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4:19

L'Italia che piace - Esperienze Gastronomiche - Part 3

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

This episode is about a specialty from Colonnata, a little village above Carrara, where marble is quarried. It's pork lard, which may not sound very appetizing but is beloved by Italians all over the peninsula. A little goes a long way, but savored with typical unsalted Tuscan bread, it is pretty special. And marble plays an important part.
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Caption 9 [it]: e non han [hanno] fatto altro che prendere quello che c'è qua in abbondanza:
Caption 9 [en]: and did nothing but take what is here in abundance:
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4:52

Guido Crepax - Cercando Valentina - Part 7

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Among the pages of the comic strip, family members find familiar objects, drawings, and personal information from their everyday life. Although Valentina was a figment of Crepax's imagination, she was also an integral part of his family.
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Caption 52 [it]: La sua caratteristica era quella di prendere un po' dappertutto, no?
Caption 52 [en]: His quirk was to take from pretty much everywhere, right?
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4:38

Guido Crepax - Cercando Valentina - Part 5

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Crepax's Valentina was an intriguing character because she openly reflected the sexual freedom of the late sixties and was attractive to both men and women. It was very "in" to be seen walking around with an issue of "Linus," an Italian comics magazine published in Italy beginning in 1965.
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Caption 5 [it]: Dovevano prendere il meglio,
Caption 5 [en]: They had to take the best,
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Guido Crepax - Cercando Valentina - Part 2

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Crepax started out with one protagonist, Philip Rembrandt, but gradually phased him out, along with his superpowers. Valentina then took over as the protagonist. Crepax talks about Milan in the sixties.
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Caption 38 [it]: ha preso chi si è lasciato prendere.
Caption 38 [en]: it took whoever would let it take them.
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4:04

Illuminate - Margherita Hack - Part 14

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Even though Aldo and Margherita were very different in many ways, they came together in their skepticism. Towards the end of her life, Margherita couldn't move around much, but her brain never stopped going.
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Caption 51 [it]: "Aspetta, te lo vado a prendere immediatamente".
Caption 51 [en]: "Wait, I will go and get him right away."
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3:06

Vivere - Un'avventura di Vittorio De Sica - Part 9

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

The general hands De Sica a letter from Goebbels himself but since De Sica can't read German, it is translated for him ad alta voce (out loud). It's an invitation to Venice, which De Sica does not want to accept.
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Caption 32 [it]: Lei sta solo cercando di prendere tempo.
Caption 32 [en]: You are just trying to stall.
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3:51

Vivere - Un'avventura di Vittorio De Sica - Part 8

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Actors, including Alberto Sordi, who were performing at the Quattro Fontane (four fountains) theater on the fateful day of 23 March 1944 are in danger of being caught by the Germans. During the filming of his movie, De Sica leaves the safety of the basilica just once and is caught and questioned by a Nazi General about why the film is taking so long to be shot.
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Caption 36 [it]: Bastava fare una svolta, prendere una via
Caption 36 [en]: It sufficed to make a turn, to take one street
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3:51

Vivere - Un'avventura di Vittorio De Sica - Part 6

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

To recreate the environment of the San Loreto church, the Basilica of St Paul's Outside the Walls was used for the final scene of the film. The crew was accustomed to working in a non-religious setting where they could do as they liked, so it was a full-time job trying to keep their bad habits (such as smoking) in check so they wouldn't get kicked out by their hosts.
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Caption 11 [it]: Tutte le mattine, Vittorio va a prendere Maria all'hotel Bostonia.
Caption 11 [en]: Every morning, Vittorio goes to pick up Maria at the Bostonia Hotel.
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4:54

Fuori era primavera - Viaggio nell'Italia del lockdown - Part 14

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

How did Italians spend Easter in 2020? Certain traditions were able to be maintained, but it wasn't easy!
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Caption 40 [it]: allora ho... abbiamo deciso di prendere lo scolapasta
Caption 40 [en]: so I... we decided to take the colander
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Fuori era primavera - Viaggio nell'Italia del lockdown - Part 2

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Different people talk about their experiences: a hospital intensive-care worker, a bike courier, a 103-year old woman, some children, and the head of a family.
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Caption 56 [it]: Cerchiamo di, di prendere un po' di precauzioni,
Caption 56 [en]: Let's try to, to take some precautions,
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Meraviglie - S2EP1 - Part 13

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

We move to the French side of Mont Blanc, which has a much milder slope than the Italian side. Mont Blanc stands out as having had an important role in the development of mountain-climbing as a competitive sport.
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Caption 55 [it]: ma purtroppo nessuno era mai riuscito a prendere il momento esatto.
Caption 55 [en]: but unfortunately no one had ever managed to time it just right.
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5:33

COVID-19 - 5) I tamponi

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

If you have never been tested for Covid-19, Giuditta and Marino give a good description of the process. And their youngest son had to be very brave.
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Caption 58 [it]: così da prendere la forza che gli serviva
Caption 58 [en]: so as to take the strength he needed,
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3:38

Eleonora - I miei cavalli

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

Eleonora tells us about how she combines her love for animals, especially horses, with a path to a career.
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Caption 28 [it]: quale ramo della medicina veterinaria prendere [sic: intraprendere].
Caption 28 [en]: which branch of veterinary medicine to take [sic: to undertake].
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3:20

Erica - Archeologia sperimentale - Part 3

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy Tuscan

Erica shows us the various parts of so-called "tinder fungus" and then demonstrates how to prepare it for lighting a fire using a sharp flintstone.
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Caption 31 [it]: e andiamo a prendere le, le pietre, le nostre pietre focaie
Caption 31 [en]: and we go and take the, the stones, our firestones,
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In giro per l'Italia - Lucca - Part 4

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Italy

There are a lot of interesting places to see from the walls, as Arianna rides around on her rental bike: the botanical garden, a tower with trees on it, and the entrance to a pilgrimage route to Rome.
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Caption 46 [it]: perché poi devo andare in stazione a prendere il treno.
Caption 46 [en]: because then I have to go to the train station to catch the train.
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