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Passeggiando per Roma - per Roma - Part 3

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Francesca is in Rome and she looking for a way of getting to the Janiculum. She asks a guy, who gives her directions and tells her of some ways she could get there. At the end, they decide to get a coffee together.

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Caption 25 [it]: e puoi girare tutto il giorno prendendo tutti i mezzi che vuoi.
Caption 25 [en]: and you can ride all day long taking as many means [of transport] as you like.

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Spot pubblicitario - Tim - Parla Parla

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy Roman

Elisabetta Canalis, Italian TV hostess par excellence, appears as an inexperienced taxi driver. She asks the police if she can call them if she gets into difficulty, seeing as how she has an economical cellphone plan.

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Caption 4 [it]: Ma da dove viene? -Da Milano, è il mio primo giorno.
Caption 4 [en]: But where are you from? -From Milan, it's my first day.

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Spot pubblicitario - Tim - Maxxi Day Vacanze

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy Roman

Ad for Maxxi Day Vacanze [Maxxi Day Vacations], a calling card on offer to TIM clients during the summer months. Christian De Sica plays a clueless uncle who doesn't get what it's about and thinks it involves ice cream.

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Caption 14 [it]: e cinquecento messaggi al giorno verso Tim.
Caption 14 [en]: and five hundred text messages a day to other TIM clients.

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Radici nel Cemento - La Bicicletta - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy Roman

This song of the Radici nel Cemento talks about the the main character's happy relationship with his bicycle. At the beginning, you're meant to think he's talking about a woman, given that the words are typically used to compliment a woman, but then in the refrain we discover that he's talking about his beloved bicycle.

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Caption 7 [it]: Ogni santo giorno ho una gran voglia di saltare
Caption 7 [en]: Every blessed day I have a great urge to jump

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Tartufo bianco d'Alba - Come sceglierlo e come gustarlo

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Mario Aprile, president of the Trifolao Association in Piedmont, gives us some tips about the characteristics of white truffles: their growth, the ideal way of storing them and of course some excellent recipes.

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Caption 41 [it]: eh, cambiare lo scottex, diciamo, un giorno sì e un giorno no.
Caption 41 [en]: um, changing the paper towel, let's say, every other day.

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Trailer - Il figlio più piccolo

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy Roman

The Youngest Son, written and directed by the director Pupi Avati, was released in 2010. The main character, Luciano Baietti (Christian De Sica), is an entrepreneur without scruples. In order to succeed, he will stop at nothing, and this includes using his youngest son Baldo (Nicola Nocella).

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Caption 21 [it]: Ha sposato nostra madre il giorno in cui se n'è andato via.
Caption 21 [en]: He married our mother the same day he went away.

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Radio Smile - Solo te - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Radio Smile perform a love song dedicated to a girl who has left, but is still in the heart and mind of the boy. He wants her to understand, that despite everything, she is still the only one for him.

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Caption 1 [it]: Ci reincontreremo un giorno e questo tu lo sai
Caption 1 [en]: We'll meet again one day and you know it

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Milena e Mattia - Al ristorante - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy Lucano

While Milena and Mattia are waiting to order, they talk about what they'll do that evening. Milena is going to go for a walk and Mattia would like to go with her. They agree to meet later, and set a time.

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Caption 53 [it]: Se vuoi, il giorno prima del concerto, puoi venire anche tu.
Caption 53 [en]: If you want, the day before the concert you can come too.

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Animalisti Italiani - Parla Romina Power

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Video on Romina Power’s comments at a conference of the Animalisti Italiani [Italian Association for the Rights of Animals]. Power voices her complete disapproval of the abuse of animals killed to make fur coats.

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Caption 1 [it]: Io non capisco perché al giorno d'oggi ancora si,
Caption 1 [en]: I can't understand why nowadays these,

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Marika spiega - Proverbi italiani - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Marika tells us about Italian sayings and proverbs, providing examples about life, love, and the weather.

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Caption 32 [it]: vuol dire che molto probabilmente il giorno dopo sarà bel tempo.
Caption 32 [en]: it means that, very probably, the following day's weather will be nice.

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Spot pubblicitario - Parmacotto - Christian De Sica

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy Roman

A delightful television commercial with Christian De Sica, for “Parmacotto” ham. De Sica tries to charm a beautiful customer, but his wife shows up and ruins their flirtation.

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Caption 16 [it]: Che ragazzina, pensi che ci amiamo così dal primo giorno.
Caption 16 [en]: What a gal, and to think that we have loved each other like this since day one!

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Serena Scafarto - Se è vero

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Serena Scafarto sings “Se è vero” (If It’s True), a song about a girl who is ready to take her life into her own hands and is not afraid to walk alone. Video provided by PA 74 Music.

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Caption 8 [it]: E' arrivato il mio giorno, non so in quale modo
Caption 8 [en]: My day has arrived, I do not know how

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Totò e Lia Zoppelli - Romeo e Giulietta

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy Neapolitan

In this scene from the 1960 film He Who Stops Is Lost. Totò plays the part of Antonio Guardalvecchia, and attempts to court Giulia. She's the sister of the president, and he courts her in order to get a job in the head office. The scene on the balcony recalls Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.

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Caption 25 [it]: Ma un giorno mi farete vostra sposa?
Caption 25 [en]: But one day will you make me your bride?

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Gabriele Masi - Dedicato a te

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Gabriele Masi sings “Dedicato a te” [Dedicated To You]. It’s a love song intended to make the woman he loves understand that there will never be another person in the world he loves as much as her. Video provided by PA 74 Music.

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Caption 1 [it]: Dedicato a te da quel giorno tutto è
Caption 1 [en]: Since that day, everything is dedicated to you

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Radici nel Cemento - Alla Rovescia - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy Roman

The Radici nel Cemento [Roots in Concrete] are an Italian reggae group from Fiumicino (Rome), who appeared on the Italian reggae scene in 1993. Alla rovescia [Upside-down] is the title song of the album released in 2001 and tells of a world that spins backwards. Everything is the opposite of the way it should be in real life.

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Caption 32 [it]: Stanno da soli sempre soli notte e giorno
Caption 32 [en]: Are always alone, night and day alone

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