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Actus Quartier - Devant la SNCF

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

A group of people gathered in front of the SNCF (French National Railway Company) headquarters to claim the use of empty buildings owned by the latter. Many people who are homeless or live in unsanitary conditions could greatly benefit from those vacant buildings.

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Caption 59 [en]: Spending ten years or so waiting,
Caption 59 [fr]: Passer une dizaine d'années à attendre,

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - Mon père s'oppose à ma passion - Part 7

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Clara and Roger's persistence paid off. She passed her entrance examination to the sports-studies program. But first, she had to confront her father with the truth.

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Caption 2 [en]: Clara and Roger are waiting for the young girl's father to speak to him.
Caption 2 [fr]: Clara et Roger attendent le père de la jeune fille pour lui parler.

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - Mon père s'oppose à ma passion - Part 6

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Clara has been taking dance classes for three months now. She's become friends with the other students, who help her prepare for her baccalaureate exam. Roger, her homeless friend, has also been a great help, and he's more educated than she realized!

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Caption 53 [en]: I'm waiting for you at the barre.
Caption 53 [fr]: Je vous attends à la barre.

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Grand Lille TV - Des animaux pour égayer le quotidien des enfants handicapés

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Meet Françoise, a social worker specializing in animal mediation. She visits children with developmental disabilities and introduces them to her four-legged friends. Health management students Noémie and Clémence work alongside Françoise and enjoy seeing the children flourish.

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Caption 17 [en]: waiting for the animal to come.
Caption 17 [fr]: d'attendre que l'animal il arrive.

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Lionel L - Loi travail: Suite et fin

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

A very unpopular labor law caused Parisians to protest near the Bastille before it was passed in 2015. President François Hollande invoked Article 49-3 of the Constitution to force this law through. The protests continued after the law was successfully enacted in 2016. For more information, you can visit the Nuit Debout and Convergence des Luttes websites.

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Caption 58 [en]: So we are waiting for September fifteenth to see, uh...
Caption 58 [fr]: Donc, nous attendons le quinze septembre pour voir, euh...

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Alsace 20 - Alsace: les plus belles déco de Noël!

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Some Alsace residents take Christmas decorating very seriously. From two men who go all out with phantasmagoric light displays to a woman who opts for a subtler, 1940s décor, you'll find some different takes on what it means to be in the "Christmas spirit" in this video.

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Caption 46 [en]: We'll say they are waiting for us around the corner.
Caption 46 [fr]: On va dire, on nous attend au tournant.

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Grand Lille TV - Des photos contre l'abandon des animaux

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Alice is fighting for a great cause: animal abandonment. She rescued her dog, Gadoue, named after the muddy terrain where he was found, through "Réflexe Adoption," an organization dedicated to animal welfare.

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Caption 7 [en]: There are still about ten of them who are waiting for a family there.
Caption 7 [fr]: Y en a encore une dizaine qui sont en attente de famille là-bas.

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JT - Douane: vigilance sur terre, en mer et dans les airs

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

French customs coast guards don't miss much, whether it's a freighter carrying drug traffickers or just a casual sailboat. But their main goal is to keep their country's waters pollution-free.

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Caption 26 [en]: and itself is expecting an order, it's waiting for a new destination.
Caption 26 [fr]: et lui il est sur ordre, il attend une nouvelle destination.

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Actus Quartier - Fête de quartier Python-Duvernois - Part 5

Difficulty: Advanced

France, Morocco, West Africa

Viewer Discretion Advised

Our delightful young guide takes the opportunity to explain why she loves her neighborhood of Python-Duvernois. We meet some of the locals, including an aspiring Michael Schumacher and some young footballers.

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Caption 58 [en]: Go on Chelsea, we're waiting for you!
Caption 58 [fr]: Allez Chelsea, on vous attend!

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Actus Quartier - Fête de quartier Python-Duvernois - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France, Morocco, West Africa

The Python-Duvernois neighborhood, in Paris's 20th arrondissement, is having a block party filled with games, music, and food. There's even a stand on alcoholism prevention, complete with beer goggles!

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Caption 42 [en]: Malika is waiting for the music so she can do a little oriental dance for us.
Caption 42 [fr]: Malika attend la musique pour pouvoir nous faire une petite danse à l'orientale.

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Rosalinde - S'aimer et aimer l'autre

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Let's talk about love! People share their insights on what love really is. Is it infatuation, self-sacrifice, an adventure, or a journey?

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Caption 36 [en]: and that, I think that's what I'm waiting for, in fact.
Caption 36 [fr]: et ça j'pense que c'est ça que j'attends en fait.

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Le Journal - Passer le permis de conduire

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Another protest on the streets of Paris: this one about the difficulties of obtaining a driving permit. The steep price of a permit is currently about 1200 € in France, and candidates must face long waits of several months or more just to take the test. Increasing the number of driving inspectors would help both to lessen these delays and lower costs.

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Caption 7 [en]: In France, you can count on waiting six to eight months to retake a driving test
Caption 7 [fr]: En France, il faut compter six à huit mois pour repasser le permis de conduire

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Le Journal - Le droit de mourir

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Chantal Sébire, whose face was disfigured by a large and incurable tumor that caused her excruciating pain and made her blind, had one request: to end her own life. But the French government refused to allow her to obtain a prescription from her doctor for a lethal amount of drugs. One week after this report, Ms. Sébire was found dead in her home.

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Caption 12 [en]: I'm waiting for the judge's decision,
Caption 12 [fr]: J'attends la décision du juge,

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Le Journal - Sarkozy en Afrique du Sud - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

A first look at French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s visit to South Africa. He proposes a new axis in the capital’s “Francafrican” politics and shores up relations with English-speaking Africa.

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Caption 5 [en]: On the threshold of this anti-AIDS care center, a figure of the anti-apartheid struggle is waiting for him:
Caption 5 [fr]: Sur le seuil de ce centre de soins anti-SIDA, une figure de la lutte anti-apartheid l'attend:

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