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Pascale - Propos sur la musique - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Canada

We hear a bit more from the lovely Pascale: on her beginnings in the musical world (she started early), her new album, and her music’s special combination of rhythm and soul.

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Caption 35 [fr]: Ça vous dit! C'est comme un petit, euh, un petit départ qui...
Caption 35 [en]: You're into it! It's like a little, uh, a little start that...

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Le Journal - Le dernier ancien combattant/14-18

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lazare Ponticelli was the last of the “Poilus” — French infantry soldiers who served in World War I. Ponticelli, who was actually an Italian immigrant to France, first served in the French Foreign Legion and then eventually, the Italian army. He died in 2008 at the age of 110.

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Caption 14 [fr]: Alors le petit ramoneur, immigré italien,
Caption 14 [en]: So the little chimney sweeper, an Italian immigrant,

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Bertrand Pierre - Autre Chose

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Bertrand Pierre is back to tell us more about his album: Autre Chose, a tribute to the lesser-known love poems of Victor Hugo.

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Caption 4 [fr]: Euh... je vais vous parler un petit peu de mon chemin
Caption 4 [en]: Uh... I'm going to tell you a little about my career

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Le Journal - Dilemme des restaurants

Difficulty: Beginner

France

How should a restaurant owner go about finding the right recipe for passing on the increasing cost of basic ingredients to the customer? By math or by witchcraft?

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Caption 4 [fr]: Les quantités ont baissé et c'est vrai que... on fait un petit plus attention aux endroits que...
Caption 4 [en]: Portions have decreased and it's true that... we pay a little more attention to places that...

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Bertrand Pierre - Sa formation

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Remember Bertrand Pierre, the smooth crooner of “Si vous n’avez rien à me dire”? He’s back to tell us about his background as a musician, and how he stumbled across the Victor Hugo idea…

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Caption 4 [fr]: un petit peu dans les pays francophones,
Caption 4 [en]: a little bit in French-speaking countries,

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Hugo Bonneville - Gagner sa vie

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Canada

Hugo Bonneville talks about the relationship between music and money, the success of his first album, and offers us all the sound advice to take a good long look at ourselves.

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Caption 5 [fr]: ces gens-là se sont casés dans la vie, alors je me retrouve un petit peu, euh, seul en ce moment,
Caption 5 [en]: these people landed a job in their life, so I find myself a little, uh, alone right now,

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Fanny & Corrine parlent de la mode - La mode à bas prix

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Fanny and Corrine show us that you don’t have to be rich to be fashionable! On this shopping trip, we get tips on where to get the best trends for less—and what the final touch to any outfit should be.

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Caption 15 [fr]: Un petit... un petit... un petit chemisier, à l'intérieur un petit débardeur vert, un petit T-shirt jaune.
Caption 15 [en]: A small... a small... a small blouse, with a small green tank top inside, a small yellow T-shirt.

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Fanny & Corrine parlent de la mode - Tendances du printemps - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Learn how to always be “à la mode” from Fanny and Corrine. These lovely ladies take us on a tour of some NYC fashion hot spots to tell us all about what’s hot in the springtime.

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Caption 12 [fr]: Et donc on va vous expliquer un petit peu les tend'... la tendance du printemps.
Caption 12 [en]: And so we're going explain to you a little bit the tre'... the trends of spring.

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Charles-Baptiste - Je sais

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Charles-Baptiste returns to us with a new existential song: “Je sais,” or how he moved on to a new stage in life.

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Caption 18 [fr]: Et il faut se faire une raison: je ne suis plus un petit garçon
Caption 18 [en]: And I have to deal with it: I'm no longer a little boy

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Les Nubians - Que le mot soit perle

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Les Nubians record with the late great father of Bossa Nova, Henri Salvador. “Que le mot soit perle” is a sweet song dedicated to all children orphaned by AIDS.

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Caption 5 [fr]: Un petit mot humain
Caption 5 [en]: A little human word

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F&F Pizza - Chez F&F - Part 1

Difficulty: Advanced

Canada

Meet Jean-Phillipe Talbot, pizza man at Montréal’s F&F Pizza. F&F is a gourmet pizza shop, owned by the multi-talented company Rhinoceros, where Francophones and Anglophones alike can come to savor a slice (those who can afford it, that is).

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Caption 33 [fr]: Euh... ils sont... ils en sont à leur troisième succursale comme je t'ai... je t'ai expliqué un petit peu plus tôt.
Caption 33 [en]: Uh... they're... they're on their third branch, as I explained to you... to you a bit earlier.

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Le Journal - Choisir un nom d'enfant

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Choosing a name for a new baby is just one of the tricky tasks parents face. Should you go with a classic, like Jeanne; a trendy name, like Mathéo; or an old-school throwback, like Alphonse? It can be tough to decide, but if all else fails, just use your alphabet blocks!

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Caption 23 [fr]: même si pour l'instant, ça peut nous paraître un petit peu incongru.
Caption 23 [en]: even if for now, that may seem a bit incongruous to us.

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Phil Cambron - Ses révélations

Difficulty: Advanced

Canada

Singer-songwriter Phil Cambron talks about the “chanson vivante” scene in Montreal, his musical tastes and his ambitions.

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Caption 34 [fr]: Je suis là présentement... j'étais en production de... de... en studio un petit peu,
Caption 34 [en]: I'm here right now... I was working on... on... in the studio a little,

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Le Journal - Les Ch'tis

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

The “ch’ti” dialect and way of life of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region in northern France is the subject of the movie Bienvenue chez les ch’tis, number two on the all-time French box office list and the first French movie on the list. Actor-director Dany Boon knew just the right mix of ingredients to make it stick.

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Caption 12 [fr]: Ah, on appelait ça une tasse de café avec un... un petit genièvre, une bistoule.
Caption 12 [en]: Ah, we used to call that a cup of coffee with a... a bit of Dutch gin, a "bistoule."

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Dionysos - Miss Acacia

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Miss Acacia is a character in the novel La Mécanique du Cœur (“The Mechanics of the Heart”) by Dionysos lead singer Mathias Malzieu; in it, the protagonist falls madly in love with her.

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Caption 14 [fr]: Toi petit cœur, hérisson acéré
Caption 14 [en]: You sweetheart, sharp hedgehog

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