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Benvenuti in Galera - Bollate, Milano - Part 3

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

In the restaurant inside Bollate prison, activities to be carried out are planned. The work in the kitchen must be well organized to offer good service.

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Caption 24 [it]: Buongiorno signora, mi dica.
Caption 24 [en]: Good morning ma'am, may I help you?

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La super storia - Via Pasolini - Part 8

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

Pasolini doesn't want to talk about his enemies, but does talk about the people he loves the most: simple folk, who might not have even finished grade school. For his early films, he took inspiration from Antonio Gramsci.

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Caption 11 [it]: Eh, dica il tipo e poi, se vuole, dica anche dei nomi. -Il tipo di persone
Caption 11 [en]: Eh, say the type, and then if you want, also say some names. -The kind of people

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Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno - Ep. 1 - Part 18

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy Pugliese

Domenico gets a big chance to sing for a celebrity, but it doesn't go the way he imagines. Palmieri keeps coming up with ideas for him, however.

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Caption 71 [it]: Senta, mi dica... come si chiama la Sua ragazza?
Caption 71 [en]: Listen. Tell me... what your girlfriend's name is?

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Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno - Ep. 1 - Part 17

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Domenico isn't very adept at keeping his emotions, including jealousy, in check, and at the dinner party, he allows them to get the better of him. But there are all kinds of people at that party, and they aren't all against him.

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Caption 53 [it]: Allora, Modugno. -Dica.
Caption 53 [en]: So, Modugno. -Tell me.

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Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno - Ep. 1 - Part 14

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Domenico gets a small role in a movie where he has to sing a child to sleep. He then tries his luck in a singing contest. He also seems to be getting some attention from some women...

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Caption 2 [it]: Dica. -Fai finta che lì c'è il maresciallo.
Caption 2 [en]: Tell me. -Pretend that the marshal is there.

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Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno - Ep. 1 - Part 12

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Domenico happens to get a glimpse of Vittorio De Sica himself and chases him down to ask him for a part.

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Caption 40 [it]: Dica al maestro De Sica
Caption 40 [en]: Tell maestro De Sica

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Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno - Ep. 1 - Part 11

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Domenico begins recounting his second (and best) year at the Experimental Center in Rome. One reason it was his best year is that he met a very special person.

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Caption 22 [it]: Mi dica, che brano ha portato?
Caption 22 [en]: Tell me. What piece did you bring?

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L'Italia a tavola - Interrogazione sulla Liguria

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Because Anna knows the subject backwards and forwards, she volunteers to take the teacher's quiz on Liguria, but that doesn't help much with her grade.

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Caption 9 [it]: Dica pure.
Caption 9 [en]: Go ahead and speak.

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L'Italia a tavola - Interrogazione sulla Calabria

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

It's time to talk about Calabria, a southern region with both sea and mountains. Let's hope Anna did some studying.

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Caption 27 [it]: Mi dica una frase tipica in calabrese.
Caption 27 [en]: Tell me a typical phrase in Calabrese.

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L'Italia a tavola - Interrogazione sulla Sicilia

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Anna gets grilled on Sicily by Marika. Oral quizzes are very frequently used in Italian schools. Grading is done on a scale from 1-10 for primary and secondary schools, and from 1-30 at the university level.

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Caption 29 [it]: Mi dica un'espressione tipica in siciliano.
Caption 29 [en]: Please tell me a typical Sicilian expression.

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L'Italia a tavola - Interrogazione sulla Puglia

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Here we go with a new series with Anna and Marika. Each video will feature an oral quiz — just like in actual Italian schools — about a region of Italy. A separate cooking video will feature a recipe from that region. We start in the "heel of the boot": Puglia.

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Caption 77 [it]: anzi, mi dica, perché Le do del Lei,
Caption 77 [en]: or rather, tell me, because I'm addressing you formally,

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Dottor Pitrè - e le sue storie - Part 5

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy Sicilian

This segment focuses on an actor who retells and acts out stories from Sicily's past, speaking in Sicilian dialect. He uses the Pitrè Museum as a source for material. The museum houses a manuscript with over 4,000 Sicilian proverbs, just one of the many volumes of Sicilian ethnographic material.

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Caption 30 [it]: E allura mi ricissi 'na cosa vossia, castella' [E allora mi dica una cosa Lei, castellano].
Caption 30 [en]: And so you tell me something, lord of the castle.

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Marika spiega - Expo 2015 - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

2015 is an exciting year for Italy, because this year's Expo is in Milan. Marika was lucky enough to go, and she's eager to share her experience with you. But first she gives you a little background on how the Expo got started as a phenomenon.

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Caption 9 [it]: è bene che vi dica un pochino la storia che c'è dietro questa esposizione.
Caption 9 [en]: it's a good idea for me to tell you a bit of the history behind this fair.

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Fellini Racconta - Un Autoritratto Ritrovato - Part 21

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

This is the last segment of a series of interviews focused on one of the greatest film directors of all time. Fellini, in saying he doesn't have much to say, says it all.

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Caption 25 [it]: Mah, insomma tu vuoi che io dica che delle cose edificanti...
Caption 25 [en]: Well, in other words, you want me to say some edifying things...

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Fellini Racconta - Un Autoritratto Ritrovato - Part 13

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

A precious moment in the middle of a shoot with Fellini and his crew.

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Caption 31 [it]: Ecco, l'assaggi e mi dica se è al punto giusto.
Caption 31 [en]: There, taste and tell me if it's at the right point.

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