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Lionel - à la brocante

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel takes us to an Alsace flea market and unearths some shopping gems: old vintage postcards painted by a student of Picasso, a set of tires, a few saucepans, and a makeup kit that he buys for his four-and-a-half-year-old daughter, or so he claims...

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Caption 17 [fr]: Plus fort. -Un aspirateur. -Voilà, donc un aspirateur français.
Caption 17 [en]: Louder. -A vacuum cleaner. -There you are, so a French vacuum cleaner.

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Salon Eco Habitat - La peinture à l'ocre

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

How would you like to learn to make your very own ochre paint? Jean-Michel and Stéphane will share their recipe, which is not unlike crêpe batter. While the paint may not be fit for human consumption, it's non-toxic and extremely durable.

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Caption 12 [fr]: Voilà, on laisse cuire. On remue de temps en temps. Après on incorpore l'ocre.
Caption 12 [en]: There, we let it cook. We stir from time to time. Then we incorporate the ochre.

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Il était une fois: Les découvreurs - 9. Galilée - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Episode nine of this series focuses on Galileo, a prolific inventor and scientist. He discovered the principle of the simple pendulum motion, very useful in the measure of time and later in the making of clocks.

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Caption 24 [fr]: Voilà qui permet de calculer si un liquide est plus dense que l'eau.
Caption 24 [en]: This is what makes it possible to calculate whether a liquid is denser than water.

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Cap 24 - Alessandro Di Sarno au Salon des vins et vignerons

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Alessandro visits a wine festival with his breathalyzer to make sure that nothing more than some innocent dégustation (sampling) is going on. Some of the people he interviews fail the test, but one expert claims it might not be that accurate to begin with!

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Caption 27 [fr]: C'est bien ça! -Hein? Oui, hein? -Vous recrachez alors? -Voilà, exactement.
Caption 27 [en]: That's good! -Huh? Yes, huh? -You spit, then? -You got it, exactly.

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Alsace 20 - Rencontre avec les membres d'IAM

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Meet the members of IAM, a very popular French rap group originating from Marseille. They discuss their successful career and their latest album, Arts Martiens (Martian Arts).

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Caption 12 [fr]: Ça part un petit peu dans tous les sens, mais les grandes lignes c'est quand même que... voilà,
Caption 12 [en]: It's going in every direction a little bit, but the main guidelines are still such that... there you are,

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Cap 24 - Alessandro Di Sarno se met à nu !

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this hilarious video, Allessandro Di Sarno decides to strip (nearly) naked to determine whether Parisians are really as jaded as he thinks they are. Luckily the only violence he suffers is at the hands of an elderly woman, who pokes him with her cane!

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Caption 12 [fr]: Oui mais sans sexualité. -Et voilà. Au moins c'est clair.
Caption 12 [en]: Yes, but without sexuality. -There you go. At least it's clear.

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Il était une fois: Notre Terre - 25. Technologies - Part 8

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In the last segment of this Il était une fois... episode on technology, we learn more about what vertical farms can do to help the planet thrive. The first commercial vertical farm recently opened in Singapore.

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Caption 11 [fr]: Et voilà!
Caption 11 [en]: And here we are!

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TV8 Mont Blanc - Un réveillon en montagne (Savoie)

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

For New Year's Eve, come join the mountain people of the Savoie region at the O’Communailles restaurant where good local food is being served with a twist in a convivial atmosphere. Then watch the happy locals dance the night away.

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Caption 17 [fr]: Bon, voilà on a juste fait un petit braisage de viande de cerf
Caption 17 [en]: Good, there you are, we just did a little braising of the deer meat

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Grand Lille TV - Focus: la tradition de Saint-Nicolas

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In keeping with northern European traditions, Saint Nicholas visits local French schools to bring good cheer and some treats! Luckily, his partner Père Fouettard, who usually hands out coal to naughty children, is away looking after his sick donkey today.

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Caption 16 [fr]: Alors, vous... d'habitude, voilà, vous vous promenez avec votre âne,
Caption 16 [en]: So you... usually, there you are, you go around with your donkey,

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Alsace 20 - Alsace: les plus belles déco de Noël!

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Some Alsace residents take Christmas decorating very seriously. From two men who go all out with phantasmagoric light displays to a woman who opts for a subtler, 1940s décor, you'll find some different takes on what it means to be in the "Christmas spirit" in this video.

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Caption 24 [fr]: mais voilà à un moment, il s'est ennuyé.
Caption 24 [en]: but there you have it, at one point, he got bored.

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Joanna - La Place Stanislas

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Joanna and Caroline take us to the northern French city of Nancy in Lorraine. They'll show you around the beautiful Place Stanislas, classified as a World Heritage Site, and the famous Daum crystal studio. A beautiful art piece might set you back a few thousand euros... Be sure to bring your check book or your credit card!

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Caption 29 [fr]: il y a des expositions et il y a aussi, euh... -Le cirque. -Le cirque, voilà.
Caption 29 [en]: there are some exhibitions, and there is also, uh... -The circus. -The circus, that's right.

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Alsace 20 - Femmes d'exception: Christine Ott

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Discover a unique instrument called the ondes Martenot, a precursor to the synthesizer named after its inventor, Maurice Martenot. This electronic piano-like instrument, once a musical sensation in the 1930's, quickly fell into disuse, but is experiencing a revival thanks to Christine Ott, a talented pianist who adopted this unusual instrument and has worked alongside such musical greats as Radiohead and Yann Tiersen.

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Caption 1 [fr]: Eh bien voilà! On a découvert cette ondes Martenot.
Caption 1 [en]: Well, there we are! We've discovered this ondes Martenot.

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Il était une fois: Notre Terre - 25. Technologies - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The home of the future includes a talking refrigerator that gives you chocolate bars for breakfast! Unfortunately, it also includes some pesky robots....

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Caption 1 [fr]: Eh bien, vous voilà bien calmes tous les deux!
Caption 1 [en]: Well, look how quiet both of you are!

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Il était une fois: Notre Terre - 25. Technologies - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The Maestro gives us an overview of some of the major innovations of the last century, from the invention of the radio to the discovery of the first exoplanet. We've come a long way in just a few decades!

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Caption 2 [fr]: Et voilà! Le télescope spatial mis sur orbite par la fusée
Caption 2 [en]: And there we go! The space telescope put into orbit by the rocket

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Grand Lille TV - Un piano dans le métro!

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The Lille Piano Festival is taking place in a subway station, where pianists bring music to the train commuters for their enjoyment and perhaps a gentle introduction to jazz and classical music.

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Caption 13 [fr]: Voilà. Et puis je joue... ce qui me passe par la tête. Y a pas de programme.
Caption 13 [en]: That's it. And then I play... whatever passes through my head. There's no program.

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