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Me Ne Frego - Il Fascismo e la lingua italiana - Part 10

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Schools in fascist Italy banned the study of dialects and moved to using standardized textbooks. The fascist hymn “Viva Adua nostra” refers to a battle won by the Kingdom of Italy in 1896 near Adwa, Ethiopia.

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Caption 4 [it]: "la Martina la ci cascava" [toscano: Marina ci sarebbe cascata.]
Caption 4 [en]: Martina would have fallen for him.

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Il Commissario Manara - S2EP3 - Delitto tra le lenzuola - Part 7

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Lara isn't around, but her presence is felt by everyone, in different ways. And they all want to know how Luca is feeling about it, but he's a closed book and just focuses on the case.

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Caption 7 [it]: A volte ci si trova impelagati in certe situazioni, guarda.
Caption 7 [en]: Sometimes one ends up embroiled in such situations, look.

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L'Eredità -Quiz TV - La sfida dei sei. Puntata 1 - Part 8

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Carlo quizzes all the contestants on such varied topics as the existence of a Renaissance-era ostrich egg globe and the healthiness of ricin (it's deadly).

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Caption 21 [it]: quando ci muoviamo, i nostri muscoli mandano al nostro cervello dei segnali,
Caption 21 [en]: when we move, our muscles send signals to our brains,

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La Ladra - EP. 2 - Viva le spose - Part 6

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

A visit to the restaurant puts Eva in a foul mood. But she still gets together with her girlfriends to plan a caper.

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Caption 23 [it]: Ma lo sa l'ultima volta che ci siamo visti dove eravamo?
Caption 23 [en]: But you know where we were the last time we saw each other?

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Il Commissario Manara - S2EP3 - Delitto tra le lenzuola - Part 6

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Marta goes for a ride on Luca's motorcycle as they look for a mysterious South American barman. Ginevra meets Marta and seems to like her a lot.

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Caption 8 [it]: Il posto è un po' un mortorio, ma ci stanno dei negozietti niente male
Caption 8 [en]: The place is a bit of a mortuary, but there are some little shops that aren't at all bad,

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La Ladra - EP. 2 - Viva le spose - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Neither Eva nor her friends are happy with how Ferranti had treated Mister Umberto. Eva's friends come up with an idea.

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Caption 28 [it]: Eva, non ci deludere, eh!
Caption 28 [en]: Eva, don't disappoint us, huh!

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Me Ne Frego - Il Fascismo e la lingua italiana - Part 9

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Soon after the introduction of talkies, dubbing came about in the thirties. Dubbing was extremely popular in Italy and remains so today.

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Caption 7 [it]: Ma non ci credete che sono innamorato di voi?
Caption 7 [en]: But don't you get it that I'm in love with you?

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L'Italia a tavola - Interrogazione sulla Sicilia

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Anna gets grilled on Sicily by Marika. Oral quizzes are very frequently used in Italian schools. Grading is done on a scale from 1-10 for primary and secondary schools, and from 1-30 at the university level.

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Caption 19 [it]: Quanti abitanti ci sono?
Caption 19 [en]: What's the population?

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La Ladra - EP. 2 - Viva le spose - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Eva and her friend Lola go with Umberto to the wedding gown shop, where he had worked, to chose a clutch to go with the wedding dress. There are some surprises waiting there.

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Caption 3 [it]: Come Cicci. -Beata te che ci sei abituata.
Caption 3 [en]: Like Cicci. -Lucky you that you're used to it.

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Me Ne Frego - Il Fascismo e la lingua italiana - Part 8

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

The nineteen twenties ushered in sound in cinema. Italy's L.U.C.E. [L'Unione Cinematografica Educativa or Educational Film Union] was founded in 1924 and generated the fascist regime's cinematic propaganda.

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Caption 7 [it]: Chissà perché ci si attenda ancora a considerare la fine dell'anno [Achille Starace]
Caption 7 [en]: Who knows why we still expect to consider the end of the year [Achille Starace]

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Gian Filippo - Palazzo Speciale Raffadali - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

A visit to a sumptuous palace in Palermo which incorporates a variety of styles, from the Gothic to the Baroque.

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Caption 50 [it]: Adesso ci trasferiamo all'interno del cortile per fare una ripresa.
Caption 50 [en]: Now, we'll move into the courtyard to get a shot.

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Il Commissario Manara - S2EP3 - Delitto tra le lenzuola - Part 3

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Manara goes to question the neighbors. When he goes to see the chief to talk about the case, he gets a little surprise.

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Caption 22 [it]: Ci mancava solo questa!
Caption 22 [en]: That's all we needed!

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Marika spiega - Gli avverbi - Avverbi di tempo

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Marika discusses adverbs of time, including: subito [immediately], mai [never], and talvolta [sometimes].

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Caption 3 [it]: Nella frase che ho appena pronunciato ci sono ben tre avverbi di tempo
Caption 3 [en]: In the phrase that I just said, there are a good three adverbs of time,

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L'Eredità -Quiz TV - La sfida dei sei. Puntata 1 - Part 6

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Agnese, the contestant from Rome, is quizzed on a list of soccer players and she has to respond whether they're ex-players or current players. A new contestant, Antonella, responds to a list of words, saying if they're adverbs or adjectives.

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Caption 69 [it]: No, aggettivo. -"Aridaje" [romanesco: ci risiamo]. -Ripartiamo.
Caption 69 [en]: No, adjective. -Here we go again. -Let's start over.

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La Ladra - EP. 2 - Viva le spose - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Eva helps Mr. Umberto home while Dante becomes super popular because of his rock star connections.

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Caption 17 [it]: e poi non ci credo che si vergognerebbe.
Caption 17 [en]: and, anyway, I don't think she'd be ashamed.

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