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Caravaggio - EP1 - Part 9

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

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Caravaggio incontra il barone Cenci e sua figlia. Il barone apprezza uno dei quadri che Caravaggio ha appena completato. La figlia del barone è nella sua carrozza e scambia quattro chiacchiere con Caravaggio.

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Romanzo Italiano - Lazio - Part 10

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Alessandro explains some things about the characters in his books and tells a story about when he won the Strega award. The Strega Award is the most important Italian literary award. It gets its name from one of its creators, the owner of the company producing Strega, a brand of an amaro (after-dinner, digestive bitters).

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Caption 22 [it]: Poi, appena ti dai un po' da fare,
Caption 22 [en]: Then, as soon as you get a little busy,

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Moscati, l'amore che guarisce - EP 2 - Part 20

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Giuseppe's health is failing, but he won't accept Arcangelo and Nina's advice to get some rest. He seems to be well aware of his true condition and writes a letter to his loved ones. Elena brings Antonio home.

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Caption 15 [it]: Ma come, quello ha appena... -Nina.
Caption 15 [en]: But what? That guy just... -Nina.

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Caravaggio - EP1 - Part 14

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

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Word seems to be getting around that Merisi is a very talented painter. In bed with malaria, Michele himself is the last one to hear about it.

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Caption 17 [it]: Ne ha appena comprati due di quadri di Merisi
Caption 17 [en]: He just bought two of Merisi's paintings

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Illuminate - Margherita Hack - Part 12

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

We discover that Margherita Hack was a devoted fan of the long-running TV series, Un posto al sole [a place in the sun]. She explains why. Francesca goes back to Trieste and meets up with Eda who talks about having lived in the same house with Margherita Hack.

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Caption 31 [it]: [Ciao Eda! Sono appena rientrata a Trieste]
Caption 31 [en]: [Hi Eda! I just got back to Trieste]

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Illuminate - Margherita Hack - Part 8

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Aldo and Margherita stuck together. He might get bored at her lectures, but he would always be there. They both shared a love for sports and motocycles.

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Caption 34 [it]: Margherita appena poteva andava all'estero.
Caption 34 [en]: Margherita, as soon as she could, would go abroad.

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Illuminate - Margherita Hack - Part 7

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

This segment recounts how Aldo De Rosa and Margherita met in a park in Florence as kids and later married. Aldo supported her in her scientific work throughout their marriage, which lasted over seventy years.

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Caption 24 [it]: [Non ci crederai, l'ho appena incontrato]
Caption 24 [en]: [You won't believe it. I just met him]

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Moscati, l'amore che guarisce - EP 2 - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Elena tries to convince her father that Giuseppe will change after they get married. He remains very skeptical. Giuseppe is spoon-feeding Cloe to give her some nourishment, meanwhile telling her how he decided to become a doctor.

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Caption 10 [it]: Avevo appena finito il ginnasio
Caption 10 [en]: I had just finished high school

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Illuminate - Margherita Hack - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

A car problem allows us to meet Eda Gjergo, a young astrophysicist, who will in turn lead us to meet Margherita Hack, the subject of this episode about women luminaries. Hack was a famous scientist, communicator, and activist.

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Caption 34 [it]: entra un attimo e appena finisco t'aiuto, va bene?
Caption 34 [en]: come in for a moment and as soon as I finish, I will help you, all right?

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Non è mai troppo tardi - EP1 - Part 17

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

The director of the reformatory has done a bit of thinking and comes to see the boys, a rare occurence. Manzi, with his proverbial foot in the door, keeps trying to push it open even wider. There is news on the home front, too.

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Caption 2 [it]: Ho appena letto i vostri lavori.
Caption 2 [en]: I have just read your work.

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Non è mai troppo tardi - EP1 - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

People seem to think Alberto is a bit nuts. He's about to go on live TV, and people around him hope he doesn't botch it. The name of the TV show is Non è mai troppo tardi (it's never too late). What's implied in the title is that it's never to late to learn to read and write. In Italian, a person who never learned to read or write is called analfabeta.

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Caption 12 [it]: Per favore, maestro, l'ho appena sistemata. -Ah, mi scusi.
Caption 12 [en]: Please, schoolmaster, I just adjusted it. -Ah, I'm sorry.

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L'Oriana - film - Part 8

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Oriana manages to interview some soldiers, each with his own experience to share. The song at the end of the segment is "My Girl" written by Smokey Robinson for The Temptations. It was a number one hit song in the mid-sixties.

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Caption 25 [it]: Mi sono sposato appena prima di partire.
Caption 25 [en]: I got married just before I left.

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L'Oriana - film - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Oriana writes about the conditions of Muslim women in Islamic countries. In 1967, she goes to South Vietnam, a country being torn apart by war.

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Caption 19 [it]: Guardi, guardi questo telex: è appena atterrata a Saigon,
Caption 19 [en]: Look, look at this telex: She just landed in Saigon,

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L'Oriana - film - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Oriana has to argue with her boss to be able to go around the world interviewing women. In 1961, she manages to fly to Pakistan but is frustrated by how hard it is to even talk to another woman.

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Caption 23 [it]: Sì, lei è appena tornata, studiava a Londra.
Caption 23 [en]: Yes, she just got back, she was studying in London.

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L'Oriana - film - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Lisa's goal in meeting with Oriana is an interview, which Oriana clearly does not want to give. But she tells about when she was a ruthless interviewer herself, in both Italy and the U.S.

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Caption 6 [it]: Appena finita la guerra, avevo diciassette anni.
Caption 6 [en]: When the war ended, I was seventeen years old.

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