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Le Jour où tout a basculé - À l'audience - Usurpation d'identité entre frères ? - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

In this unusual case of stolen identity between two brothers, Judge Philippe has to decide who is telling the truth: the plaintiff, the older brother Timothée Suter; or the defendant, his younger brother Cédric Suter, who claims he is innocent.

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Caption 21 [fr]: Tous les ans, la justice française
Caption 21 [en]: Every year, the French justice system

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Français avec Nelly - How to Speak Like Marie Antoinette - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

In part one of this video, you will learn how Austrian-born queen Marie Antoinette, whose native language was German, came to speak very good French. How did she do it? Watch this video and get inspired!

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Caption 45 [fr]: Marie-Antoinette n'était pas française.
Caption 45 [en]: Marie Antoinette wasn't French.

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TF1 Info - Enquête Jouets de Noël : un an pour arriver sous le sapin - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

How are toys selected before they end up on the shelves just in time for Christmas? Find out how buyers go through a thorough selection process up to a year in advance!

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Caption 10 [fr]: nous avons suivi les acheteurs d'une grande enseigne française,
Caption 10 [en]: we've followed the buyers for a major French brand,

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - À l'audience - Escroqué par une "marieuse" ? - Part 1

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Jean-François Gravert, a farmer, is accusing the director of a marriage agency of defrauding him. His fiery temper and aggressive behavior in the courtroom is not helping his case.

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Caption 15 [fr]: Tous les ans, la justice française
Caption 15 [en]: Every year, the French justice system

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Le Figaro - Les cinq scènes historiquement fausses du «Napoléon» de Ridley Scott - Part 1

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Director Ridley Scott's recently released movie Napoleon was never intended to be historically accurate. Find out where the movie departs from the facts.

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Caption 18 [fr]: Alors le film débute sous la Révolution française,
Caption 18 [en]: So the film begins during the French Revolution,

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Le Monde - Comment la Marche des Beurs a révélé la crise des banlieues - Part 3

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

In 1983, the murder of an Algerian immigrant on a train galvanized a massive anti-racism protest that led to significant government reforms. But racism remains a serious problem in France to this day.

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Caption 50 [fr]: Certes, la population française
Caption 50 [en]: To be sure, the French population

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - À l'audience: Détournement d'argent dans le couple ? - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Suzie Plot, married to Xavier Plot for nineteen years, accuses her husband of hiding the couple's money so he can divorce her and not pay alimony.

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Caption 22 [fr]: Tous les ans, la justice française rend plus de quatre cent mille jugements en correctionnelle.
Caption 22 [en]: Every year, the French justice system renders more than four hundred thousand criminal judgments.

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - À l'audience - Volé par sa belle-mère ? - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

A young teenager accuses his stepmother of stealing his inheritance, money left to him by his grandmother. Is he telling the truth?

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Caption 17 [fr]: Tous les ans, la justice française
Caption 17 [en]: Every year, the French justice system

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Vidéméra - Histoire et origine du sapin de Noël

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

In this video, you will discover the origins of the Christmas tree. This tradition dates back to Roman times, when people used to decorate their houses with conifer branches to celebrate the winter solstice.

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Caption 50 [fr]: a véritablement pris racine dans notre histoire française.
Caption 50 [en]: has truly taken root in our French history.

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - À l'audience - Arnaque en couple ? - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Credit card and insurance fraud are among the most common crimes in the French justice system. In this case, Nadège Berdil is accused by her lover of organizing a credit card scam, which she denies vehemently.

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Caption 21 [fr]: Tous les ans, la justice française
Caption 21 [en]: Every year, the French justice system

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L'Obs - Quelles sont les armes de la médecine contre le coronavirus ?

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Scientists around the world are working together to combat the coronavirus. With the help of big data and artificial intelligence, research should yield results more quickly.

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Caption 53 [fr]: Moi, je pense que la médecine française est de très, très grande qualité.
Caption 53 [en]: I think that French medicine is of a very, very high quality.

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Sophie et Patrice - La maison verte

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Sophie loves plants so much that she isn't averse to snipping a cutting or two from a public garden. Her interest in plants comes from her grandmother, who spent endless hours tending to her plants and even climbed trees at 95 years old!

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Caption 18 [fr]: comment [ça] s'appelle, à la, euh... Versailles? -À la française?
Caption 18 [en]: what's [it] called, Versailles, uh... style? -French-style?

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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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Caption 75 [fr]: en tout cas c'est que dans la langue française
Caption 75 [en]: in any event is that in the French language

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - À l'audience: Mon chirurgien était ivre - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

À l'audience (At the Hearing) is a courtroom version of the Le jour où tout a basculé series. In this episode, a woman accuses her surgeon of being drunk during her emergency operation. On the one hand, he had been drinking just before performing the surgery; on the other, the operation was successful, and he saved her life.

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Caption 18 [fr]: Tous les ans la justice française
Caption 18 [en]: Every year, the French justice system

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Sophie et Patrice - Les couleurs

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Sophie and Patrice discuss the meaning of expressions involving colors, such as vert de rage and une peur bleue. They have their own theories about their origins.

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Caption 11 [fr]: C'est marrant les expressions de la langue française avec les couleurs quand même hein?
Caption 11 [en]: Anyway, expressions with colors in the French language are fun, right?

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