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Sophie et Patrice - Après le réveillon

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Sophie and Patrice are trying to recover from the Christmas festivities and can't stand the sight of foie gras, turkey, or Yule logs... They consider doing away with the Christmas tradition of big feasts altogether and escaping to the tropics instead.

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Caption 33 [fr]: nous aurons... comment dire... des rapports plus pacifiés
Caption 33 [en]: we'll have... how to say it... more peaceful relations

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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 9 [fr]: Ça nous a pris du temps.
Caption 9 [en]: It took us some time.

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Le saviez-vous? - La tradition de la galette des rois - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Patricia discusses the galette des rois (kings' cake), a classic holiday delicacy associated with the festival of Epiphany. A small figurine is placed inside the cake, and whoever finds it in his or her slice is crowned "king" or "queen" for the day.

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Caption 3 [fr]: En France, nous avons une tradition.
Caption 3 [en]: In France, we have a tradition.

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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 2 [fr]: Nous nous trouvons maintenant à Chantilly, la ville célèbre dans le monde entier pour ses chevaux,
Caption 2 [en]: We are now in Chantilly, the town famous throughout the entire world for its horses,

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Le saviez-vous? - Le E muet - Part 1

Difficulty: Newbie

France

E is a tricky vowel in French: sometimes it's pronounced, sometimes it's not. As Patricia explains, it's usually silent at the end of a word, and often silent in the middle of a word.

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Caption 18 [fr]: Nous avons déjà vu ensemble les élisions,
Caption 18 [en]: Together we've already looked at elisions,

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Elisa et Mashal - Maquillage

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Elisa and Mashal put on their makeup and use a lot of cosmetic terms in the process, including rouge à lèvres (lipstick), bouton (pimple), pinceau (brush), and fond de teint (foundation).

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Caption 68 [fr]: Ça nous aide quand même.
Caption 68 [en]: Still, it helps us.

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Voyage en France - Chantilly - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this video, Daniel shows us around the town of Chantilly, famous for its horse races and for its beloved Chantilly cream (also known as whipped cream). You'll get an inside look at the town's beautiful racetrack, which is home to over three hundred events each year.

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Caption 2 [fr]: Pour ce nouveau numéro, nous nous trouvons dans le département de l'Oise,
Caption 2 [en]: For this new episode, we are in the Oise department,

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Le saviez-vous? - "Ne pas encore", forme négative de "déjà"

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Patricia explains the use of déjà and ne pas encore in French. Déjà means "yet" or "already," depending on context. In the negative, déjà becomes ne pas encore (not yet).

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Caption 77 [fr]: Nous voyons donc que dans tous les exemples
Caption 77 [en]: So we see that in all the examples

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Le saviez-vous? - La Maison de l'Olive à Nice - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

What's the difference between tapenade and olive paste? What needs to be done to olives to make them consumable? Find out in this video!

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Caption 3 [fr]: Nous ne fourrons pas les olives.
Caption 3 [en]: We don't stuff the olives.

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - Ma mère fait tout pour briser mon couple - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Sabine's suspicions have been confirmed, and she's putting pressure on Gabriela to give up her relationship with her son. Gabriela's job is in jeopardy, and she can't afford to lose it.

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Caption 33 [fr]: Et tu comptais nous en parler un jour?
Caption 33 [en]: And you were planning on telling us about it one day?

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Alizée - Moi... Lolita

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Alizée sings her hit single "Moi... Lolita" (Me... Lolita) from her debut album Gourmandises (Delicacies). The song is based on the novel Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov.

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Caption 63 [fr]: La première, Lolita, nouveau millénaire, Alizée avec nous ce soir
Caption 63 [en]: The first, Lolita, new millennium, Alizée with us tonight

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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 2 [fr]: Pour ce nouveau numéro nous nous trouvons à Dourdan
Caption 2 [en]: For this new episode we are in Dourdan

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - Ma mère fait tout pour briser mon couple - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Gabriela works as a housekeeper for a middle-class family. Yann, the son of homeowner Sabine, falls in love with Gabriela and gradually the relationship blossoms, until it is no longer a secret. Sabine thinks Gabriela is not worthy of her son's interest.

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Caption 25 [fr]: Nous sommes à Paris dans le seizième arrondissement.
Caption 25 [en]: We are in Paris, in the sixteenth arrondissement.

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Voyage en France - Dourdan - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Dourdan is a historic town with a magnificent church called the Église de Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois. Renamed the "Temple of Victorious Reason" during the Revolution, the church now contains a statue that bears a striking resemblance to Darth Vader (known as Dark Vador in France).

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Caption 3 [fr]: Nous sommes à... à Dourdan
Caption 3 [en]: We are in... in Dourdan

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Le saviez-vous? - La Maison de l'Olive à Nice - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Learn all about olives with this olive merchant from Nice. This lovely store, "La Maison de l'Olive," has all kinds of olive delicacies from the region and across the Mediterranean basin. Did you know that the olive groves (oliveraies) in the Nice region were planted by the Greeks?

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Caption 66 [fr]: Alors, nous, on fait effectivement des olives de la région
Caption 66 [en]: So we indeed do olives from the region,

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