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Neïmo - Interview de Neïmo

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

From Scratch is not only the name of Neïmo’s first album, it also sums up their ethos. Original and full of energy, Neïmo is a distinctive part of a rock and roll trend: made in France but sung in English! According to the band, rock and roll is best done in its original language. Hear about how they mix their inspirations and influences with their innovation.

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Yabla à Nancy - Le masculin et le féminin

Difficulty: Beginner

France

English speakers may find this strange, but most European languages (including French) assign a gender to every noun. So how are you supposed to know that the word for “apple” (la pomme) is feminine, but the word for “grape” (le raisin) is masculine? Practice, practice, practice!

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Jodie Foster x Augustin Trapenard - son premier rôle en français

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Augustin Trapenard interviews Jodie Foster about her first movie in French, Vie privée (A Private Life). She also talks about her career as an actress, what it was like to be a child actor, and many more fascinating aspects of her craft and life.

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Caption 25 [en]: or in English. -That's true.
Caption 25 [fr]: ou en anglais. -C'est vrai.

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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 80 [en]: in English you say "ribs,"
Caption 80 [fr]: en anglais, on dit "ribs",

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Micro-Trottoirs - Compliments, à pile ou face

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

In this video, people on the street are asked about the best compliments they ever received... and the worst.

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Caption 58 [en]: That my English accent resembled an Eton accent.
Caption 58 [fr]: Que mon accent anglais ressemblait à l'accent d'Eton.

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Lionel - Le club de foot de Nancy - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Lionel takes us to a highly regarded soccer club where the shadow of certain famous soccer players like Rouyer and Platini still hangs. The Nancy-Lorraine Soccer Club grooms high school boys into professional soccer players, endeavoring to strike a balance between academic and sporting achievements.

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Caption 46 [en]: French, English, mathematics? -So...
Caption 46 [fr]: Le français, l'anglais, les mathématiques? -Alors...

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TV Vendée - Vendée : Pierre Zucchi, 104 ans, raconte ses mémoires

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

TV Vendée interviews 104-year-old Pierre Zucchi, an architect and musician who helped build Queen Elizabeth's private hospital. So far, he's written five autobiographical books that he plans to share with his children.

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Caption 19 [en]: he starts school without speaking English.
Caption 19 [fr]: il entre à l'école sans parler l'anglais.

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Lionel - Langue sous hypnose

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Lionel speaks with Pascal, the director of the "Langue Sous Hypnose" (Language Under Hypnosis) school, who explains how hypnosis can help make language learning less daunting. Though Pascal says that "it's not hypnosis that teaches people languages, it's the teacher," he claims that hypnosis can make your brain more receptive to learning a new language.

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Caption 12 [en]: at Langue Sous Hypnose: Russian, English, German, Italian.
Caption 12 [fr]: chez Langue sous hypnose, le russe, l'anglais, l'allemand, l'italien.

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Micro-Trottoirs - Rêves d’enfants

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

In this Micro-Trottoirs episode, people on the street reveal what they wanted to be when they grow up. From fireman to fairy, find out who actually fullfilled their childhood dream.

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Caption 75 [en]: I was an English teacher for eight years. -You are a fulfilled woman in many ways, you are...
Caption 75 [fr]: J'ai été prof d'anglais pendant huit ans. -Vous êtes une femme comblée quelque part, vous êtes...

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Watt’s In - Stromae : Papaoutai Interview Exclu - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Belgium

Singer-songwriter Stromae walks us through his personal creative process and the many choices he has to make to create his beautiful songs, such as the one you will hear in the background called "Papaoutai" (Dad, Where Are You?). Knowing what goes into the complex process of making music only deepens our appreciation of his work.

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Caption 60 [en]: English sounds better than French. So first of all, that's bullshit...
Caption 60 [fr]: l'anglais sonne mieux que le français. D'ailleurs premièrement, c'est du bullshit...

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Questions à la con - Avril 2014

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Viewer Discretion Advised

In this Questions à la con (Dumb Questions) series, pedestrians are asked to answer some crazy questions about the latest buzzwords, slang terms, and obscure expressions. Do you know what the verb emberlucoquer means? Watch this video to find out, but first take a guess and see if you can outsmart the natives! You'll be surprised by the variety of answers people come up with, some of which are quite hilarious.

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Caption 17 [en]: it's "mdr" [dying of laughter] in English.
Caption 17 [fr]: c'est "mdr" [mort de rire] en anglais.

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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 15 [en]: So "b-boy" is how they say it in English: "boy" means "garçon"
Caption 15 [fr]: Un "b-boy", c'est comme on dit en anglais: "boy", ça veut dire "garçon"

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Melissa Mars - On "Army of Love"

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Melissa tells us how the music video for “Army of Love” came to be. She produced and directed it herself, with the help of animator Thomas Guerigen. It was a labor of love—one that paid off!

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Caption 14 [en]: This song, uh... I created it with, uh, some English people, uh..."Pressure Zone,"
Caption 14 [fr]: Cette chanson, euh... je l'ai créée avec, euh, des Anglais, euh... "Pressure Zone",

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Les Nubians - Présentation

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Meet Les Nubians, two singer-songwriter sisters who grew up in both Paris and Chad and whose music has been nominated for several awards, including a Grammy (and not just in the World Music category, thank you very much). We know we’re big fans!

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Caption 18 [en]: it's a CD book, in French and English.
Caption 18 [fr]: c'est un livre CD, en français et en anglais.

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Lionel L - Les genres

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Tired of stuffy old grammar exercises in text books? Come along with Lionel and learn something about the use of gender in French. This one’s fun, we promise — and no boring rules to memorize!

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Caption 24 [en]: There you have it. You... you are lucky in English: you don't have all these gender and language problems...
Caption 24 [fr]: Voilà. Vous... vous êtes chanceux en anglais: vous avez pas tous ces problèmes de sexe et de langue...

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