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Voyage en France - Compiègne - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

As Daniel explains, Joan of Arc is a bit of an "obsession" among French people, and tributes to her can be found in many towns across France. Compiègne has particularly close ties to the country's patron saint—after assisting the town in its fight against the Burgundians, she was captured by them in 1430.

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Caption 23 [fr]: Voilà la petite leçon d'histoire.
Caption 23 [en]: That's the little history lesson.

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Lionel - Strasbourg - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Lionel gives us a tour of Strasbourg, the largest city in France's northeast region. He shows us its beautiful canals, bridges, half-timbered houses, and squares, as well as its famous cathedral.

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Caption 21 [fr]: la petite France avec de nombreux restaurants et de nombreux cafés.
Caption 21 [en]: La Petite France [Little France], with many restaurants and many coffee shops.

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - À la recherche de mon père - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Enzo meets Angèle's dad Brice again and seizes the opportunity to take a picture of him by pretending to admire his tattoo. His hopes of finding his real father are dashed when he shows his mother the photograph, and she doesn't recognize the face. The only bright spot in all this is that Angèle may not be his sister after all.

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Caption 20 [fr]: Il a une petite idée derrière la tête. -Merci.
Caption 20 [en]: He has another little idea in mind. -Thank you.

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - À la recherche de mon père - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Enzo's mother finally admits that she knew of his father's whereabouts and asks for Enzo's forgiveness for keeping it a secret. Enzo is still in shock and not ready to forgive her. He's following another lead, a young woman who may eventually take him to his real father.

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Caption 3 [fr]: Ils avaient amassé une petite fortune...
Caption 3 [en]: They had amassed a small fortune...

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Contes de fées - Le roi grenouille - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel reads us the fairy tale, "The Frog King" (also known as "The Princess and the Frog"). The princess loses her precious gold ball in a pond. A frog appears, recovers it for her, and asks for a small favor in return. Will the princess honor her promise?

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Caption 21 [fr]: mais si tu me laisses manger dans ta petite assiette en or,
Caption 21 [en]: but if you let me eat off your little gold plate,

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Voyage en France - Vexin Normand - Gisors - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In the last part of his tour of the town of Gisors, Daniel shows us an interesting structure called a cabinet de verdure (greenery chamber) as well as a waterfall that served as the major driving force of the town's economy for centuries. Daniel also tells us the story of Philippe Auguste and the Golden Virgin, which you won't want to miss!

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Caption 21 [fr]: de la petite ville où nous nous trouvons maintenant.
Caption 21 [en]: of the small town where we are now.

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Zaz - Comme ci comme ça

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Zaz sings a very catchy tune, "Comme ci comme ça," from her album Recto Verso. "Comme ci comme ça" usually means "so-so," but in her song, Zaz chooses to give it a more literal meaning, "like this, like that." She wants others to accept her as she is. And to press her point, she never actually appears as herself in the video!

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Caption 15 [fr]: Écoute, écoute-la cette petite voix
Caption 15 [en]: Listen, listen to that small voice

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Voyage en France - Vexin Normand - Gisors - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel Benchimol braves the freezing temperature to show us around the beautiful medieval town of Gisors in the Vexin region in the north of France. The highlight of the town is its eleventh-century castle, which is currently undergoing major restoration work. The castle was once surrounded by a moat, and some of its towers still remain, with imposing names like "Prisoner's Tower" and "Chilly Tower."

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Caption 3 [fr]: Gisors est une magnifique petite cité médiévale,
Caption 3 [en]: Gisors is a magnificent little medieval town,

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Lionel - Cathédrale Saint-Étienne de Metz

Difficulty: Beginner

France

We continue our visit to Metz with Lionel, who takes us inside the Saint-Étienne Cathedral, famous for its huge stained glass windows. After that, if you don't feel like walking, you can take the little tourist train and enjoy the sites at a leisurely pace.

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Caption 3 [fr]: Mais également dans cette petite rue,
Caption 3 [en]: But also in this small street,

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Télé Lyon Métropole - Chaillé-les-Marais : Une biscuiterie 100 % familiale

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Take a tour of this family-run cookie factory in Chaillé-les-Marais, where each family member is responsible for a different stage of production, from harvesting the wheat to packaging the final product. They take the idea of "homemade" to a whole new level!

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Caption 7 [fr]: Régine est l'élément polyvalent de la petite tribu,
Caption 7 [en]: Régine is the multi-skilled element of the small tribe,

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Télé Lyon Métropole - Street art: le yarn bombing, c'est quoi?

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Audrey is a practitioner of yarn bombing, a street art movement originating from the United States. You'll find her art all over the city of Lyon. She crochets colorful pieces that she uses to cover anything that takes her fancy, from bicycle seats to lamp posts and a few statues.

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Caption 9 [fr]: et en même temps, c'est une petite madeleine de Proust.
Caption 9 [en]: and at the same time, it's a little Proustian madeleine.

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Cap 24 - Alessandro Di Sarno à la Foire d'Automne

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Alessandro goes to the Autumn Fair, a craft show that takes place every October at Porte de Versailles, near Paris. He is not afraid to voice his opinion and pokes gentle fun at the artistic attempts with his clever word play and good-humored insults, which elicit a few chuckles.

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Caption 23 [fr]: une... une petite famille de touffes. -Voilà, une petite famille de touffes comme vous voyez là. -Oui.
Caption 23 [en]: a... a small family of tufts. -There you are, a small family of tufts as you see there. -Yes.

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Micro-Trottoirs - Qu’est ce qui vous fait vous lever le matin?

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

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What gets you up in the morning? That's the question asked of these Parisians in this video. Some answers may surprise you, amuse you, even shock you a little. Apart from basic biological reasons or urges, there are plenty of incentives for getting out of bed... some of them touching and even inspiring.

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Caption 52 [fr]: Le soleil qui luit, la petite promenade, le vent sur votre museau... des gens qu'on rencontre,
Caption 52 [en]: The sun that's shining, a little walk, the wind on your face... people you meet,

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Voyage dans Paris - Mireille Bailly-Coulange

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Daniel Benchimol stops by the thirteenth arrondissement of Paris and takes us inside Mireille Bailly-Coulange's sculpture studio. You'll see her exquisite art made out of Plexiglas and learn about her fascinating technique. And... don't be alarmed if you hear her dog's loud bark toward the end of the video. He's just sharing his enthusiasm.

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Caption 16 [fr]: C'est celui de l'enseigne, euh... qui est en petite épaisseur dans l'enseigne
Caption 16 [en]: It's that of the sign, uh... which is of little thickness for signs,

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Voyage en France - Carrières-sur-Seine

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel Benchimol takes us to the quiet village of Carrières-sur-Seine, a mere twenty kilometers from Paris. He points out a fun bench called Le banc des menteurs (The Liars' Bench), where one can sit and presumably tell lies until closing time at 7 p.m. Then the liars can take cover in one of the nearby cave dwellings carved straight out of the cliffs.

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Caption 26 [fr]: sur la charmante petite place de la Mairie
Caption 26 [en]: on the charming little Place de la Mairie [Town Hall Square]

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