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Le Figaro - Elle a banni le sucre pendant un an - Part 1

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Danièle Gerkens, a journalist working for Elle magazine, decided to eliminate sugar from her diet for a year. She related her experience in her book Zéro Sucre, explaining that sugar is indeed an addiction, similar to a drug addiction. Are you ready to give up your sweet tooth?

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Caption 77 [fr]: on a prouvé que l'addiction était plus forte...
Caption 77 [en]: it was proven that the addiction was stronger...

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Le saviez-vous? - Conjugaison des verbes du 2ème groupe au passé simple

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Patricia teaches us how to conjugate second-group (-ir) verbs in the passé simple, or historical past. Unlike the more common passé composé, this tense is mainly used in literary works and in historical accounts.

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Caption 80 [fr]: certains des verbes les plus utilisés parmi les verbes du deuxième groupe.
Caption 80 [en]: some of the most commonly used verbs among the second-group verbs.

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - J'ai volé pour nourrir mon fils - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Sarah goes to work at the frozen food factory as usual, but her day is anything but ordinary. Temptation gets the best of her as her son's unethical suggestion echoes in her mind and drives her to do something she would never have imagined possible.

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Caption 7 [fr]: à faire des heures sup' [supplémentaires] à n'en plus pouvoir?
Caption 7 [en]: working long hours until you can't take it anymore?

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Alain Etoundi - Allez tous vous faire enfilmer! - Part 3

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Viewer Discretion Advised

In the final segment of Alain Etoundi's Allez tous vous faire enfilmer! (Go Film Yourselves!), Etoundi denounces the French criminal justice system, which tends to punish poor people of color more heavily than affluent white people who commit similar crimes.

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Caption 22 [fr]: [Quinze ans plus tôt]
Caption 22 [en]: [Fifteen years earlier]

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - J'ai volé pour nourrir mon fils - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

After her divorce, Sarah is raising her son Nino alone and is having trouble coping with his hostile behavior. Her financial situation doesn't allow for meat on the table more than twice a week. Nino proposes a dishonest solution, but his mother won't hear of it.

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Caption 63 [fr]: Ouais, mais... la vie serait plus facile
Caption 63 [en]: Yeah, but... life would be easier

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Alain Etoundi - Allez tous vous faire enfilmer! - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Viewer Discretion Advised

A black mother who joined the film project launched by Alain Etoundi is critical of movies that don't portray black people accurately and perpetuate stereotypes. She says there's a dearth of good movies with positive role models for young black people.

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Caption 27 [fr]: pour qu'il y ait plus de films comme le nôtre.
Caption 27 [en]: so there may be more films like ours.

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Lionel - au club canin - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Chic is a very special dog who is the epitome of excellent training and good behavior. Jean-Pierre explains some important factors regarding training, like the sex of the animal. Apparently, male dogs respond better to female trainers and vice versa.

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Caption 3 [fr]: Alors les... -Les nuances. -Les mâles sont plus faciles.
Caption 3 [en]: So the... -The nuances. -The males are easier.

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - Mes grands-parents sont infidèles - Part 9

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

René and Sylvette have decided to go their separate ways and have forgiven their granddaughter Louise. But Louise has one more surprise in store for René, and this time it works!

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Caption 1 [fr]: Quelques semaines plus tard,
Caption 1 [en]: A few weeks later,

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Le saviez-vous? - Les verbes du 2ème groupe

Difficulty: Beginner

France

In this video, you will learn to recognize the difference between first- and second-group verbs. First-group verbs end in -er in the infinitive and second-group verbs end in -ir. The verbs in each group have the same endings in each tense, which makes it a lot easier to learn how to conjugate them.

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Caption 37 [fr]: Et plus particulièrement, il suffit de vérifier
Caption 37 [en]: And more particularly, you just have to check

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Lionel - au club canin - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this video, Jean-Pierre teaches us some dog commands in various languages, using his border collie Chic as a model. He also tells us why some breeds are easier to train than others.

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Caption 4 [fr]: Oui ben là... -Est-ce que les chiens ont... ont... ont plus l'oreille
Caption 4 [en]: Yes, well there... -Do dogs have... have... have more of an ear

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Banlieues françaises - jeunes et policiers, l'impossible réconciliation? - Part 5

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Rokhaya Diallo draws a parallel between incidents of racial discrimination and police brutality in the United States and similar incidents in French suburbs. She notes that young people are mobilizing and becoming more politically engaged in the aftermath of the infamous Théo case.

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Caption 66 [fr]: Donc il l'est plus; maintenant il est avec... avec, euh... Benoît Hamon.
Caption 66 [en]: So he's no longer one; now he's with... with, uh... Benoît Hamon.

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - Mes grands-parents sont infidèles - Part 8

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

When René, Edna, Sylvette, and Louise finally come face to face with each other, Edna and Louise can no longer hide their game of deception. The confusion that ensues slowly clears as confessions come forth. Will they all recover and forgive one another?

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Caption 24 [fr]: Je croyais que vous vouliez plus jouer la comédie.
Caption 24 [en]: I thought that you didn't want to put on an act anymore.

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Le saviez-vous? - La Cigale et la fourmi - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Patricia sheds a new light on the renowned fable by Jean de La Fontaine, "The Cicada and the Ant." Maybe the cicada isn't such a bad character after all....

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Caption 36 [fr]: Mais c'est plus complexe que cela.
Caption 36 [en]: But it's more complex than that.

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Lionel - au club canin - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel interviews his cousin Jean-Pierre, who is a dog trainer. Jean-Pierre explains that dogs are like children: the sooner they are trained, the better. As a dog gets older, it becomes increasingly difficult to fix bad behaviors. However, it's never too late to teach an old dog new tricks...

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Caption 16 [fr]: plus de dix ans à vrai dire.
Caption 16 [en]: over ten years old to tell you the truth.

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Stromae - Te Quiero

Difficulty: Intermediate

Belgium

Stromae sings "Te Quiero" ("I love you" in Spanish). He describes a frustrating relationship that he knows he won't be able to quit.

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Caption 36 [fr]: Un môme de plus, un nouveau juge
Caption 36 [en]: One more kid, a new judge

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