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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 11 [fr]: Qui tenant sa femme en otage
Caption 11 [en]: Who, holding his wife hostage

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Voyage dans Paris - Les Secrets du Marais

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Le Marais (literally "The Marsh") is one of Paris's most historic districts, with many medieval buildings and streets still intact. In this video, Daniel Benchimol reveals some of the district's architectural secrets, such as an impeccable fourteenth-century house and the remnants of a late twelfth-century wall.

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Caption 8 [fr]: on laisse marcher une femme côté mur et non pas côté caniveau.
Caption 8 [en]: one lets a woman walk on the side of the wall and not on the side of the gutter.

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Voyage en France - La Normandie: Deauville

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Deauville, one of the most prestigious resorts on the Normandy coast, is a movie lover's dream: besides featuring an annual American film festival, it was also the filming location of A Man and a Woman, a classic of French cinema.

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Caption 12 [fr]: du célèbre film "Un homme et une femme".
Caption 12 [en]: of the famous movie "A Man and a Woman" was filmed.

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Oldelaf - La Tristitude

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Oldelaf bares his soul in his song "La Tristitude," a portmanteau that combines tristesse (sadness) and attitude (and a little solitude). We might call it "saditude." Listen to his lyrics and you'll surely recognize it. Ça fait mal!

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Caption 39 [fr]: Quand ta femme fait de l'échangisme un peu sans toi
Caption 39 [en]: When your wife does a little partner swapping without you

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Lionel - Le one-man-show de Lionel

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Viewer Discretion Advised

Lionel, the stand-up comedian, punster extraordinaire, surpasses himself with his long string of puns. Catch them if you can! The long-suffering husband of Éléonore, he is not shy about making her the butt of all his jokes.

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Caption 26 [fr]: Et ben, j'ai dit: "C'est pas possible, elle est givrée, cette femme"!
Caption 26 [en]: Well, I said, "It's not possible, she's frosty [nuts], this woman!"

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Arthur H et M - Est-ce que tu aimes?

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Arthur H (Arthur Higelin) and -M- (Matthieu Chedid) are two award-winning singer-songwriters from France. They've joined forces in this Western-inspired video, Est-ce que tu aimes? (Do You Like?)

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Caption 4 [fr]: la nouvelle femme du shérif?
Caption 4 [en]: the sheriff's new wife?

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Provence - Domaine Rouge-Bleu - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Many people know a thing or two about French wine, but what do we know about grape growing? This grape grower from Provence tells us all about pruning a vine.

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Caption 48 [fr]: Euh... n'hésitez pas bien sûr à aller voir, euh... visiter le site de ma femme
Caption 48 [en]: Uh... of course don't hesitate to go see, uh... visit my wife's website,

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Il était une fois: l’Homme - 6. Le siècle de Périclès - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Learn about the birth of democracy in ancient Greece and watch a scene from Sophocles's famous tragedy, Antigone, in the next installment of Il était une fois....

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Caption 43 [fr]: Moi vivant, ce n'est pas une femme qui fera la loi!
Caption 43 [en]: As long as I'm alive, it won't be a woman who will lay down the law!

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Actu Vingtième - La burqa

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Interviewees on the streets of Paris protest the banning of the burqa in public places in France and offer their perspectives on this controversial issue.

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Caption 83 [fr]: Mais aujourd'hui y a aucune femme voilée intégrale ici... -Non, non, non. Oui.
Caption 83 [en]: But today, there aren't any fully-veiled women here... -No, no, no. Yes.

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Mon Lieu Préféré - Théâtre du Rond-Point

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

First a panorama, then a skating rink, and now a theater. Like many places in Paris, the 19th-century building that houses the Théâtre du Rond-Point has certainly undergone a lot of changes over the years. Lauren tells us why it's one of her favorite spots in the city.

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Caption 32 [fr]: d'une femme musulmane dans les quartiers pauvres de Colmar.
Caption 32 [en]: of a Muslim woman in the poor neighborhoods of Colmar.

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Actu Vingtième - Le Repas des anciens

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Who says that old people don’t know how to party? This event, organized by a local Lions Club, brought together a number of senior citizens for a day of dancing, schmoozing, and even romance.

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Caption 79 [fr]: parce que jamais une femme dans ma vie ne m'a regardé avec des yeux d'amour,
Caption 79 [en]: because no woman in my life had ever looked at me with eyes of love,

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Alsace 20 - Mangez bien, mangez alsacien!

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Armande has turned an old farm near Strasbourg into a mouth-watering country store complete with live rabbits and ducks. According to Armande, it’s also one of the few places to get food in her village, so chances are business is booming!

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Caption 18 [fr]: avec des travaux de couture d'une jeune femme qui...
Caption 18 [en]: such as some sewing projects from a young woman who...

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Cap Caen Normandie TV - Danse - Héla Fattoumi se dévoile

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Héla Fattoumi, originally from Tunis, has taken her feelings on the full-body veil to the stage, in her dance performance piece “Manta.”

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Caption 7 [fr]: il faut que moi, en tant que danseuse, que femme arabe, je vais en acheter un.
Caption 7 [en]: I have to, as a dancer, as an Arab woman, go and buy one.

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Alsace 20 - Arlette Grosskost et la burqa

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Arlette Grosskost, UMP (Union for a Popular Movement) representative and member of the Parliamentary task force on the burqa in France, advocates a law aiming to ban the wearing of the full-body veil in public. What’s your take on this controversial issue? Is it a question of women’s rights? Of religious freedom? Are arguments against the burqa perhaps another type of veil—to cover up underlying racism?

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Caption 28 [fr]: Une femme ne peut pas se cacher derrière son voile intégralement,
Caption 28 [en]: A woman cannot hide completely behind her veil,

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Le Journal - La violence à l'école

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

High school teacher Karen Montet-Toutain was the victim of one of the worst recent cases of school-related violence when she was stabbed by a student in her classroom. She has written a book about her struggles, and hopes for rehabilitation of her attacker.

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Caption 12 [fr]: Aujourd'hui la jeune femme est loin d'être remise de son agression.
Caption 12 [en]: Today, the young woman is far from having recovered from the attack.

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