Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
With examples from La Ladra, Marika explains some common but hard-to-translate, colloquial Italian expressions: pizzicare qualcuno, fare le corna and essere nei pasticci.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Martino finally goes home to his mother, and discovers that she watches the show Uomini e Donne (Men and Women) like everyone else, so she knows who Samantha is. Martino calls Laura, or tries to.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Adriano realizes that the only thing to do is to go and talk to Grazia's father, hoping to persuade him of his serious intentions.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
We're in the south of Italy, where many cultures have merged. Alberto Angela takes us to visit the magnificent Valley of the Temples in Agrigento, Sicily.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Eva goes out to do her grocery shopping, but gets sidetracked in a big way by a kid stealing her bike.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Manara succeeds in solving the case. But Raimondi is not happy at all and calls Manara into his office.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
Adriano convinces his mother to share her secret recipe for arancello with us. Arancello is an Italian liqueur made with the rinds of oranges.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
At the bar, Martino sees some old townsmen who tease him and tell him he should get a real job. One of the old guys mentions Fred Bongusto, an Italian singer known for a song "A Rotunda on the Sea". Martino and Peppino go off in a three-wheeled Ape (bee), a light commercial vehicle common all over Italy. Peppino cites Roberto Bolle, a famous Italian dancer, and Men and Women, a TV show for dating.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Now that Arianna has explained what dubbing is, she demonstrates the dubbing process itself, using a video from Yabla English.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Adriano has to go back to Ivrea because of a death in the family, and that's where this first episode leaves us. It is interesting to note all the kinds of professionals who contributed to producing this biopic.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
The famous Renaissance-style banquet takes place at the restaurant, providing the policemen with an opportunity to talk about solving the very case the girls had been involved in.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Manara has the proof he needs and goes looking for Pietralonga. An unusual chase scene ensues.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Italy
Martino was left at the train station, but he has to take the bus back to his hometown where he meets up with his friend. A song about wandering plays as he travels: "Vagabondo", sung by Nicola di Bari.
Difficulty: Beginner
Italy
The noun biancheria (linens) comes from bianco, the Italian word for "white." Marika tells us why that is, and takes us around the house to look at the different kinds we use.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Italy
Adriano and Grazia start seeing each other romantically, but her parents do not approve because of the age difference and because Adriano is still a married man.
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