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Actu Vingtième - Le vide-grenier

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

A vide-grenier (“empty-attic”) is a combination of a flea market and a yard sale: a place where anyone can rent a booth and sell all the old things they don’t need anymore. Come see what the residents of this Parisian neighborhood are selling!

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Caption 8 [fr]: Nous, nous sommes quand même une association droite et ouverte,
Caption 8 [en]: We, anyway, we're an upright and open association,

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TLT Toulouse - Dorfman mis en scène à Toulouse

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Viewer Discretion Advised

Ariel Dorfman’s play Death and the Maiden is no light fare, detailing the horrors of both violence and military dictatorship. It is partly based on Schubert’s famous string quartet of the same name.

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Caption 4 [fr]: Quand tortionnaire et victime se retrouvent,
Caption 4 [en]: When torturer and victim meet again,

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Canal 32 - Mesnil-Saint-Loup : moines artisans

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Nowadays, even monks need to make a living. These five pious men, from the parish of Mesnil-Saint-Loup, make theirs by selling beautiful handmade pottery and ceramics for anywhere between five and two-hundred euros. They even maintain a website.

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Caption 20 [fr]: C'est quand même assez... c'est un art.
Caption 20 [en]: It's still rather... it's an art.

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Le Journal - Manuels scolaires

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Does your textbook ever seem more confusing than enlightening, more wrong than right? A recent study showed that some French textbooks could use a little fact-checking.

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Caption 2 [fr]: Seulement voilà, comment peut-on aider quand on ne comprend même pas l'exercice?
Caption 2 [en]: Only, how can you help when you don't even understand the exercise?

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Voyage dans Paris - Jardin du Luxembourg

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The beautiful Jardin du Luxembourg attracts both neighborhood students and foreign visitors alike. But let’s discover some of its lesser-known spots, such as the school of honey production and the association of pétanque players.

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Caption 42 [fr]: Il faut bien entendu vous arrêter impérativement ici quand vous viendrez au Jardin du Luxembourg.
Caption 42 [en]: Of course, it's essential that you should stop here when you come to the Jardin du Luxembourg.

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Strasbourg - Les passants

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Ask the Strasbourgeois what they love about their hometown, and most of them can sum it up for you in one word: tout! But don’t just take our word for it. See for yourself!

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Caption 35 [fr]: Ça s'est passé en Angleterre, au Canada, quand j'y ai habité,
Caption 35 [en]: It's happened in England, in Canada, when I was living there,

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Parigot - Le bistrot

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Come meet the owner of the bistro Parigot (French slang for “Parisian”). This charming restaurant is a French oasis at the intersection of Manhattan’s Chinatown/Little Italy and Soho districts.

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Caption 15 [fr]: Donc quand on est parisien, on s'appelle les Parigots.
Caption 15 [en]: So when you're Parisian, you call yourself the "Parigots."

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Bastille Day NYC - Le 14 juillet à New York

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

No Quatorze Juillet would be complete without pétanque and Lillet—and that doesn’t just go for France. Here we talk with some of the people attending a Bastille Day celebration in New York City.

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Caption 9 [fr]: les Français se regroupent pas quand ils vivent à l'étranger.
Caption 9 [en]: the French don't all group together when they live abroad.

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Actu Vingtième - Foire aux oignons

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Viewer Discretion Advised

This video is not for those who tear up easily. At this foire aux oignons (onion fair), you’ll learn how onions can predict the weather, how to cook them, and what scandalous meanings the word “onion” can have in French.

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Caption 12 [fr]: Quand y a pas beaucoup de pelures, c'est l'hiver qui va être doux.
Caption 12 [en]: When there is not a lot of skin, it's a winter that's going to be mild.

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Canal 32 - Aube : et vogue le canoë !

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Did you ever think you could drink champagne while kayaking? You can with “Rando Bulles de Champ’ et Canoë” (“Outing, Champagne Bubbles, and Canoeing”), a kayaking service which will take you along the Seine in the Aube department in the region of (where else?) Champagne-Ardenne.

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Caption 22 [fr]: Avec des gens qu'on connaît pas, remarquez quelques personnes de la famille quand même,
Caption 22 [en]: With people you don't know, note there are a few family members after all,

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À la plage avec Lionel - La plage

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Remember Lionel, who warned us about the dangers of the working world, and asked the important questions about French grammatical gender? He’s back with a very important lesson for us about how best to get water out of your ears.

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Caption 10 [fr]: c'est-à-dire que quand vous rentrez dans l'eau,
Caption 10 [en]: which is to say that when you enter the water,

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Le Restaurant "Flam's" - Sa petite histoire

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Tarte flambée is a specialty of the Alsace region of France that resembles a pizza. Typically made with crème fraîche, onions, and bacon, the traditional tarte flambée has also undergone many variations. Flam’s, a restaurant franchise based in Strasbourg, has dedicated itself to perfecting this Alsatian delicacy.

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Caption 57 [fr]: pas loin de la verdure, donc avec des côtés quand même très sympathiques.
Caption 57 [en]: not far from the greenery, so with aspects that are very pleasant after all.

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Le Restaurant "Flam's" - Les tartes

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

You say flammekueche, I say tarte flambée! But no matter the moniker, we can certainly agree on one thing: this Alsatian specialty is a gustatory delight!

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Caption 36 [fr]: Donc là on a neuf plaques tournantes et... la tarte est cuite quand elle aura fait un tour de four.
Caption 36 [en]: So here we have nine rotating griddles and... the tart is cooked when it will have taken a turn in the oven.

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Alex Terrier - "Roundtrip" et ses inspirations

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Alex Terrier’s second project as a bandleader, Roundtrip, is a critically-acclaimed album in the vein of John Coltrane. Listen to it in full (and for free!) here.

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Caption 1 [fr]: Maintenant mon... ma principale influence, c'est quand même, euh... le jazz, euh...
Caption 1 [en]: Right now my... my main influence is still, uh... jazz, uh...

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TV8 Mont Blanc - Le film: "Treize jours en France"

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Dive back in to the 1968 winter Olympics, held in Grenoble, France. “Treize jours en France,” a recently restored documentary film made in ‘68 by director Claude Lelouch, captures the spirit of the times, and the “pre-revolutionary” zeitgeist leading up to the events of May.

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Caption 26 [fr]: Ah oui, ça rappelle quelques souvenirs quand même,
Caption 26 [en]: Oh yes, it brings back some memories after all,

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