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Lionel - La Cathédrale de Toul - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Still in Toul, Lionel takes a closer look at the Saint-Étienne Cathedral in Toul. Its construction started in the thirteen hundreds and was completed around 1495.

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Caption 1 [fr]: Bonjour. Nous sommes ici à Toul.
Caption 1 [en]: Hello. We are here in Toul.

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Le saviez-vous? - Les pronoms possessifs - Part 2

Difficulty: Newbie

France

Make this final lesson on possessive pronouns yours! Listen and watch carefully to master all the nuances in sounds and spelling.

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Caption 2 [fr]: ils nous appartiennent tous les deux.
Caption 2 [en]: they belong to both of us.

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Lionel L - Paris-Plage - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

During the summer, a portion of Paris reinvents itself as "Paris-Plage" [Paris Beach]. The capital turns into a vacation spot by providing water access and outdoor activities near the Seine and other waterways like the Canal de l'Ourcq.

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Caption 2 [fr]: où nous sommes au métro Jaurès,
Caption 2 [en]: where we are at the Jaurès subway stop,

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - Notre appartement est hanté - Part 5

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Harold and Claire are having dinner when they hear some strange noises in their apartment again. Looking for a rational explanation, Harold asks their neighbors, Bastien and Solène. They seem to think that the apartment is haunted, but Harold has his doubts.

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Caption 10 [fr]: Il nous invite demain soir à... à dîner.
Caption 10 [en]: He's inviting us tomorrow night for... for dinner.

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Le saviez-vous? - Jean de La Fontaine - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this video you will hear a fable by Jean de La Fontaine, the most famous fable writer in French literature. "Le Chêne et le Roseau" (The Oak and the Reed) is a lesson in humility. The humble reed belies an inner strength that the oak does not possess. The oak's unbending nature proves to be its downfall.

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Caption 59 [fr]: Mais nous verrons avec le temps.
Caption 59 [en]: But in time, we will see.

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Parc Astérix - La Forêt d'Idéfix

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The popular theme park Parc Astérix, situated north of Paris, opened a new area called "La Forêt d'Idéfix" (Dogmatix's Forest), which is specially designed for families with young children. This video goes behind the scenes to find out how the druids themselves built the attractions... with a little help from the designers.

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Caption 9 [fr]: Il était important pour nous de reproduire un endroit vraiment serein, en toute quiétude.
Caption 9 [en]: It was important for us to reproduce a really serene place, in complete peace.

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Grand Lille TV - Lille contre le massacre en Syrie

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Martine Aubry, the mayor of Lille, is part of a vast citizen mobilization to stop the massacres in Syria. Aubry's deputy director of human rights reflects on the mayor's speech during an official ceremony at the Lille city hall.

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Caption 26 [fr]: pour que nous puissions enfin dire,
Caption 26 [en]: so that we could finally say,

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Lionel L - Paris-Plage - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Every year, a portion of Paris turns into a miniature beach where people of all ages can play games and bask in the sun.

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Caption 13 [fr]: où nous sommes aujourd'hui sur les quais,
Caption 13 [en]: where we are today on the docks,

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Le saviez-vous? - Jean de La Fontaine - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Jean de La Fontaine's fables are all-time classics that have been in the French school curriculum for many years, at all levels. It's safe to say that every French person knows at least one of his fables.

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Caption 46 [fr]: et que ses propos nous parlent tout autant aujourd'hui qu'il y a trois siècles.
Caption 46 [en]: and that his words speak to us just as much today as three centuries ago.

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Lionel - Langue sous hypnose

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Lionel speaks with Pascal, the director of the "Langue Sous Hypnose" (Language Under Hypnosis) school, who explains how hypnosis can help make language learning less daunting. Though Pascal says that "it's not hypnosis that teaches people languages, it's the teacher," he claims that hypnosis can make your brain more receptive to learning a new language.

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Caption 1 [fr]: Nous sommes à Metz, une ville riche par sa culture, son passé, son histoire
Caption 1 [en]: We are in Metz, a city that is rich through its culture, its past, its history,

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Sally Folk - Les heures de visite

Difficulty: Intermediate

Canada

Sally Folk's "Les heures de visite" (Visiting Hours) is an uptempo but melancholy song about a woman who pines for her lover behind bars and hopes to be reunited with him some day.

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Caption 10 [fr]: Pour nous, il n'y en a plus
Caption 10 [en]: For us, there's nothing left

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Voyage en France - Conflans-Sainte-Honorine - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel concludes his tour of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine by taking us along the quays to see some of the barges that are docked there. Among them, you will find a houseboat that doubles as a chapel and the last tug boat ever built in France!

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Caption 2 [fr]: Nous sommes à Conflans-Sainte-Honorine devant le château Gévelot
Caption 2 [en]: We are in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine in front of Gévelot Castle,

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - Notre appartement est hanté - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Claire and Harold invite their new neighbors for drinks to get acquainted and thank them for their help. As the evening unfolds, the conversation becomes strained and strange things start to happen. Claire and Harold are left with many unanswered questions.

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Caption 17 [fr]: Ah, non, non. Mais ça, les propriétaires nous avaient prévenus
Caption 17 [en]: Oh, no, no. But the owners had notified us about that,

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Mathilde - Le cimetière du Père Lachaise

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Mathilde takes us to Père-Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, where some very famous people are buried. You'll find the graves of Jim Morrison, Guillaume Apollinaire, Honoré de Balzac, Beaumarchais, and Frédéric Chopin, to name a few. The cemetery attracts many visitors from around the world.

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Caption 1 [fr]: Donc, nous sommes boulevard de Ménilmontant,
Caption 1 [en]: So we are on Ménilmontant Boulevard,

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Micro-Trottoirs - Rêves et cauchemars

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Micro-Trottoirs is interested in people's dreams and nightmares. Accounts range from pleasant dreams of swimming with dolphins to terrifying nightmares of people being amputated.

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Caption 1 [fr]: Est-ce que vous pouvez nous raconter le plus beau rêve que vous avez fait?
Caption 1 [en]: Can you tell us the most beautiful dream you've had?

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