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Lionel L - Dans l'herbe

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel shows us that sometimes there are better things to do than stay all day in an office building to pay rent for an apartment we can’t even spend time in. (And yes, the word “travail” really is related to the word “torture.”) Remember, the revolution starts with you!

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Caption 13 [fr]: Regarde, on est mieux allongé dans l'herbe quand même, hein?
Caption 13 [en]: Look, we're better off lying in the grass after all, huh?

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Pascale - Propos sur la musique - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Canada

We hear a bit more from the lovely Pascale: on her beginnings in the musical world (she started early), her new album, and her music’s special combination of rhythm and soul.

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Caption 1 [fr]: À commencer, euh... j'ai appliqué pour les Mini-stars de Nathalie quand j'avais huit ans.
Caption 1 [en]: To begin with, uh... I applied to Nathalie's Mini Stars when I was eight.

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Le Journal - Le dernier ancien combattant/14-18

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Neighbors, friends, and the people of France remember Lazare Ponticelli, the last Poilu, who saw one hundred and ten springtimes and two world wars before passing away in March of 2008.

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Caption 18 [fr]: Toi, t'allais lui chercher son pain, c'est ça? -Oui parfois, quand je le rencontrais dans la rue,
Caption 18 [en]: You, you used to go get his bread, right? -Yes sometimes, when I ran into him in the street,

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Bertrand Pierre - Victor Hugo

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Bertrand Pierre was inspired by Victor Hugo, and Victor Hugo was inspired by his very active love life. As it turns out, Hugo’s little love poems make for great song lyrics.

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Caption 15 [fr]: Quand il est mort, il y a eu un million de... de Parisiens qui ont suivi, euh, le cortège.
Caption 15 [en]: When he died, there were a million... Parisians following, uh, the procession.

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Le Journal - Le dernier ancien combattant/14-18

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lazare Ponticelli was the last of the “Poilus” — French infantry soldiers who served in World War I. Ponticelli, who was actually an Italian immigrant to France, first served in the French Foreign Legion and then eventually, the Italian army. He died in 2008 at the age of 110.

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Caption 12 [fr]: Quand on a du courage, on arrive toujours à sa fin.
Caption 12 [en]: When one is brave, one always makes it to the end.

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Allons en France - Pourquoi apprendre le français?

Difficulty: Beginner

France

In this video brought to us by Allons en France, a French government program that encourages students to learn the language and culture of France, young people from all over the world tell us about what learning French means to them.

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Caption 7 [fr]: Il faut même apprendre d'autres langues quand on est très jeune,
Caption 7 [en]: You even have to learn other languages when you're very young,

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Le Journal - Dilemme des restaurants

Difficulty: Beginner

France

How should a restaurant owner go about finding the right recipe for passing on the increasing cost of basic ingredients to the customer? By math or by witchcraft?

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Caption 20 [fr]: Quand certains poissons deviennent trop chers, ils ne sont plus proposés.
Caption 20 [en]: When certain fish become too expensive, they're no longer offered.

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Le Journal - À la retraite en France

Difficulty: Beginner

France

The young and the old are always the most severely affected by crises – a fact illustrated by this demonstration, in which the elderly clamor for emergency measures so they can make ends meet.

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Caption 5 [fr]: Quand le loyer, euh, mange presque trente... trente à quarante pour cent
Caption 5 [en]: When rent, uh, eats up nearly thirty... thirty to forty percent

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Charles-Baptiste - Interview

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Men, women, love: Charles-Baptiste tells us what’s special (and what’s universal) about his love life in New York, and lets us in on the secret to his success. You have to get your hands dirty!

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Caption 27 [fr]: Mais là, j'suis, euh... j'suis heureux de mon expérience à New York, quand même.
Caption 27 [en]: But so, I'm, uh... I'm happy with my experience in New York, anyway.

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Fanny et Corrine - Leurs origines

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Fanny and Corrine tell us all about the merits of their hometowns. Crepes and parties? Or hot weather and bouillabaisse? Either way, you get some lovely beaches!

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Caption 18 [fr]: En Bretagne, on peut voir quand même des... des côtes maritimes très belles.
Caption 18 [en]: In Brittany, you can still see some... some really beautiful seasides.

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Charles-Baptiste - Je sais

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Charles-Baptiste returns to us with a new existential song: “Je sais,” or how he moved on to a new stage in life.

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Caption 2 [fr]: quand j'étais un peu jeune. Y'a trois ans j'étais encore très, très jeune.
Caption 2 [en]: when I was a bit young. Three years ago I was still very, very young.

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Les Nubians - Que le mot soit perle

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Les Nubians record with the late great father of Bossa Nova, Henri Salvador. “Que le mot soit perle” is a sweet song dedicated to all children orphaned by AIDS.

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Caption 14 [fr]: Que le mot soit perle, chaud comme quand le feu est doux
Caption 14 [en]: May the word be pearl, hot like when the fire is soft

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F&F Pizza - Chez F&F - Part 1

Difficulty: Advanced

Canada

Meet Jean-Phillipe Talbot, pizza man at Montréal’s F&F Pizza. F&F is a gourmet pizza shop, owned by the multi-talented company Rhinoceros, where Francophones and Anglophones alike can come to savor a slice (those who can afford it, that is).

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Caption 6 [fr]: Quand c'est pas nos amis, euh... c'est des prix quand même...
Caption 6 [en]: When it's not our friends, uh... these prices are still...

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Hugo Bonneville - Être musicien

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Canada

Meet troubadour Hugo Bonneville, a socially aware singer-songwriter whose love of words makes his lyrics pure poetry. Hugo shares with us what being a musician means to him.

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Caption 18 [fr]: C'est... c'est quelque chose de... de viscéral. Quand je chante,
Caption 18 [en]: It's... it's something... visceral. When I sing,

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Charles-Baptiste - Sale type

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Unique and talented young singer-songwriter Charles-Baptiste brings us “Sale type”: a lighthearted song for the broken-hearted. Sing it from the rooftops, Charles!

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Caption 39 [fr]: Faudrait quand même prendre le temps de passer l'éponge
Caption 39 [en]: Though we would still have to take the time to forget the past ["pass the sponge"]

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