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Professeur Joseph Melone - Les certitudes

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Professor Joseph Malone warns against two extremes: lack of knowledge and absolute certainties. According to him, these frequently occur in history, politics, and economics.

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Caption 3 [fr]: absence de savoir. Disons-le comme ça.
Caption 3 [en]: absence of knowledge. Let's put it like that.

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Audrey et Nadjma - Le créole réunionnais

Difficulty: Beginner

Réunion

Audrey and Nadjma talk about the Creole languages in the overseas territories of Réunion, Martinique, and Guadeloupe, and why they all differ from one another.

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Caption 41 [fr]: Et moi comme je suis du nord,
Caption 41 [en]: And me, since I'm from the north,

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Lionel L - La pandémie

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Lionel talks about life under quarantine in France. All group activities are forbidden, and you can only go outside to walk your dog, go to the pharmacy, or shop for basic necessities.

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Caption 35 [fr]: Les éternuements doivent s'effectuer dans le coude, comme on dit.
Caption 35 [en]: Sneezing must be done into one's elbow, as they say.

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Le saviez-vous? - D'où vient le poisson d'avril?

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Patricia explores the origin of the poisson d'avril (April Fools') tradition. There are numerous theories about this, some of them contradictory.

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Caption 26 [fr]: comme pour se moquer d'eux,
Caption 26 [en]: as if to make fun of them,

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Le saviez-vous? - La tradition du poisson d'avril

Difficulty: Beginner

France

The first of April is the day of hoaxes, pranks, and jokes. In France, the tradition is to hang paper fish on people's backs and shout, "Poisson d'avril!" (April Fish!).

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Caption 17 [fr]: comme ça, la personne ne se rend pas compte
Caption 17 [en]: that way the person doesn't realize

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Le saviez-vous? - La tradition de la Chandeleur - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Patricia continues her series on the feast of Candlemas, which in France is centered around the crêpe. Due to its round shape and golden color, the crêpe was a symbol of the sun in pagan times.

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Caption 28 [fr]: comme pour qu'elles atteignent le soleil.
Caption 28 [en]: as if in order for them to reach the sun.

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Lionel L - Nuit Debout - Journée internationale - Part 3

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Lionel concludes his series on Nuit Debout. The protest movement, expressing discontent with politics in general, is spreading. Lawyers have joined the fight, and the attitudes of the media and politicians toward the movement are slowly shifting.

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Caption 3 [fr]: Comme vous allez pouvoir le voir sur les photos,
Caption 3 [en]: As you will be able to see in the photos,

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Joanna - Son quartier

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Joanna is proud to show us her neighborhood. Follow her around her new apartment, her favorite bar, the pretty little garden where children love to play, and learn some useful everyday vocabulary.

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Caption 7 [fr]: Ça c'est super agréable quand il fait beau comme ça.
Caption 7 [en]: That's super nice when it's sunny out like this.

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Joanna - Son nouvel appartement

Difficulty: Newbie

France

Joanna just moved into a new apartment, which is slightly bigger than her old one, and she invited us inside to show us around. She uses some essential household-related vocabulary in her tour, so keep your eyes open for any words you don't already know!

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Caption 34 [fr]: et pour finir, des couverts comme une fourchette, un couteau, ou une petite cuillère.
Caption 34 [en]: and finally, some cutlery like a fork, a knife, or a teaspoon.

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Fanny présente - l'Association TransForme

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Volunteer Fanny Cardot presents TransForme, an association that promotes organ donation through sport. Happy to hear about the good work TransForme is doing? Don't forget to register as a donor!

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Caption 7 [fr]: Il y a donc, euh... diverses manifestations comme, euh...
Caption 7 [en]: So there are, uh... various events, such as, uh...

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LCM - Joyeux Noël... orthodoxe!

Difficulty: Beginner

France

In the wake of a deadly terrorist attack on a Coptic church in Alexandria, Egypt on New Year’s Day, many Coptic Christians are worried about celebrating Christmas (observed on January 6) as openly as they would like. Here is how a gorgeous Coptic church in Marseille is handling the situation.

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Caption 5 [fr]: On a mis des boiseries comme cela se fait en Égypte.
Caption 5 [en]: We installed woodwork as it is done in Egypt.

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