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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 2 [it]: Non lo so.
Caption 2 [en]: I don't know.

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Yabla-Intro - Irene - Part 1

Difficulty: Newbie

Italy

What in the world is Yabla? Irene explains it to you, and all in under two and a half minutes! Don’t worry if you don’t speak Italian, it’s all subtitled and captioned, with plenty of features to help you soak up any new language molto velocemente! What are you waiting for? Fire up the video!

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Caption 31 [it]: Ma il mio tono di voce rimane lo stesso,
Caption 31 [en]: But the tone of my voice remains the same,

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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 5 [it]: lo sbocciare di nuovi amori, il risveglio del romanticismo,
Caption 5 [en]: the blossoming of new loves, the reawakening of romance,

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Trailer - S.P.Q.R. 2000 e 1/2 anni fa

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Judge Antonio Servilio comes down to ancient Rome from Mediolanum [Roman name for Milan], to fight corruption. The disconcerting message of the film is that little has changed since 71 BC. Romantic entanglements, nepotism, references to current politics, and sexy ladies.

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Caption 12 [it]: Cirico tu sto milanese non lo conosci.
Caption 12 [en]: Cirico, you don't know that Milanese.

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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 4 [it]: Ho seguito il vento con lo sguardo e il timore di volare lontano con lui
Caption 4 [en]: I followed the wind with a look and the fear of flying far away with it

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Milena e Mattia - L'incontro - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy Lucano

Mattia and Milena meet at a Maratea bar and introduce themselves. Milena is a language student, and Mattia plays in a rock band.

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Caption 31 [it]: Te lo... -Tu per caso puoi spiegarmelo?
Caption 31 [en]: I'll... -Could you perhaps explain it to me?

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Yabla-Intro - Francesca - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

What in the world is Yabla? Francesca explains it to you, and all in under two and a half minutes! Don’t worry if you don’t speak Italian, it’s all subtitled and captioned, with plenty of features to help you soak up any new language molto velocemente! What are you waiting for? Fire up the video!

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Caption 12 [it]: Se invece poi lo vuoi riprendere, clicca "play" e il video riprenderà.
Caption 12 [en]: If, on the other hand, you then want to continue, click on "play" and the video will resume.

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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 34 [it]: Io t'amo in ogni modo, e tu lo sai.
Caption 34 [en]: I love you in every way and you know it.

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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 19 [it]: Tra gli sguardi della gente senza senso e tu lo sai
Caption 19 [en]: Among the glances of people without any sense and you know

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Manuel Ricco - L'Eredità - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Manuel is on the phone, being dunned, and he doesn’t know how repay his debts. Video provided by pa74music.

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Caption 2 [it]: Sì, sì lo so.
Caption 2 [en]: Yes, yes I know.

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Trailer - La vita è bella - Roberto Benigni

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy Tuscan

Life is Beautiful is the 1997 dramatic comedy, directed by and starring Roberto Benigni. It received three Oscars. The film takes place in a concentration camp in Nazi Germany. Guido (Benigni) in order to protect his son, pretends that the Jewish deportation and the war are just a game, with the final prize: a tank.

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Caption 16 [it]: Me lo dici babbo che gioco è?
Caption 16 [en]: Dad, will you tell me what kind of game this is?

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Uova in cocotte - con tartufo bianco di Alba

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Marco Lombardo, the chef of a well-known restaurant in the Langhe (a hilly area in Piedmont), demonstrates how to prepare a typical dish of the area: Eggs en cocotte with white Alba truffles.

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Caption 26 [it]: Poi lo deponiamo in una scatola
Caption 26 [en]: Then we put it in a box

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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 19 [it]: Questo lo vedi già bello e sistemato
Caption 19 [en]: You see this one already good and settled

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Trailer ufficiale - La Strada

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

La Strada (The Road) is a 1954 film directed by Federico Fellini, with Anthony Quinn and Giulietta Masina. The film was partly shot at the famous Saltanò Circus, with actors and extras taken from that circus. Fellini changed the name of Anthony Quinn’s character from Saltanò into Zampanò, maybe for copyright reasons. The picture won an Oscar for best foreign film in 1957. It was the year the foreign prize was instituted and it allowed Fellini to break out from national boundaries.

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Caption 4 [it]: Raramente lo schermo ha raccontato con tanta intensità e tanta efficacia
Caption 4 [en]: Rarely has the screen told, with so much intensity and so much potency

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Tutela ambientale - Paola Savinelli

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Paola Savinelli tells the viewer about her candidacy for the project of the La civica (The Civic) party, a party whose central mission is the safeguarding of the environment.

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Caption 6 [it]: in quanto lo ritengo una persona molto valida e responsabile,
Caption 6 [en]: because I consider him a very well-grounded and responsible person,

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