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Fuori era primavera - Viaggio nell'Italia del lockdown - Part 13

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Despite the restrictions brought on by Covid, people would still graduate from school, they'd get married, and they'd celebrate birthdays. But of course, they would have to get creative. Health workers in close contact with Covid patients would have to find a way to be affectionate with their loved ones without infecting them.

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Caption 19 [it]: però, insomma, meglio di niente.
Caption 19 [en]: but, all in all, better than nothing.

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Fuori era primavera - Viaggio nell'Italia del lockdown - Part 12

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

During the pandemic, there were those who couldn't do their shopping for one reason or another, so volunteers would help out. Some could pay for their groceries, but others couldn't. At the beginning of the video, we're in the ZEN, a housing project on the outskirts of Palermo. ZEN stands for Zona Espansione Nord (northern expansion zone). Towards the end of the segment, we're at Milan's Pio Albergo Trivulzio, a nursing home and hospital where many people died in the first wave of Covid-19.

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Caption 8 [it]: Immagino, insomma, che fanno [sic: che facciano] comodo. -Sono utilissimi.
Caption 8 [en]: I imagine, well, that they'll come in handy. -They're very useful.

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Fuori era primavera - Viaggio nell'Italia del lockdown - Part 2

Difficulty: 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 24 [it]: Insomma, ho visto, ho visto
Caption 24 [en]: I mean, I've seen, I've seen

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COVID-19 - 6) La guarigione

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

It was a tough 72 days, but, as the title suggests, the family recovered, luckily. They think back on their time in isolation and what it felt like to come out the other side. Their story even made it into a local newspaper.

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Caption 2 [it]: Insomma, è stato [sic: stata] davvero una rinascita per lui,
Caption 2 [en]: Basically, for him it was really like coming back to life,

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COVID-19 - 4) Gli effetti sul corpo

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Coronavirus affects people in different ways. Marino and Giuditta share their experiences and recount what they did on their own, to try to get better.

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Caption 26 [it]: Insomma, per finire il periodo di isolamento
Caption 26 [en]: Basically, to end the period of isolation,

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Professioni e mestieri - Psicoterapeuta corporale e Naturopata - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Marino meets Silvana and they start chatting by the sea. They discover that their professions are related (naturopathy and body-psychotherapy) and they enjoy sharing ways of looking at emotions and symbols.

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Caption 10 [it]: eh... insomma, vengono apposta.
Caption 10 [en]: uh... well, they come here because of that.

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L'Eredità -Quiz TV - La sfida dei sei. Puntata 3 - Part 15

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Lara gets a chance to explain why she chose the word she chose and how she connected the five words given to her.

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Caption 45 [it]: ma insomma un premio in denaro, ci può essere un premio in denaro. -Esatto.
Caption 45 [en]: but basically a cash prize, there can be a cash prize. -Exactly.

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L'Eredità -Quiz TV - La sfida dei sei. Puntata 3 - Part 12

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Contestants are quizzed on the latest Korean plastic surgery trend and on a Christmas legend.

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Caption 11 [it]: Insomma, concentrati.
Caption 11 [en]: Anyway, focus.

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L'Eredità -Quiz TV - La sfida dei sei. Puntata 3 - Part 10

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

In this segment we learn about even more things to do with ordinary mouthwash.

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Caption 8 [it]: Ci facciamo ginnastica, insomma. -Sì, Sì. -Quelli lì, certo.
Caption 8 [en]: We do gym with them, pretty much. -Yes, yes. -Those, for sure.

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L'Eredità -Quiz TV - La sfida dei sei. Puntata 1 - Part 6

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Agnese, the contestant from Rome, is quizzed on a list of soccer players and she has to respond whether they're ex-players or current players. A new contestant, Antonella, responds to a list of words, saying if they're adverbs or adjectives.

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Caption 6 [it]: Però chiaramente qualche difettuccio ce l'ha, insomma.
Caption 6 [en]: But, clearly, she does has a few tiny flaws, all in all.

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L'Eredità -Quiz TV - La sfida dei sei. Puntata 1 - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

This is a great chance to practice bone and muscle vocabulary, since that's what the pairing is about in this episode. The first contestant is named Santo. "Santo" means "saint," so there's some joking about it being just his name, not a description. Carlo, contestant number two is a musician and works in music therapy. He sings a few phrases of an aria from the Puccini opera Tosca.

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Caption 6 [it]: da, da sempre, insomma, ormai...
Caption 6 [en]: since, since forever, I mean, at this point...

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Professioni e mestieri - Rivenditore per parrucchieri - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Antonella talks about her relationship with the people who come into the shop, especially older women who still care about being beautiful, and who are beautiful, inside and out.

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Caption 6 [it]: In piccolo, ma insomma cerchiamo di avere un po' di tutto.
Caption 6 [en]: On a small scale, but basically we try to have a bit of everything.

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Anna presenta - Gli esami in gravidanza

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Anna tells us about the medical exams a woman can choose to do during pregnancy, and some of the problems that can come up during pregnancy and delivery.

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Caption 34 [it]: tutto quanto, insomma, deve essere perfettamente nella norma.
Caption 34 [en]: everything, in other words, has to be perfectly in the norm.

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Anna presenta - La gravidanza - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Anna speaks about her prenatal and postpartum experience with the Italian National Health Service. She also discusses the five-month maternity leave that working women receive.

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Caption 19 [it]: Insomma, ci sono in realtà, informandosi bene,
Caption 19 [en]: All in all, there actually are, getting well-informed,

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Marika spiega - Pettegolezzi in ufficio con Anna

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Office gossip, the Italian way. Marika and Anna dish about the boss, the boss's nephew, the boss's nephew with the wife of the old boss, a temp--all while pretending to work.

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Caption 32 [it]: E insomma.
Caption 32 [en]: And so.

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