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Lionel - à Lindre-Basse - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel and his cousin Jean-Pierre continue their visit to the Lindre-Basse area with its amazing natural surroundings. The ponds teem with fish and birds for a while before being drained and then used for cultivation, which in turn will enrich the soil after they're refilled.

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Caption 52 [fr]: Très bien, Lionel!
Caption 52 [en]: Very good, Lionel!

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Le saviez-vous? - Les expressions à ne pas prendre au pied de la lettre - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In the second installment on French expressions not to be taken literally, Patricia discusses the phrase se faire l'avocat du diable (to play devil's advocate).

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Caption 15 [fr]: Non, bien sûr!
Caption 15 [en]: No, of course!

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Louane - Maman

Difficulty: Beginner

France

In this melancholy piano ballad, Louane Emera confesses her doubts and fears to her late mother. "Everything will start again in the spring," she sings, "except indelible loves."

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Caption 11 [fr]: Je suis pas bien dans ma tête, maman
Caption 11 [en]: I don't feel good in my head, mom

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - Mes grands-parents sont infidèles - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Louise is doing all she can to rescue her grandparents' marriage. She doesn't want them to throw away the forty-two years they had together. She storms off to talk to her grandmother, having had no luck with her grandfather.

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Caption 30 [fr]: Je lui souhaite bien du courage à Alberto ou Stéfano
Caption 30 [en]: I wish him a lot of luck, Alberto or Stéfano

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Lionel - La ville de Toul

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel is in Toul, twenty-seven kilometers from Nancy in the northeast of France. This small medieval town has a pretty riverside port and a magnificent Gothic cathedral called Cathédrale Saint-Étienne. Don't miss Lionel's signature pun at the end of this video!

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Caption 7 [fr]: Et bien entendu, ici, nous sommes... à environ deux cent soixante-dix kilomètres de Paris.
Caption 7 [en]: And of course, here, we are... about two hundred seventy kilometers from Paris.

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Lionel - à Lindre-Basse - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel and Jean-Pierre talk about fish farming in the pond of Lindre-Basse. This practice dates back to the Middle Ages with an order of soldier-monks called the Knights Templar.

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Caption 48 [fr]: Très bien. Merci.
Caption 48 [en]: Very good. Thank you.

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Lionel - à Lindre-Basse - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel and Jean-Pierre try to find their bearings along the Lindre pond. Luckily they have a compass! Jean-Pierre will teach you how to use a compass and explain the difference between true north and magnetic north.

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Caption 9 [fr]: Donc c'est bien un étang ici?
Caption 9 [en]: So it's really a pond here?

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Voyage en France - Chambourcy

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Discover Chambourcy with Daniel Benchimol. Chambourcy is a small town on the outskirts of Paris that is full of charming surprises. An interesting garden called Le Désert de Retz will take you back through time with eclectic constructions reminiscent of extinct civilizations.

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Caption 3 [fr]: direction: eh bien la campagne
Caption 3 [en]: [we're going] in the direction of, well, the countryside,

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Lionel - à Lindre-Basse - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel and his cousin Jean-Pierre visit a nature park in the Saulnois region with some interesting wildlife. Storks are a major attraction in the region. Unlike other storks, these storks don't migrate, but stay year-round.

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Caption 11 [fr]: Eh bien nous allons le savoir dans quelques secondes
Caption 11 [en]: Well, we are going to find out in a few seconds

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Stromae - Je cours

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Belgium

Belgian singer Stromae sings "Je cours" (I Run) from his first studio album, Cheese. The song's cryptic lyrics seem to be a reflection on his music career.

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Caption 21 [fr]: Et après, bien, je...
Caption 21 [en]: And after, well, I...

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Lionel - Le Parlement Européen - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel takes us to the European Parliament gardens, where statues of colorful saxophones representing different countries are scattered around the grounds for the enjoyment of visitors.

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Caption 16 [fr]: une statue qui illustre bien la liberté, les océans, la mer,
Caption 16 [en]: a statue that nicely illustrates liberty, the oceans, the sea,

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - Mon père n'est pas mort - Part 9

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

After the death of their dad, Adèle and Guillaume have become fast friends. Guillaume even went to visit Adèle on one of her humanitarian missions. She no longer works with her mother, but the two have repaired their relationship.

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Caption 15 [fr]: Ça s'est pas très, très bien passé avec elle, je crois.
Caption 15 [en]: It didn't go very, very well with her, I think.

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Lionel - Le Parlement Européen - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel takes us in front of the European Parliament building in Strasbourg, where important decisions are made. You can't miss it, with its forty-seven flags representing each member country of the European Council.

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Caption 5 [fr]: Et bien sûr, il n'y a pas que Strasbourg puisque
Caption 5 [en]: And of course, it's not only Strasbourg, since

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Voyage en France - Fourqueux

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Join Daniel Benchimol on his tour of the quaint town of Fourqueux. There, you will find a magnificent house where Victor Hugo, the famous French poet and writer, once stayed. Adding to the historic atmosphere, old road markers and vintage hand-painted advertising signs are a great reminder of a colorful past.

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Caption 15 [fr]: Eh bien il s'agit des Foulqueusiens et non pas des Fourqueusiens.
Caption 15 [en]: Well, they are "Foulqueusiens" and not "Fourqueusiens."

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - Mon père n'est pas mort - Part 8

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Adèle spends a few precious hours with her father who is gravely ill. She is grateful for the connection she made during the short time she spent with him.

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Caption 14 [fr]: Et tu l'aimais bien, la...
Caption 14 [en]: And did you love it, the...

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