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Français avec Nelly - Coco Chanel - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Nelly tells the fascinating life story of French fashion icon Coco Chanel, beginning with what led to her career as a designer.

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Français avec Nelly - 10 livres faciles à lire en français - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this video, Nelly gives some advice about reading books in a foreign language and recommends some books for French learners. One of her recommendations is The Braid by Laetitia Colombani.

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Sophie et Patrice - Les homonymes

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Patrice and Sophie discuss homonyms, words that sound the same but have totally different meanings, something of a nightmare for French learners. Learn the difference between the same-sounding words verre, vers, ver, vert, and vair.

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Sophie et Patrice - Le Canard enchaîné

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Sophie likes the French weekly Le Canard enchaîné because it's one of the few remaining newspapers with some independence. She and Patrice discuss what makes a newspaper honest and objective.

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Sara et Lionel - Les Français sont-ils arrogants ?

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Sara and Lionel wonder why French people are often seen as arrogant. Do French people actually mind or do they unconsciously cultivate this image?

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Sophie et Alexandre - Les outre-mers

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Sophie and Alexandre talk about the French overseas territories (les outres-mers). Their idyllic settings belie a host of problems such as radioactivity left from nuclear tests in the Pacific, and income disparity between French settlers and indigenous people.

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Sara et Lionel - La Fête de l'Humanité

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Lionel and Sara reflect on how the traditional two-day Fête de l'Humanité (Humanity Festival) has changed over the years. Originally organized by the Communist newspaper L'Humanité, the festival is an occasion for the various factions of the French left to put aside their differences and come together.

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Simon et Marion - Le pain perdu

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Simon and his mother are making pain perdu (literally "lost bread") or French toast. Listen to their conversation as they putter around the kitchen. In the process, you will learn a wealth of kitchen-related vocabulary.

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Axel et Alice - Les mots bruxellois du français

Difficulty: Intermediate

Belgium, France

Axel, who is French, and Alice, who is Belgian, compare notes on various regional expressions. Find out what the difference between la pluie and la drache is in this video.

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Sophie et Patrice - Le handicap

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Sophie and Patrice discuss the evolution of the word "handicap," from its origins as a horce racing term to its current usage in French. Rather than les handicapés (the handicapped), the French now say les personnes en situation de handicap (persons with disabilities).

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Français avec Nelly - 10 livres faciles à lire en français - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Nelly recommends some more easy books in French by Amélie Nothomb, Guillaume Musso, and Albert Camus. She also discusses the passé simple or simple past tense, which is primarily used in written French.

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Sophie et Alexandre - La galette des rois

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Sophie and Alexandre are talking about the French tradition of the galette des rois (kings' cake). Will Sophie get the trinket this time?

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Leïa - Les bateaux, le port et les chats

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Leïa talks about the port, the boats, and the feral cats that lurk about the shore. She also explains a trick for remembering the words for "port" and "starboard" in French.

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Sophie et Alexandre - Et la pluie ?

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Like many French people, Sophie and Alexandre are totally sick of the rain. Besides, Sophie always ends up with wet shoes and frizzy hair. Alexandre has some good tips for her.

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Marie et Sandra - Atelier d'art - Part 12

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this video, Sandra learns to draw hands and feet. And you will learn the words for the different parts of them in French.

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