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Lionel - à Lindre-Basse - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel and his cousin Jean-Pierre continue their visit to the Lindre-Basse area with its amazing natural surroundings. The ponds teem with fish and birds for a while before being drained and then used for cultivation, which in turn will enrich the soil after they're refilled.

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Caption 16 [fr]: D'accord. -Comme la Seille, par exemple. Hein?
Caption 16 [en]: OK. -Like the Seille, for example. Right?

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Le saviez-vous? - Les expressions à ne pas prendre au pied de la lettre - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In the second installment on French expressions not to be taken literally, Patricia discusses the phrase se faire l'avocat du diable (to play devil's advocate).

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Caption 7 [fr]: on arrive à une situation comme celle-là.
Caption 7 [en]: we arrive at a situation like this one.

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - Mes grands-parents sont infidèles - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Louise is doing all she can to rescue her grandparents' marriage. She doesn't want them to throw away the forty-two years they had together. She storms off to talk to her grandmother, having had no luck with her grandfather.

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Caption 37 [fr]: elle m'annonçait comme ça, la bouche en cœur,
Caption 37 [en]: just like that she announced, with heart-shaped lips [all smiles],

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Lionel - La ville de Toul

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel is in Toul, twenty-seven kilometers from Nancy in the northeast of France. This small medieval town has a pretty riverside port and a magnificent Gothic cathedral called Cathédrale Saint-Étienne. Don't miss Lionel's signature pun at the end of this video!

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Caption 34 [fr]: Nous allons vous dire au revoir et comme je suis sur un port,
Caption 34 [en]: We'll say goodbye to you, and since I'm on a port,

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Lionel - à Lindre-Basse - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel and Jean-Pierre talk about fish farming in the pond of Lindre-Basse. This practice dates back to the Middle Ages with an order of soldier-monks called the Knights Templar.

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Caption 38 [fr]: récupérer avec des filets comme autrefois.
Caption 38 [en]: gathering with nets as in the past.

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Voyage en France - Montmorency - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel takes us to Montmorency, a historic town in the Paris region that dates all the way back to the ninth century. Among many other attractions, the town features a public garden dedicated to Lucie Aubrac, one of the most famous figures of the French Resistance during World War II.

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Caption 14 [fr]: Comme vous pouvez le constater il est dans un bâtiment exceptionnel.
Caption 14 [en]: As you can notice, it is in an exceptional building.

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Lionel - à Lindre-Basse - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel and Jean-Pierre try to find their bearings along the Lindre pond. Luckily they have a compass! Jean-Pierre will teach you how to use a compass and explain the difference between true north and magnetic north.

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Caption 33 [fr]: comme une tran'... comme un pamplemousse.
Caption 33 [en]: like a sli'... like a grapefruit.

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Voyage en France - Chambourcy

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Discover Chambourcy with Daniel Benchimol. Chambourcy is a small town on the outskirts of Paris that is full of charming surprises. An interesting garden called Le Désert de Retz will take you back through time with eclectic constructions reminiscent of extinct civilizations.

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Caption 63 [fr]: comme Chambourcy, par exemple.
Caption 63 [en]: like Chambourcy, for example.

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Lionel - à Lindre-Basse - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel and his cousin Jean-Pierre visit a nature park in the Saulnois region with some interesting wildlife. Storks are a major attraction in the region. Unlike other storks, these storks don't migrate, but stay year-round.

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Caption 47 [fr]: Et c'est une petite plante comme un haricot vert
Caption 47 [en]: And it's a little plant like a green bean,

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Le saviez-vous? - Le mode du conditionnel

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Patricia explains the conditional mood in the past and present tense.

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Caption 10 [fr]: On imagine que une action peut se passer comme ça,
Caption 10 [en]: We imagine that an action can happen that way,

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Demain - Trailer

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Cyril Dion, Mélanie Laurent, and their crew set out to discover how people are trying to make the world a better place. They travel to Reunion Island, Finland, Belgium, India, Great Britain, the United States, Switzerland, Sweden, and Iceland for their documentary Demain (Tomorrow).

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Caption 3 [fr]: comme des centaines de milliers d'enfants dans le monde,
Caption 3 [en]: like hundreds of thousands of children in the world,

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Stromae - Je cours

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Belgium

Belgian singer Stromae sings "Je cours" (I Run) from his first studio album, Cheese. The song's cryptic lyrics seem to be a reflection on his music career.

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Caption 17 [fr]: En retard comme toujours, c'est pourquoi je...
Caption 17 [en]: Late as always, that's why I...

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Lionel - Le Parlement Européen - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel takes us to the European Parliament gardens, where statues of colorful saxophones representing different countries are scattered around the grounds for the enjoyment of visitors.

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Caption 12 [fr]: comme on peut le lire ici en français, en espagnol et en anglais.
Caption 12 [en]: as you can read it here in French, in Spanish, and in English.

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - Mon père n'est pas mort - Part 9

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

After the death of their dad, Adèle and Guillaume have become fast friends. Guillaume even went to visit Adèle on one of her humanitarian missions. She no longer works with her mother, but the two have repaired their relationship.

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Caption 11 [fr]: Elle y est restée deux ans, un truc comme ça.
Caption 11 [en]: She stayed there for two years, something like that.

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Lionel L - La réforme du français

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel discusses the French Academy's latest spelling reform, which includes such modifications as removing the i in oignon (onion) and the circumflex in coût (cost). There's been a fair amount of backlash against the reform, though the changes are only recommended, not mandatory.

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Caption 34 [fr]: comme matches, misses ou revolver ont aussi subi des modifications.
Caption 34 [en]: like "matches," "misses," or "revolver," have also been subject to modifications.

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