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Le Jour où tout a basculé - J'ai piégé mon fan - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Sophie seeks support from her friend Victoire after an altercation with her manager Alex concerning her acting future. On her way out of the radio station, where she works as a commentator, she meets Gilles, a diehard fan who rushes up to her with a bunch of flowers. She feels guilty for the way she and Alex had spoken about him behind his back.

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Caption 39 [fr]: Hein? Ça va bien finir par repartir.
Caption 39 [en]: OK? It'll surely pick up eventually.

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TV Vendée - Basilique: Installation d'une nouvelle cloche

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

In Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre, people have come out to witness the installation of bells in the bell tower. It's a very delicate and dangerous operation that requires a huge crane to lift the bells, each weighing several tons, into a very tight space.

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Caption 8 [fr]: Faut que ça soit bien fait
Caption 8 [en]: It has to be done well

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Watt’s In - Louane : Avenir Interview Exclu

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Louane talks about her meteoric rise to fame and success. Spotted by Éric Lartigau during her auditions for The Voice, she was selected for his movie La Famille Bélier, which earned her a César Award in 2015 at the tender age of eighteen. Despite her instant success, she still has her feet firmly planted on the ground.

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Caption 7 [fr]: qui a néanmoins bien les pieds sur terre
Caption 7 [en]: who nevertheless has her feet firmly on the ground,

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Voyage en France - Le Mémorial de la France combattante - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel Benchimol visits the Memorial of Fighting France on Mont Valérien, west of Paris. He reads us a moving message from an anonymous person who wrote a farewell letter to his family just before being executed by the Germans in 1942.

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Caption 16 [fr]: où bien entendu tous les visiteurs peuvent signer et témoigner.
Caption 16 [en]: where, of course, all visitors can sign and testify.

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - J'ai piégé mon fan - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Sophie's acting career is in a bad place. She hasn't had a movie role in two years, and her agent is giving her two months before he gives up on her. However, an unlikely solution might revive her career. We'll find out what it is in the next few episodes.

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Caption 25 [fr]: Eh bien, c'est ce moyen qu'a utilisé un agent
Caption 25 [en]: Well, this was the means an agent used

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Lionel L - Quai d'Austerlitz

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

When the weather is nice, Parisians meet up on the riverbanks every weekend to dance, talk, and spend time with friends. For those who love dancing, there are free salsa, hip-hop, and Afro-Cuban dance lessons. It's a party!

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Caption 2 [fr]: et une semaine bien fatigante,
Caption 2 [en]: and a really tiring week,

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François - Livres conseillés

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

François selected three books to show us that are suitable for teens, adults, and French-language learners alike: Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, La petite-fille de Monsieur Linh by Philippe Claudel, and Les Demeurées by Jeanne Benameur.

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Caption 37 [fr]: Voilà. C'est des livres qui sont très bien écrits,
Caption 37 [en]: There you are. They're books that are very well written,

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Lea - Cour Saint-Émilion

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lea takes us on a mini tour of Cour Saint-Émilion in the twelfth arrondissement in Paris. Named for the wine that used to be sold there, the Cour Saint-Émilion has suffered fires and floods but was rebuilt a few times and is now a lovely open-air shopping complex.

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Caption 11 [fr]: Alors si vous regardez bien,
Caption 11 [en]: So if you look closely,

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Voyage en France - Mont-Valérien

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel Benchimol takes us to Mont-Valérien, the highest vantage point just outside of Paris, where you will be able to take in a sweeping view of the capital. Mont-Valérien also represents a sad part of history, a site where thousands were executed during World War II. General de Gaulle inaugurated a memorial in 1962 to honor its victims.

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Caption 13 [fr]: eh bien, plus de mille otages et résistants
Caption 13 [en]: well, over one thousand hostages and resistance fighters

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - Mon père s'oppose à ma passion - Part 7

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Clara and Roger's persistence paid off. She passed her entrance examination to the sports-studies program. But first, she had to confront her father with the truth.

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Caption 77 [fr]: Bien plus encore, il lui a évité le pire
Caption 77 [en]: Much more than that, he saved her from the worst

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Lionel L - La Place des Vosges

Difficulty: Intermediate

France Parisian

Lionel is in the Place des Vosges in Paris on a chilly June day. The square is busier than previous years due to a recent flood along the Seine. Parisians like to go out in the fresh air, bring a picnic, a bottle of wine, or simply work on their laptop in the many parks scattered around the city.

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Caption 19 [fr]: et prendre un petit peu l'air frais qui fait tant de bien.
Caption 19 [en]: and take in a bit of fresh air, which does so much good.

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Miniji - Michel

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France Brittany

Let's go to Brittany for a spot of sailing! A specially designed boat called the Miniji allows handicapped people to sail and compete in regattas.

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Caption 6 [fr]: Et on a la possibilité de le manœuvrer aussi bien avec des mains que avec des pieds.
Caption 6 [en]: And we have the possibility of maneuvering it with both hands and feet.

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Voyage en France - Nemours - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Nemours is nicknamed the "Venice of the Gâtinais" (a former French province), and you'll see why in the final part of Daniel's tour of the town. Traversed by many streams and rivers, Nemours is also a great place to go hiking and immerse yourself in a medieval atmosphere.

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Caption 11 [fr]: qui nous indique bien sûr le nom de la rivière,
Caption 11 [en]: which of course indicates to us the name of the river,

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Madame Monsieur - Mercy

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Madame Monsieur sings "Mercy," a song based on the true story of a baby girl who was born on board a Nigerian refugee ship. Her mother went into labor on her way to a refugee camp in Sicily.

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Caption 47 [fr]: Je vais bien, merci
Caption 47 [en]: I'm doing well, thank you

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Le saviez-vous? - L'élision - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

France

In part two of her lesson on elisions, Patricia will help you navigate the rules of elisions with multiple examples. They're an essential part of French speech that will no longer be a mystery!

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Caption 20 [fr]: "Quand vous serez bien vieille, au soir, à la chandelle".
Caption 20 [en]: "When you are very old, in the evening, by candlelight."

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