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Les zooriginaux - 2 Tel père tel fils - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Junior's training to become King of the Beasts comes to a standstill when his dad puts him through the ultimate test... eating humans!

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Caption 12 [fr]: Après tout, à quoi servent les humains, Junior?
Caption 12 [en]: After all, what are humans for, Junior?

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Voyage en France - La Normandie: Cabourg

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel Benchimol shows us around Cabourg in Normandy. There, you'll find a casino and the famous Grand Hôtel, where Marcel Proust stayed and found inspiration for his book In Search of Lost Time.

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Caption 6 [fr]: Tout simplement, c'est un hôtel qui fait partie de la légende littéraire française
Caption 6 [en]: Quite simply, it's a hotel that is a part of French literary legend,

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Il était une fois: L’Espace - 6. La révolte des robots - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The day we've all been dreading has finally arrived... robots are taking over the world! See how the Governor handles the situation in this installment of Il était une fois... L'Espace.

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Caption 7 [fr]: Tout, sans exception, tout ce qui dépend des robots est arrêté,
Caption 7 [en]: Everything, without exception, everything that depends on robots is stopped,

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Oldelaf - La Tristitude

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Oldelaf bares his soul in his song "La Tristitude," a portmanteau that combines tristesse (sadness) and attitude (and a little solitude). We might call it "saditude." Listen to his lyrics and you'll surely recognize it. Ça fait mal!

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Caption 18 [fr]: C'est la vie qui te dit que ça ne va pas du tout
Caption 18 [en]: It's life telling you that it's not going well at all

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Les zooriginaux - 2 Tel père tel fils - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

It seems that what we consider "bad manners" are actually good manners to lions! Watch Leon the lion teach his young cub the art of behaving badly at the dinner table.

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Caption 2 [fr]: Tout comme toi.
Caption 2 [en]: Just like you.

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Les zooriginaux - 2 Tel père tel fils - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Who knew that young animals go to school while their parents are at the psychiatrist's? At least that's what happens in this cartoon, Les Zooriginaux, known in English as "Wild Instinct."

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Caption 14 [fr]: Je ne dors plus. Je perds tout appétit. Ma vie est un enfer!
Caption 14 [en]: I don't sleep anymore. I'm losing all my appetite. My life is hell!

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Le Tapissier - L'artisan et son travail

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

René-Marc Cohen, a very fine artisan, will show us how to upholster a squat armchair, "un fauteuil crapaud" (literally a "toad armchair").

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Caption 5 [fr]: pour tout ce qui est métiers de... d'ameublement d'art.
Caption 5 [en]: for anything to do with... traditional furniture crafts.

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Il était une fois: L’Espace - 3. La planète verte - Part 6

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The King of the Forest recounts the atrocities inflicted on the Green Planet by humans long ago, as well as how its inhabitants decided to stop the massacre.

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Caption 16 [fr]: Je vais la casser, je veux la détruire! Et tout ce qu'elle porte avec!
Caption 16 [en]: I'm going to break it, I want to destroy it! And everything on it!

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Lionel - Le one-man-show de Lionel

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Viewer Discretion Advised

Lionel, the stand-up comedian, punster extraordinaire, surpasses himself with his long string of puns. Catch them if you can! The long-suffering husband of Éléonore, he is not shy about making her the butt of all his jokes.

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Caption 31 [fr]: Tu me dis tout le temps:
Caption 31 [en]: You're always telling me,

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Rémy de Bores - Auteur

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Rémy de Bores, an author and publisher, is a very busy man. In this video, he explains the intricacies of his profession and discusses his own books.

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Caption 13 [fr]: et d'expliquer à l'auteur tout que ce qu'il doit faire pour arriver à vendre le livre,
Caption 13 [en]: and explain to the author everything he has to do to succeed in selling the book,

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Boulbar - New York, 6 heures du matin

Difficulty: Beginner

France

The French singer Bertrand Boulbar lands in New York, the first stop on his trip across the United States. Follow him along his westward journey through songs from his latest album, Motor Hotel.

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Caption 25 [fr]: Ne sonne que de tout ce qui casse
Caption 25 [en]: Only rings of all that breaks

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Il était une fois: L’Espace - 3. La planète verte - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Pierrot wakes up on a beautiful and verdant planet, whose king tells him of the damage done by some evil-minded visitors long ago.

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Caption 23 [fr]: Tout a commencé quand un très grand navire s'est posé sur la plaine des Basses-Terres.
Caption 23 [en]: Everything began when a very large ship landed on the Lowlands plain.

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Suzy Le Blanc - Romancière, poète

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Suzy Le Blanc is a poet, novelist, and short story writer who sets much of her work in the French region of Lorraine. In this video, she talks to us about some of her books and her passion for storytelling.

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Caption 11 [fr]: D'amour vis-à-vis de tout le monde.
Caption 11 [en]: Of love toward everyone.

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Il était une fois: L’Espace - 3. La planète verte - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Pierrot and his copilot are sent on an observation mission to Andromeda. They stop by an intriguing Green Planet with a wonderful spongy surface.

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Caption 10 [fr]: Ce n'est pas facile. Avec tout ce choix, il faut que je réfléchisse.
Caption 10 [en]: It's not easy. With all these choices, I have to think about it.

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Lionel - Les devinettes

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Listen to Lionel Brigeot, alias Hugo Dampf, who challenges everyone with his riddles, puns, and attempts at humor. You'll learn to understand how riddles work in French and perhaps create your own!

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Caption 12 [fr]: Alors, première question concernant un animal que tout le monde connaît:
Caption 12 [en]: So, the first question, concerning an animal that everyone knows:

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