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Il Commissario Manara - S1EP8 - Morte di un buttero - Part 10

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy Tuscan

Lara and Luca bring in a suspect, but something in his expression makes them wonder about his guilt. Lara's aunt keeps looking for Brigadiere.

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Caption 16 [it]: A chi s'avvicina lo infilzo come uno spiedo.
Caption 16 [en]: Whoever comes closer, I'll skewer him like a spit.

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L'arte della cucina - La Prima Identitá - Part 17

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

Gualtiero Marchesi describes both his old and the new versions of Pollo Kiev (Chicken Kiev). Relatively simple and tasty, especially if you like butter!

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Caption 6 [it]: lo facevo circa negli anni sessanta, sessantuno, sessantadue.
Caption 6 [en]: I did it in nineteen sixty, sixty-one, sixty-two.

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Marika spiega - Il verbo prendere

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Marika has a nice group of Italian idiomatic expressions using the verb prendere (to take).

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Caption 20 [it]: Questo se lo vogliamo confortare.
Caption 20 [en]: This, if we want to comfort him.

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Ti racconto una fiaba - Il brutto anatroccolo - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Hans Christian Andersen's classic fairy tale, "The Ugly Duckling", is presented in Italian. These fairy tales are so familiar that they allow us to fully concentrate on the words and spare us the worry of not understanding what's happening in the story.

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Caption 18 [it]: Lo urtò e lo beccò,
Caption 18 [en]: She struck it and pecked at it,

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Il Commissario Manara - S1EP8 - Morte di un buttero - Part 9

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy Tuscan

Lara is having trouble dealing with her feelings, but her aunt distracts her with some information concerning the deceased.

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Caption 29 [it]: Ma certo che lo immaginavo,
Caption 29 [en]: But of course I imagined it,

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Corso di Italiano con Michela - Nazionalità - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Where are you from? Michela explains how to answer the question in Italian, whether you're a man or a woman or in a group.

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Caption 7 [it]: Lo sapete?
Caption 7 [en]: Do you know?

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Tiziano Ferro - Ti scattero' una foto

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Here is Tiziano Ferro with another breakup song. This is from the album Nessuno è solo (Nobody Is Alone), 2006

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Caption 25 [it]: Perché gioia e dolore han lo stesso sapore con te
Caption 25 [en]: Because joy and pain have the same taste with you

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Il Commissario Manara - S1EP8 - Morte di un buttero - Part 8

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy Tuscan

Lara finally makes a decision and acts on it. That doesn't make it any easier, though.

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Caption 4 [it]: Oh, ma lo vedi come stai?
Caption 4 [en]: Oh, but do you see how you're being?

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Ti racconto una fiaba - Il gatto con gli stivali - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

"Puss in Boots" underscores what we all know—cats have everything figured out.

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Caption 52 [it]: e il gatto lo inghiottì in un sol boccone.
Caption 52 [en]: and the cat swallowed him in one big gulp.

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Il Commissario Manara - S1EP8 - Morte di un buttero - Part 7

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy Tuscan

Belleggia is a tough nut to crack in the interrogation room, and Toscani has a rough time. As usual, Caterina is friendly with people involved in the murder, this time making friends with the widow of the victim.

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Caption 13 [it]: Un po' di più, insomma. -Lo so, lo so.
Caption 13 [en]: A bit more, in short. -I know, I know.

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L'arte della cucina - La Prima Identitá - Part 15

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

Italian cuisine in the fifties reflected both the economic prospering, and the cultural growth of a population that had also begun opening up to new horizons through the birth of tourism.

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Caption 28 [it]: perché l'intorno, lo sfondo, il contesto
Caption 28 [en]: because the surroundings, the backdrop, the context,

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Marika spiega - Espressioni con animali

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

In many languages, animals are used to describe human characteristics, but not every language uses the same animal for the same characteristic! Marika shares with us the Italian point of view.

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Caption 33 [it]: A volte lo fanno anche le persone invidiose.
Caption 33 [en]: Sometimes envious people do it too.

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Il Commissario Manara - S1EP8 - Morte di un buttero - Part 6

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy Tuscan

Massimo doesn't give up! Lara's at a loss for words, but then Luca and Lara go off to question a chronic complaint filer.

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Caption 43 [it]: Che? -Sulla scrivania lo metto, questo.
Caption 43 [en]: What? -On the desk, I'll put this.

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L'arte della cucina - La Prima Identitá - Part 14

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

Various experts talk about their memories of Milan back in the fifties: Sunday morning rituals of getting pastries from the "best," bars, eating big meals twice a day, the cathedral square with its tram and neon lights, and so forth.

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Caption 54 [it]: Lo so io, che sono milanese,
Caption 54 [en]: I know this, since I'm Milanese,

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Ti racconto una fiaba - Il gatto con gli stivali - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Usually associated with Charles Perrault and the Brothers Grimm, the tale of "Puss in Boots" was, instead, first written down by Giovanni Francesco Straparola in the 1550s. It is not known whether he invented the tale or whether it reflects an older oral tradition.

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Caption 27 [it]: e lo mise nella sua borsa.
Caption 27 [en]: and he put it in his bag.

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