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In giro per l'Italia - Lucca - Part 3

Difficulty: Adv Beginner

Italy

The best way to get around Lucca is by bike. Arianna rents one and enjoys riding along the amazing walls of the city, still intact after centuries.

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Caption 16 [it]: e addirittura pedalare sulle mura antiche.
Caption 16 [en]: and even pedal on the old walls.

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Marika spiega - Conversazione - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv Beginner

Italy

Marika and Daniela continue their conversation about making conversation in Italian. They even talk a little bit about baby talk, Italian style, including the vezzeggiativo (affectionate) form of adjectives.

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Caption 64 [it]: O addirittura ripetere la parola "ciao" e dire: "Ciao ciao".
Caption 64 [en]: Or even to repeat the word "bye" and say, "Bye-bye."

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Il Commissario Manara - S2EP11 - Uno strano incidente di caccia - Part 6

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Manara's team goes to the hunters' bar to find Nino La Martina and have some lunch at the same time, perhaps. There was perhaps a bit more action than they were prepared for, but, of course, that goes with the job.

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Caption 7 [it]: Infatti, questo gennaio l'aumento segnalato è addirittura di...
Caption 7 [en]: In fact, this January the reported increase is even...

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La Ladra - EP. 9 - L'amico sconosciuto - Part 15

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Eva and Lorenzo have a civil conversation at breakfast. Later on, we find the commissioner dining at the restaurant and Gina thinks he might be the mysterious Catullus. The subject gets changed by an important phone call for the commissioner (in French) about counterfeit money from across the French border!

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Caption 31 [it]: m'ha come fatto rinascere, ecco. -Addirittura.
Caption 31 [en]: made me feel reborn, that's it. -Really?

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Marika spiega - Conversazione - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv Beginner

Italy

Daniela and Marika show us the basics of making conversation between 2 people who know each other as well as between strangers, or people of different ages.

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Caption 66 [it]: In alcuni posti del Sud, vero, si usa addirittura il "Voi".
Caption 66 [en]: In some places in the south, they even use "Voi," right?

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Meraviglie - EP. 4 - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Alberto Angela points out how realistic Giotto's frescoes are compared to earlier ones. He also mentions the important fact that Saint Francis composed one of the first poems in the vernacular

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Caption 19 [it]: addirittura si vede un vescovo che corre per coprirlo.
Caption 19 [en]: we even see a bishop running to cover him up.

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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 3 [it]: in celle spoglie, addirittura in grotte,
Caption 3 [en]: in bare cells, in fact, in caves.

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Meraviglie - EP. 3 - Part 13

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Two geniuses left their indelible marks on civilization: Leonardo with the Last Supper and Michelangelo with his David.

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Caption 4 [it]: addirittura di staccare il dipinto dalla parete, dal muro,
Caption 4 [en]: of even detaching the painting from the wall, from the wall,

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Meraviglie - EP. 3 - Part 12

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

We look at Leonardo's Last Supper from close up — the details, the symbolism — but also from the refectory floor, seeing how Leonardo's genius made the fresco part of the room itself.

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Caption 4 [it]: Qualcuno ha detto addirittura che si tratterebbe più che di una foto,
Caption 4 [en]: Someone even said that rather than being a photograph,

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La rotta delle spezie di Franco Calafatti - La cannella

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Franco Calafatti knows a great deal about spices but he also loves to experiment. The star of this segment is cinnamon.

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Caption 60 [it]: Stanno addirittura nella combava.
Caption 60 [en]: They are even in the combava.

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Chi m'ha visto - film - Part 27

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

It's time to go on TV since all the headlines have announced that Martino has been found. Going on live TV is a new experience for Peppino, and host Simonetta has her hands full trying to keep control.

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Caption 24 [it]: Perché il tuo migliore amico Martino ha addirittura pensato di scomparire?
Caption 24 [en]: Why did your best friend Martino go so far as to consider disappearing?

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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 25 [it]: non più usati come copertina, ma addirittura appesi alle pareti.
Caption 25 [en]: no longer used as book covers, but actually hung on the walls.

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Chi m'ha visto - film - Part 18

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Martino has some awkward conversation with Sally. Meanwhile, word about Martino's disappearance has spread all over Italy, and as a result, the TV show Missing has come to town.

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Caption 43 [it]: E questa sera mi ha addirittura raggiunta in studio la mamma del povero Martino.
Caption 43 [en]: And this evening, poor Martino's mom even came to the studio to join me.

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Meraviglie - EP. 2 - Part 13

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Alberto Angelo tells us the fascinating story of how trulli are built. Some of the most characteristic trulli can be found in Alberobello.

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Caption 13 [it]: ma attenzione, pur essendo spessi addirittura da uno a tre metri,
Caption 13 [en]: but note that, even though they are from one to three meters thick,

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La Ladra - EP. 7 - Il piccolo ladro - Part 13

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

It's time for the girls to act. They carry out their various tasks and manage to get into Negri's studio. Eva makes a beeline for the safe. Eva is disguised, and is described by her friend as the Befana. Befana is a corruption of Epifania (Epiphany) and, in Italian tradition, the Befana is an old woman who brings gifts (or coal) for children on this holiday. Befana has also come to mean "witch."

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Caption 9 [it]: Eh! Addirittura!
Caption 9 [en]: Hey! That bad?

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