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Le Jour où tout a basculé - À l'audience - Escroqué par une "marieuse" ? - Part 1

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Jean-François Gravert, a farmer, is accusing the director of a marriage agency of defrauding him. His fiery temper and aggressive behavior in the courtroom is not helping his case.

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Caption 16 [en]: renders more than four hundred thousand verdicts in the criminal courts.
Caption 16 [fr]: rend plus de quatre cent mille jugements en correctionnelle.

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Sophie et Patrice - Où allons-nous passer nos vacances?

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France Parisian

Sophie and Patrice are looking for an exotic destination to spend their summer holidays, not too far and not too expensive. Where will they choose?

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Caption 40 [en]: Yeah, you find flights for... two hundred euros.
Caption 40 [fr]: Ouais, on trouve des vols à... deux cents euros.

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Mère & Fille - Danse pas si classique

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Barbara wants to give up her classical dance classes because her new teacher is really awful. How will she convince her mother? Isabelle is about to find out the hard way... Make sure you watch until the very end.

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Caption 23 [en]: that we've been dancing from mother to daughter since sixteen hundred thirty-five.
Caption 23 [fr]: qu'on danse de mère en fille depuis mille six cent trente-cinq.

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Le Monde - Avec les JO, se loger devient de plus en plus compliqué

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Stéphanie is responsible for rehousing people who are in precarious situations. The arrival of millions of tourists for the Paris Olympic Games has driven up housing prices, making it difficult for low-income residents to find a place to live.

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Caption 21 [en]: One hundred forty-one people had to be rehoused.
Caption 21 [fr]: Il a fallu reloger cent quarante-et-une personnes.

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Le Monde - Pourquoi Molière est devenu aussi célèbre - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Molière wasn't afraid of his plays causing a scandal—in fact, he often orchestrated scandals in order to drum up publicity. Find out more about his marketing genius in this video.

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Caption 58 [en]: On the evening of the premiere, the revenues rise to two thousand eight hundred sixty pounds,
Caption 58 [fr]: Le soir de la première, les recettes montent à deux mille huit cent soixante livres,

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Le Monde - Pourquoi Molière est devenu aussi célèbre - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

How did Molière become so successful? The French playwright, whose plays are still being performed today, did not just rely on his talent as a writer—he knew how to drum up publicity for himself as well.

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Caption 3 [en]: But four hundred years later,
Caption 3 [fr]: Mais quatre cents ans plus tard,

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France 3 - Minitel : l'Internet avant l'heure - Part 2

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Back in the 80s, nearly every French household had a Minitel. It was the first computerized directory of its kind and a precursor to the modern computer. Later on, even Google showed an interest in the Minitel archives. Find out how advanced it was in its day.

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Caption 8 [en]: the two hundred fifty thousand subscribers of Ille-et-Vilaine,
Caption 8 [fr]: les deux cent cinquante mille abonnés d'Ille-et-Vilaine,

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Français avec Nelly - 10 Places to Visit in France - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Nelly shares her selection of the top places to visit in France, from the Loire castles, to the medieval city of Carcassonne, to the Riviera. Happy travels!

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Caption 26 [en]: Not a hundred.
Caption 26 [fr]: Pas cent.

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Le Figaro - Les cinq scènes historiquement fausses du «Napoléon» de Ridley Scott - Part 2

Difficulty: Advanced

France

In part 2 of this review of Ridley Scott's Napoleon, we learn why Napoleon really left the island of Elba and how he dealt with the death of his wife Josephine.

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Caption 39 [en]: on December second, eighteen hundred four at Notre-Dame de Paris,
Caption 39 [fr]: le deux décembre mille huit cent quatre à Notre-Dame de Paris,

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Frédérique - Noël à Strasbourg

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Frédérique takes us to the Strasbourg Christmas market, one of the oldest and most famous in Europe, where people can sample delicacies and shop at hundreds of beautifully decorated booths.

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Caption 4 [en]: There are more than three hundred pretty decorated booths
Caption 4 [fr]: Il y a plus de trois cents jolies cabanes décorées

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Le Figaro - Les cinq scènes historiquement fausses du «Napoléon» de Ridley Scott - Part 1

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Director Ridley Scott's recently released movie Napoleon was never intended to be historically accurate. Find out where the movie departs from the facts.

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Caption 93 [en]: which took place on December second, eighteen hundred five
Caption 93 [fr]: qui a eu lieu le deux décembre mille huit cent cinq

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Sophie et Patrice - Le sapin

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

With Christmas around the corner, Patrice and Sophie discuss the pros and cons of live Christmas trees versus artificial ones. Patrice makes a crazy suggestion. Be sure to watch to the very end!

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Caption 88 [en]: well, it's fifty, a hundred euros,
Caption 88 [fr]: bien, c'est cinquante, cent euros,

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Mère & Fille - Les goûts et les couleurs

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Isabelle comes back from a business trip with an amazing gift for her daughter, but it's not exactly to Barbara's taste. How will Barbara get rid of the gift without offending her mother?

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Caption 13 [en]: After three hundred forty-five photos of my mother in Mongolia,
Caption 13 [fr]: Après trois cent quarante-cinq photos de ma mère en Mongolie,

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - À l'audience: Détournement d'argent dans le couple ? - Part 5

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Bombshell revelations deal a heavy blow to Suzie as the hearing uncovers some secrets about her husband's past.

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Caption 47 [en]: at a value of one hundred twenty thousand euros, is that right?
Caption 47 [fr]: pour une valeur de cent vingt mille euros, c'est ça ?

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Le Monde - Comment la Marche des Beurs a révélé la crise des banlieues - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

On October 15, 1983, a dozen people set out from Marseille to march against racism and police violence. En route to Paris, they met many people who, to their surprise, were sympathetic to their cause.

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Caption 3 [en]: The result: two thousand five hundred empty apartments out of nine thousand and five.
Caption 3 [fr]: Résultat, deux mille cinq cents appartements vides sur neuf mille cinq.

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