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Lionel - à Lindre-Basse - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Still in the Lindre-Basse region, Jean-Pierre explains the fish breeding process to Lionel. They also enjoy the beautiful sight of storks building their nests during mating season.

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Caption 13 [fr]: C'est mélangé dans des bassines.
Caption 13 [en]: It's mixed together in tubs.

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Le saviez-vous? - La couleur noire et ses expressions

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Patricia is in a dark mood.... Learn some expressions using the word noir (dark, black) and express your dark feelings in French!

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Caption 6 [fr]: La couleur noire dans la langue française est synonyme de mystères dangereux.
Caption 6 [en]: The color black in the French language is synonymous with dangerous mysteries.

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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 45 [fr]: Et dans le but de vous encourager
Caption 45 [en]: And with the aim of encouraging you

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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 2 [fr]: que René voit sa femme dans cet état,
Caption 2 [en]: that René is seeing his wife in this state,

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Le saviez-vous? - Les expressions à ne pas prendre au pied de la lettre - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Some expressions are not be taken literally, as they would not make a lot of sense. For example, vider son sac—literally, "to empty one's bag"—actually means something entirely different. Find out the real meaning of vider son sac and its origin in this video!

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Caption 8 [fr]: Bien souvent ces expressions ont une origine bien définie dans le passé,
Caption 8 [en]: Very often, these expressions have a very definite origin in the past,

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Le saviez-vous? - Le mode subjonctif

Difficulty: Beginner

France

In this video, you will learn when to use the subjunctive mood in all kinds of everyday situations. Whenever you express a doubt, an uncertainty, or a wish, the subjunctive mood is usually required.

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Caption 6 [fr]: est un mode assez utilisé dans le langage courant.
Caption 6 [en]: is a rather [frequently] used mood in everyday language.

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - Mes grands-parents sont infidèles - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

"What I want is to travel and see something else other than your face, your cabbages, your carrots, and your turnips!" Sylvette shouts at her husband René, who recently retired. She dreams of traveling; all he wants is to stay home and tend his garden. Sylvette hopes that going on a cruise together will help put things right between them.

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Caption 26 [fr]: il y a de l'eau dans le gaz.
Caption 26 [en]: there's water in the gas [trouble brewing].

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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 2 [fr]: dans le parc, euh... régional naturel
Caption 2 [en]: in the regional nature, uh... park

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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 3 [fr]: Nous avons vu dans une vidéo précédente
Caption 3 [en]: We saw in a previous video

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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 4 [fr]: Quelque part là-bas dans la ville
Caption 4 [en]: Somewhere in the city over there

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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 16 [fr]: Et maintenant, elle travaille dans un service d'urgence
Caption 16 [en]: And now she works in an emergency room

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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 15 [fr]: dans l'ancienne formule orthographique ne comprenait pas de tiret.
Caption 15 [en]: in the old spelling formula did not include a dash.

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Grand Corps Malade - Pocahontas

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

In "Pocahontas," slam poet Grand Corps Malade offers some insights on raising kids and watching them grow up. He even recreates some old family photos!

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Caption 19 [fr]: Les premiers mots dans le carnet pour les tarés quand ils s'amusent
Caption 19 [en]: The first notes in the progress report for the idiots when they're having fun

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Voyage en France - Fourqueux

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Join Daniel Benchimol on his tour of the quaint town of Fourqueux. There, you will find a magnificent house where Victor Hugo, the famous French poet and writer, once stayed. Adding to the historic atmosphere, old road markers and vintage hand-painted advertising signs are a great reminder of a colorful past.

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Caption 2 [fr]: Un nouveau numéro où nous nous trouvons dans le département des Yvelines,
Caption 2 [en]: Another episode where we are in the Yvelines department,

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - Mon père n'est pas mort - Part 8

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Adèle spends a few precious hours with her father who is gravely ill. She is grateful for the connection she made during the short time she spent with him.

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Caption 2 [fr]: Jean-Luc est hospitalisé dans un excellent service des pathologies.
Caption 2 [en]: Jean-Luc is hospitalized in an excellent pathology ward.

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