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Il était une fois: Les Amériques - 9. Cortés et les Aztèques - Part 7

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Tension is building between the Aztecs and the Spaniards, not to mention within Cortés's own ranks. Despite this, the conquistador rallies his troops to conquer Mexico.

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Caption 22 [en]: As for you, Sandoval, you stay here with one hundred of our men to protect our rear guard.
Caption 22 [fr]: Quant à toi, Sandoval, tu restes ici avec cent de nos hommes pour assurer nos arrières.

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Voyage en France - Rambouillet - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this last video on Rambouillet, Daniel shows us around the beautiful and enchanting Espace Rambouillet nature preserve, a large forest filled with deer, birds of prey, and other free-roaming animals. It's a perfect spot for nature lovers and animal lovers alike!

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Caption 21 [en]: There are over a hundred of them walking around according to their mood and according to their desires
Caption 21 [fr]: Il y en a plus d'une centaine qui se baladent selon leur humeur et selon leurs envies

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Voyage en France - Rambouillet - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this third episode on Rambouillet, Daniel shows us an interesting "shell cottage," a railway museum, and the beautiful Church of Saint Lubin and Palais du Roi de Rome. Rambouillet is full of wonderful surprises!

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Caption 12 [en]: and a railway line of nearly four hundred meters in length.
Caption 12 [fr]: et une voie ferrée de près de quatre cents mètres de long.

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Il était une fois: Les Amériques - 9. Cortés et les Aztèques - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

November 18, 1518... Cortés, the ambitious adventurer, sets out to discover and conquer the unknown empire of Mexico at daybreak before Velasquez has a chance to stop him.

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Caption 4 [en]: And here he is on this November eighteenth, fifteen hundred eighteen,
Caption 4 [fr]: Et le voici en ce dix-huit novembre mille cinq cent dix-huit,

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Il était une fois: Les Amériques - 9. Cortés et les Aztèques - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The Aztecs are apprehensive about the arrival of the white men. It is a bad omen. Spanish conqueror Cortés is appointed Captain and will be heading toward new territories.

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Caption 1 [en]: Fifteen hundred eighteen. It's only one year until Magellan will leave Seville.
Caption 1 [fr]: Mille cinq cent dix-huit. Ce n'est que dans un an que Magellan va quitter Séville.

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Voyage en France - Rambouillet - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel takes us to the Rambouillet castle, which includes a very interesting building on its grounds: the Laiterie de la Reine, or Queen's Dairy, which was built for Marie Antoinette in accordance with the "pleasure dairy" trend of the eighteenth century.

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Caption 15 [en]: It is a trail, a trail of nine hundred eighty meters, uh... long,
Caption 15 [fr]: C'est un sentier, un sentier de neuf cent quatre-vingts mètres, euh... de long,

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Il était une fois: Les Amériques - 9. Cortés et les Aztèques - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The Maestro recounts the events just before Ferdinand Magellan's untimely death in 1521, only a year after he discovered the passage that would allow him to circumnavigate the globe.

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Caption 2 [en]: On November twenty-first, fifteen hundred twenty, the passage is finally discovered.
Caption 2 [fr]: Le vingt et un novembre mille cinq cent vingt est enfin découvert le passage.

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Ultimate frisbee - KYM, le tournoi - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The town of Sélestat hosts an ultimate frisbee tournament called the "Keep Your Mustache Tournament" (prizes include "Spirit of the Game" and "Handsomest Mustache"). It's also a good excuse for a party, where ladies can wear fake mustaches and join in the fun if they wish!

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Caption 12 [en]: There are between two thousand and two thousand five hundred registered players in France.
Caption 12 [fr]: Il y a entre deux mille et deux mille cinq cents licenciés en France.

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Voyage en France - Rambouillet - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this first part of his tour of Rambouillet, Daniel shows us the town's beautiful castle and its surrounding forest, islands, and gardens. Do you know what a "quincunx" in a garden is? If not, you'll find out in this video.

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Caption 18 [en]: It was designed in the seventeenth century, and it extends over nearly a hundred hectares
Caption 18 [fr]: Il fut aménagé au dix-septième siècle et il s'étend sur près de cent hectares

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Il était une fois: Les Amériques - 9. Cortés et les Aztèques - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

This new episode of "Il était une fois..." covers Cortés and the Aztecs. The story starts in 1519, when Ferdinand Magellan attempts to circumnavigate the earth. His ship makes it as far as Brazil.

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Caption 2 [en]: So here are the boats that, in fifteen hundred nineteen, will leave the port of Seville.
Caption 2 [fr]: Voici donc les bateaux qui, en quinze cent dix-neuf, vont quitter le port de Séville.

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Il était une fois: les Explorateurs - 15. Bruce et les sources du Nil - Part 7

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

James Bruce, the intrepid Scottish explorer, finally reaches his goal, the source of the Nile... or so he thought. After all his trouble, his exploits are not well received in England. But his legacy will live on.

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Caption 44 [en]: It will take nearly a hundred years to discover the White Nile's.
Caption 44 [fr]: Il faudra attendre encore presque cent ans pour connaître celle du Nil blanc.

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Voyage en France - La ville de Senlis - Part 3

Difficulty: Beginner

France

In this third episode on the medieval town of Senlis, Daniel Benchimol introduces us to the Venery Museum or hunting museum. The museum displays not only traditional uniforms of the Spahis but also the special architecture, painting, music, and art linked to the "venery" activities.

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Caption 17 [en]: that fought alongside the French army for nearly one hundred fifty years.
Caption 17 [fr]: qui a combattu auprès de l'armée française pendant près de cent cinquante ans.

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Télésonne - Micro-trottoir : Les revendications des femmes

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

When asked about their demands as French citizens, most of the women interviewed in this video call for more gender equality in the workplace and in everyday life. One of the women also stresses the importance of going beyond symbolic celebrations of women's rights (like International Women's Day) toward more concrete political activism.

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Caption 16 [en]: It's one day of celebration and three hundred... -Yes! -sixty-four days of defeat.
Caption 16 [fr]: C'est un jour de fête et trois cent... -Oui! -soixante-quatre jours de défaite.

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Cap 24 - Paris : Alessandro fait les Puces! - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Alessandro goes to the flea market to interview the owners of a charming vintage boutique specializing in clothes and accessories from the 1880s to the 1980s. The owners even dress the part in their gorgeous costumes.

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Caption 27 [en]: Prices... -The bodice is around four hundred euros and so is the skirt, approximately. -Yes.
Caption 27 [fr]: Les prix... -Le corsage est autour de quatre cents euros et la jupe aussi à peu près. -Oui.

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Voyage dans Paris - La Butte aux Cailles

Difficulty: Beginner

France

In this episode, Daniel Benchimol introduces La Buttes aux Cailles, a neighborhood in the thirteenth arrondissement in Paris. He will tell you all about the origins of the street, its free spring water fountain, and its artsy walls decorated with stencils.

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Caption 13 [en]: You should know that the water is drawn here from a depth of six hundred and twenty meters,
Caption 13 [fr]: Il faut savoir que l'eau ici est puisée à six cent vingt mètres de profondeur,

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