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Français avec Nelly - Coco Chanel - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Nelly continues to explore Coco Chanel's enormous contribution to the world of women's fashion and explains how the iconic perfume Chanel Number 5 got its name.

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Caption 10 [fr]: C'est un peu le début du style Chanel,
Caption 10 [en]: It's kind of the beginning of the Chanel style,

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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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Caption 3 [fr]: je crois que depuis le début
Caption 3 [en]: I believe that from the beginning

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Sophie et Alexandre - L'astrologie

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Sophie and Alexandre admit to having read their horoscopes in magazines from time to time but they don't take it too seriously. And yet... they both agree that the planets influence our destinies.

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Caption 46 [fr]: Enfin, je le lisais comme toi au début.
Caption 46 [en]: Well, I used to read it like you at first.

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France 24 - Affaire Pelicot : retour sur un procès hors normes

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Gisèle Pelicot's rape trial has sent shock waves around the world. Ms. Pelicot insisted on making the trial open to the public despite the atrocity of the incidents. In December 2024, her ex-husband and the 50 other defendants were found guilty for their crimes.

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Caption 18 [fr]: Dès le début du procès, [Violeurs, on vous voit !] [Violeurs, la honte change de camp]
Caption 18 [en]: Since the start of the trial, [Rapists, we see you!] [Rapists, shame is changing sides]

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Le Monde - Incendie de Notre-Dame : comment on a échappé au pire - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

On April 15, 2019, Notre-Dame Cathedral was on fire and the whole world was watching. Find out how this iconic landmark was saved at the eleventh hour.

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Caption 12 [fr]: du début de l'incendie jusqu'à la fin.
Caption 12 [en]: from the beginning of the fire until the end.

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Français avec Nelly - Learning French with Literature: "The Stranger" by Albert Camus - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Nelly reads and explains an excerpt from the classic novel The Stranger by Albert Camus, who was a proponent of the philosophy of the absurd.

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Caption 70 [fr]: L'incipit, ça veut dire le début du roman
Caption 70 [en]: The incipit means the beginning of the novel,

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Français avec Nelly - Mon voyage au Vietnam - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Nelly is not in Paris this time but in Hanoi, Vietnam! On her first day, she visits the famous Train Street and samples some delicious coffee.

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Caption 12 [fr]: Nous sommes en début de soirée
Caption 12 [en]: We're in the early evening

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Leïa - Mon entourage

Difficulty: Intermediate

Réunion

Leïa explains that she is very fortunate to have a lot of family around her. She is close to her aunties and grandparents and spends a lot of time with them.

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Caption 3 [fr]: Depuis tout le début, ils sont là,
Caption 3 [en]: From the very beginning, they've been there,

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Français avec Nelly - 12 Tips for Speaking More Sophisticated French - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Nelly gives us some more tips for speaking more sophisticated French, including when to use on, l'on, and nous (all meaning "we").

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Caption 10 [fr]: depuis le début de cette vidéo. Je sais.
Caption 10 [en]: since the beginning of this video. I know.

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Lionel - Marsal - Part 8

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel and Michel talk about the heyday of Marsal, which used to be a thriving city during the Vauban period thanks to the saltworks. Nowadays, though, it's a small tourist village. Find out how many visitors come to Marsal each year.

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Caption 35 [fr]: à la fin du dix-septième et début du dix-huitième siècle.
Caption 35 [en]: at the end of the seventeenth and beginning of the eighteenth century.

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Lionel - Marsal - Part 6

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

We continue our visit to Marsal inside the abbey church, where we learn more about the recumbent figures commemorating the owners of the local salt mines.

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Caption 8 [fr]: au début du Moyen Âge par les laïcs à des établissements religieux.
Caption 8 [en]: in the early Middle Ages by laymen to religious establishments.

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Marie et Sandra - Atelier d'art - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Marie is interested in learning how to draw and paint. She decides to take classes with Sandra, a local art teacher, who gives her a list of all the supplies she'll need.

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Caption 77 [fr]: D'accord, donc là au début
Caption 77 [en]: OK, so here in the beginning

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Souleymane et Maxence - Les filles

Difficulty: Intermediate

France, Martinique

Souleymane tells Maxence about a very beautiful girl he just met who hasn't responded to his text. What should he do?

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Caption 7 [fr]: Ah oui, au tout début de la soirée?
Caption 7 [en]: Ah yes, at the very beginning of the party?

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Lionel - Le Musée du Calendrier de la Paix - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel and Jacqueline take us to the Moselle region in the little town of Schorbach, which is renowned for its pink sandstone sculptures and its Path of the Ten Covenants.

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Caption 42 [fr]: Et c'est aussi le début d'un... d'une randonnée pédestre.
Caption 42 [en]: And it's also the beginning of a... of a hiking trail.

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Lionel - Vaucouleurs - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

We go from Domrémy, where Joan of Arc was born, to Vaucouleurs, where her story really begins. She was called to defend France even though her hometown wasn't technically part of it.

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Caption 64 [fr]: Et on est au début du quinzième siècle.
Caption 64 [en]: And we're at the beginning of the fifteenth century.

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