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Voyage en France - Meudon - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel Benchimol braves a chilly February day in Meudon to show us an amazing vantage point from which you can enjoy an almost complete panoramic view of Paris. If you want to look further still, you can visit the Meudon observatory, which has the third biggest telescope in the world.

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Caption 24 [en]: The observatory, the largest French observatory for astronomy and astrophysics research.
Caption 24 [fr]: L'observatoire, le plus grand observatoire français en recherche d'astronomie et d'astrophysique.

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Voyage en France - Meudon - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In part two of his visit to Meudon, Daniel Benchimol takes us to a church famous for the priest who officiated there: the renowned satricial writer Rabelais. Meudon's rich geological history is explained on a panel overlooking the town.

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Caption 8 [en]: Its architecture is relatively typical in the French landscape.
Caption 8 [fr]: Son architecture est relativement classique dans le paysage français.

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Laurent Leclercq - Restauration de meubles anciens

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Laurent Leclercq is a specialist in the restoration of antique furniture. He's so passionate about his craft that he finds excuses to go into the studio when he's on vacation!

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Caption 44 [en]: is... is French furniture of the eighteenth century.
Caption 44 [fr]: c'est... ce sont les meubles français du dix-huitième siècle.

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

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Le saviez-vous? - Les expressions inspirées de la musique - Part 4

Difficulty: Beginner

France

To conclude her series on musical expressions, Patricia will sing your praises for having learned and practiced everything she taught you.

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Caption 49 [en]: of all our funny French expressions.
Caption 49 [fr]: de toutes nos drôles d'expressions françaises.

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Extr@ - Ep. 3 - Sam a un rendez-vous - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Sacha thinks she can do a better job training Sam than the exercise video he's watching. She teaches him her own workout routine instead.

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Caption 4 [en]: who doesn't speak French well,
Caption 4 [fr]: qui ne parle pas bien le français,

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

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Extr@ - Ep. 2 - Sam fait du shopping - Part 4

Difficulty: Beginner

France None

Sam is alone in the apartment while the girls and Nico are out shopping for him. Unfortunately for him, the caretaker calls....

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Caption 59 [en]: I speak French.
Caption 59 [fr]: Je parle français.

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Le saviez-vous? - Utilisation de "encore" et "toujours" - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Patricia lists a few more usages of encore (still, again) and gives an overview of toujours (still, always). To learn more about these words, check out our written lesson on them.

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Caption 11 [en]: Repeating sentences in French every day
Caption 11 [fr]: Répéter tous les jours des phrases en français

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

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Le saviez-vous? - Utilisation de "encore" et "toujours" - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

France

In this video, you will learn the various meanings of encore, which Patricia will illustrate with several examples.

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Caption 37 [en]: It's not enough to listen French;
Caption 37 [fr]: Il ne suffit pas d'écouter le français;

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Voyage en France - Nogent-sur-Marne - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In addition to housing the second largest port in the Paris region, Nogent-sur-Marne also includes a promenade dedicated to the "accordion queen" Yvette Horner and a square named after the famous Corsican singer Tino Rossi. The latter is located on the Marne River's "Île de Beauté" (Island of Beauty), which is also a nickname for Corsica.

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Caption 29 [en]: was certainly one of the greatest French singers, [native of Corsica]
Caption 29 [fr]: était certainement l'un des plus grands chanteurs français [d'origine Corse]

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Adrien - Le métro parisien

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Adrien will tell you everything about the Paris metro, which opened its doors in nineteen hundred for the World's Fair. It carries an impressive five million passengers per day and is one of the busiest underground systems in the world.

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Caption 99 [en]: Yeah, that was French [that was grammatically correct],
Caption 99 [fr]: Ouais, c'était français,

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Extr@ - Ep. 1 - L'arrivée de Sam - Part 8

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Sam is suddenly popular with the girls, and even Nico is impressed. What made them change their minds?

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Caption 61 [fr]: [I'm going to love it here, Mom. The French are just so friendly!]
Caption 61 [en]: [I'm going to love it here, Mom. The French are just so friendly!]

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Le saviez-vous? - Comment dire qu'on n'aime pas?

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Patricia will teach you how to say that you don't like something in tactful ways and in more direct ways. There are many interesting expressions to convey dislike, even disgust, but you might want to save some of them for private conversations.

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Caption 9 [en]: In French culture,
Caption 9 [fr]: Dans la culture française,

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