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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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Les zooriginaux - 2 Tel père tel fils - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Who knew that young animals go to school while their parents are at the psychiatrist's? At least that's what happens in this cartoon, Les Zooriginaux, known in English as "Wild Instinct."

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Caption 24 [fr]: Car la petite pousse de bambou finit toujours par faire de l'ombre au grand chêne.
Caption 24 [en]: For the little bamboo shoot always ends up overshadowing the large oak.

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Le Tapissier - L'artisan et son travail

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

René-Marc Cohen, a very fine artisan, will show us how to upholster a squat armchair, "un fauteuil crapaud" (literally a "toad armchair").

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Caption 22 [fr]: on va tracer avec une petite craie pour bien souligner toutes ces parties-là.
Caption 22 [en]: we'll trace with a little piece of chalk to clearly outline all those parts.

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Il était une fois: L’Espace - 3. La planète verte - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Pierrot wakes up on a beautiful and verdant planet, whose king tells him of the damage done by some evil-minded visitors long ago.

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Caption 31 [fr]: Quant à vous, vous allez me faire une petite reconnaissance en forêt.
Caption 31 [en]: As for you, you're going on a little reconnaissance mission for me in the forest.

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Voyage en France - La Ville de Chartres

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Discover the charms of the city of Chartres with our famous guide, Daniel Benchimol! With medieval roads, a famous cathedral, and the International Stained Glass Center, Chartres is a must-see destination for your next trip to France.

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Caption 23 [fr]: La rue de la Petite Cordonnerie.
Caption 23 [en]: The rue de la Petite Cordonnerie [Little Cobbler Street].

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Suzy Le Blanc - Romancière, poète

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Suzy Le Blanc is a poet, novelist, and short story writer who sets much of her work in the French region of Lorraine. In this video, she talks to us about some of her books and her passion for storytelling.

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Caption 5 [fr]: Chaque petite nouvelle, je les ai placées autour de Nancy, euh...
Caption 5 [en]: Each little short story, I set them around Nancy, uh...

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Il était une fois: L’Espace - 3. La planète verte - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Pierrot and his copilot are sent on an observation mission to Andromeda. They stop by an intriguing Green Planet with a wonderful spongy surface.

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Caption 16 [fr]: Tiens! Une petite planète par là. Allons voir ça de plus près.
Caption 16 [en]: Look! A little planet over there. Let's go take a closer look at it.

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Lionel - Les devinettes

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Listen to Lionel Brigeot, alias Hugo Dampf, who challenges everyone with his riddles, puns, and attempts at humor. You'll learn to understand how riddles work in French and perhaps create your own!

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Caption 46 [fr]: Une petite astuce également pour Monsieur Napoléon.
Caption 46 [en]: A little joke for Mister Napoleon as well.

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Thomas - Thomas et sa maison

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Thomas is enjoying a new challenge: building his own home. He is making good progress after several months of work on his new project.

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Caption 32 [fr]: celle qu'on voit, euh... avec le mur bleu et la petite porte, et la partie ici,
Caption 32 [en]: the one that you see, uh... with the blue wall and the little door, and this part here,

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Michel - Les Macarons Parisiens

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Michel Le Leannec, a pastry chef from Meudon, won fourth place in the 2011 contest for best macaroon in the Île-de-France region of France. French macaroons (les macarons) come in many flavors, colors, and sizes, but in this video Michel will teach us his award-winning recipe for Italian meringue macarons filled with salted butter caramel custard. Don't miss this mouth-watering video!

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Caption 36 [fr]: et surtout ça va donner une petite touche finie. C'est sympa, non?
Caption 36 [en]: and mostly it'll give a little finishing touch. That's nice, isn't it?

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L'auteur - Bernard Colin

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Bernard Colin, an author and publisher, shows us two books from his publishing house, Rebelyne Press: a work of autofiction that takes place in the 1970s and a collection of humorous short stories.

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Caption 28 [fr]: C'est très difficile donc de diriger une petite maison d'édition.
Caption 28 [en]: So it's very difficult to manage a small publishing house.

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Il était une fois: L’Espace - 3. La planète verte - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The first part of this animated series, Once Upon a Time... Space, deals with epic battles in the Andromeda galaxy.

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Caption 34 [fr]: il domine les galaxies du Cygne, du Lézard, de la Petite Ourse et du Dragon.
Caption 34 [en]: he dominates the galaxies of the Swan, the Lizard, the Little Bear, and the Dragon.

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Voyage dans Paris - Saint-Germain-des-Prés

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

From the smallest square to the oldest tree in Paris, our very knowledgable guide, Daniel Benchimol, knows where to look. Enjoy strolling through the sixth arrondissement and making some interesting discoveries!

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Caption 13 [fr]: à tel point qu'on l'a surnommée pendant un moment "La petite Genève".
Caption 13 [en]: to such an extent that, for a while, people nicknamed it "Little Geneva."

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