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Vous avez du talent - Bamissa - "Ingrat"

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Bamissa, contestant on local French channel’s IDF1’s show Vous avez du talent (You’ve got talent), sings a moving a cappella ballad. We agree with the voters—she does have talent!

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Caption 9 [fr]: Comme quand je doutais de moi-même
Caption 9 [en]: As when I was doubting myself

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TV8 Mont Blanc - De retour de Haïti

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

After the devastating earthquake, three French volunteer aid workers—a doctor, a nurse, and a rescue crew worker—spent two weeks in Haiti helping the country’s effort to begin to sort through the chaos. We hear the impressions of one of the workers upon his return to France.

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Caption 9 [fr]: Et sur les quinze jours, quand les missions qu'on a eues sur place, euh... on a senti une structuration,
Caption 9 [en]: And over those fifteen days, with the missions we had on the premises, uh... we felt some structure,

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Marché de la Poésie - Des poètes en tout genre

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

This Parisian poetry fair sees poets young and old, from all walks of life. Perhaps poetry is, as one attendee says, a link extended across space, time, and people.

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Caption 26 [fr]: Quand je vois dans un... un marché de la poésie
Caption 26 [en]: When I see in a... a poetry fair

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Le Village de la Bière - Ceci n'est pas un bar!

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Laws in Strasbourg prevent Le Village de la Bière from selling beer for consumption on the premises, but they don’t stop this beer seller from being passionate about his craft.

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Caption 9 [fr]: C'est à dire quand... des... on peut faire venir des brasseurs, les inviter.
Caption 9 [en]: In other words when... some... we can have brewers come in, we can invite them.

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Le Village de la Bière - Des bières de partout

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Did you know there are 55,000 different kinds of beer? And more than 5,400 of those are German? You can find quite a few of these at Le Village de la Bière, a shop in popular French city Strasbourg. How long would it take to sample them all…?

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Caption 16 [fr]: Ah, moi j'ai des faibles quand même... J'ai plus un faible pour les bières belges,
Caption 16 [en]: Ah, me, I have weaknesses after all... I have more of a weakness for Belgian beers,

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Sports Shop - La mécanique d'un vélo

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Canada

Need a tutorial on how to fix up a bike? Master mechanic Yassin from D’un sport à l’autre shows us just where to put the wrench.

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Caption 22 [fr]: Quand c'est fait, on prend la gauge à pression,
Caption 22 [en]: When it's done, we take the pressure gauge,

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Cap 24 - Découverte d'un restaurant parisien

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Come inside this fabulous restaurant and bar in Paris’s 19th arrondissement and see what the chef is preparing and the bartender is mixing. Just don’t watch this one on an empty stomach!

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Caption 16 [fr]: qui a quand même des atouts, euh... exceptionnels.
Caption 16 [en]: which still has some, uh... exceptional qualities.

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Le Journal - Mozart à l'Opéra de Vichy

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Mozart fans, take note: Go in through the back door of the Vichy Opera House to see Jérôme Deschamps and his talented crew’s reimaginings of the famous composer’s works. Don’t worry—all the tunes are still pure Wolfgang.

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Caption 5 [fr]: et Macha Makeïeff, qui a des idées quand Jérôme n'en a pas et vice versa.
Caption 5 [en]: and Macha Makeïeff, who has ideas when Jérôme doesn't, and vice versa.

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Visiter un yacht - Visite du yacht

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Captain Barbary takes us around his yacht and shows us a few of his nautical necessities, like basil and something to take care of the bad guys…

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Caption 2 [fr]: mais quand le temps est beau tout le monde se retrouve en haut,
Caption 2 [en]: but when the weather is nice everybody hangs out upstairs,

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Les Nubians - Le multiculturalisme

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

We’re all a part of this big, happy family that is humanity. Now if only we could get our “universal citizen” passports…

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Caption 7 [fr]: Je dirais quand même que, euh...
Caption 7 [en]: Nevertheless I would say that, uh...

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Visiter un yacht - La timonerie

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Ever wanted to spend some time on a yacht in the Bahamas? No, that’s not a trick question — now you can! Take a tour with Patrick Barbary and his captain’s chair.

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Caption 15 [fr]: Vous avez toutes les cartes dont vous vous servez quand on voyage.
Caption 15 [en]: You have all the maps that you will use when you travel.

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Les Nubians - Les langues

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

What can multilingualism bring you? It sheds light, penetrates cultures, and gives off an emotional echo. In this clip, Les Nubians remind us of all the reasons we should be glad we’re using Yabla French!

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Caption 16 [fr]: Et je crois que c'est ça le problème des différentes langues; c'est que quand on parle plus l'anglais
Caption 16 [en]: And I think that this is the problem of different languages; it's that when you speak more English

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Le Journal - Le stress au travail

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Just how bad can stress from work get? Though the effects of stress may not always be visible or immediately apparent, some employees have been driven to insomnia, depression, even suicide because of difficulties at work. Some companies have implemented new anti-stress measures, but will that be enough?

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Caption 34 [fr]: On savait: quand la personne n'était pas là le matin,
Caption 34 [en]: We knew: when someone wasn't there in the morning,

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Le Journal - La vie dans les tranchées

Difficulty: Beginner

France

What was life like for the poilus, the French soldiers of World War I? In sum, much, much harder than our lives. Subjected to bullets, bombs, death, and all the atrocities of war, these soldiers fought bitterly to protect their homeland, and one another.

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Caption 16 [fr]: Quand on voit ici ces soldats, voyez, qui, euh... sont...
Caption 16 [en]: When we see these soldiers here, see, who, uh... are...

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Les Nubians - Présentation

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Meet Les Nubians, two singer-songwriter sisters who grew up in both Paris and Chad and whose music has been nominated for several awards, including a Grammy (and not just in the World Music category, thank you very much). We know we’re big fans!

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Caption 25 [fr]: Alors on est quand même très, très fières, en tant que Françaises, très, très fières
Caption 25 [en]: So anyway we are very, very proud, as French people, very, very, proud

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