray of spring sunlight peeked from behind the clouds as Aino stepped out of the café.
Fi: Hän oli saanut inspiraationsa, uudelta ystävältä, joka saattoi ehkä jonain päivänä olla jotain enemmän. En: She had found her inspiration from a new friend, who might one day be something more.
Fi: Ja ensi kertaa pitkään aikaan hänessä heräsi toivon kipinä. En: And for the first time in a long while, a spark of hope was ignited within her.
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Hi, this is Alex Cantrowitz.
I'm the host of Big Technology Podcast,
a longtime reporter and an on-air contributor
to CMBC.
And if you're like me,
you're trying to figure out how artificial intelligence
is changing the business world and our lives.
So each week on Big Technology,
I bring on key actors from companies building AI tech
and outsiders trying to influence it,
asking where this is all going.
They come from places like Nvidia, Microsoft, Amazon,
and plenty more.
So if you want to be smart with your wallet,
your career choices,
and meetings with your colleagues and at dinner parties,
listen to Big Technology Podcast
wherever you get your podcasts.
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And he was free, saying,
with the help of the Holy Spirit,
when he sent the Holy Spirit to the Lord.
The Holy Spirit was sent to the Holy Spirit
which the Holy Spirit propered after his retirement.
The Holy Spirit brought the Holy Spirit to the Lord in one way.
He was the Holy Spirit,
who provided the Spirit of the Spirit of the Spirit
for the Holy Spirit to be praying for His meal.
He did not need to pray,
he put tears into the Holy Spirit
and I was the first to sent to the Lord.
life.
Asiakkaita sapuja poistui ja fian kahvilä täydtui ihmisistä.
Elias astui sisään turkoosi vilapaita oli hänellä yllä.
Elias astui sisään turkoosi vilapaita oli hänellä yllä.
Elias astaui sisään turkooti vilapaita oli hänellä yllä.
When the music stopped, I hended to start listening to it.
Do you dare to sound in the morning like the dew come up through dining?
When the music starts to snap, you turn as well as the wind on.
If the music reached the dawn, the town starts as well as lights rise high.
But when the music stops, the music switches up.
When the music starts to usher in the given way,
He met with her in the morning, at the time of his birth and to her dead mother,
and her mother, who had been in this state.
She was very happy and liked to find the same age as her.
She was very hungry at the time.
She was pregnant, but she was too young for the same reason.
She was so young that she was inspired and motivated.
He came to help the musician and lead the business together.
He said that he had a personal relationship with music and exhibition.
He was willing to pay a loan and thousands of donations.
He arrived at the school and was willing to make a new deal with it.
He didn't even receive a message and message from the public.
I have reported that these were the forbidden ones.
It is not very clever to get them out of the pocket,
and it is very difficult to get them out properly.
It is not a wrong group that is mayten due to their own desires.
A few days before the dawn of the pandemic,
it had given the first notice of the movement.
Let's take another listen. Listen closely to any parts you may have missed.
Let's take another listen. Listen closely to any parts you may have missed.
Helho was still cold in March.
The snow cover began to slowly melt from the edges of the streets, and spring was giving small promises.
In the middle of the city was a small and charming cafe, full of cozy warmth and the scent of fresh coffee.
The cafe was a refuge from the cold weather, inviting and calming.
I'm a saddle-own at a corner table.
She was a writer looking for new inspiration for her next novel.
I go enjoyed observing people, even though she preferred to stay on the sidelines herself.
She liked the silence, although she sometimes longed for the company of people.
The windows of the cafe offered a view of the busy street, and passers-by hurried past in their thick coats.
Ivo's friend and encourager was the one who had said, go to a cafe, watch people, find something new.
Ivo had listened to her friend, and was now sitting here, pen and notebook ready.
Customers came and went, and soon the cafe filled with people.
Elias walked in, wearing a turquoise sweater, and with a guitar on his back.
He was a musician living from music, trying to recover from a recently-ended relationship.
The cafe offered him a safe place to think, and music was his solace.
The cafe quickly filled up, and there were no seats left.
Ivo noticed Elias, who stood slightly hesitantly.
She felt brave, perhaps thanks to her friend's words, and said, would you like to sit here?
Elias thanked her happily and sat opposite Ivo.
They started to talk.
Initially, the conversation was cautious, but soon it flowed like a spring stream.
Ivo revealed she was a writer-seeking inspiration.
Elias shared his story as a musician, and opened up a bit about his disappointments.
They realized they had a common love for music and literature.
Time passed unnoticed, and the conversation lasted for hours.
Eventually, the cafe began to quiet down, and it was time to leave.
Igo and Iliad exchanged phone numbers and email addresses.
Both felt that there was something special here.
Ivo gained a new energy for her writing, and felt braver than before.
Elias found a new friend, who helped him heal from his heartbreak.
The first ray of spring sunlight peaked from behind the clouds as Ivo stepped out of the cafe.
She had found her inspiration from a new friend, who might one day be something more.
And for the first time in a long while, a spark of hope was ignited within her.
Today's vocabulary words are coming up right after this commercial break.
Hi, this is Alex Cantrowitz. I'm the host of Big Technology Podcast, a long time reporter and an on-air contributor to CNBC.
And if you're like me, you're trying to figure out how artificial intelligence is changing the business world and our lives.
So each week on Big Technology, I bring on key actors from companies building AI tech and outsiders trying to influence it, asking where this is all going.
They come from places like Nvidia, Microsoft, Amazon, and plenty more.
So if you want to be smart with your wallet, your career choices, and meetings with your colleagues, and at dinner parties, listen to Big Technology Podcast wherever you get your podcasts.
Here are today's vocabulary words, first and finish, then in English.