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COVID-19 - 2) I sintomi

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

What symptoms did Giuditta and Marino have? And how did they handle their family duties?

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Caption 12 [it]: Insomma, per farla breve, la prima settimana in isolamento
Caption 12 [en]: Basically, to make a long story short, the first week in isolation,

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If you have ever visited Italy, you have probably run across the term pinacoteca describing a picture gallery, and wondered where it came from. You will find out in this video about a room called the "tablinum" in the Assisi domus, discovered because they wanted to build an elevator!

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Caption 64 [it]: Insomma, sotto una prima meraviglia
Caption 64 [en]: In short, underneath a first wonder

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Fratelli Taviani - La passione e l'utopia - Part 9

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

The Taviani brothers talk about how color and images can be more important than the story itself. There are clips from interviews with them when they were much younger, and the director of photography contributes some thoughts, as well. The movie featured in this segment is Good Morning, Babylon from 1987.

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Caption 1 [it]: Poi, insomma, appunto da film a film
Caption 1 [en]: Then, basically, indeed, from movie to movie,

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Sposami - EP 2 - Part 16

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Ugo has no interest in learning to ice skate, and Nora is not a big help. Back at the villa, Melody brings Dino some coffee as he works, and he asks her for a favor.

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Caption 54 [it]: Insomma, non è per niente facile.
Caption 54 [en]: Basically, it's not at all easy.

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Fratelli Taviani - La passione e l'utopia - Part 6

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

In nineteen sixty-nine they made a different kind of film, Under the Sign of Scorpio, and needed a special place to film it in. The whole cast, together with the directors, felt a particular sense of community both during and after the filming.

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Caption 12 [it]: e, eh, una volta scese, aveva dato il permesso, insomma aveva detto "sì"
Caption 12 [en]: and, uh, one time she came down... she had given us permission. In short, she had said, "Yes,"

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Meraviglie - EP. 6 - Part 9

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

The Etruscans were influenced by other ethnic groups, particularly the Greeks. On display in the National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia, we find evidence of this in the terracotta objects and fine gold jewelry and precious objects dating from the period.

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Caption 55 [it]: insomma, c'è già una situazione un po' di piaceri della vita.
Caption 55 [en]: In short, there is already a kind of situation of the pleasures of life.

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Fratelli Taviani - La passione e l'utopia - Part 3

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

The Taviani brothers talk about how, as young movie lovers, they would grab their bikes and go to whatever movie theater in the area was showing their favorite films. Then they had to go to the big city, Rome, to pitch their first documentary. They learned a valuable lesson.

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Caption 60 [it]: ma qualche volta invece, ah, insomma,
Caption 60 [en]: but a few times, on the other hand, uh, all in all,

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Un Figlio a tutti i costi - film - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

The pranotherapist assumes Anna is the one in need of therapy. After clarifying, she tries to tell the pranotherapist how to do his job.

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Caption 30 [it]: È una parte molto delicata, insomma,
Caption 30 [en]: It is a very delicate part, basically,

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Meraviglie - EP. 6 - Part 6

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

This magnificent, colorful tomb, dating to twenty-five hundred years ago, depicts a banquet in honor of the deceased, who is clearly a young man. It's a virtual time capsule.

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Caption 58 [it]: Insomma, sembra quasi, a tanti, tanti secoli di distanza,
Caption 58 [en]: Basically, it almost seems, at many, many centuries away —

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La Ladra - EP. 11 - Un esame importante - Part 10

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Gargani is in for a surprise at the exam. Ilaria gets an anonymous donation for her hospital in Mogadishu.

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Caption 1 [it]: Professore non, non saprei, insomma...
Caption 1 [en]: Professor, I wouldn't know, I mean...

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Un Figlio a tutti i costi - film - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

We discover what the emergency was that brought Orazio home in a rush. They go to a pranotherapist for some help with a problem they are having.

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Caption 43 [it]: può [sic: possa] riuscire almeno, insomma, a aiutarlo un poco con questo problema.
Caption 43 [en]: he can succeed, at least, I mean, to help him a bit with this problem.

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Meraviglie - EP. 6 - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

The Matuna family tomb contains many plaster reproductions of everyday objects, adding to the story of how the Etruscans lived. We move on to Tarquinia, where the tombs were carved out of a sedimentary limestone called Macco, allowing the colorful wall paintings to be preserved.

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Caption 1 [it]: Insomma, è qualcosa di estremamente vivido
Caption 1 [en]: In short, it is something extremely vivid

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Sposami - EP 2 - Part 9

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

There are various obstacles to planning Azzurra's wedding the way she wants it. Both finding the tenor and fitting the dress are presenting huge challenges, perhaps insurmountable ones.

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Caption 8 [it]: Eh, sì, insomma, ma più che altro la figura ricorda moltissimo.
Caption 8 [en]: Well, yes, basically, but more importantly, your looks are very reminiscent.

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Provaci ancora prof! - S1E3 - Una piccola bestia ferita - Part 23

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Camilla promises Renzo not to get any further involved in the case, but it seems she can't help herself.

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Caption 9 [it]: Magari non troppo ben frequentato, però, insomma.
Caption 9 [en]: Maybe not too busy, though, I guess.

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Provaci ancora prof! - S1E3 - Una piccola bestia ferita - Part 22

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Camilla goes to see Gaetano with her new information, but he is out on the job. Observant and clever as she is, she figures out where to find him.

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Caption 28 [it]: insomma, fai un po' quello che ti pare, ma che ti fidi di me.
Caption 28 [en]: basically, do whatever you want, but you need to trust me.

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