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Watt’s In - Corneille: Les Sommets de nos Vies Interview Exclu

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Canada, France

Corneille reflects on his fifteen-year career as a hip hop variety singer. Born in Germany but raised in Rwanda and now residing in Canada, Corneille absorbed various musical influences, which resulted in an eclectic and interesting mix of genres that he will explain in this video. You will also hear short music clips, one of which is from his latest album Entre nord et sud [Between North and South].

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Caption 1 [fr]: Corneille est déjà là depuis plus de dix ans,
Caption 1 [en]: Corneille has been around for more than ten years already,

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Voyage en France - Rambouillet - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this third episode on Rambouillet, Daniel shows us an interesting "shell cottage," a railway museum, and the beautiful Church of Saint Lubin and Palais du Roi de Rome. Rambouillet is full of wonderful surprises!

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Caption 8 [fr]: On y découvre la plus belle collection de coquillages et de nacres de toute l'Europe.
Caption 8 [en]: Here we discover the most beautiful collection of shells and mother-of-pearl in all of Europe.

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Cap 24 - Paris : Alessandro fait les Puces! - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this video, Alessandro goes to the Saint-Ouen flea market, where he talks to a merchant who sells a wide variety of treasures and who believes that everything can be a work of art. Make sure to stop by the next time you're in Paris!

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Caption 8 [fr]: Non, c'est pas... en fait c'est pas de père en fils. C'est, euh... c'est plus, euh...
Caption 8 [en]: No, it's not... in fact, it's not from father to son. It's, uh... it's more, uh...

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Il était une fois: Les Amériques - 9. Cortés et les Aztèques - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

November 18, 1518... Cortés, the ambitious adventurer, sets out to discover and conquer the unknown empire of Mexico at daybreak before Velasquez has a chance to stop him.

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Caption 22 [fr]: Ils ne veulent pas que nous allions plus loin.
Caption 22 [en]: They don't want us to go any farther.

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Questions à la con - Avril 2014

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Viewer Discretion Advised

In this Questions à la con (Dumb Questions) series, pedestrians are asked to answer some crazy questions about the latest buzzwords, slang terms, and obscure expressions. Do you know what the verb emberlucoquer means? Watch this video to find out, but first take a guess and see if you can outsmart the natives! You'll be surprised by the variety of answers people come up with, some of which are quite hilarious.

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Caption 9 [fr]: Euh... "laughing on the..." Euh... Non, je sais plus.
Caption 9 [en]: Uh... laughing on the... Uh... No, I don't know anymore.

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Grand Corps Malade - Roméo kiffe Juliette

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this powerful music video, Grand Corps Malade puts a modern twist on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and even gives it a happy ending. You'll find a good amount of argot (slang) in the song lyrics, including some verlan, a form of slang that's very popular among French youth.

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Caption 40 [fr]: La sanction est tombée: elle ne peut plus sortir
Caption 40 [en]: The sentence was given: she can't go out anymore

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Il était une fois: Les Amériques - 9. Cortés et les Aztèques - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The Aztecs are apprehensive about the arrival of the white men. It is a bad omen. Spanish conqueror Cortés is appointed Captain and will be heading toward new territories.

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Caption 49 [fr]: Un nabot pas plus haut que ça... me faire ça à moi?
Caption 49 [en]: A gnome no taller than this... do that to me?

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Voyage en France - Rambouillet - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel takes us to the Rambouillet castle, which includes a very interesting building on its grounds: the Laiterie de la Reine, or Queen's Dairy, which was built for Marie Antoinette in accordance with the "pleasure dairy" trend of the eighteenth century.

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Caption 4 [fr]: plus précisément dans la ville de Rambouillet,
Caption 4 [en]: more specifically in the town of Rambouillet,

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Le Québec parle - aux Français - Part 8

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Canada, France

In part 8 of Le Québec parle aux Français, Olivier discusses the cost of maintaining a high standard of living. Is France living beyond its means? Heavy taxation and full employment would go some way toward balancing the national budget and covering the cost of welfare programs.

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Caption 27 [fr]: Quand il y a plus de la moitié ou presque la moitié de la population
Caption 27 [en]: When there is more than half or almost half of the population

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Il était une fois: Les Amériques - 9. Cortés et les Aztèques - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The Maestro recounts the events just before Ferdinand Magellan's untimely death in 1521, only a year after he discovered the passage that would allow him to circumnavigate the globe.

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Caption 8 [fr]: Quatre mois plus tard, ils feront escale à l'île des Larrons... la bien nommée!
Caption 8 [en]: Four months later they will make a stopover on Thieves Island... aptly named!

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Il était une fois: Les Amériques - 9. Cortés et les Aztèques - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

This new episode of "Il était une fois..." covers Cortés and the Aztecs. The story starts in 1519, when Ferdinand Magellan attempts to circumnavigate the earth. His ship makes it as far as Brazil.

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Caption 8 [fr]: Mets-le par ici. -Plus vite que ça!
Caption 8 [en]: Put it over here. -Faster than that!

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Leçons de guitare - Leçon 2

Difficulty: Beginner

France

In lesson two of this series on playing guitar, Lionel will talk to you about several playing techniques to create a rhythm that he will demonstrate on his guitar.

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Caption 20 [fr]: Vous allez faire comme sur le temps mais plus fort.
Caption 20 [en]: You are going to do it like on the downbeat, but harder.

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Il était une fois: les Explorateurs - 15. Bruce et les sources du Nil - Part 7

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

James Bruce, the intrepid Scottish explorer, finally reaches his goal, the source of the Nile... or so he thought. After all his trouble, his exploits are not well received in England. But his legacy will live on.

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Caption 29 [fr]: Eh bien... s'ils ne veulent plus se battre nous aussi on rentre.
Caption 29 [en]: Oh well... if they don't want to fight anymore, we're going back too.

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Ultimate frisbee - Quelques règles - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Learn the ins and outs of ultimate frisbee in this video. A truly egalitarian sport, ultimate can be played with men and women on the same team, and it doesn't require a referee. That means everyone has to know the rules!

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Caption 1 [fr]: Pour présenter l'Ultimate frisbee, le plus simple c'est de parler de... de... de la taille du terrain.
Caption 1 [en]: To present ultimate frisbee, the simplest way is to talk about... about... about the size of the field.

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Voyage en France - La ville de Senlis - Part 3

Difficulty: Beginner

France

In this third episode on the medieval town of Senlis, Daniel Benchimol introduces us to the Venery Museum or hunting museum. The museum displays not only traditional uniforms of the Spahis but also the special architecture, painting, music, and art linked to the "venery" activities.

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Caption 2 [fr]: Nous sommes à Senlis, dans le nord de Paris, à quarante kilomètres plus précisément de la capitale,
Caption 2 [en]: We are in Senlis, in the north of Paris, forty kilometers from the capital more precisely,

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