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Maître Gims - Bella

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Maître Gims' song "Bella" (from his solo album Subliminal) is an epic tale set in Spain where beautiful Bella wrecks havoc in all the villages she visits. Lovelorn men are falling for this "femme fatale" everywhere, and Maître Gims doesn't heed the locals' advice to stay away from her but instead falls for her too. You'll notice that Maître Gims uses a form of slang known as verlan, in which a word's syllables are reversed.

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Caption 18 [fr]: Le genre de femme qui change le plus grand délinquant en gentleman
Caption 18 [en]: The kind of woman who turns the biggest delinquent into a gentleman

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Voyage en France - Le château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this tour of the town of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, you will discover a very old castle built by King Francis the First as well as a quintessentially French marketplace, whose numerous fountains make it the perfect place to cool off in the summer.

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Caption 26 [fr]: Notez aussi la présence de ces fontaines qui sont de plus en plus fréquentes
Caption 26 [en]: Also note the presence of these fountains, which are more and more frequent

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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 30 [fr]: jusqu'au champ qui est un petit peu plus en bas,
Caption 30 [en]: to the field that is a little bit farther down,

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Oldelaf - La peine de mort

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Few people can escape Oldelaf's imaginary death sentences: from children who wake up too early, to people who wear socks with sandals, to people who copy the music from the film Drive (such as Oldelaf himself), to people who actually support the death penalty. It's a good thing this video is just satirical!

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Caption 24 [fr]: Pour les filles qui te disent "je couche pas la deuxième fois non plus"
Caption 24 [en]: For girls who tell you, "I don't go to bed the second time either"

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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 23 [fr]: que l'on trouve le plus de pratiquants.
Caption 23 [en]: that we find the most practitioners.

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Grand Corps Malade - Comme une évidence

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Slam poet Grand Corps Malade sings "Comme une évidence" ("Like an Obvious Fact" or "Like it's Meant to Be"), in which he tries to write a love song for his beloved who wreaks sweet havoc on his life. He is anxious to find the right words for her. As in his previous song, "Les Voyages en Train" ("Train Rides"), which he alludes to, he includes multiple double entendres and clever turns of phrase that you will enjoy.

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Caption 10 [fr]: J'ai un autre problème, qui est peut-être encore plus lourd
Caption 10 [en]: I have another problem, which may be even more serious

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Voyage en France - île de Chatou

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

A few kilometers from Paris, on Chatou Island (also known as Impressionists' Island), Daniel Benchimol has a nice surprise for you.... Watch this video to find out what it is!

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Caption 4 [fr]: avec beaucoup plus de goût, l'île des impressionnistes.
Caption 4 [en]: with a lot more taste, Impressionists' Island.

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Le saviez-vous? - D'où vient le nom de la France? - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

France

This video is all about the people of France, from the ancient Franks and Gauls to the present-day population, which currently numbers over sixty-six million inhabitants.

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Caption 8 [fr]: qui est considéré comme l'un des plus importants personnages de l'histoire de France.
Caption 8 [en]: who is considered as one of the most important figures in the history of France.

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Télé Lyon Métropole - Art: le Musée Paul Dini explore le thème du double

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The "Doubles" exhibition at the Dini Museum in Villefranche-sur-Saône explores the role of the double in art history in all its forms—from mirror effects, to diptychs, to self-portraits—through works spanning from the Renaissance to the present day.

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Caption 13 [fr]: Le fait par exemple que l'abstraction soit plus contemporaine que la figuration
Caption 13 [en]: The fact, for example, that abstraction is more contemporary than figuration

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Lionel - à Metz - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Lionel takes us to the historic part of the city of Metz and to the Galerie Saint-Jacques, where you can browse the shops and go to restaurants. The shopping mall is located on one of the largest squares of the city, the Place Saint-Jacques.

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Caption 2 [fr]: avec une des plus grandes places de... cette ville, la place Saint-Jacques
Caption 2 [en]: with one of the largest squares of... this city, the Place Saint-Jacques [Saint-Jacques Square],

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Watt’s In - Kendji Girac : Color Gitano Interview Exclu

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

On "Watt's In," Kendji tells us how he became the star of the TV show The Voice in France. You will discover how he molded his talent by mixing his family's Gypsy origins with his love for new music. You'll also notice Kendji's southern French accent!

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Caption 9 [fr]: Un peuple plus grand qu'un pays
Caption 9 [en]: A people bigger than a country

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Voyage en France - Saint-Germain-en-Laye

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel Benchimol is in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, where France's King Louis XIV was born. The Parisian suburb is also the site of the summer art exhibition Nouvelles folies à la française (New French Follies). This year's exhibition includes, among other things, a giant four-poster bed floating in the middle of a fountain!

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Caption 18 [fr]: Il fait déjà en région parisienne plus de trente-deux degrés,
Caption 18 [en]: It's already over thirty-two degrees [Celsius] in the Paris region,

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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 14 [fr]: Ou alors vous avez des variétés beaucoup plus grandes comme celle-là.
Caption 14 [en]: Or you have varieties that are much larger like this one.

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Lionel - à Metz - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Lionel takes us to Metz, a city that was once part of Germany, being only some sixty kilometers from the German border. In this video you will learn a few facts about this Germanic city, and you will add a lot of useful terms to your going-about-town vocabulary.

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Caption 8 [fr]: Mais la différence peut-être c'est que l'architecture ici est plus à dominance germanique
Caption 8 [en]: But the difference maybe is that the architecture here shows more of a Germanic dominance

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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 32 [fr]: là, je me base plus sur l'énergie du désespoir.
Caption 32 [en]: here, I no longer rely on the energy of despair.

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