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Mika - Elle me dit

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this tongue-in-cheek song, "Elle me dit" (She Tells Me), Mika teams up with French actress Fanny Ardant, who plays an overbearing and critical mother.

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Caption 41 [fr]: Ça va pas bien dans ta tête
Caption 41 [en]: You're not right in the head

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Le saviez-vous? - Conversation entre étrangers

Difficulty: Beginner

France

In this video, Patricia plays two strangers in a dentist office waiting room. Her characters use the formal vous form for most of the video, but when they realize they aren't strangers after all, they switch to the informal tu.

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Caption 7 [fr]: Ah, bien merci.
Caption 7 [en]: Ah, good, thank you.

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - Notre appartement est hanté - Part 6

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Claire's fears escalate and the situation becomes unbearable for her. She is convinced that the apartment is haunted, while her level-headed husband tries to remain calm, which infuriates her even more... and creates a wedge between them.

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Caption 86 [fr]: Au plus vite. C'est pour votre bien.
Caption 86 [en]: As quickly as possible. It's for your own good.

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Lionel - La Cathédrale de Toul - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Still in Toul, Lionel takes a closer look at the Saint-Étienne Cathedral in Toul. Its construction started in the thirteen hundreds and was completed around 1495.

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Caption 10 [fr]: et bien sûr, avec deux tours tout en haut qui sont extraordinaires
Caption 10 [en]: and, of course, with two towers at the very top that are extraordinary

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TV8 Mont Blanc - Réchauffement climatique : Les stations sont préoccupées

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Global warming is threatening the ski industry in the French Alps. Many operators have to resort to snow guns to keep the slopes open as snowfall has halved in the last fifty years.

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Caption 8 [fr]: D'ailleurs ça tombe bien.
Caption 8 [en]: Besides, it's perfect timing.

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Lionel L - Paris-Plage - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

During the summer, a portion of Paris reinvents itself as "Paris-Plage" [Paris Beach]. The capital turns into a vacation spot by providing water access and outdoor activities near the Seine and other waterways like the Canal de l'Ourcq.

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Caption 24 [fr]: c'est toujours, euh... bien encadré.
Caption 24 [en]: it's always, uh... well organized.

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - Notre appartement est hanté - Part 5

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Harold and Claire are having dinner when they hear some strange noises in their apartment again. Looking for a rational explanation, Harold asks their neighbors, Bastien and Solène. They seem to think that the apartment is haunted, but Harold has his doubts.

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Caption 5 [fr]: Un type vraiment bien, super!
Caption 5 [en]: A really good guy, super!

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Le saviez-vous? - Jean de La Fontaine - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this video you will hear a fable by Jean de La Fontaine, the most famous fable writer in French literature. "Le Chêne et le Roseau" (The Oak and the Reed) is a lesson in humility. The humble reed belies an inner strength that the oak does not possess. The oak's unbending nature proves to be its downfall.

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Caption 4 [fr]: Vous avez bien sujet d'accuser la Nature;
Caption 4 [en]: You have good cause to blame Nature;

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Le saviez-vous? - Jean de La Fontaine - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Jean de La Fontaine's fables are all-time classics that have been in the French school curriculum for many years, at all levels. It's safe to say that every French person knows at least one of his fables.

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Caption 21 [fr]: C'est pourquoi, bien qu'elles aient été écrites au dix-septième siècle
Caption 21 [en]: This is why, although they were written in the seventeenth century,

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Le saviez-vous? - Les adjectifs et les pronoms possessifs en exemple

Difficulty: Newbie

France

Patricia demonstrates how to use possessive adjectives and pronouns... using bananas!

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Caption 35 [fr]: Et toi? Tu as bien un besoin.
Caption 35 [en]: And you? You surely have a need.

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Lionel - Langue sous hypnose

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Lionel speaks with Pascal, the director of the "Langue Sous Hypnose" (Language Under Hypnosis) school, who explains how hypnosis can help make language learning less daunting. Though Pascal says that "it's not hypnosis that teaches people languages, it's the teacher," he claims that hypnosis can make your brain more receptive to learning a new language.

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Caption 7 [fr]: et bien entendu nous allons faire un petit tour
Caption 7 [en]: and of course we're going to take a little tour

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - Notre appartement est hanté - Part 3

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Claire and Harold go to bed exhausted after a long day of moving in to their new apartment. While Harold succumbs to sleep, Claire is wide awake. She investigates some strange noises coming from the living room.

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Caption 5 [fr]: Moi, je l'aime bien, cet appartement. C'est sympa, non?
Caption 5 [en]: Me, I quite like this apartment. It's nice, no?

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Les grandes robes royales - à Chinon

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

This video takes us to Chinon to discover the creations of Cameroonian designer Lamyne M. His exhibition features three-meter-high dresses honoring the female sovereigns of France. He adds his own personal touch to the dresses, inspired by his travels around the world.

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Caption 35 [fr]: Alors l'exemple de Marie d'Anjou est très... très bien,
Caption 35 [en]: So the example of Marie of Anjou is very... very good,

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - Notre appartement est hanté - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Claire and Harold invite their new neighbors for drinks to get acquainted and thank them for their help. As the evening unfolds, the conversation becomes strained and strange things start to happen. Claire and Harold are left with many unanswered questions.

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Caption 20 [fr]: Au fait, vous la connaissiez bien donc, euh... l'ancienne locataire, Madame Terret?
Caption 20 [en]: By the way, so you knew her well, uh... the previous tenant, Ms. Terret?

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Voyage en France - Conflans-Sainte-Honorine - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel shows us around the old quarter of the village of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, a charming area that dates from the Middle Ages and contains some beautiful gardens and courtyards. Some of the streets and alleyways have even retained their medieval names, such as the "Rue de la Savaterie" (Cobbler Street).

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Caption 20 [fr]: et en particulier bien sûr à sa jeunesse.
Caption 20 [en]: and in particular, of course, to its youth.

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