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Watt’s In - Indila : Dernière Danse Interview Exlu

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Indila, qui a connu un succès fou en 2013 avec son premier single "Dernière Danse" ("Last Dance"), nous raconte ses débuts dans la chanson française. Elle se contentait de composer des mélodies et d'écrire des textes mais la musique "l'a ratrappée" comme elle dit, et elle n'a pu résister au désir de devenir chanteuse elle-même.

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Pep's - Réparation de parapluies

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Thierry Millet is an umbrella repairer in Paris, and one of last remaining ones in France. He shares his wealth of knowledge and some interesting umbrella facts. Did you know that the first umbrella dates from 6500 B.C.?

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Caption 103 [fr]: Elle me dit:
Caption 103 [en]: She says to me,

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Vauréal - Véronique Schneider

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Véronique Schneider is a milliner, or hatmaker, who worked for the Comédie-Française in Paris and then moved to the Cour des Arts in Vauréal to make custom hats that anyone can wear.

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Caption 37 [fr]: et qui me dit, écoute, Véronique,
Caption 37 [en]: and who says to me, listen, Véronique,

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B-Girl Frak - Limoges

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

B-Girl “Frak” talks about growing up in Beaubreuil, a neighborhood in Limoges with an unfair reputation for being full of people who want to burn your curtains.

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Caption 29 [fr]: Et les gens, ils se sont dit: "Ah, elle sait danser, elle fait...
Caption 29 [en]: And people said to themselves, "Oh, she knows how to dance, she does...

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Morlaix - La Dilettante

Difficulty: Intermediate

Breton, France

This artist discovered her true calling: she collects driftwood and other found materials for her art. Her predilection is birds, all kinds of birds, that she paints to make signs or other creations for her clients. Her studio bears the tongue-in-cheek name of "La Dilettante," or "The Dilettante," which she is not by any means...

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Caption 22 [fr]: je ne savais pas où j'allais et euh... je m'étais dit, si je me trom'... si je me plante,
Caption 22 [en]: I didn't know where I was going and uh... I had told myself, if I mes'... if I mess up,

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B-Girl Frak - La "B-Girl Frak"

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lucile talks about how her incredible flexibility and break-dancing skills led to her being known as “B-Girl Frak.” Find out what your true hip-hop name is here.

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Caption 31 [fr]: quelqu'un a dit: "Oh mon Dieu, elle est complètement 'frac'"!
Caption 31 [en]: someone said, ''Oh my God, she's totally 'frac'!"

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Télésonne - Micro-trottoir : La neige

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

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In this Micro-Trottoir episode, people are asked whether they are for or against snow. Most of the interviewees welcome snow and find it very pretty; it also makes them look forward to Christmas. But some people pointed out that snow has its drawbacks: it complicates things on the road for those who have to drive to work.

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Caption 8 [fr]: Mais nous, on est ni pour ni contre la neige, hein? La neige, elle arrive et puis c'est l'hiver!
Caption 8 [en]: But we, we are neither for nor against snow, you know? Snow arrives, and then it's winter!

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Actu Vingtième - La burqa

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Interviewees on the streets of Paris protest the banning of the burqa in public places in France and offer their perspectives on this controversial issue.

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Caption 54 [fr]: Euh, est-ce que la liberté de chacun, elle s'arrête pas où commence la liberté de l'autre, par exemple?
Caption 54 [en]: Uh, doesn't someone's freedom end where another's freedom begins, for example?

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