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Voyage dans Paris - Le 17ème arrondissement de Paris

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this episode, Daniel Benchimol shows us Paris's seventeenth arrondissement. He points out the beautiful church of Notre-Dame de la Compassion as well as the former Bank of France building. According to legend, the bank's safes were protected by a ditch filled with crocodiles!

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Caption 22 [fr]: qui aujourd'hui n'est plus domiciliée ici.
Caption 22 [en]: which today is no longer domiciled here.

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - À la recherche de mon père - Part 8

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Enzo and Brice have an unexpected visit from Murielle at the café. After eavesdropping on their conversation, she walks up to them and calls out Alain's name, hoping that Brice will respond and reveal his true identity. Instead, Brice draws a blank face and flees the scene.

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Caption 48 [fr]: Ses délits ayant plus de trente ans, ils étaient tous prescrits.
Caption 48 [en]: His crimes being older than thirty years, they were all time-barred.

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Télévision Bretagne Ouest - Abbaye du Relec : Immersion dans un potager du Moyen Âge

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Have you ever eaten an orache or a cardoon? Though popular in the Middle Ages, these vegetables are rarely harvested nowadays. But you'll find them in the garden of the Abbaye du Relec (Relec Abbey) in Brittany, which contains vegetables from many different time periods and countries.

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Caption 19 [fr]: Oui. -C'est plus volumineux, hein? -C'est plus volumineux, oui!
Caption 19 [en]: Yes. -It's more voluminous, right? -It's more voluminous, yes!

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - À la recherche de mon père - Part 7

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Enzo has not heard from Angèle since the fiasco of his last visit, but he does hear from Brice, who contacts him unexpectedly to share stories about his father. Enzo finds out that Brice used to be a very close friend of his father's, and Enzo is thrilled to gather some information at last.

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Caption 3 [fr]: a contacté le jeune homme pour le voir au plus vite.
Caption 3 [en]: has contacted the young man in order to see him as soon as possible.

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Contes de fées - Le vilain petit canard - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel reads part two of the Ugly Duckling story, which has, as you may already know, a very happy ending.

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Caption 30 [fr]: et il constata qu'il n'était plus un vilain petit canard.
Caption 30 [en]: and he realized he wasn't an ugly duckling anymore.

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - À la recherche de mon père - Part 6

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Enzo ruined his chances with Angèle, and their budding romance is shattered. Angèle feels totally betrayed as she learns the real reason of his pursuit: the search for his father.

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Caption 22 [fr]: Et parce que tu crois que ça marche comme ça en plus?
Caption 22 [en]: And because you think that that's how it works now?

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - À la recherche de mon père - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Enzo meets Angèle's dad Brice again and seizes the opportunity to take a picture of him by pretending to admire his tattoo. His hopes of finding his real father are dashed when he shows his mother the photograph, and she doesn't recognize the face. The only bright spot in all this is that Angèle may not be his sister after all.

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Caption 6 [fr]: Je pouvais patienter... mais pas trop longtemps non plus.
Caption 6 [en]: I could wait... but not too long either.

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Contes de fées - Le vilain petit canard - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

If you're familiar with the story of the Ugly Duckling, you may enjoy revisiting this classic fairy tale in French, as read by Lionel and Patricia.

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Caption 8 [fr]: étaient les plus adorables créatures qu'il soit.
Caption 8 [en]: were the most adorable creatures there ever were.

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - À la recherche de mon père - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Enzo unexpectedly meets his father for the first time at Angèle's house. Feeling extremely awkward, he cuts short his visit with Angèle, who, of course, doesn't understand. She later reveals her true feelings for Enzo, who recoils when she tries to kiss him. Angèle storms off, hurt and mystified.

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Caption 7 [fr]: C'était parfait pour en savoir plus sur cet homme.
Caption 7 [en]: It was perfect for learning more about this man.

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - À la recherche de mon père - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Enzo's mother finally admits that she knew of his father's whereabouts and asks for Enzo's forgiveness for keeping it a secret. Enzo is still in shock and not ready to forgive her. He's following another lead, a young woman who may eventually take him to his real father.

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Caption 23 [fr]: mais tu te mettras plus jamais en travers de notre route.
Caption 23 [en]: but you'll never get in our way ever again.

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Sally Folk - Heureux infidèles

Difficulty: Intermediate

Canada

Sally Folk is a young Québécois singer who released her first album "Heureux Infidèles" (Happy Unfaithful) in 2013. In the title song, she sings about an affair she is having. Although she feels a twinge of conscience, being unfaithful holds too much excitement for her to stop and confess.

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Caption 41 [fr]: Quand l'excitation n'est plus là
Caption 41 [en]: When the excitement is no longer there

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Voyage dans Paris - Le Parc Georges-Brassens

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Take a stroll with Daniel Benchimol through Georges Brassens Park, built on the site of the former Vaugirard slaughterhouses. The park includes one of Paris's many jardins pédagogiques (educational gardens) run by local schoolchildren. It's also a few steps away from the famous artists' colony known as La Ruche (The Beehive).

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Caption 9 [fr]: il ne vous appartient plus.
Caption 9 [en]: it doesn't belong to you anymore.

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - À la recherche de mon père - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

In this new series, Le Jour où tout a basculé (The Day When Everything Turned Upside Down), a mother and son's close relationship is about to change. Enzo, who lives with his mother Murielle, runs into a man with a distinctive tattoo. Determined to track down the man, whom he believes to be his father, he starts an inquiry of his own despite his mother's skepticism.

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Caption 47 [fr]: Plus jeune, j'avais demandé à ma mère de le rechercher
Caption 47 [en]: [When I was] younger, I had asked my mother to look for him,

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Télévision Bretagne Ouest - Découvrir des épaves au Musée sous-marin de Lorient

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The Underwater Museum of Lorient might be a little hard to get to, given that it's literally underwater. Dedicated to shipwrecks and other sunken objects, the museum is made possible by a team of volunteers with a passion for documenting these lost treasures at the bottom of the ocean.

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Caption 4 [fr]: plus de trois cent cinquante épaves constituent un véritable patrimoine.
Caption 4 [en]: more than three hundred fifty shipwrecks constitute a true heritage.

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Contes de fées - Le roi grenouille - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel reads us the fairy tale, "The Frog King" (also known as "The Princess and the Frog"). The princess loses her precious gold ball in a pond. A frog appears, recovers it for her, and asks for a small favor in return. Will the princess honor her promise?

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Caption 30 [fr]: et courut à la maison le plus vite qu'elle put.
Caption 30 [en]: and ran home as fast as she could.

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