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Lionel - Langue sous hypnose

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Lionel speaks with Pascal, the director of the "Langue Sous Hypnose" (Language Under Hypnosis) school, who explains how hypnosis can help make language learning less daunting. Though Pascal says that "it's not hypnosis that teaches people languages, it's the teacher," he claims that hypnosis can make your brain more receptive to learning a new language.

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Caption 21 [fr]: C'est que comme la quasi-totalité des Français j'étais nul en langues.
Caption 21 [en]: It's that, like the vast majority of French people, I was hopeless at languages.

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Voyage en France - Conflans-Sainte-Honorine - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel concludes his tour of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine by taking us along the quays to see some of the barges that are docked there. Among them, you will find a houseboat that doubles as a chapel and the last tug boat ever built in France!

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Caption 8 [fr]: Alors comme vous pouvez le constater,
Caption 8 [en]: So as you can see,

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Le saviez-vous? - Les adjectifs possessifs - Part 2

Difficulty: Newbie

France

In the second part of Patricia's video on possessive adjectives, you will learn the plural adjectives and what to do when a noun starts with a vowel.

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Caption 64 [fr]: On fait comme si c'était des mots masculins.
Caption 64 [en]: We act as if they were masculine words.

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Les grandes robes royales - à Chinon

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

This video takes us to Chinon to discover the creations of Cameroonian designer Lamyne M. His exhibition features three-meter-high dresses honoring the female sovereigns of France. He adds his own personal touch to the dresses, inspired by his travels around the world.

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Caption 11 [fr]: comme c'était une reine, euh...
Caption 11 [en]: since she was a queen, uh...

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - Notre appartement est hanté - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Claire and Harold invite their new neighbors for drinks to get acquainted and thank them for their help. As the evening unfolds, the conversation becomes strained and strange things start to happen. Claire and Harold are left with many unanswered questions.

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Caption 15 [fr]: comme ça avant de partir, non?
Caption 15 [en]: just like that before leaving, no?

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Voyage en France - Conflans-Sainte-Honorine - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel shows us around the old quarter of the village of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, a charming area that dates from the Middle Ages and contains some beautiful gardens and courtyards. Some of the streets and alleyways have even retained their medieval names, such as the "Rue de la Savaterie" (Cobbler Street).

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Caption 12 [fr]: un petit peu comme dans le célèbre film français "Les Choristes".
Caption 12 [en]: a little bit like in the famous French film "Les Choristes" [The Chorus].

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Micro-Trottoirs - Rêves et cauchemars

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Micro-Trottoirs is interested in people's dreams and nightmares. Accounts range from pleasant dreams of swimming with dolphins to terrifying nightmares of people being amputated.

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Caption 40 [fr]: ben, comme on est juste à côté.
Caption 40 [en]: well, since we are right next to it.

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Contes de fées - La petite sirène - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The little mermaid visits a sea witch who gives her human legs in exchange for her voice. Will she get her wish to live happily ever after on land with her beloved prince?

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Caption 2 [fr]: et tu reçois deux jambes comme un être humain.
Caption 2 [en]: and you will receive two legs like a human being.

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - Notre appartement est hanté - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Soon after Claire and Harold move into their new Parisian apartment, strange things start to open. Their new neighbors explain that their new home may have been the scene of a murder. Claire believes it, but Harold remains skeptical. Will they be able to solve this mystery?

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Caption 15 [fr]: T'arrêtes un peu de me parler comme si j'étais une débile?
Caption 15 [en]: Will you stop talking to me as if I were an idiot?

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Lionel L - Loi travail: Suite et fin

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

A very unpopular labor law caused Parisians to protest near the Bastille before it was passed in 2015. President François Hollande invoked Article 49-3 of the Constitution to force this law through. The protests continued after the law was successfully enacted in 2016. For more information, you can visit the Nuit Debout and Convergence des Luttes websites.

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Caption 33 [fr]: parce que, d'habitude, ça se passe pas comme ça,
Caption 33 [en]: because it doesn't usually happen that way,

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Contes de fées - La petite sirène - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Enjoy Yabla's rendition of "The Little Mermaid" (or "La petite sirène"), originally written by the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. In part one, the little mermaid swims ashore to a handsome prince. But will she see him again?

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Caption 9 [fr]: Elles chantaient toutes comme des anges.
Caption 9 [en]: They all sang like angels.

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Baden Baden - La Descente

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this song, Baden Baden describes the process of saying farewell to a romantic relationship and softening the blows of separation. Despite the melancholy lyrics, the melody of this "soft descent" is catchy and uptempo.

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Caption 3 [fr]: Comme ça tourne un peu
Caption 3 [en]: Since it's spinning a little

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - Nos bébés ont été échangés... - Part 8

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

In this last segment of "Nos bébés ont été échangés," you will discover how the two families are coping with their shocking revelation. Manon will meet her biological mother Létitia and become friends with Létitia's daughter Émilie in the process.

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Caption 27 [fr]: et de retrouver mes parents, comme avant toute cette histoire.
Caption 27 [en]: and get back to my parents, like before this whole saga.

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Lionel - Les dragées de Verdun - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Lionel takes us inside an amazing store filled with multicolored candies called dragées, or sugared almonds. This confection is very much a part of French tradition as it is offered at weddings, baptisms, and communions. A good-quality dragée is made from a top variety of almond like the Avola. Larger almonds require a thinner layer of sugar, which is considered a sign of quality as the delicate almond flavor won't be overwhelmed by the sugar.

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Caption 54 [fr]: Avola. -Ah oui... -Comme ça se prononce: A V O L A.
Caption 54 [en]: Avola. -Ah yes... -As it's pronounced: A V O L A.

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - Nos bébés ont été échangés... - Part 7

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

After running away from home, Manon finally decides to come back, only to be confronted with Émilie, her parent's biological daughter. Fortunately, Émilie manages to rescue the situation and convinces Manon to stay and speak with her parents.

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Caption 83 [fr]: T'aurais jamais dû l'apprendre comme ça.
Caption 83 [en]: You should never have learned about it that way.

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