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Indila - Dernière danse

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In her first hit single, "Dernière Danse" (Last Dance), Indila shares her troubles, her loneliness, and her sense of rejection in the big city of Paris. Her sweet suffering (douce souffrance or douce France) is a melancholy echo of classic French songwriting, underlining her struggles and lending pathos to her courage.

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Caption 30 [fr]: Écoute comme mon cœur est immense
Caption 30 [en]: Listen how immense my heart is

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Ferme de la Croix de Pierre - La boutique

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

After the farm visit, it's time for our angora rabbit and goat breeder to show us around her boutique, where you can stock up on fluffy angora wool sweaters and super light and warm socks to help you enjoy the winter in comfort.

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Caption 25 [fr]: et l'écharpe comme ça... et après on a le gilet. Là, c'est pas mal! Voilà!
Caption 25 [en]: both a scarf, like this... and then we have the cardigan. There, it's not bad! There you are!

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Il était une fois: Les découvreurs - 9. Galilée - Part 7

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Galileo is under close scrutiny because of his Copernican views. Unfazed, he carries on his research and his teachings. Will the Inquisition bring his demise or will his powerful friends, Pope Urban VIII among them, protect him?

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Caption 20 [fr]: Et ceux qui comme Galilée ou les Galiléens ébranlent la stabilité des cieux...
Caption 20 [en]: And those who, like Galileo or the Galileans, undermine the stability of the heavens...

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De nouvelles découvertes avec Marion - La Bastille

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Marion, our guide, takes us to Place de la Bastille (Bastille Square), where the old Bastille fortress was stormed during the French Revolution. The guillotine was installed on the square for a very short time, but was nevertheless the site of a whopping 75 executions. Nowadays, the square hosts some much less sinister events, such as the Bastille Day (French national holiday) celebrations and the annual Gay Pride Parade.

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Caption 16 [fr]: un acte que l'on considère comme un des premiers de la Révolution française.
Caption 16 [en]: an act that is considered as one of the first of the French Revolution.

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Le Québec parle - aux Français - Part 2

Difficulty: Advanced

Canada

In the second episode of Le Québec parle aux Français, we learn more about the complex relationship between the French and the Quebecois throughout history. We also learn about the evolution of the French language in Quebec—according to a former Prime Minister of Quebec, the province even "spoke French before France"!

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Caption 34 [fr]: En France, on parle de Montréal comme une ville qui... qui est vraiment à voir.
Caption 34 [en]: In France, we talk about Montreal as a city that... that is really a place to see.

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Cap 24 - Les bus sont-ils toujours en retard ?

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Even the bus drivers will admit it: Parisian buses have a tendency to run late. But the drivers aren't to blame, since they're hindered by car traffic like everyone else. Luckily, the interviewer in this video has some "good humor patches" to soothe any frustrated straphangers!

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Caption 15 [fr]: On enlève toutes les bagnoles? -Toutes les bagnoles, voilà! Comme ça on peut rouler.
Caption 15 [en]: We remove all the cars? -All the cars, that's it! That way we can go.

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Il était une fois: Les découvreurs - 9. Galilée - Part 6

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Galileo is about to throw caution to the wind and reveal his startling discoveries about planet Earth.

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Caption 2 [fr]: Il disait comme vous que c'était la Terre qui tournait autour du Soleil.
Caption 2 [en]: Like you, he said that it was Earth that revolved around the Sun.

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Il était une fois: Les découvreurs - 9. Galilée - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In part five of this episode on "The Discoverers," Galileo is warned. His belief that the Earth revolves around the sun is sacrilegious. Giordano Bruno, who claimed this fact, was burned as a heretic by the Inquisition Tribunal.

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Caption 5 [fr]: Je suis sûr qu'on pourra observer les étoiles comme si on était tout près.
Caption 5 [en]: I'm sure that we'll be able to observe the stars as if we were very close.

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Oldelaf - Le Crépi

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Oldelaf turned his abhorrence for rough stucco walls that scrape your skin into a funky song, "Le crépi" (Stucco).

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Caption 45 [fr]: Comme des portraits de Johnny brodés
Caption 45 [en]: Like embroidered portraits of Johnny [Hallyday, a French singer]

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Voyage dans Paris - Beaubourg et le Marais

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Daniel Benchimol walks us through a fun neighborhood in Paris: Le Marais. It's a great place to visit, with the Beaubourg Museum (also known as the Georges Pompidou Museum) and distinctive medieval streets.

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Caption 5 [fr]: un théâtre qui est à Paris considéré comme une légende.
Caption 5 [en]: a theater that in Paris is considered as a legend.

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Ferme de la Croix de Pierre - Les lapins

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Have you ever wondered where the wool from your luxurious angora sweater comes from? At the Ferme de la Croix, a lovely lady breeds angora rabbits and goats on her farm. She explains the shearing process and how she cares for her pets. We learn that one rabbit can yield forty balls of angora wool every hundred days. That's a lot of sweaters!

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Caption 22 [fr]: Et comme ça, au bout de cinq jours seulement j'enlève tout.
Caption 22 [en]: And that way, at the end of only five days I remove all of it.

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Cap 24 - Alessandro Di Sarno au Salon des vins et vignerons

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Alessandro visits a wine festival with his breathalyzer to make sure that nothing more than some innocent dégustation (sampling) is going on. Some of the people he interviews fail the test, but one expert claims it might not be that accurate to begin with!

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Caption 43 [fr]: Non, non. C'est pas fiable. C'est pas comme ça qu'on fait les contrôles alcootests.
Caption 43 [en]: No, no. It's not reliable. They don't do breathalyzer tests like that.

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Geneviève Morissette - À propos de la musique

Difficulty: Advanced

Canada

Meet Geneviève Morissette, a singer-songwriter from Montreal whose smart lyrics and beautiful compositions make her stand out on stage.

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Caption 6 [fr]: Avant tout, j'ai pas le choix de m'avoir comme musicienne, parce que j'ai étudié en chant.
Caption 6 [en]: First of all, I don't have a choice but to be a musician, because I studied voice.

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Salon Eco Habitat - Boisdicy, l'isolation écologique

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this video, a representative at an ecology trade show presents some innovative building materials that are eco-friendly and will allow you to save some money on your energy bills. These materials are made out of gypsum cellulose and are used for insulation.

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Caption 34 [fr]: contrairement au polystyrène qui lui bien sûr est issu comme tout le monde le sait du pétrole.
Caption 34 [en]: unlike polystyrene, which of course comes from, as everyone knows, petroleum.

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Il était une fois: Les découvreurs - 9. Galilée - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this video, a young Galileo gets one of his first revolutionary ideas on how to measure time. Pretty impressive for a fourteen-year-old, huh?

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Caption 5 [fr]: Comme d'habitude, t'as encore gagné.
Caption 5 [en]: As usual, you won again.

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