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Le Jour où tout a basculé - À la recherche de mon passé - Part 5

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Julia is slowly unraveling the thread of her story before her accident. As much as she would like to believe her husband, she can't reconcile his story with those of her best friend Pauline and her brother, leaving her confused and distraught.

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Caption 48 [fr]: votre couple n'allait pas aussi bien qu'il le prétend.
Caption 48 [en]: your relationship wasn't going as well as he's claiming.

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Le saviez-vous? - Comment faire des crêpes

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Patricia shares her family recipe for crêpes. All you'll need is some flour, eggs, milk, orange blossom, salt, and butter to make this classic French staple. Happy cooking!

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Caption 33 [fr]: Et le but maintenant, eh bien, c'est de mélanger à nouveau.
Caption 33 [en]: And now the aim, well, is to mix again.

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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 22 [fr]: vintage, moi j'aime bien.
Caption 22 [en]: vintage, I like it.

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Le saviez-vous? - Karine Rougier présente son art - Part 4

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Karine Rougier describes the many influences she draws on in her art practice—sixteen millimeter films, poetry, Flemish painting, tribal masks, the ocean, and more.

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Caption 59 [fr]: Alors ap'... y a bien sûr les peintures flamandes:
Caption 59 [en]: So aft'... there are of course the Flemish paintings:

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Le saviez-vous? - L'histoire de la dictée - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Patricia explains the importance of dictation exercises for learning French. Now an essential teaching tool in the classroom, dictation was originally a pastime for French nobility. The author Prosper Mérimée created a dictation exercise for Empress Eugénie that stumped even the brightest intellectuals. Think you can beat them? Try it yourself here.

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Caption 23 [fr]: Et Prosper Mérimée a bien réussi ce défi,
Caption 23 [en]: And Prosper Mérimée really rose to this challenge,

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Elisa et Mashal - Les fringues

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Elisa has just gone clothes shopping and is showing off her purchases to Mashal, who helps her put some outfits together.

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Caption 15 [fr]: T'aimes bien?
Caption 15 [en]: You like it?

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - À la recherche de mon passé - Part 4

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Julia doesn't remember anything of her life with her husband and hopes that her brother Jean will help her recover her past. She's very troubled by the shocking revelations she receives from both her brother and her husband.

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Caption 24 [fr]: Et il le sait très bien.
Caption 24 [en]: And he knows it very well.

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Claire et Philippe - Mon morceau de piano

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Philippe composed a short piano melody for Claire. After playing it for her, he teaches her some basic chords.

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Caption 35 [fr]: et j'aimerais bien
Caption 35 [en]: and I'd really like

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Sophie et Patrice - Les endives au jambon - Part 2

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Sophie and Patrice come up with some variations on their simple but hearty meal of endive with ham. They briefly consider opening a restaurant, but as Patrice points out, cooking for forty-five people is a lot harder than cooking for two.

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Caption 1 [fr]: Non, mais là c'était parfait, hein. -C'était bien, hein?
Caption 1 [en]: No, but that was perfect, you know. -It was good right?

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Bicloune - Magasin de vélos à Paris

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Bicloune is a unique bicycle shop in Paris with a wide variety of models, from antique bikes from 1905 to contemporary foldable ones. Audrey Hepburn supposedly used to ride a bicycle like one found in this store.

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Caption 18 [fr]: le... le terme convient bien, de vieux vélos,
Caption 18 [en]: the... the term is appropriate, old bikes,

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Le saviez-vous? - Le quartier du Vieux Nice

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Come visit the neighborhood of Vieux Nice (Old Nice), with its charming village atmosphere and interesting architecture. You will notice a definite Italian influence in this French city near the Italian border.

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Caption 36 [fr]: On trouve aussi une influence française dans le Vieux Nice bien sûr.
Caption 36 [en]: We also find a French influence in Old Nice, of course.

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Le saviez-vous? - Karine Rougier présente son art - Part 3

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Karine Rougier invited several artists to participate in her exhibition revolving around the poem "Heart Piece" by Heiner Müller. All the paintings and sculptures are linked together by a common theme, as she explains in this video.

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Caption 17 [fr]: Bon eh bien le voilà.
Caption 17 [en]: Right, well, there it is.

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - À la recherche de mon passé - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Julia feels totally out of place and ill at ease. As she doesn't remember anything of her past, she has to rebuild connections with even the most familiar faces, such as her husband and her best friend.

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Caption 11 [fr]: Bien sûr, pardonne-moi.
Caption 11 [en]: Of course, forgive me.

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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 56 [fr]: eh bien on ne met pas de S.
Caption 56 [en]: well, we don't add an S.

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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 24 [fr]: Moi ça va bien, oui.
Caption 24 [en]: Me, I'm fine, yes.

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