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Il Commissario Manara - S1EP11 - Beato tra le donne - Part 3

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Lara and Luca question the people close to Spada, but they are no closer to having a lead. And they don't get much closer to talking over their personal troubles, either.

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Caption 5 [it]: Signora, mi dispiace, però Suo marito potrebbe essere stato ucciso.
Caption 5 [en]: I'm sorry, ma'am, but your husband might have been killed.

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Marika spiega - La particella CI - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Marika's lesson concentrates on how the pronouns: mi [me], ti [you], vi [you, plural] are used in conjunction with the particle "ci."

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Caption 19 [it]: No, mi dispiace, non ce l'ho [sic], o non ce li ho.
Caption 19 [en]: No, I'm sorry. I don't have them, or I don't have them.

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Stai lontana da me - Rai Cinema - Part 15

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Jacopo is not as alone as he thought. And you'll never guess who he meets up with!

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Caption 60 [it]: Questa è l'ultima volta che ti chiamo, mi dispiace.
Caption 60 [en]: This is the last time I am calling you, I'm sorry.

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Verbo + Verbo all'infinito + preposizione DI - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Daniela covers the verbs: ricordare (to remember), dimenticare (to forget), decidere (to decide), and dubitare (to doubt), showing how the preposition "di" is placed between conjugated and infinitive verbs.

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Caption 33 [it]: mi dispiace, dubito di arrivare in tempo.
Caption 33 [en]: "I'm sorry, I doubt I'll arrive in time.

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Stai lontana da me - Rai Cinema - Part 12

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

The architects go to present the church project for Verona to the committee of clergymen. To get the most out of this segment, see this Wikipedia entry about Pandoro.

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Caption 61 [it]: Non ho parole. -Sara, mi dispiace. -Lei non c'entra niente.
Caption 61 [en]: I'm speechless. -Sara, I'm sorry. -You have nothing to do with it.

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Verbo + Verbo all'infinito - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

In this first of three segments on the infinitive, Daniela covers conjugated verbs followed directly by verbs in the infinitive, without the use of prepositions.

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Caption 60 [it]: E io dico: no, mi dispiace,
Caption 60 [en]: And I say, "No, I'm sorry.

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Stai lontana da me - Rai Cinema - Part 11

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Sara and Jacopo will have a long challenging day ahead of them. They just don't know it yet.

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Caption 12 [it]: Senti, mi dispiace, io prendo la metropolitana.
Caption 12 [en]: Listen, I'm sorry, I'll take the metro.

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Marika spiega - Gli accenti - Part 3

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Marika's last segment on accents covers some fun homographs. She also provides advice on learning the correct pronunciation of words.

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Caption 66 [it]: Ti ho riempito la testa di parole e di regole, mi dispiace.
Caption 66 [en]: I've filled your head with words and rules, I'm sorry.

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La Tempesta - film - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Paolo is a professional photographer, and quite popular with the ladies, but he gets himself into trouble, too.

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Caption 86 [it]: Mi dispiace.
Caption 86 [en]: I'm sorry.

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Stai lontana da me - Rai Cinema - Part 9

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Jacopo is ready to give up, but even giving up isn't easy, and his friend steps in to give him a hand (and a dose of his own medicine perhaps).

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Caption 4 [it]: Mi dispiace, non so che dire...
Caption 4 [en]: I'm sorry, I don't know what to say...

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Ti racconto una fiaba - Biancaneve - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

The vain queen's wickedness has its limits.

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Caption 10 [it]: Mi dispiace, so che la notizia non vi lascia indifferente.
Caption 10 [en]: "I'm sorry, I know this news won't leave you indifferent [will make an impact].

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Il Commissario Manara - S1EP9 - Morte in paradiso - Part 10

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Luca finally gets to talk to Ridolfi, but the bank director is quite adept at dodging questions. Lara's aunt has been a bit more successful in getting information.

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Caption 80 [it]: Ah, mi dispiace, ma sa com'è.
Caption 80 [en]: Oh, I'm sorry, but you know how it is.