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Il Commissario Manara - S1EP12 - Le verità nascoste - Part 6

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

What would the police do without Lara's aunt Caterina? She knows just where to look to get precious information about the case.

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Caption 17 [it]: Dunque, ecco qua: Marzio Sorge, due giorni fa, centosettantacinque euro.
Caption 17 [en]: So, here we are: Marzio Sorge, two days ago, one hundred seventy-five euros.

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Marika spiega - Il balcone

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Marika shows us her balcony, highlighting its utilitarian and pleasure sides. Washing machines are often placed on balconies. This is because Rome's climate is mild and there is little danger of frozen pipes.

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Caption 11 [it]: Ecco il mio balcone.
Caption 11 [en]: Here's my balcony.

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Il Commissario Manara - S1EP12 - Le verità nascoste - Part 5

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Luca's mind is going full speed ahead, and this leads him to invite Lara and her aunt to the movies. The outing ends up revealing an extremely delicate and awkward situation, but an important one for the case.

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Caption 64 [it]: Ecco, mi sa dire chi era l'assassino?
Caption 64 [en]: Now, can you tell me who the murderer was?

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PsicoVip - Il cane - Ep 16

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Minivip is none too happy when he meets his namesake, a dog.

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Caption 26 [it]: Ecco, io sto controllando che il carrello sia pulito. -Cattivo, Minivip!
Caption 26 [en]: There, I'm checking to make sure the cart's clean. -Bad, Minivip!

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I Love Roma - guida della città - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

The segment touches on Byron and Shelley, but is mostly about Keats and his time in Rome. It also includes part of a beautiful love letter to Fanny Brawne. The narrator speaks of Keats living on the second floor. The Italian way of counting stories is to call the first floor, the ground floor, and the numbering starts above.

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Caption 35 [it]: Ecco come si rivolge per lettera a lei:
Caption 35 [en]: Here is how he speaks to her by letter:

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Marika spiega - Il verbo chiudere

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Marika relates some expressions using the verb chiudere [to close, to shut]. A number of these are very close to English expressions.

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Caption 33 [it]: e di non frequentarla mai più! Ecco!
Caption 33 [en]: and to never see her again. There.”

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Il Commissario Manara - S1EP12 - Le verità nascoste - Part 3

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Luca is about to pack his bags, but there are still some suspects to question. And Lara has some questions for Luca, too.

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Caption 19 [it]: Ecco qua.
Caption 19 [en]: Here it is.

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PsicoVip - Regressioni fatali - Ep 15

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Minivip, in this segment entitled Fatal Regressions, recalls a playground scene in which he misinterprets some baby talk.

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Caption 13 [it]: Ecco, li ha offesi. Sarà contento.
Caption 13 [en]: There, you've offended them. You must be glad.

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Il Commissario Manara - S1EP12 - Le verità nascoste - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

On this last day of Luca's service, everyone is working hard to get to the core of the case. Lara is trying to pretend things are normal.

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Caption 13 [it]: Ecco, ci mancava il grasso. -Aspetta.
Caption 13 [en]: That's it, all I needed was some grease. -Wait.

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Il Commissario Manara - S1EP11 - Beato tra le donne - Part 5

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Lara's zia Caterina goes to the Spada's mineral water plant, taking Brigadiere with her.

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Caption 28 [it]: Ecco, ci siamo arrivati, ha visto? Da là a qua ci siamo arrivati. Grazie.
Caption 28 [en]: Yes, we finally got there, you see? We got from there to here. Thank you.

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PsicoVip - I Visitatori - Ep 14

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Psicovip dreams of aliens from a planet called Pallara, where they have a thing for shoes. You could call it a fetish.

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Caption 37 [it]: Ecco lo sapevo.
Caption 37 [en]: There, I knew it.

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La Tempesta - film - Part 11

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Natoli starts listening to Paolo, but there is room for interpretation... Paolo hears some important news.

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Caption 64 [it]: Allora, un piede davanti all'altro, ecco.
Caption 64 [en]: So, one foot in front of the other, like that.

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Il Commissario Manara - S1EP11 - Beato tra le donne - Part 12

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

This episode has been full of equivoci (misunderstandings, mix-ups), and this final segment is no exception. But we haven't seen the last of Manara!

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Caption 7 [it]: Ecco qua, doppia senape e doppio ketchup. -Bella schifezza.
Caption 7 [en]: Here you are, double mustard and double ketchup. -Nice bit of junk food.

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Il Commissario Manara - S1EP11 - Beato tra le donne - Part 11

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Two important mysteries get solved in this episode.

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Caption 39 [it]: Ecco, io non capisco per che [sic: quale] motivo ci avete fatti venire qui.
Caption 39 [en]: See here, I don't understand the reason for which you had us come here.

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I Love Roma - guida della città - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Rome's Coppedè Quarter is the focus of the segment. Its eclectic style is difficult to characterize, but the narrator talks of the liberty style, which stems from the Liberty department store in London. In English, we know this style by the French term, Art Nouveau.

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Caption 33 [it]: Ed ecco Coppedè, contagiato dal gusto della bigiotteria architettonica
Caption 33 [en]: And here is Coppedè, influenced by the taste for architectural costume jewelry,

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