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Marika spiega - La formazione dei contrari

Difficulty: Newbie

Italy

To form the opposite of a word in Italian, there are different kinds of prefixes. Marika explains how they work.

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Caption 9 [it]: per creare appunto parole nuove di significato opposto a quello originario.
Caption 9 [en]: to create, as I was saying, new words with a meaning opposite to the original one.

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A scuola di musica - con Alessio - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy Tuscan

Alessio shows us how, now that we have the clefs, we can read music intuitively. And he explains why three different clefs are used in music.

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Caption 31 [it]: che servono appunto per scrivere le note al di sotto del pentagramma,
Caption 31 [en]: that are used to write the notes below the staff,

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Marika spiega - I segni dello Zodiaco - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Whether or not you take stock in astrology, Marika gives you plenty of new vocabulary for talking about personality, while describing the characteristics attributed to the first three signs of the zodiac: Aries, Taurus and Gemini.

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Caption 46 [it]: e di... appunto apprendere tutto.
Caption 46 [en]: and to... exactly, to learn everything.

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A scuola di musica - con Alessio - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy Tuscan

What are the names of the notes in Italian? Alessio, a music teacher from Pisa, starts off his music lessons by explaining how these names originated in a Tuscan monastery in the 11th century.

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Caption 8 [it]: e altri accorgimenti convenzionali appunto
Caption 8 [en]: and other conventional expedients, indeed,

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Alessandra Mastronardi - Non smettere di sognare

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

After the huge success of the television series, I Cesaroni, Alessandra Mastronardi is the star of Don’t Stop Dreaming, where she plays the part of an aspiring dancer. In an interview for starlit.tv! she talks about the very different personalities of the two characters, as well as her own.

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Caption 36 [it]: Pensi che tuoi fan, che seguono appunto "I Cesaroni", ti seguiranno?
Caption 36 [en]: Do you think your fans, who indeed follow "I Cesaroni," will follow you?

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L'arte della cucina - I Luoghi del Mondo - Part 16

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Italians are very attached to tradition. In fact, although eating habits have changed, many traditional dishes, rather than being discarded, have been transformed. This means more variety and smaller portions, so that a diner will eat more than just a plateful of pasta.

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Caption 9 [it]: è, appunto, una figura molto complessa che ha saputo avvicinare
Caption 9 [en]: uh, precisely, a complex personality who has known how to approach

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Anna e Marika - Villa Torlonia - Gli orti di guerra

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

This is the final part of a walk through Villa Torlonia, in Rome, with Anna and Marika.

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Caption 3 [it]: dovute appunto alla guerra,
Caption 3 [en]: caused by the war itself,

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Anna e Marika - Villa Torlonia - Casino Nobile

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

We continue on our tour of the Villa Torlonia grounds. Anna shows us the mansion where Mussolini lived from 1925 to 1943.

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Caption 18 [it]: Quella che vedete è appunto Villa Torlonia.
Caption 18 [en]: What you see is indeed Villa Torlonia.

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Anna e Marika - Villa Torlonia - La Casina delle Civette

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Anna and Marika take us to Rome's Villa Torlonia. There's an old Swiss chalet type of house there with as its theme, owls and bats!

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Caption 25 [it]: in cui il tema ricorrente è appunto quello delle civette,
Caption 25 [en]: in which the recurring theme is, precisely, that of owls,

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L'unione fa la forza - Coworking Tag Pisa

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy Tuscan

Italians have adopted the English term "coworking" to denote a group of independent professionals working in the same space. In her short documentary Moira Volterrani takes us to visit The Talent Garden (Tag) of Pisa.

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Caption 17 [it]: ti prendi il caffè con... appunto, l'amico o l'altro freelance, o...
Caption 17 [en]: you have coffee with... exactly, with a friend or another freelancer, or...

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Il Commissario Manara - S1EP4 - Le Lettere Di Leopardi - Part 15

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Toscani isn't thrilled with organizing the birthday party for the guy who "stole" his job, and is complaining to his wife. She steers the conversation around to their love life. The party gets cut short because Luca has a flash of genius, and figures out the case based on what Toscani says in his toast. He leaves for the hospital with two detectives and barely has time to acknowledge Lara when she walks in late to the party.

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Caption 9 [it]: No, ancora no. Appunto, dobbiamo rimediare.
Caption 9 [en]: No, not yet. That's the point. We have to remedy that.

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Antonio - Maratea, Madonna del Porto Salvo

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy Lucano

The sea and its harbour are two important features of the town of Maratea. Another important feature is the presence of forty-four churches! Our Lady of Porto Salvo (Safe Harbour) is the church that Antonio focuses on. He also speaks of the cult of San Biagio, patron saint of Maratea.

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Caption 11 [it]: La caratteristica di Maratea è appunto questa, di avere tantissime chiese
Caption 11 [en]: A characteristic of Maratea is precisely this, of having very many churches

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Anna e Marika - Pizza al taglio romana - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Who doesn't like pizza? Anna and Marika talk about Rome's take on pizza—a rectangular kind of takeout pizza you can order by the slice, and white pizza. Anna talks about focaccia from Apulia. Buon appetito!

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Caption 20 [it]: Ed è una sorta, appunto, di pizza, però molto più alta
Caption 20 [en]: And it's a sort of pizza, but much higher [thicker]

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Anna e Marika - La mozzarella di bufala - La produzione e i tagli - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Anna and Marika get to the shop (see part 1) and talk with Chiara who works there. She kindly explains a little bit about how mozzarella is made, and how it should be kept. You may be in for some surprises!

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Caption 6 [it]: la pasta filata viene appunto mozzata, o a mano o a macchina,
Caption 6 [en]: The spun paste is, just that, cut off, by hand or by machine,

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L'arte della cucina - I Luoghi del Mondo - Part 9

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Gualtiero Marchesi talks about his experiences in Paris, learning from the chefs there. Actually, he already knew much of what was taught to him, because he'd had chefs in his family who were well-versed in both every day and fancy fare. He, on the other hand, was looking for something new and different.

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Caption 11 [it]: che erano appunto i grandi cuochi,
Caption 11 [en]: who were, in fact, great chefs,

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