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Alsace 20 - Grain de Sel: le titre de Maître Restaurateur, c'est quoi?

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

"Maître Restaurateur" (Master Restaurant Owner) is a title bestowed upon a select number of restaurants in France. What does it mean and how does a restaurant achieve this honor? Find out in this episode of "Grain de Sel" (Grain of Salt).

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Caption 21 [fr]: comme plus de cent restaurateurs alsaciens?
Caption 21 [en]: like more than a hundred Alsatian restaurant owners?

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Joanna - Son quartier

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Joanna is proud to show us her neighborhood. Follow her around her new apartment, her favorite bar, the pretty little garden where children love to play, and learn some useful everyday vocabulary.

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Caption 7 [fr]: Ça c'est super agréable quand il fait beau comme ça.
Caption 7 [en]: That's super nice when it's sunny out like this.

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TV Vendée - Fêtes de fin d’année : manger léger et équilibré

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Losing weight is one of the most common New Year's resolutions, probably due in part to the richness of holiday feasts. As you'll see in this video, a lot of French people switch to a diet of fresh fruit, vegetables, and soups as they get ready for the new year or recover from holiday indulgences. Clementines are an especially popular and low calorie wintertime snack.

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Caption 33 [fr]: Comme chaque année, les vraies bonnes résolutions devraient donc s'appliquer
Caption 33 [en]: Like every year, the true good resolutions should therefore apply

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Il était une fois: Les Amériques - 9. Cortés et les Aztèques - Part 8

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Cortés sets out to conquer Mexico with his four hundred men, sixteen horses, and seven cannons. He is joined later by native forces, the Totonac warriors.

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Caption 12 [fr]: "Claxaclava", "Tlaxcala", mais c'est pas possible des noms comme ça!
Caption 12 [en]: "Claxaclava," "Tlaxcala," but names like these are impossible!

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Stromae - Tous les mêmes

Difficulty: Intermediate

Belgium

In the music video for "Tous les mêmes" (All the Same) Stromae impersonates both the man and the woman in a stormy relationship. He wants children. She doesn't want any because she thinks "men are all the same" and can't be trusted to raise them. Stromae concludes the song with a beautifully choreographed dance equal to none—except for the late Michael Jackson, perhaps.

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Caption 29 [fr]: Et comme toujours c'est pas le bon moment
Caption 29 [en]: And as always it's not the right time

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Télésonne - Micro-trottoir : La neige

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Viewer Discretion Advised

In this Micro-Trottoir episode, people are asked whether they are for or against snow. Most of the interviewees welcome snow and find it very pretty; it also makes them look forward to Christmas. But some people pointed out that snow has its drawbacks: it complicates things on the road for those who have to drive to work.

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Caption 4 [fr]: Ah, ben, pour la neige, quand il fait beau comme ça juste avant Noël... pour.
Caption 4 [en]: Oh well, for the snow, when it's nice out like this just before Christmas... [I am] for it.

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Le Québec parle - aux Français - Part 9

Difficulty: Advanced

Canada, France

Quebec may never answer the vexing question: Should Quebec remain part of Canada or not? While opinions are divided, Quebecois don't necessarily show the same passion as the French when debating hot issues.

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Caption 29 [fr]: plus approfondis, puis plus longs, donc plus comme, euh...
Caption 29 [en]: more in-depth, then more lengthy, so more like, uh...

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Cap 24 - Charlie Hebdo, Alessandro Di Sarno enquête...

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Alessandro Di Sarno takes us behind the scenes of the highly controversial French newspaper "Charlie Hebdo." After due consideration and in honor of the victims of the tragic attack on the magazine, Yabla made the decision to keep this video.

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Caption 23 [fr]: c'est... c'est exactement comme vous imaginiez que... qui se passe ici?
Caption 23 [en]: is it exactly as you imagined that... what happens here?

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Grand Corps Malade - Inch'Allah, en duo avec Reda Taliani

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

In "Inch'Allah" (Arabic for "if God wills" or "God willing"), French slam poet Grand Corps Malade and Algerian singer Reda Taliani team up to promote a message of love and acceptance of people of all cultures and colors. In the video, two people are lucky enough to have the song performed at their wedding!

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Caption 61 [fr]: Je croyais pas que les mecs comme vous pouvaient faire ça.
Caption 61 [en]: I didn't think guys like you could do that.

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Leçons avec Lionel - Émotions

Difficulty: Newbie

France

Lionel gives a simple, step-by-step lesson on feelings that will enable you to express a range of emotions in French. We hope that you will be happy—heureux (masculine) or heureuse (feminine)—and not too fatigué(e) (tired) by the end of class!

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Caption 14 [fr]: Comme émotion positive, nous avons tout d'abord, par exemple, heureux.
Caption 14 [en]: For a positive emotion, we have first of all, for example, happy.

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Watt’s In - Corneille: Les Sommets de nos Vies Interview Exclu

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Canada, France

Corneille reflects on his fifteen-year career as a hip hop variety singer. Born in Germany but raised in Rwanda and now residing in Canada, Corneille absorbed various musical influences, which resulted in an eclectic and interesting mix of genres that he will explain in this video. You will also hear short music clips, one of which is from his latest album Entre nord et sud [Between North and South].

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Caption 17 [fr]: de culture fragmentée comme ça sur cet album. Je pense qu'on le sent assez bien parce que, euh...
Caption 17 [en]: of fragmented culture like that on this album. I think that you get a pretty good sense of it because, euh...

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Voyage en France - Rambouillet - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this third episode on Rambouillet, Daniel shows us an interesting "shell cottage," a railway museum, and the beautiful Church of Saint Lubin and Palais du Roi de Rome. Rambouillet is full of wonderful surprises!

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Caption 20 [fr]: qui fut en fait réhabilité par Napoléon Premier en dix-huit cent six avec comme destinataire, son fils,
Caption 20 [en]: which was actually restored by Napoleon the First in eighteen hundred and six with, as the recipient, his son,

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Il était une fois: Les Amériques - 9. Cortés et les Aztèques - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

November 18, 1518... Cortés, the ambitious adventurer, sets out to discover and conquer the unknown empire of Mexico at daybreak before Velasquez has a chance to stop him.

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Caption 12 [fr]: Oui. Je suis espagnol comme toi, mon jeune ami.
Caption 12 [en]: Yes. I am Spanish like you, my young friend.

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Questions à la con - Avril 2014

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Viewer Discretion Advised

In this Questions à la con (Dumb Questions) series, pedestrians are asked to answer some crazy questions about the latest buzzwords, slang terms, and obscure expressions. Do you know what the verb emberlucoquer means? Watch this video to find out, but first take a guess and see if you can outsmart the natives! You'll be surprised by the variety of answers people come up with, some of which are quite hilarious.

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Caption 2 [fr]: Te faire avoir, un truc comme ça.
Caption 2 [en]: To be had, something like that.

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Il était une fois: Les Amériques - 9. Cortés et les Aztèques - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The Aztecs are apprehensive about the arrival of the white men. It is a bad omen. Spanish conqueror Cortés is appointed Captain and will be heading toward new territories.

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Caption 19 [fr]: Comme dans les présages, des hommes à la peau toute claire
Caption 19 [en]: As in the omens, men with very pale skin

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