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Voyage dans Paris - Le Parc Georges-Brassens

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Take a stroll with Daniel Benchimol through Georges Brassens Park, built on the site of the former Vaugirard slaughterhouses. The park includes one of Paris's many jardins pédagogiques (educational gardens) run by local schoolchildren. It's also a few steps away from the famous artists' colony known as La Ruche (The Beehive).

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Caption 29 [fr]: qui est disposé comme un rucher avec un corps central et différents ateliers tout autour.
Caption 29 [en]: that is arranged like a beehive, with a central body and different workshops all around.

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Contes de fées - Le roi grenouille - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel reads us the fairy tale, "The Frog King" (also known as "The Princess and the Frog"). The princess loses her precious gold ball in a pond. A frog appears, recovers it for her, and asks for a small favor in return. Will the princess honor her promise?

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Caption 4 [fr]: qu'elle lançait tout le temps en l'air et qu'elle rattrapait.
Caption 4 [en]: that she threw in the air all the time and that she caught.

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Zaz - Comme ci comme ça

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Zaz sings a very catchy tune, "Comme ci comme ça," from her album Recto Verso. "Comme ci comme ça" usually means "so-so," but in her song, Zaz chooses to give it a more literal meaning, "like this, like that." She wants others to accept her as she is. And to press her point, she never actually appears as herself in the video!

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Caption 4 [fr]: Vouloir à tout prix me changer
Caption 4 [en]: Wanting to change me at all costs

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TV Vendée - Le sapin de Noël décoré par les enfants

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

La Roche-sur-Yon, a friendly town near Brittany, is abuzz with Christmas activities. Local children are busy decorating the town Christmas tree with their own personalized ornaments. Santa is there, of course, taking toy orders. The mayor is also involved and has the town hall organizing ten days of festivities.

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Caption 16 [fr]: par une armée d'enfants venus tout simplement le décorer avec des boules personnalisées.
Caption 16 [en]: by an army of children who came quite simply to decorate it with personalized ornament balls.

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Voyage en France - Vexin Normand - Gisors - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

France

There's a lot to explore in the Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais Church in Gisors, including a towering wooden organ, a magnificent mural, and a spiral staircase. Daniel Benchimol gives us a detailed tour of this stunning work of architecture, which he counts as one of the most beautiful churches in Normandy.

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Caption 15 [fr]: cet extraordinaire orgue entièrement en bois, il est tout simplement monumental.
Caption 15 [en]: this extraordinary organ made entirely of wood; it's quite simply monumental.

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Le saviez-vous? - La conjugaison au présent, au passé et au futur

Difficulty: Beginner

France

This video will give you an introduction to one of the most important aspects of French grammar: conjugating verbs in the present, past, and future tenses. It's full of fun and practical examples that will help you master conjugation!

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Caption 24 [fr]: On s'expliquera et tout ira bien.
Caption 24 [en]: We will talk about it and everything will be OK.

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Louane - Avenir

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Louane Emera (aka Anne Peichert), semi-finalist in the French talent competition "The Voice," released her second single "Avenir" (Future), which topped the official French Singles Chart in March 2015. She sings about overcoming a breakup and sends a hopeful message: although "it's all over," she still has a future.

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Caption 5 [fr]: Tu ne vas plus m'avoir et tout est terminé
Caption 5 [en]: You won't have me anymore, and it's all over

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TV8 Mont Blanc - Découverte d'une piscine écologique aux Echelles

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In an effort to promote ecotourism, the town of Echelles has constructed one of the largest natural bathing areas in France. Its filtration system is 100% natural, powered by thousands of plant seedlings.

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Caption 12 [fr]: Et l'idée de faire de l'écotourisme est venue tout naturellement à la municipalité.
Caption 12 [en]: And the idea to do ecotourism came quite naturally to the municipality.

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Maître Gims - Bella

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Maître Gims' song "Bella" (from his solo album Subliminal) is an epic tale set in Spain where beautiful Bella wrecks havoc in all the villages she visits. Lovelorn men are falling for this "femme fatale" everywhere, and Maître Gims doesn't heed the locals' advice to stay away from her but instead falls for her too. You'll notice that Maître Gims uses a form of slang known as verlan, in which a word's syllables are reversed.

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Caption 19 [fr]: Une beauté sans pareille, tout le monde veut s'en emparer
Caption 19 [en]: A beauty like no other, everyone wants to capture her

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Voyage en France - Le château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this tour of the town of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, you will discover a very old castle built by King Francis the First as well as a quintessentially French marketplace, whose numerous fountains make it the perfect place to cool off in the summer.

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Caption 21 [fr]: ou encore rue des Coches, tout est dit.
Caption 21 [en]: or even Rue des Coches [Coach Street]: it says it all.

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Le saviez-vous? - Le romantisme français

Difficulty: Beginner

France

It's been said that Paris is the most romantic city in the world. In this video, you will discover the origin of the word "romantic" and learn about the romanticism movement, which originated not from France as one might expect, but from England and Germany and later took hold in France.

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Caption 48 [fr]: Tout ceci permet un rythme de vie lent et contemplatif, donc, romantique.
Caption 48 [en]: All this allows for a slow and contemplative rhythm of life: that is, romantic.

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Oldelaf - La peine de mort

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Few people can escape Oldelaf's imaginary death sentences: from children who wake up too early, to people who wear socks with sandals, to people who copy the music from the film Drive (such as Oldelaf himself), to people who actually support the death penalty. It's a good thing this video is just satirical!

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Caption 46 [fr]: Pour les mamies avec les cheveux tout violet
Caption 46 [en]: For grannies with completely purple hair

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Télé Lyon Métropole - Street art: le yarn bombing, c'est quoi?

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Audrey is a practitioner of yarn bombing, a street art movement originating from the United States. You'll find her art all over the city of Lyon. She crochets colorful pieces that she uses to cover anything that takes her fancy, from bicycle seats to lamp posts and a few statues.

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Caption 1 [fr]: C'est un street art moelleux, douillet, pas du tout agressif.
Caption 1 [en]: It's a comfortable, cozy street art, not at all aggressive.

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Grand Corps Malade - Comme une évidence

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Slam poet Grand Corps Malade sings "Comme une évidence" ("Like an Obvious Fact" or "Like it's Meant to Be"), in which he tries to write a love song for his beloved who wreaks sweet havoc on his life. He is anxious to find the right words for her. As in his previous song, "Les Voyages en Train" ("Train Rides"), which he alludes to, he includes multiple double entendres and clever turns of phrase that you will enjoy.

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Caption 27 [fr]: Je comprends pas tout ce qui se passe... y a plein de trucs incohérents
Caption 27 [en]: I don't understand all that's going on... there's a lot of stuff that's incoherent

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Voyage en France - île de Chatou

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

A few kilometers from Paris, on Chatou Island (also known as Impressionists' Island), Daniel Benchimol has a nice surprise for you.... Watch this video to find out what it is!

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Caption 3 [fr]: sur une île, une île qui s'appelle l'île de Chatou ou que tout le monde surnomme
Caption 3 [en]: on an island, an island that is called Chatou Island or that everyone nicknames

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