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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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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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Le Journal - 2000 mètres sous les mers

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

A robot is sent into a deep ocean fault south of the Azores in the Atlantic Ocean. Its mission: to explore mineral chimneys and collect the organisms that can live there without sunlight.

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Caption 16 [fr]: chargée en gaz, qui apporte des nutriments au petit monde qui l'entoure.
Caption 16 [en]: loaded with gases, which brings nutrients to the little world that surrounds it.

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Dionysos - Neige

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

“Neige” is another fantastical number from French rock band Dionysos. The group, which has been together since high school, lists several film directors among their influences, and it’s not hard to see the impact of one in particular, Tim Burton, on the dark, whimsical stylings of this video.

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Caption 14 [fr]: Allez petit, fais-nous voir ça
Caption 14 [en]: Come on kid, show it to us

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Le Journal - Champagne

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

What’s in a name? Quite a lot, as it turns out! Thanks to changes in what land is covered by the Champagne Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée (or AOC, the French method of labeling foods and wines according to region), some farmers will soon be able to start cultivating official champagne. But not everyone is a winner—some farmers will lose this prestigious appellation.

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Caption 12 [fr]: C'est le cas de ce petit village de la Marne,
Caption 12 [en]: That's the case for this small village in the Marne,

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Le Journal - Défilé de mode - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The last in our four-part series on Paris fashion week showcases the latest collections of Lanvin by Alber Elbaz, Christian Lacroix and his luxury ready-to-wear, Louis Vuitton by Marc Jacobs, and Hermès by Jean-Paul Gaultier.

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Caption 17 [fr]: le petit prodige du groupe LVMH, qui a réussi un tour de force:
Caption 17 [en]: the little prodigy of the LVMH group, who managed an amazing feat:

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Manu le Malin - Album Biomechanik III - Part 2

Difficulty: Advanced

France

What’s the ideal first hardcore music experience? Where is the best place to hear hardcore? Is it true that ladies don’t dig hardcore as much as guys do? Hear what famed French musician and DJ Manu le Malin has to say in the final part of his interview.

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Caption 44 [fr]: et j'ai joué au petit matin, et j'ai pas joué hardcore, j'ai joué techno,
Caption 44 [en]: and I played in the wee hours, and I didn't play hardcore, I played techno,

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Manu le Malin - Album Biomechanik III - Part 1

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Celebrated French hardcore musician Manu le Malin sits down for an interview about his influences and his music. He talks in particular about the last part of his “Biomechanik” series, Biomechanik III: The Final Chapter, which was filmed at the H.R. Giger Museum in Gruyères, Switzerland.

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Caption 4 [fr]: C'était un coup de fusil quand j'étais tout petit.
Caption 4 [en]: I was frightened by a gunshot when I was very young.

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La Conspiration d'Orion - Conspiration 3/4

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

How would you feel if you found out that a government research program could effectively control the climate, remotely and silently destroy anything and everything, and manipulate human behavior? Sound like science fiction? Watch the latest installment of the Orion Conspiracy, and decide for yourself.

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Caption 23 [fr]: Les Belges en ont eu un petit aperçu lors de la vague de soi-disant OVNIs
Caption 23 [en]: The Belgians got a little glimpse of them during the wave of so-called UFOs

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Annie Chartrand - Grandir bilingue

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Canada

The lovely singer tells us in franglais about franglais. She discusses her experiences growing up bilingual in Quebec, her international travels, and why it’s not always a good idea to tell someone if you’ve ripped your pants…

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Caption 8 [fr]: et c'était un petit garçon anglophone. Et euh...
Caption 8 [en]: and he was a little English-speaking boy. And uh...

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