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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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Il était une fois: les Explorateurs - 15. Bruce et les sources du Nil - Part 6

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

After curing the queen mother's grandchildren of smallpox, James Bruce meets with the Ethiopian emperor, Tekle Haymanot, to tell him of his plans to discover the source of the Nile. But he soon finds out that he'll have to demonstrate his warrior skills if he wants to reach Lake Tana.

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Caption 7 [fr]: Toujours plus de violence. Vous voyez ces rubans rouges sur les lances?
Caption 7 [en]: Still more violence. You see those red ribbons on the spears?

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Joanna - Son nouvel appartement

Difficulty: Newbie

France

Joanna just moved into a new apartment, which is slightly bigger than her old one, and she invited us inside to show us around. She uses some essential household-related vocabulary in her tour, so keep your eyes open for any words you don't already know!

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Caption 4 [fr]: Ici c'est beaucoup plus calme.
Caption 4 [en]: Here it's much quieter.

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Maître Gims - J'me tire

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Viewer Discretion Advised

Maître Gims's hit "J'me tire" (I'm Outta Here) reached the top of the French music charts in 2013. In the song, the rapper expresses his frustrations with being famous and a desire to leave it all behind him and escape to a place where he "won't be the suspect."

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Caption 3 [fr]: C'est triste à dire mais plus rien ne m'attriste
Caption 3 [en]: It's sad to say but nothing makes me sad anymore

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Il était une fois: les Explorateurs - 15. Bruce et les sources du Nil - Part 4

Difficulty: Beginner

France

The explorers discover Abyssinia and the customs of its inhabitants, who have been cut off from the rest of the world for centuries. Will their visit bring a clash of cultures or a peaceful understanding? Find out in this episode.

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Caption 28 [fr]: que c'est eux qui vont s'en aller, et plus vite qu'ils sont arrivés!
Caption 28 [en]: that it is they who are going to leave, and faster than they arrived!

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Chabadabada - Chabada Vie

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this video, pedestrians are asked to sing a song with the word vie (life) in it. Most of them come up with Edith Piaf's iconic "La Vie en Rose," but the other choices range from melodies by French singer-songwriters to Disney tunes. How many songs do you know with the word "life" in them?

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Caption 7 [fr]: La vie est plus belle. Enfin, je crois que c'est ça, non?
Caption 7 [en]: Life is more beautiful. Well, I think that's it, right?

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