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Amal et Caroline - Montmartre

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Amal and Caroline visit the iconic Montmartre district and the Sacré-Cœur basilica, built in the late nineteenth century. The basilica is a place where people used to worship martyrs.

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Caption 15 [en]: because ultimately, around four hundred seventy-five,
Caption 15 [fr]: parce que finalement, vers quatre cent soixante-quinze,

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Sophie et Patrice - Les endives au jambon - Part 1

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Patrice gives Sophie the recipe for endives au jambon (endive with ham), a simple but filling dish he learned from his father. Try it at home!

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Caption 63 [en]: No, but it's true. -I think I put in five hundred grams. -I swear to you,
Caption 63 [fr]: Non, mais c'est vrai. -Je crois que j'ai mis cinq cents grammes. -Moi je te jure,

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Bicloune - Magasin de vélos à Paris

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Bicloune is a unique bicycle shop in Paris with a wide variety of models, from antique bikes from 1905 to contemporary foldable ones. Audrey Hepburn supposedly used to ride a bicycle like one found in this store.

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Caption 23 [en]: So here you'll see vintage bikes from nineteen hundred and five,
Caption 23 [fr]: Vous verrez ici des vélos donc historiques de dix-neuf cent cinq,

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Le saviez-vous? - Le quartier du Vieux Nice

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Come visit the neighborhood of Vieux Nice (Old Nice), with its charming village atmosphere and interesting architecture. You will notice a definite Italian influence in this French city near the Italian border.

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Caption 37 [en]: Nice became French in eighteen hundred sixty.
Caption 37 [fr]: Nice devient française en mille huit cent soixante.

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Le saviez-vous? - Gérard raconte les Phocéens à Antibes

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Gérard tells us about the history of Antibes, which goes back to the Phocaeans. Those ancient people always consulted an oracle before undertaking a voyage into the unknown to conquer new territories.

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Caption 11 [en]: we're going back only four hundred years before our era.
Caption 11 [fr]: on ne remonte que quatre cents ans avant notre ère.

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Le saviez-vous? - Gérard raconte l'histoire d'Antibes

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Gérard will introduce you to Antibes, a beautiful city founded by the Phocaeans in the 400s BC. The Phocaeans were replaced by the Romans, who were replaced by the Christians. Nowadays Antibes has grown to become the third-largest city in the Alpes-Maritimes department.

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Caption 24 [en]: in the years four hundred before our era [400s BC].
Caption 24 [fr]: dans les années quatre cent avant notre ère.

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Sophie et Patrice - Chiffres et nombres - Part 1

Difficulty: Newbie

France

Sophie and Patrice introduce the basics of counting in French. They make it up to one sextillion (un trilliard), but if you're new to French, you can just focus on learning zéro to neuf.

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Caption 52 [en]: One hundred.
Caption 52 [fr]: Cent.

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Amal et Caroline - Quartier du Louvre

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Amal gives Caroline a trick for skipping the long line that inevitably forms in front of the Louvre Museum. Then they decide to have a peaceful breakfast in the Jardin des Tuileries.

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Caption 8 [en]: There are already, what, two hundred people waiting?
Caption 8 [fr]: Y a déjà, quoi, deux cents personnes qui attendent?

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Sophie et Patrice - Après Noël

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Sophie and Patrice question the tradition of the Christmas tree and think it's not very environmentally responsible. They'd like to find of way of conserving the tree they bought and reuse it for next Christmas.

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Caption 21 [en]: there must be... five hundred hectares of Christmas trees
Caption 21 [fr]: il doit y avoir... cinq cents hectares de sapins

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Voyage en France - Chantilly - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In the final part of his tour of Chantilly, Daniel takes us back to the "Potager des Princes" (Princes' Vegetable Garden) and introduces us to some adorable barnyard critters, including a rooster, a pigeon, and some rabbits. The rabbits even have their own French-style village to roam around in, complete with a café, a town hall, and some villas too!

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Caption 17 [en]: Its country of origin: it was introduced in fifteen hundred fifty
Caption 17 [fr]: Son pays d'origine: il est introduit en mille cinq cent cinquante

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Adrien - Quai de la Seine

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Adrien explores the Quai de la Seine and the Bassin de la Villette in Paris. This basin is the largest artificial body of water in the city of Paris. It once served as a source of drinking water, which, incidentally, was much cleaner than the water from the Seine.

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Caption 11 [en]: It was built in eighteen hundred and eight
Caption 11 [fr]: Il fut construit en mille huit cent huit

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Dao Evolution - Noël pour les sans-abris

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Christmas is a time of celebrations and a showing of goodwill. This young man followed his heart and started giving out small gifts to the homeless. Find out what prompted him to do so at the end of this video.

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Caption 39 [en]: And after about two hundred meters,
Caption 39 [fr]: Et au bout de deux cents mètres à peu près,

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Grand Corps Malade - Dimanche soir

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

On his sixth album, Plan B, slam poet Grand Corps Malade tells his story through his songs. This one, "Dimanche Soir" (Sunday Night), is dedicated to his wife of twelve years.

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Caption 31 [en]: Because a hundred twenty months later, I've still just met you
Caption 31 [fr]: Parce que cent vingt mois plus tard, je viens encore juste de te rencontrer

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Patrice Zana - L'artiste et ses inspirations - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Patrice Zana's Dada-inspired artwork relies heavily on wordplay. In this video he discusses his pieces Caisse à dire ("Talking Box," a pun on qu'est-ce à dire [what does it mean]), Boîte à choses sûres ("Box of Sure Things," a pun on boîte à chaussures [shoe box]), and more.

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Caption 13 [en]: which was invented in Zurich in Switzerland in nineteen hundred sixteen,
Caption 13 [fr]: qui a été inventé à Zurich en Suisse en mille neuf cent seize,

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Voyage en France - Dourdan - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In the last episode on the town of Dourdan, Daniel shows us the Abbaye de L'Ouÿe (literally, "Hearing Abbey"). Legend has it that King Louis VII commissioned it in honor of his friends and loved ones who heard his cries when he was lost in the forest one day.

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Caption 38 [en]: The walls extend over close to one thousand seven hundred meters in length.
Caption 38 [fr]: Les remparts s'étendent sur près de mille sept cents mètres de long.

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