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Extr@ - Ep. 5 - Une étoile est née - Part 6

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Nico fancies himself a big star, while Sam fancies himself a master chef. Who are they trying to impress?

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Caption 61 [fr]: [C'est juste une expression française, c'est tout.]
Caption 61 [en]: It's just a French saying, that's all.

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Extr@ - Ep. 5 - Une étoile est née - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Sacha and Annie are in the middle of watching their favorite soap opera when two masked men burst into their apartment. Who could they be?

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Caption 52 [fr]: entre un Américain et une Française.
Caption 52 [en]: between an American boy and a French girl.

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Lionel - Schengen

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel is in the city of Schengen in Luxembourg. He talks about the Schengen Area, a group of countries between which European citizens can pass freely, without border checks.

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Caption 46 [fr]: donc le passeport de la République française.
Caption 46 [en]: so the passport of the French Republic.

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Le saviez-vous? - Nice et son héritage italien

Difficulty: Beginner

France

In this video on Nice, Patricia explains the history of the city, its Italian heritage, and its typically French atmosphere.

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Caption 35 [fr]: Pour finir, le Vieux Nice a surtout une ambiance typiquement française,
Caption 35 [en]: Finally, Old Nice has a typically French atmosphere above all,

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Extr@ - Ep. 4 - Sam trouve du travail - Part 5

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Stéphane, Sacha's boss, comes over for dinner. He said he wanted to talk to her about a new job, but that might not be his real motive....

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Caption 1 [fr]: La sauce, elle est française.
Caption 1 [en]: The sauce is French.

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Le saviez-vous? - Les anciennes lois insolites - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Patricia has unearthed some very interesting, obscure French laws. For example: "Any woman wishing to dress like a man must request permission from the police department." Thankfully, no one obeys these antiquated laws!

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Caption 26 [fr]: de diffuser soixante-dix pour cent de musique exclusivement française.
Caption 26 [en]: to broadcast seventy percent exclusively French music.

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L'Obs - Quelles sont les armes de la médecine contre le coronavirus ?

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Scientists around the world are working together to combat the coronavirus. With the help of big data and artificial intelligence, research should yield results more quickly.

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Caption 53 [fr]: Moi, je pense que la médecine française est de très, très grande qualité.
Caption 53 [en]: I think that French medicine is of a very, very high quality.

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Sophie et Patrice - La maison verte

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Sophie loves plants so much that she isn't averse to snipping a cutting or two from a public garden. Her interest in plants comes from her grandmother, who spent endless hours tending to her plants and even climbed trees at 95 years old!

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Caption 18 [fr]: comment [ça] s'appelle, à la, euh... Versailles? -À la française?
Caption 18 [en]: what's [it] called, Versailles, uh... style? -French-style?

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Le saviez-vous? - Les expressions du poulailler

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Why do we get "hen flesh" (chair de poule) when it's "duck cold" (froid de canard)? Learn more about these and other poultry-related expressions in this video.

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Caption 1 [fr]: La langue française utilise de nombreuses expressions.
Caption 1 [en]: The French language uses many expressions.

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Sophie et Patrice - Le handicap

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Sophie and Patrice discuss the evolution of the word "handicap," from its origins as a horce racing term to its current usage in French. Rather than les handicapés (the handicapped), the French now say les personnes en situation de handicap (persons with disabilities).

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Caption 75 [fr]: en tout cas c'est que dans la langue française
Caption 75 [en]: in any event is that in the French language

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - À l'audience: Mon chirurgien était ivre - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

À l'audience (At the Hearing) is a courtroom version of the Le jour où tout a basculé series. In this episode, a woman accuses her surgeon of being drunk during her emergency operation. On the one hand, he had been drinking just before performing the surgery; on the other, the operation was successful, and he saved her life.

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Caption 18 [fr]: Tous les ans la justice française
Caption 18 [en]: Every year, the French justice system

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Le saviez-vous? - Les expressions inspirées de la musique - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Tune in to Patricia's lesson on musical expressions and idioms in French. You'll hear plenty of interesting phrases that are worth noting.

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Caption 1 [fr]: La langue française est pleine d'expressions.
Caption 1 [en]: The French language is full of expressions.

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Le saviez-vous? - Le rouge et ses expressions - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

France

There are many expressions in French linked to the color red, several of which have direct equivalents in English. Discover a few of them with Patricia.

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Caption 2 [fr]: la langue française est pleine d'expressions.
Caption 2 [en]: the French language is full of expressions.

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Sophie et Patrice - Les couleurs

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Sophie and Patrice discuss the meaning of expressions involving colors, such as vert de rage and une peur bleue. They have their own theories about their origins.

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Caption 11 [fr]: C'est marrant les expressions de la langue française avec les couleurs quand même hein?
Caption 11 [en]: Anyway, expressions with colors in the French language are fun, right?

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Voyage en France - Nogent-sur-Marne - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Along the banks of the Marne, Daniel gives us some more insight into the town of Nogent-sur-Marne, including a few real estate tips and a brief biography of Jean Sablon, a famous crooner of French chansons who was born in the town.

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Caption 22 [fr]: un des grands crooners de la chanson française.
Caption 22 [en]: one of the great crooners of the French "chanson."

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