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Margaux et Manon - Le corbeau et le renard

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Margaux and Manon recite "The Crow and the Fox," a famous fable by the French poet Jean de La Fontaine, and explain some of the more difficult lines for us. It's a good poem to memorize to improve your French!

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Caption 70 [fr]: Voilà. Si notre petite fable vous a plu, on vous en racontera d'autres une prochaine fois.
Caption 70 [en]: That's it. If our little fable has pleased you, we will tell you more some other time.

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Margaux et Manon - Emplois du verbe faire

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Faire (to make or to do) is one of the most basic verbs in the French language, and it is used in a large number of expressions and idioms. Margaux and Manon give us some colorful examples of the uses of faire in this video.

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Caption 17 [fr]: Attention, petite subtilité! Faire un enfant, c'est avoir un bébé.
Caption 17 [en]: Careful, a slight subtlety! "Faire un enfant" is to make a baby.

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Alsace 20 - Grain de Sel: le Lycée hôtelier Alexandre Dumas

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Nicolas introduces some specialties of the Alsace region at the Alexandre Dumas Catering, Hospitality, and Tourism College. In this episode, pastry chefs bake some delicious cookies called "mannele" and "bredele." It's never too early to start planning your next New Year's fête!

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Caption 40 [fr]: la même quantité de poudre d'amande, une petite pincée de sel
Caption 40 [en]: the same amount of almond powder, a small pinch of salt,

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Margaux et Manon - Conjugaison du verbe faire

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Our charming teachers, Margaux and Manon, will inflict the verb "faire" on you. They did their best to make this grammar lesson on conjugation relatively painless.

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Caption 14 [fr]: Alors là, petite finesse.
Caption 14 [en]: So here, a slight subtlety.

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Voyage en France - La Normandie: Trouville

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel Benchimol takes us on a stroll through Trouville, a town in Normandy that's famous for its boardwalk. A favorite of novelist Gustave Flaubert, this charming town also boasts some beautiful villas, a fishing port, and delicious restaurants.

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Caption 6 [fr]: une petite ville normande et aussi une charmante station touristique.
Caption 6 [en]: a small Norman town and also a charming tourist resort.

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LCM - Concert: La Folia à l'abbaye Saint-Victor

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

The teenage violist Valentin Tournet plays an excerpt from Marin Marais' "Folies d'Espagne" (Follies of Spain) in this interview. He talks about the folia, an early music theme from Spain, as well as the passion for music he developed at a very young age.

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Caption 3 [fr]: Alors on va justement parler de ce récital, donc, une petite minute,
Caption 3 [en]: So we'll just talk about this recital, so, a short minute,

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Voyage en France - Reims - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel Benchimol continues our tour of Reims. You'll not only see the Cathedral, but a lot of intriguing architectural styles, art deco buildings, and a fifties structure merged with a medieval tower.

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Caption 26 [fr]: mélangé et fu'... quasiment fusionné avec une petite tourelle médiévale.
Caption 26 [en]: combined and me'... practically merged with a little medieval turret.

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TV Sud - Fête de la Tortue 2012

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

If you're a turtle lover, you may be interested in the Fête de la tortue (Turtle Festival), which takes place in a different French town every year. This year's festival was in July, so you and your turtles will have to wait for next year's!

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Caption 3 [fr]: Comment elle s'appelle votre petite tortue de... -Alors ça, c'est... -de trois cents grammes?
Caption 3 [en]: What's the name of your little tortoise of... -So this is… -of three hundred grams?

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Voyage en France - La Normandie: Honfleur

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Honfleur is a Norman town whose beauty was immortalized by the Impressionists. Come take a trip with Daniel Benchimol through this historic town that inspired an entire art movement.

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Caption 22 [fr]: Sur cette petite place charmante, la place Sainte-Catherine,
Caption 22 [en]: On this lovely little square, Sainte-Catherine Square,

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Il était une fois: les Explorateurs - 10. Amerigo Vespucci - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

It's back to the past, with the Once Upon a Time series. How did America get its name? Take a trip back to Renaissance Italy in this first episode of The Explorers to find out.

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Caption 42 [fr]: Mais alors, la terre serait plus petite qu'on ne le croit?
Caption 42 [en]: But then, the earth would be smaller than we think?

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Oldelaf et Monsieur D - Le Café

Difficulty: Beginner

France

A lot of people claim to be addicted to coffee, but hopefully none of them are as hooked on caffeine as the man in this high-energy music video from Oldelaf and Monsieur D. As long as they're not killing people like he is, they're probably fine!

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Caption 2 [fr]: Ma petite journée
Caption 2 [en]: To my nice day

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Voyage en France - La Normandie: La Côte Fleurie

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel Benchimol continues his tour of the Normandy coast with stops in Tourgéville, Houlgate, and Dives-sur-Mer. Along the way, he shows us some interesting houses built on top of German bunkers from World War II.

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Caption 25 [fr]: la petite maison et en dessous, les fondations, le bunker.
Caption 25 [en]: the small house, and underneath, the foundations, the bunker.

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Claudine Thibout Pivert - 2ème Salon du livre et des vieux papiers Mazamet

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Claudine Thibout Pivert, a prolific poet, musician, and artist, talks about her latest books and the source of her inspiration, her childhood spent in the beautiful Anjou region of France.

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Caption 39 [fr]: Alors c'est une miniature, parce qu'elle est encore plus petite que cette... cette reproduction.
Caption 39 [en]: So it's a miniature, because she's even smaller than this... this reproduction.

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Les zooriginaux - Léa jacta est - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Leon and Lea are a lion couple who are going through a bit of a rough patch. As King of the Jungle, Leon might think he can come home at all hours of the night, but Lea has other plans for him... The Latin phrase says, "Alea jacta est," meaning "the die has been cast." Here, it's Lea who's casting them.

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Caption 2 [fr]: Oh, comme tu es belle ce soir ma petite gazelle!
Caption 2 [en]: Oh, how beautiful you are tonight, my little gazelle!

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Il était une fois: L’Espace - 6. La révolte des robots - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In the first episode of this series on outer space, the humans are faced with a robot rebellion. Now who will serve them coffee in their hovercrafts?

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Caption 2 [fr]: Mais je te croyais au dodo, ma petite chérie!
Caption 2 [en]: But I thought you were in beddy-bye, my little darling!

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