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Les Héritiers - Les bonnes recettes - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Canada

For more than ten years, Les Héritiers [The Heirs] restaurant in Montreal, which specializes in French cuisine made from Quebecois ingredients, has been concocting dishes like risotto with marinated ginger and rack of lamb with garlic and rosemary sauce. But the food isn’t the only reason for the popularity of Les Héritiers: you can bring your own wine!

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Caption 7 [fr]: Je suis en train de préparer un petit riz.
Caption 7 [en]: I am preparing a little rice.

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Le Journal - La grippe aviaire - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Billions (oui, milliards!) of birds migrate from Africa every year, and with bird flu developing rapidly, their arrival to France is closely monitored at the Marquenterre National Park. Learn how French scientists and engineers there have taken innovative measures to make it difficult for the virus to settle in the mud where the birds like to feed.

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Caption 6 [fr]: Il y a un petit peu de roux sur la poitrine et sous la gorge. Euh... c'est de la latérite.
Caption 6 [en]: There is a little red on the chest and under the throat. Uh... it's laterite.

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Disiz la Peste - Dans tes rêves - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Celebrated French rapper Disiz La Peste (Dis Is The Plague) began his acting career in Dans tes rêves (In Your Dreams), a film that relates the story of a young rapper trying to make his way in the music industry.

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Caption 1 [fr]: Alors mon petit, tu veux faire quoi plus tard?
Caption 1 [en]: So my little one, what do you want to do when you grow up?

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Le Journal - Manifestations des lycéens - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Peaceful student demonstrations were marred by the intrusion of young rioters, non-students who joined in and caused mayhem and violence. Now the student organizers have accepted the aid of union members and are working together to keep the march safe.

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Caption 1 [fr]: Le service d'ordre vient de refouler un petit groupe de la manifestation.
Caption 1 [en]: The police have just pushed back a small group of demonstrators.

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Le Journal - Nuits artistiques

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Nuits Blanches, French ambiance, old movies and nouvel art make Paris by night even more exciting.

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Caption 12 [fr]: les drapeaux de tout un continent comme une invitation à se rencontrer jusqu'au petit matin.
Caption 12 [en]: the flags from an entire continent like an invitation to meet until the wee hours of the morning.

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Le Journal - L'île de Pâques

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Twenty-eight years ago, Frenchman Michel Garcia fell in love with Easter Island, home of clear blue water and the breathtaking moai. Since then he’s kept busy as a diving instructor and doting father, and he even found time to discover a new species of shellfish!

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Caption 20 [fr]: et trois enfants dont un petit dernier de neuf mois, Tokiroa.
Caption 20 [en]: and three children, including a little youngest one of nine months, Tokiroa.

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Le Journal - École de pilotage

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Ten months of training go into learning to fly a helicopter, but less time is being spent aloft. More and more flight hours are logged in a hyper-realistic simulator that allows young pilots to hone their skills without ever leaving the earth.

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Caption 27 [fr]: des... des vols dans des conditions un petit peu périlleuses, euh... donc tout est possible.
Caption 27 [en]: flights in somewhat perilous conditions, uh... so everything is possible.

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Le Journal - Sans domicile fixe

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Homelessness is difficult for anyone, but for women the dangers can be more acute and the experience even more alienating than for men.

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Caption 20 [fr]: Au fond, le seul petit bonheur de la journée, c'est retrouver sa copine, rêver un peu,
Caption 20 [en]: Basically, the only small happiness of the day is meeting up with her friend again, dreaming a little,

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Le Journal - Marianne

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Marianne is the symbol of the French Republic and has roots in the revolution of 1789. But are French mayors ready to represent the France of today with a Marianne of color?

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Caption 19 [fr]: Je pense que dans mon petit pays, ça ferait jaser.
Caption 19 [en]: I think that in my little town, it would make people talk.

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Le Journal - L'Institut du goût

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Students at the Institute of Taste must carefully imbibe the finest of champagnes, delicacies, and other gourmet specialties.

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Caption 25 [fr]: euh... de célébrer avec un petit peu de champagne.
Caption 25 [en]: uh... to celebrate with a little champagne.

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Le Journal - Les navigateurs du Vendée Globe - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Sailing around the world in a boat by yourself might seem like the ultimate in machismo, but the Vendée Globe is not only a man’s game.

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Caption 1 [fr]: Petit prodige, euh... de la technique, Anne Liardet...
Caption 1 [en]: A small feat, uh... of technology, Anne Liardet...

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Le Journal - Saint-Exupéry - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Sixty years after the disappearance of literary great Saint-Exupéry, a commemoration is held on the Mediterranean Sea at the spot where his airplane fell.

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Caption 18 [fr]: et puis, évidemment, "Le petit prince".
Caption 18 [en]: and then, of course, "The Little Prince."

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Verane Pick - Promotion - Part 1

Difficulty: Newbie

France

Verane explains Yabla’s world to you, and all in under two minutes! Don’t worry if you don’t speak French. It’s all subtitled, with plenty of features to help you soak up any new language tout de suite! What are you waiting for? Fire up the video!

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Caption 17 [fr]: Il suffit d'appuyer sur le petit clic et ça disparaît!
Caption 17 [en]: All you need to do is click on the little button and it disappears!

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Le Journal - Milady

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The Three Musketeers is one of the greatest tales of brotherhoood in the Western canon, but this new movie from José Daillant shifts the focus to a female character, Milady, the story’s femme fatale. Look for the lovely and inimitable Arielle Dombasle in the starring role.

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Caption 17 [fr]: Et l'œuvre d'Alexandre Dumas prend un petit air décalé
Caption 17 [en]: And Alexandre Dumas' work seems a bit "off"

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Le Journal - Préjugés chez les employeurs

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

“What’s in a name?” asks Shakespeare’s Juliet. Apparently quite a lot for the French, who consistently pass over job candidates whose names aren’t “ethnically French” – particularly those of African origin.

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Caption 20 [fr]: Petit test.
Caption 20 [en]: A little test.

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