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Claire et Philippe - Je suis en retard

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Philippe apologizes to Claire for arriving late. He was not sure which platform he should have been standing on as both trains went to Versailles. He realized something was wrong when his train never came.

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Caption 4 [en]: in an RER [Paris commuter rail] station to come to your place.
Caption 4 [fr]: dans une station de RER [Réseau Express Régional] pour venir chez toi.

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Grand Corps Malade - Plan B

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Fabien Marsaud was once an accomplished athlete who after a serious accident had to change his life path. Sometimes we're forced to give up on our dreams, as his song "Plan B" cheekily illustrates.

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Caption 6 [en]: You're going to squat in Île-de-France [Paris area], and you're going to look for a plan B
Caption 6 [fr]: Tu vas squatter l'Île-de-France, et tu vas chercher un plan B

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Sophie et Patrice - Les lampes de Sophie - Part 1

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Sophie explains her hobby to Patrice. She makes fun lamps out of vintage American canning jars to which she applies a cold plating solution to make them look aged.

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Caption 8 [fr]: en fait, je les achète au Comptoir Américain à Paris.
Caption 8 [en]: in fact, I buy them at the Comptoir Américain [American Counter] in Paris.

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Sophie et Patrice - Chiffres et nombres - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Sometimes numbers like cent (hundred) and quatre-vingts (eighty) take an S at the end, but other times they don't. Others, like mille (thousand), never take one. Sophie and Patrice explain these and other rules of writing numbers in French in this video.

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Caption 8 [fr]: Par exemple, j'ai une amie qui habite à Paris.
Caption 8 [en]: For example, I have a friend who lives in Paris.

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Claire et Philippe - Je suis malade

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Claire has a sore throat, and Philippe is concerned about her health. They exchange a few health tips and home remedy ideas. Claire loves aromatherapy, while Philippe recommends pans of water for humidifying the air to make it more breathable.

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Caption 93 [fr]: Après on habite à Paris,
Caption 93 [en]: After all, we live in Paris,

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - À la recherche de mon passé - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Julia, a rich novelist, suffers from amnesia. She has no recollection of her prior life at all, and her husband is a complete stranger to her. Will he be able to help her reconnect with her past?

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Caption 26 [fr]: Nous sommes à Paris.
Caption 26 [en]: We are in Paris.

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Claire et Philippe - La campagne

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Claire talks with Philippe about her holiday in the countryside. Then the conversation drifts to their respective children and their little adventures in the park.

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Caption 24 [fr]: Oh, là, au... au... à Paris au moins... -Ils t'ont laissée te promener?
Caption 24 [en]: Oh, there, in... in... at least in Paris... -Did they let you walk?

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Lionel - En studio d'enregistrement - Part 2

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Norbert explains the intricacies of a recording studio and the latest technology and trends in the music industry. He also tells us who the first artist to use auto-tune was.

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Caption 7 [fr]: De Paris?
Caption 7 [en]: From Paris?

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Amal et Caroline - Quartier du Louvre

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Amal gives Caroline a trick for skipping the long line that inevitably forms in front of the Louvre Museum. Then they decide to have a peaceful breakfast in the Jardin des Tuileries.

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Caption 30 [fr]: je passe pas quelques jours à Paris
Caption 30 [en]: I'm not spending a few days in Paris

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Sophie et Patrice - Après le réveillon

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Sophie and Patrice are trying to recover from the Christmas festivities and can't stand the sight of foie gras, turkey, or Yule logs... They consider doing away with the Christmas tradition of big feasts altogether and escaping to the tropics instead.

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Caption 81 [fr]: Tu sais quoi? L'année prochaine on est... on n'est pas à Paris.
Caption 81 [en]: You know what? Next year we're... we're not in Paris.

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Le saviez-vous? - La tradition de la galette des rois - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Patricia explains in detail the tradition of the galette des rois (kings' cake), which predates Christianity. The tradition is linked to a Roman pagan celebration called Saturnalia, during which a lucky slave was crowned "king" for the day.

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Caption 74 [fr]: est particulièrement servie à Paris.
Caption 74 [en]: is served in particular in Paris.

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Sophie et Patrice - Après Noël

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Sophie and Patrice question the tradition of the Christmas tree and think it's not very environmentally responsible. They'd like to find of way of conserving the tree they bought and reuse it for next Christmas.

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Caption 20 [fr]: Je crois que rien [que] pour Paris,
Caption 20 [en]: I think that just for Paris alone,

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Voyage en France - Chantilly - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Continuing his tour of the town of Chantilly, Daniel takes us to a bucolic vegetable garden called the "Potager des Princes" (Princes' Vegetable Garden), which was frequented by many of France's most famous writers and dramatists, including Racine, Molière, and the Madame de Sévigné. Today it also includes a goat petting zoo!

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Caption 2 [fr]: Pour ce nouveau numéro, nous nous trouvons au nord de Paris,
Caption 2 [en]: For this new episode, we are north of Paris,

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Voyage en France - Chantilly - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this video, Daniel shows us around the town of Chantilly, famous for its horse races and for its beloved Chantilly cream (also known as whipped cream). You'll get an inside look at the town's beautiful racetrack, which is home to over three hundred events each year.

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Caption 3 [fr]: à une soixantaine de kilomètres au nord de Paris.
Caption 3 [en]: about sixty kilometers north of Paris.

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Patrice Zana - L'artiste et ses inspirations - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Patrice Zana's Dada-inspired artwork relies heavily on wordplay. In this video he discusses his pieces Caisse à dire ("Talking Box," a pun on qu'est-ce à dire [what does it mean]), Boîte à choses sûres ("Box of Sure Things," a pun on boîte à chaussures [shoe box]), and more.

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Caption 2 [fr]: Je vis à Paris.
Caption 2 [en]: I live in Paris.

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