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Lionel - à Wissembourg - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Lionel takes us to the small town of Wissembourg (or "Weißenburg," since it's situated in Alsace where German is spoken as well). It boasts a beautiful church and a nice restaurant where Lionel goes to be "crowned." Another one of his signature jokes and puns await you in this video.

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Caption 12 [fr]: Juste ici, euh... la Maison du sel qui illustre bien
Caption 12 [en]: Right here, uh... "La Maison du Sel" [Salt House], which is illustrative of

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Alsace 20 - 100 recettes pour 100 vins

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

This video will make your mouth water! In this interview, Lionel Augier talks to Maurice Roeckel about his new book, One Hundred Recipes for One Hundred Alsace Wines. Not only will you discover the originality of some chefs who combine amazing wines with amazing food, but you will also learn a few words in the Alsatian dialect.

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Caption 5 [fr]: Ça va très bien.
Caption 5 [en]: It's going very well.

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Télésonne - Micro-trottoir : Les mensonges des Essonniens

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Viewer Discretion Advised

Pretty much everyone has told a lie, but not everyone is as willing to confess their lies as these pedestrians in France's Essonne department. In this video, you'll hear some falsehoods that range from innocent childhood fibs to more adult-themed exaggerations.

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Caption 8 [fr]: De dire que c'est des gens très bien et puis qu'en fin de compte j'y pense pas du tout.
Caption 8 [en]: Saying that they are great people, and then in the end I don't think that at all.

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Indila - Tourner dans le vide

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

R&B singer Indila sings "Tourner dans le vide" (Spiraling into Emptiness) from her album Mini World. In the song, she describes how her lover's absence has caused her to fall into a state of vertiginous sorrow and suggests that societal prejudices may also be playing a role.

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Caption 8 [fr]: Lui, il est tout mon monde et bien plus que ça
Caption 8 [en]: He is my whole world and much more than that

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Le Québec parle - aux Français - Part 11

Difficulty: Advanced

Canada, France

Oliver concludes this eleven-part series with a visit to Fort Chambry, where French and British armies fought over new Canadian territories. How did this affect the present? Olivier leaves us to draw our own conclusions and assures us that he is fond of the Québécois as much as they are fond of him. He shares his final impressions of Quebec in a lovely song at the end.

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Caption 8 [fr]: Bien, en temps normal il [sic] étaient à peine une trentaine.
Caption 8 [en]: Well, normally there were barely thirty or so.

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Voyage dans Paris - Le Quartier Asiatique

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this episode, Daniel Benchimol introduces us to Paris's Asian District and its many fountains, gardens, and fruit markets. In an interesting twist of globalization, the neighborhood also features Paris's only pagoda-style McDonald's.

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Caption 18 [fr]: Eh bien voici certainement la seule fontaine Wallace de Paris qui soit de couleur rouge.
Caption 18 [en]: Well, here is certainly the only Wallace fountain in Paris that is of a red color.

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Télévision Bretagne Ouest - Les 20ans du festival Astropolis: Interview de Manu Le Malin

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Hardcore techno musician Manu le Malin [Wild Manu] is one of the oldest regulars at the Astropolis Festival in Brittany, which just celebrated its twenty-year anniversary. Its attendance has swelled from two thousand to ten thousand participants, but the rave-like spirit of the festival remains the same, and it keeps drawing big crowds every year.

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Caption 12 [fr]: Est-ce que y a du moins bien?
Caption 12 [en]: Are some things not as good?

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Alsace 20 - Laurent Chandemerle, l'homme aux 100 voix

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

The Drôles de Zèbres (Funny Zebras) humor festival in Strasbourg has been hosting top French artists, comedians, and a few newcomers for the past twelve years. Among the acts at this year's festival is Laurent Chandemerle, the man with a thousand voices, who can impersonate celebrities to perfection. This video will give you a taste of French humor and, no doubt, a few chuckles!

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Caption 2 [fr]: Eh bien les premiers artistes sont en train de monter sur la scène du Conservatoire.
Caption 2 [en]: Well, the first artists are getting up on the stage of the Conservatoire [Conservatory].

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Il était une fois: Les découvreurs - 13. Stephenson - Part 7

Difficulty: Beginner

France

This last part of the Il était une fois episode on George Stephenson deals with the Rainhill Trials, a competition that determined what kind of trains (steam engines or locomotives) would be used on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. Stephenson proves to be the best competitor.

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Caption 2 [fr]: Bravo. Très bien. Bravo, bravo, bravo, pas mal.
Caption 2 [en]: Bravo. Very well. Bravo, bravo, bravo, not bad.

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Télé Lyon Métropole - Un café librairie spécialisé dans le polar

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

"Un Petit Noir" (or "A Small Black," a slang term for a small black coffee) is the bookstore café in Lyon specializing not only in gourmet coffees, but also in detective novels and thrillers. Besides crime fiction and caffeine, the store also serves some great jazz concerts to add to the "noir" ambiance.

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Caption 3 [fr]: spécialisé bien sûr dans le roman policier.
Caption 3 [en]: specializing, of course, in crime novels.

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Voyage en France - Vincennes

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this episode, Daniel Benchimol takes us to the Bois de Vincennes, a beautiful green area on the outskirts of Paris. There, we will discover the impressive Vincennes Castle, a tropical agronomy garden, a British-style phone booth, and the highest Buddhist temple in Europe.

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Caption 2 [fr]: son bois, et bien sûr son extraordinaire château qui se trouve juste derrière moi.
Caption 2 [en]: its woods, and of course its extraordinary castle, which is just behind me.

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TV Tours - Des œufs rares et exceptionnels

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In the town of Tours, the annual International Decorated Egg Exhibition takes place just before Easter and features some exquisite creations. Artists from all over Europe gather to show and sell their beautifully decorated eggs. Some include traditional designs taught by masters from Ukraine while incorporating their own ideas at the same time.

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Caption 21 [fr]: Elle est décoratrice sur céramique. -Je pars d'un... j'aime bien le style dix-huitième siècle.
Caption 21 [en]: She is a decorator on ceramics. -I start from a... I quite like the eighteenth-century style.

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Télésonne - Micro-trottoir : Comment manifester sa gentillesse?

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this "Micro-trottoir" series, people share the best ways of showing kindness. Smiling and making sure to greet people with a smile, it seems, is a universal language. Kindness is an art.

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Caption 5 [fr]: de faire un sourire à... à une personne des fois qu'en a bien besoin.
Caption 5 [en]: to give a smile to... to a person who sometimes really needs it.

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Il était une fois: Les découvreurs - 13. Stephenson - Part 6

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

This next part of the Il était une fois series on George Stephenson deals with the Rainhill Trials, a competition that determined what kind of trains (steam engines or locomotives) would be used on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway.

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Caption 18 [fr]: Mais cette route est bien plus longue, c'est du gaspillage.
Caption 18 [en]: But this route is much longer, it's a waste.

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Watt’s In - Indila : Dernière Danse Interview Exlu

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Indila, a French singer whose first single "Dernière Danse" (Last Dance) topped the chart in 2013, talks about her debut as a singer. She felt more comfortable as a writer and composer of melodies and only recently started singing onstage.

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Caption 17 [fr]: Mais alors avant... avant tout ça, pour que vous compreniez bien,
Caption 17 [en]: But then before... before all that, so that you fully understand,

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