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Sally Folk - Les heures de visite

Difficulty: Intermediate

Canada

Sally Folk's "Les heures de visite" (Visiting Hours) is an uptempo but melancholy song about a woman who pines for her lover behind bars and hopes to be reunited with him some day.

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Caption 10 [fr]: Pour nous, il n'y en a plus
Caption 10 [en]: For us, there's nothing left

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Voyage en France - Conflans-Sainte-Honorine - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel concludes his tour of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine by taking us along the quays to see some of the barges that are docked there. Among them, you will find a houseboat that doubles as a chapel and the last tug boat ever built in France!

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Caption 4 [fr]: qui est le plus grand musée en France consacré à ce sujet.
Caption 4 [en]: which is the largest museum in France devoted to that subject.

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - Notre appartement est hanté - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Claire and Harold invite their new neighbors for drinks to get acquainted and thank them for their help. As the evening unfolds, the conversation becomes strained and strange things start to happen. Claire and Harold are left with many unanswered questions.

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Caption 33 [fr]: En espérant que vous resterez plus longtemps que les autres. -Chéri.
Caption 33 [en]: Here's hoping that you'll stay longer than the others. -Darling.

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Mathilde - Le cimetière du Père Lachaise

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Mathilde takes us to Père-Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, where some very famous people are buried. You'll find the graves of Jim Morrison, Guillaume Apollinaire, Honoré de Balzac, Beaumarchais, and Frédéric Chopin, to name a few. The cemetery attracts many visitors from around the world.

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Caption 4 [fr]: Le cimetière du Père-Lachaise, c'est le plus grand cimetière de Paris.
Caption 4 [en]: The Père-Lachaise cemetery is the biggest cemetery in Paris.

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - Notre appartement est hanté - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Soon after Claire and Harold move into their new Parisian apartment, strange things start to open. Their new neighbors explain that their new home may have been the scene of a murder. Claire believes it, but Harold remains skeptical. Will they be able to solve this mystery?

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Caption 11 [fr]: Mais je reste pas une seconde de plus dans cet appartement.
Caption 11 [en]: But I won't stay another second in this apartment.

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Voyage en France - Conflans-Sainte-Honorine - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In the second part of his tour of the town of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, Daniel shows us the Montjoie Tower, a Romanesque dungeon whose walls are still standing today. He also takes us to a beautiful garden filled with rare plants.

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Caption 17 [fr]: C'est aussi un des plus bel [sic] exemples de donjon roman de la région parisienne
Caption 17 [en]: It's also one of the finest examples of Romanesque dungeons of the Paris region

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Lionel L - Loi travail: Suite et fin

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

A very unpopular labor law caused Parisians to protest near the Bastille before it was passed in 2015. President François Hollande invoked Article 49-3 of the Constitution to force this law through. The protests continued after the law was successfully enacted in 2016. For more information, you can visit the Nuit Debout and Convergence des Luttes websites.

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Caption 16 [fr]: L'une des plus intéressantes, c'est...
Caption 16 [en]: One of the most interesting is...

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Festival du cinéma chinois - Coup d'envoi à Richelieu

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The town of Richelieu, named for the famous cardinal, organized a Chinese film festival. Already twinned with the Chinese town of Wuzhen, the town took an opportunity to celebrate both classic and newly released films from that country. The famous French director Claude Lelouch was the "godfather" of this initiative.

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Caption 13 [fr]: avec qui je travaille depuis un peu plus de cinquante ans...
Caption 13 [en]: with whom I've worked for a little over fifty years...

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Voyage en France - Conflans-Sainte-Honorine - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel takes us to the town of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, located around thirty kilometers from Paris, which is known as the capital of canal transportation. You'll see some beautiful barges and cruise boats, as well as a public toilet that Daniel calls an "aesthetic success"!

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Caption 11 [fr]: euh... dans les plus pures traditions de la batellerie.
Caption 11 [en]: uh... in the purest traditions of canal transport.

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - Nos bébés ont été échangés... - Part 8

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

In this last segment of "Nos bébés ont été échangés," you will discover how the two families are coping with their shocking revelation. Manon will meet her biological mother Létitia and become friends with Létitia's daughter Émilie in the process.

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Caption 8 [fr]: Quelques jours plus tard, Manon a accepté de rencontrer sa mère biologique.
Caption 8 [en]: A few days later, Manon agreed to meet her biological mother.

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Lionel - Les dragées de Verdun - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Lionel takes us inside an amazing store filled with multicolored candies called dragées, or sugared almonds. This confection is very much a part of French tradition as it is offered at weddings, baptisms, and communions. A good-quality dragée is made from a top variety of almond like the Avola. Larger almonds require a thinner layer of sugar, which is considered a sign of quality as the delicate almond flavor won't be overwhelmed by the sugar.

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Caption 29 [fr]: parce qu'elle était plus facile à transporter.
Caption 29 [en]: because it was easier to transport.

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Voyage en France - Vexin Normand - Boisgeloup

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

We continue our tour of the Norman Vexin region with a stop in the hamlet of Boisgeloup, where Pablo Picasso once lived. If you get hungry while strolling around this charming little village, make sure to stop in the bakery Chez Valérie et Patrick Bunel, which won an award for best traditional baguette. You can eat one while admiring the beautiful Saint-Jean-Baptiste Church for a wonderful sensory experience.

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Caption 3 [fr]: Euh... Un hameau c'est encore plus petit qu'un village.
Caption 3 [en]: Uh... A hamlet is even smaller than a village.

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Zoom sur l'opéra - "Je t'aime, un peu, beaucoup, aveuglément"

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

A theatrical spectacle called "Je t'aime, un peu, beaucoup, aveuglément" revisited the Oedipus myth, incorporating works on the same theme from twentieth-century French playwrights. The event took place in the Château du Grand-Pressigny, and the public was encouraged to wander around the castle as part of the show.

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Caption 16 [fr]: Et donc, la plus jeune sœur a recouvert le corps de son frère,
Caption 16 [en]: And so the younger sister covered the body of her brother,

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Questions à la con - Tarabuster

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Viewer Discretion Advised

In this episode of "Questions à la con" (Stupid Questions), people on the street give some strange and hilarious responses to questions about obscure French vocabulary. Have a laugh, and learn some new words to impress your friends!

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Caption 131 [fr]: Elle... la chouette, elle...? -Je m'en rappelle plus... -Elle...? -Elle rou'... [roucoule] -Elle...?
Caption 131 [en]: It... the owl, it...? -I don't remember anymore... -It...? -It coos... -It...?

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - Nos bébés ont été échangés... - Part 7

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

After running away from home, Manon finally decides to come back, only to be confronted with Émilie, her parent's biological daughter. Fortunately, Émilie manages to rescue the situation and convinces Manon to stay and speak with her parents.

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Caption 16 [fr]: Elle veut plus nous parler.
Caption 16 [en]: She doesn't want to speak to us anymore.

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