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Space to ground - EP3 5 4 3 2 1 lift off. Lanciatori - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

A simple experiment with a bicycle pump shows us how rocket launchers work. Even though rockets were invented for war and for fireworks, they are also used for peaceful purposes.

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Caption 28 [it]: Il lancio avviene non appena la maniglia viene girata,
Caption 28 [en]: The launch takes place as soon as the handle is turned,

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In giro per l'Italia - Pentidattilo - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

What a wonderful place Pentidattilo had been, but then plastic arrived and pretty much ruined everything.

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Caption 17 [it]: Siamo appena arrivati in questo paradiso
Caption 17 [en]: We have just arrived in this paradise

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In giro per l'Italia - Venezia - Part 8

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

A short boat ride takes us from Venice to Murano, where they make some of the most beautiful glass in the world.

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Caption 12 [it]: che, pensate, ha appena compiuto duecento anni.
Caption 12 [en]: which just turned two hundred years old, imagine that.

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Meraviglie - EP. 6 - Part 11

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

We're in Assisi, where, during some excavations, a domus was discovered. It's clear it belonged to a wealthy family because of the richness of the wall and floor decorations, and might even have been the home of the poet Propertius.

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Caption 44 [it]: che abbiamo appena visto.
Caption 44 [en]: that we just looked at.

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Meraviglie - EP. 6 - Part 8

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

We get a look at the tomb, in terracotta, of a noblewoman. The clay allows for detail, where tombs in Macco do not. We then go to Rome, to the most important Etruscan museum, where we see once again, what an important role the afterlife played in the lives (and deaths) of the Etruscans.

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Caption 26 [it]: Le abbiamo qui, appena un po' abbozzate
Caption 26 [en]: We have them here, slightly sketched in,

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Meraviglie - EP. 5 - Part 9

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Alberto Angela gives us a simplified but fascinating description of how the Alps, and the Dolomites in particular, were formed from the sea. He goes on to tell a completely different story involving the Dolomites.

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Caption 41 [it]: come quella che abbiamo appena visto.
Caption 41 [en]: like the one we just saw,

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In giro per l'Italia - Lucca - Part 4

Difficulty: 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 31 [it]: Ho appena mangiato qualcosa
Caption 31 [en]: I just had something to eat

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Meraviglie - EP. 4 - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

What did Saint Francis look like? There are clues in a fresco in the lower basilica of the church dedicated to him in Assisi.

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Caption 18 [it]: appena cinquantaquattro anni dopo la morte di San Francesco.
Caption 18 [en]: just fifty-four years after the death of Saint Francis.

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Meraviglie - EP. 4 - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

People often wonder how the Basilica of St. Francis could be as imposing and rich as it is, when the saint to whom it is dedicated had taken an oath of poverty. Alberto Angela explains this and other contradictions.

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Caption 4 [it]: ma appena a due anni dalla sua morte,
Caption 4 [en]: But just two years after his death,

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La rotta delle spezie di Franco Calafatti - Introduzione

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Franco is crazy about spices. He draws us into his world, the world of the 7 (not just 5) senses. In his stream of consciousness style, he prepares us for traveling the four corners of the earth to discover all the tastes and fragrances awaiting us.

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Caption 30 [it]: Partiamo. Io ho appena fatto un biglietto,
Caption 30 [en]: Let's go. I just bought a ticket,

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Meraviglie - EP. 3 - Part 8

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

How could accounting books be so fascinating? The ones from the State Archives in Siena are veritable works of art and tell some interesting stories.

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Caption 58 [it]: proprio in quegli anni era stato pagato appena dieci soldi,
Caption 58 [en]: right in those years, was paid barely ten soldi.

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In giro per l'Italia - Lucca - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Mini decides to guide Arianna through one of the main roads of Lucca to the center of the city. It's one continuous road but its name changes several times. Arianna is fascinated by some mysterious numbers appearing on the stones of the pavement.

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Caption 41 [it]: Quando devono fare i lavori, e adesso li hanno appena fatti,
Caption 41 [en]: When they have to do construction — and now they have just done some,

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In giro per l'Italia - Asciano - S. Giuliano Terme: Villa Bosniascki - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Gianni explores the interior of the abandoned villa, imagining what it might have been like before.

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Caption 14 [it]: che si riescono appena appena a vedere.
Caption 14 [en]: which one can just barely see.

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In giro per l'Italia - Firenze - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Arianna is still a bit hungry, so she looks around for something else to eat. After lunch, she takes us downstairs to the actual market.

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Caption 2 [it]: Ho appena finito la pizza. Era buonissima,
Caption 2 [en]: I just finished the pizza. It was very good,

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In giro per l'Italia - Firenze - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy Tuscan

Arianna takes us around Florence. In this part, we walk from the main train station to the famous San Lorenzo market, where it's time to find some lunch.

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Caption 14 [it]: Ho appena comprato una cartina della città,
Caption 14 [en]: I just bought a map of the city,

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