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Lionel - Le musée de Jeanne d'Arc - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The second room of the Joan of Arc museum is dedicated to the iconography of the saint, including a bronze sculpture by Prosper D'Épinay.

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Voyage en France - Lagny-sur-Marne - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel continues his visit to Lagny-sur-Marne, a small town where extraordinary events took place. Joan of Arc is said to have performed a miracle there on her second visit to Lagny. And the abbey-church of Saint Pierre once harbored a great secret: a nail from Jesus's cross. Unfortunately, the nail was lost, but not forgotten, as it now features on Lagny's coat of arms.

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Amal - Vélib

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Amal est dans la rue Saint Fiacre où des bicyclettes vous attendent grâce à la compagnie de location Vélib. Il suffit de déposer votre carte bancaire dans la machine et voilà. Vous pourrez vous promener à bicyclette dans tout Paris dans la journée et même le soir.

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TV8 Mont Blanc - Un réveillon en montagne (Savoie)

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Les Savoyards font le réveillon de la Saint Sylvestre au restaurant O’Communailles au coœur de la montagne. Ils sont là pour déguster de bons produits locaux et s’amuser dans la convivialité.

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LCM - "Cher Père Noël..."

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Twenty-one thousand letters to Santa Claus were sent this year in Marseille. As if he didn't have enough on his plate, Saint Nick will send a handwritten response to each one, as long as their senders are on his "nice" list (and indicated their return address)!

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Alsace 20 - Grand sapin de Strasbourg: tout un art pour le décorer!

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

À Strasbourg, on ne chôme pas! Les décorations de l'immense arbre de Noël de la Place Kléber prennent trois semaines de travail pour se parer. Des centaines de lumières, des boules de cristal créées à Saint Louis... Du haut de ses trente-et-un mètres, le grand sapin de la place Kléber fait la joie des visiteurs et des Strasbourgeois, même s'il a un petit air penché... malgré toute l'expérience d'Antoinette Pfimlin qui n'a pas su le remettre bien droit.

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Le Journal - Défilé de mode - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

La collection Chanel et son designer vedette: Karl Lagerfeld; Loewe, le “Hermès espagnol”, et son créateur José Enrique Ona Selfa; Yves Saint Laurent sous la direction de Stefano Pilati: chaque ligne nous offre une collection individualisée et très belle.

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Le Monde - Conclave pour le nouveau pape : voilà ce que vous ne verrez pas

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Find out how Pope Leo XIV was chosen after a complicated process. This video explains in great detail how the college of cardinals gather for a conclave in the Vatican to elect the pope.

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Caption 11 [en]: They stay at the Saint Martha residence
Caption 11 [fr]: Ils logent à la résidence Sainte-Marthe

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Sophie et Patrice - J'ai acheté un chien

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Patrice has an announcement to make. He just bought a dog! Sophie is not thrilled about the idea... But did he really buy one or is he just kidding?

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Caption 20 [en]: It's a Saint Bernard. It's like this [this tall].
Caption 20 [fr]: C'est un saint-bernard. Il est comme ça.

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Marie et Sandra - Atelier d'art - Part 26

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Marie and Sandra decide to experiment with plein air painting, but first Marie must decide on a Paris location as a subject to paint. Which will she pick?

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Caption 50 [en]: the Place Saint-Georges [Saint George Square],
Caption 50 [fr]: la place Saint-Georges

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Le Figaro - Les cinq scènes historiquement fausses du «Napoléon» de Ridley Scott - Part 2

Difficulty: Advanced

France

In part 2 of this review of Ridley Scott's Napoleon, we learn why Napoleon really left the island of Elba and how he dealt with the death of his wife Josephine.

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Caption 74 [en]: at the end of the film at the time of his death in Saint Helena,
Caption 74 [fr]: à la fin du film au moment de sa mort à Sainte-Hélène,

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Lionel - Marsal - Part 10

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Did you know that parts of France and Germany were underwater millions of years ago? Learn more about this and other surprising facts at the Marsal Salt Museum.

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Caption 35 [fr]: Alors nous sommes en présence donc de Saint Nicolas,
Caption 35 [en]: So we're in the presence of Saint Nicholas,

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Lionel - Marsal - Part 9

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel, Michel, and Juliette take a stroll down the Rue des Capucins, named after the Capuchin monastery once located there. They also discuss some of Marsal's native plants, which have a high salt tolerance.

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Caption 10 [fr]: les premières écoles de filles qui ont été créées par Saint Pierre Fourier.
Caption 10 [en]: the first girls' schools that were created by Saint Pierre Fourier.

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Lionel - Marsal - Part 8

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel and Michel talk about the heyday of Marsal, which used to be a thriving city during the Vauban period thanks to the saltworks. Nowadays, though, it's a small tourist village. Find out how many visitors come to Marsal each year.

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Caption 13 [fr]: Et alors les... les grands ducs de Lorraine venaient en pèlerinage à Saint...
Caption 13 [en]: And then the... the grand dukes of Lorraine came on pilgrimage to Saint...

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Lionel - Marsal - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The little village of Marsal is gearing up for the eight hundredth anniversary of the abbey church of Saint-Léger, featuring a concert by a world-renowned German pianist.

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Caption 47 [en]: The Abbey Church of Saint Leger, who is the patron of the... of the parish. -OK.
Caption 47 [fr]: La collégiale Saint-Léger qui est le patron de la... de la paroisse. -D'accord.

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