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Illuminate - Margherita Hack - Part 12

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

We discover that Margherita Hack was a devoted fan of the long-running TV series, Un posto al sole [a place in the sun]. She explains why. Francesca goes back to Trieste and meets up with Eda who talks about having lived in the same house with Margherita Hack.

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Caption 50 [it]: perché, appunto, io non avendo mai vissuto con mio padre,
Caption 50 [en]: because, exactly, never having lived with my father,

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Provaci ancora prof! - S2E4 L'amica americana - Part 13

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

At Dora's funeral, Psalm 23 is recited. Camilla is there, but not everyone appreciates her presence. Later, Sonia goes over to Gaetano's with some treats, but senses something is wrong.

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Caption 68 [it]: Ecco, appunto.
Caption 68 [en]: That's it, exactly.

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Provaci ancora prof! - S2E4 L'amica americana - Part 11

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

As she comes out of the police station, Camilla meets up with the "indestructible" guy who had been following her and Dora. He gives her some information, but she is busy calling Gaetano for help and makes him tell her where he is. Both she and the "indestructible" go to that address.

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Caption 43 [it]: Eh, appunto. -Però, io Dora la seguivo spesso
Caption 43 [en]: Yeah, my point exactly. -But, I followed Dora often

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Illuminate - Margherita Hack - Part 7

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

This segment recounts how Aldo De Rosa and Margherita met in a park in Florence as kids and later married. Aldo supported her in her scientific work throughout their marriage, which lasted over seventy years.

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Caption 14 [it]: appunto, fino a novant'anni.
Caption 14 [en]: indeed, up to ninety years of age.

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Marika spiega - Espressioni con occhio - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Marika gives us plenty of examples of expressions using l'occhio (the eye) in this final segment. We see and hear them in context by way of clips from Yabla videos.

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Caption 34 [it]: di qualcosa, appunto, intendersi di qualcosa,
Caption 34 [en]: in something, exactly, to know about something,

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Un medico in famiglia Stagione 1 - EP5 Lele, ti presento Irene - Part 7

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Lele goes to Irene's house, but neither he nor Irene is really at ease. Meanwhile, the Martini's next-door neighbor stops by to complain about the dog.

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Caption 65 [it]: Ecco, appunto, datemi un po' di cianuro
Caption 65 [en]: There, exactly, give me a bit of cyanide

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Marika spiega - Espressioni con la testa - Part 5

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Italians scratch their heads when they are perplexed, just like English speakers do. It's grattarsi la testa. In this segment, Marika explains this and other expressions having to do with the head. Sometimes "testa" can be translated as "head" and other times, as "mind."

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Caption 35 [it]: "Avere un grattacapo" vuol dire appunto
Caption 35 [en]: "Having a headache" means exactly that:

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Illuminate - Margherita Hack - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Eda discovered Margherita Hack on a TV show hosted by Piero Angela. This changed Eda's life. Margherita as a young scientist had a rough time in a profession where men were the important ones and had little regard for women.

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Caption 12 [it]: e in particolare, appunto, nell'astronomia.
Caption 12 [en]: and in particular, precisely, in astronomy.

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Un medico in famiglia Stagione 1 - EP5 Lele, ti presento Irene - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Ciccio is in bed pretending to be sick when his grandparents show up. They have a gift for him. At the clinic, a woman shows up and is examined by Mariano, but there's a problem.

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Caption 14 [it]: Non lo so, forse ho il delirio. -Appunto.
Caption 14 [en]: I don't know, maybe I am delirious. -Exactly.

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Illuminate - Rita Levi Montalcini - Part 13

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

In her final years, Rita Levi-Montalci was very, very frail, but she never lost her combative spirit. Romano Prodi recalls the last time he saw her.

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Caption 9 [it]: così, quasi, appunto iconografica, così,
Caption 9 [en]: so, almost, actually iconographic, so,

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Illuminate - Rita Levi Montalcini - Part 12

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Not only did she win a Nobel prize; in her own country, she was appointed as a Senator for life, a great honor. But she took that job seriously and participated actively and with integrity. Not everyone appreciated that.

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Caption 39 [it]: Li trattò per quello che erano, appunto dei miserabili.
Caption 39 [en]: She treated them for what they were, despicable people, essentially.

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In giro per l'Italia - Roma Il Colosseo

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Fulvio tells us plenty of interesting things about the history of one of the symbols of Rome, the Colosseum. To begin with, it wasn't always called the "Colosseum."

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Caption 61 [it]: quegli spettacoli tra i gladiatori, appunto tra i centurioni romani, e i leoni
Caption 61 [en]: those events between the gladiators, precisely between the Roman centurions, and the lions,

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Illuminate - Rita Levi Montalcini - Part 10

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Rita Levi Montalcini doesn't feel like she made any sacrifices in her life, including not having a family. She had a clear vision of what she wanted out of life, and she followed it.

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Caption 2 [it]: fino, appunto, al settore
Caption 2 [en]: right up, indeed, to the branch

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Moscati, l'amore che guarisce - EP1 - Part 19

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Giorgio is getting settled in his new office and gets an unexpected and unwelcome visitor. Giuseppe has a big evening ahead of him with Elena and her father, but he gets some news he has to take care of and is delayed.

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Caption 34 [it]: Appunto, l'uomo che hanno ricoverato stamattina...
Caption 34 [en]: Exactly. The man they admitted this morning...

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Vera e Giuliano - Montaldo - Part 12

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

After filming Marco Polo in China, where they made lots of friends, they return to Italy to film Gli Occhiali d'Oro (English title: The Gold Rimmed Glasses). Many famous actors took part in that film, all of them beloved by Vera and Giuliano.

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Caption 21 [it]: Bassani. Sì, appunto, Bassani. [Gli occhiali d'oro]
Caption 21 [en]: Bassani. Yes, indeed, Bassani. ["The Gold Rimmed Spectacles"]

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