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Le Jour où tout a basculé - Mes grands-parents sont infidèles - Part 6

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Louise begs Edna to try to make Sylvette jealous enough so that she will go back to her husband René. Edna, posing as René's new girlfriend Annette, agrees to confront Sylvette to tell her that she's in love with him.

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Caption 27 [fr]: Edna, je vous demande juste de m'aider encore un tout petit peu.
Caption 27 [en]: Edna, I am just asking you to help me a tiny bit longer.

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Le saviez-vous? - La couleur blanche et ses expressions - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Patricia takes us on a "white journey in the French language" by explaining some common French expressions using the word blanc/blanche (white).

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Caption 58 [fr]: Un petit blanc ou une bière blanche
Caption 58 [en]: A little white or a white beer

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Lionel - à Lindre-Basse - Part 7

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Jean-Pierre teaches Lionel some more interesting facts about the birds of the Saulnes region. For example, did you know that a swan can eat up to three kilos of grass per day? How's that for a vegetarian diet!

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Caption 14 [fr]: Un petit mot, peut-être, sur cette vue paradisiaque?
Caption 14 [en]: A quick word, perhaps, on this idyllic view?

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Voyage en France - Montmorency - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel Benchimol shows us around Montmorency, a town famous for being the residence of the Enlightenment philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who lived in the "House of Gossips." Montmorency also boasts a medieval communal oven and is near a sulfurous spring that is open to the public!

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Caption 38 [fr]: Et si vous êtes en petit groupe, il est conseillé d'appeler pour réserver.
Caption 38 [en]: And if you're in a small group, it's advisable to call for a reservation.

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Banlieues françaises - jeunes et policiers, l'impossible réconciliation? - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

In the suburbs of Paris, women have formed an association called "Femmes-Relais" (Women's Relay) to support each other and their children in times of difficulty. Some parents worry their children are being held in police custody whenever they're late coming home. Politicians like Daniel Goldberg are taking an interest in the situation.

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Caption 12 [fr]: Allez expliquer ça à un petit... à un... un petit gamin de six ans
Caption 12 [en]: Go explain that to a little... to a... a little six-year-old kid

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Le saviez-vous? - La couleur blanche et ses expressions - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Patricia tells us a fun story peppered with expressions involving the word blanc/blanche (white). You might recognize some of them from English, such as hisser le drapeau blanc (to raise the white flag), but others are a bit more difficult to decipher.

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Caption 36 [fr]: Allons prendre un petit blanc ou une bière blanche.
Caption 36 [en]: Let's go have a little glass of white [wine] or a white beer.

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Lionel - à Lindre-Basse - Part 6

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Jean-Pierre gives Lionel some more information about the habits of storks. These migratory birds can be trained to be sedentary so visitors have a chance to see them year-round.

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Caption 57 [fr]: dans le bec du petit ci'... petit cigogneau.
Caption 57 [en]: in the beak of the little st'... little stork chick.

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Maître Gims - Sapés comme jamais ft. Niska

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Maître Gims teams up with Niska for "Sapés comme jamais." Dressed as a sapeur, a sort of Congolese fashionista, Maître Gims embraces his Congolese identity with panache and impeccable style.

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Caption 39 [fr]: "Handek" à ta go [gonzesse], sale petit coquin, t'es cocu
Caption 39 [en]: "Handek" ["watch out" in Arabic] for your chick, dirty little bastard, you're a cuckold

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Banlieues françaises - jeunes et policiers, l'impossible réconciliation? - Part 1

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Journalists spent a week in Aulnay-sous-Bois interviewing young people about ongoing issues and clashes with the police. In the Cité des Trois Mille district, which includes 3,000 public housing units, cultural and sporting organizations are stepping in to make up for the lack of public services.

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Caption 62 [fr]: Des blagues racistes, un petit coup...
Caption 62 [en]: Racist jokes, a little punch...

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Le saviez-vous? - La couleur noire et ses expressions

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Patricia is in a dark mood.... Learn some expressions using the word noir (dark, black) and express your dark feelings in French!

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Caption 42 [fr]: Demain j'irai prendre un petit noir avec lui.
Caption 42 [en]: Tomorrow I'll go have a little black coffee with him.

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - Mes grands-parents sont infidèles - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Louise is doing all she can to rescue her grandparents' marriage. She doesn't want them to throw away the forty-two years they had together. She storms off to talk to her grandmother, having had no luck with her grandfather.

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Caption 22 [fr]: Ah ben, excuse-moi d'être un petit peu étonné, quand même!
Caption 22 [en]: Oh, well, forgive me for being a little bit surprised, anyhow!

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Voyage en France - Montmorency - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel takes us to Montmorency, a historic town in the Paris region that dates all the way back to the ninth century. Among many other attractions, the town features a public garden dedicated to Lucie Aubrac, one of the most famous figures of the French Resistance during World War II.

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Caption 40 [fr]: Un clocheton c'est un petit peu comme un clocher mais en... en plus petit.
Caption 40 [en]: A pinnacle is a little bit like a bell tower but... smaller.

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Voyage en France - Chambourcy

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Discover Chambourcy with Daniel Benchimol. Chambourcy is a small town on the outskirts of Paris that is full of charming surprises. An interesting garden called Le Désert de Retz will take you back through time with eclectic constructions reminiscent of extinct civilizations.

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Caption 45 [fr]: Il faut s'organiser un petit peu.
Caption 45 [en]: You have to get organized a little bit.

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Lionel - à Lindre-Basse - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel and his cousin Jean-Pierre visit a nature park in the Saulnois region with some interesting wildlife. Storks are a major attraction in the region. Unlike other storks, these storks don't migrate, but stay year-round.

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Caption 82 [fr]: Le petit c'est le cigogneau, hein je crois? -Oui.
Caption 82 [en]: The little one [stork] is a "cigogneau," right, I think? -Yes.

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Contes de fées - Le chat botté - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In the second part of "Le Chat Botté" (Puss in Boots), the cat arranges for a poor boy to meet and marry a princess. He sets up an elaborate scheme that works perfectly according to plan.

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Caption 30 [fr]: puisse se transformer en quelque chose d'aussi petit qu'une souris.
Caption 30 [en]: can transform into something as small as a mouse.

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