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Sophie et Patrice - Square Porte des Lilas

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Patrice and Sophie are at Porte des Lilas in Paris, where some new athletic spaces have recently been added. Among other things, you can now bring your racket and ball to play ping pong for free.

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Caption 12 [fr]: Comme ça, y en a beaucoup, beaucoup.
Caption 12 [en]: There are many, many like that.

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Le saviez-vous? - Karine Rougier présente son art - Part 2

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Karine explains her creative process and her techniques. She works with wood, rocks, old postcards, stamps, and much else. The result is a mix of surreal creations that will intrigue the eye and puzzle the mind.

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Caption 14 [fr]: Donc c'est assez intuitif quand même comme processus. Ouais...
Caption 14 [en]: So it's still a rather intuitive process. Yeah...

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Claire et Philippe - La campagne

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Claire talks with Philippe about her holiday in the countryside. Then the conversation drifts to their respective children and their little adventures in the park.

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Caption 55 [fr]: ou je l'envoyais... Elle prenait des dangers comme ça.
Caption 55 [en]: or I sent her... She took risks like that.

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Le saviez-vous? - Karine Rougier présente son art - Part 1

Difficulty: Advanced

France

The Espace à Vendre (Space for Sale) gallery in Nice recently presented Karine Rougier's exhibition "Les sables mouvants" (Quicksand). Rougier is an artist who works with various media, including ancient engravings, postcards, and even rocks.

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Caption 3 [fr]: Comme chaque année au mois d'octobre,
Caption 3 [en]: Like every year in the month of October,

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Lionel - En studio d'enregistrement - Part 2

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Norbert explains the intricacies of a recording studio and the latest technology and trends in the music industry. He also tells us who the first artist to use auto-tune was.

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Caption 43 [fr]: Comme tu peux le constater ici,
Caption 43 [en]: As you can see here,

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - Ma mère fait tout pour briser mon couple - Part 7

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Henri confronts Sabine with overwhelming evidence that she has been lying all along. Finally unmasked, she apologizes to Gabriela and Yann for all the hurt she has caused.

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Caption 1 [fr]: Comme prévu, Yann appelle son père.
Caption 1 [en]: As planned, Yann calls his father.

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Sophie et Patrice - Le français tel qu'il est parlé à Paris

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Patrice and Sophie have a conversation about the French language. They agree that French people speak too fast for the average learner, and abbreviations and contractions make it even more difficult to understand. Patrice has a few theories as to why Parisians in particular speak so fast.

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Caption 65 [fr]: Ou euh... Tu prendras quoi comme p'tit-déj?
Caption 65 [en]: Or uh... What will you have for breakfast?

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Amal et Caroline - Quartier du Louvre

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Amal gives Caroline a trick for skipping the long line that inevitably forms in front of the Louvre Museum. Then they decide to have a peaceful breakfast in the Jardin des Tuileries.

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Caption 27 [fr]: qu'il faudrait faire une queue comme ça.
Caption 27 [en]: that you'd have to wait in a line like that.

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Le saviez-vous? - La tradition de la galette des rois - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Patricia explains in detail the tradition of the galette des rois (kings' cake), which predates Christianity. The tradition is linked to a Roman pagan celebration called Saturnalia, during which a lucky slave was crowned "king" for the day.

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Caption 33 [fr]: et il était exaucé comme un roi.
Caption 33 [en]: and he was waited upon like a king.

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - Ma mère fait tout pour briser mon couple - Part 6

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Sabine puts Gabriela in an impossible position by framing her for stealing the jewelry store's weekly revenue of €6,000. Whom will the family believe? Will the truth prevail?

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Caption 47 [fr]: Comme ça je puisse la récupérer.
Caption 47 [en]: That way I'd be able to get it back.

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Sophie et Patrice - Après Noël

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Sophie and Patrice question the tradition of the Christmas tree and think it's not very environmentally responsible. They'd like to find of way of conserving the tree they bought and reuse it for next Christmas.

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Caption 43 [fr]: Comme ça, ça reste définitivement un seul sapin
Caption 43 [en]: That way, it remains one single tree indefinitely

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Zaz - Demain c’est toi

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Zaz sings "Demain c'est toi" (Tomorrow It's You) from her new album Effet miroir (Mirror Effect). She gives us a hint of things to come in her personal life. Who might she bring into the world?

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Caption 10 [fr]: Comme on ouvre ses mains
Caption 10 [en]: As we open our hands

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Elisa et Mashal - Photos

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

While looking at old photos, Elisa and Mashal reminisce about fun times and embarrassing moments, like the time when Mashal's pants split open at a party!

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Caption 9 [fr]: comme tout appartement parisien.
Caption 9 [en]: as [in] every Parisian apartment.

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Le saviez-vous? - Le E muet - Part 1

Difficulty: Newbie

France

E is a tricky vowel in French: sometimes it's pronounced, sometimes it's not. As Patricia explains, it's usually silent at the end of a word, and often silent in the middle of a word.

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Caption 19 [fr]: comme "l'arbre",
Caption 19 [en]: like "l'arbre [the tree],"

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - Ma mère fait tout pour briser mon couple - Part 4

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Sabine pretends to lose her pearl necklace in order to blame Gabriela for stealing it. Fortunately, Yann's father finds the necklace before Sabine can accuse her. Yann first begins to suspect Gabriela until he realizes it's his mother's honesty that should be questioned.

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Caption 32 [fr]: Je peux savoir pourquoi tu l'agresses comme ça tout le temps?
Caption 32 [en]: Can I know why you're attacking her like that all the time?

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