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La Ladra - EP. 5 - Chi la fa l'aspetti - Part 11

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Dante and Eva have a moment. But then, the girls have to leap into action. Eva is the taxi driver, and Lola has shown up, dressed provocatively for an appointment with Alessia's boss.

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Caption 53 [it]: E menomale che non era geloso.
Caption 53 [en]: And good thing he wasn't jealous.

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L'Eredità -Quiz TV - La sfida dei sei. Puntata 3 - Part 14

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Lara is the finalist and this is the "guillotine" part of the game. The last time she was with Carlo is when she was in the running for Miss Italy.

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Caption 11 [it]: No! -Menomale, menomale, va'. -Assolutamente. -Stavolta invece è promossa, promossa.
Caption 11 [en]: No. -Just as well, just as well, go on. -Absolutely. -This time, instead, she has been promoted, promoted.

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La Ladra - EP. 5 - Chi la fa l'aspetti - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Eva and Gina realize that Alessia is, in fact, being harassed by her co-worker, and they decide to give her a hand.

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Caption 56 [it]: Menomale che oggi mi è venuta l'idea per il nuovo dessert.
Caption 56 [en]: Good thing that today I got an idea for the new dessert.

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Il Commissario Manara - S2EP6 - Sotto tiro - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

This new episode starts off with a bang (pun intended). We also get a glimpse of what home life is like, now that Sardi has brought her baby home from the hospital.

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Caption 38 [it]: Oddio, Luca, menomale che sei arrivato.
Caption 38 [en]: Oh my God, Luca. Good thing you got here.

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Il Commissario Manara - S2EP5 - Mondo sommerso - Part 8

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

The police are armed, in position, and ready to move. Their mark shows up, and the money is on the table. Then things get dicey.

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Caption 50 [it]: Oh, menomale che avete...
Caption 50 [en]: Oh, good thing that you...

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L'Eredità -Quiz TV - La sfida dei sei. Puntata 2 - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Ilaria and Matteo are the new contestants. Ilaria is quizzed on a list of Italian male celebrities and has to decide whether they're actors or singers.

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Caption 6 [it]: Bra'... bra'... tranquilla, insomma. -Sì, sì, sì, sono... -Sì, sì, menomale, menomale.
Caption 6 [en]: Smar'... sma'... no big deal, all in all. -Yes, yes, yes, I'm... -Yes, yes, thank heaven, thank heaven.

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La Ladra - EP. 3 - L'oro dello squalo - Part 9

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Daniela goes to the restaurant to talk to Eva, but things don't go as planned.

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Caption 42 [it]: E menomale che non si faceva comprare.
Caption 42 [en]: Good thing he wouldn't allow himself to be bought.

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In giro per l'Italia - Firenze - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Arianna is still a bit hungry, so she looks around for something else to eat. After lunch, she takes us downstairs to the actual market.

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Caption 19 [it]: Molto buono. -Menomale.
Caption 19 [en]: Very good. -Good thing.

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L'Italia a tavola - Interrogazione sulla Sardegna

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Anna is quizzed on Sardinia and can easily identify the capital and its major cities, its nuraghes (characteristic low towers), its cantu a tenore (traditional singing), but comes up short on providing the name of a typical Sardinian dish.

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Caption 68 [it]: menomale che c'è molto vento.
Caption 68 [en]: Good thing there's a great deal of wind.

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La Ladra - EP. 2 - Viva le spose - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Eva and her friend Lola go with Umberto to the wedding gown shop, where he had worked, to chose a clutch to go with the wedding dress. There are some surprises waiting there.

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Caption 1 [it]: Siamo arrivati. -Menomale.
Caption 1 [en]: We're here. -Good thing.

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L'Eredità -Quiz TV - La sfida dei sei. Puntata 1 - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

This is a great chance to practice bone and muscle vocabulary, since that's what the pairing is about in this episode. The first contestant is named Santo. "Santo" means "saint," so there's some joking about it being just his name, not a description. Carlo, contestant number two is a musician and works in music therapy. He sings a few phrases of an aria from the Puccini opera Tosca.

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Caption 19 [it]: non le ha guardate minimamente. -Ecco, bravo. Menomale. -Posso garantire io. -Menoma...
Caption 19 [en]: he didn't look at them even a bit. -There you go, good. Lucky thing. -I can guarantee it. -Lucky thi...

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L'Eredità -Quiz TV - La sfida dei sei. Puntata 1 - Part 1

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

L'Eredità [Inheritance] is an immensely popular daily quiz show on the RAI [pronounced rye], the Italian public TV and radio network. This episode benefits the Telethon Foundation, which provides funds for research into genetic diseases, and is based on Jerry Lewis's Telethon. To understand the play on words they use at a certain point, see the various meanings of macchina here. Learn more about this Italian game show here.

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Caption 45 [it]: si è svegliata bene. -Menomale, menomale. -Speriamo bene.
Caption 45 [en]: she woke up nicely. -Good thing, thank heaven. -Let's hope for the best.

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Il Commissario Manara - S1EP12 - Le verità nascoste - Part 9

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

There are plenty of people—women, actually— to send Luca off on his bus, but he keeps looking around for a certain someone to show up...

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Caption 20 [it]: Menomale, va.
Caption 20 [en]: Good thing, yeah.

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Provaci ancora prof! - S1E1 - Il regalo di Babbo Natale - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Camilla has become a heroine with her students, and she uses the moment to show her students how well she knows them. It does backfire a bit...

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Caption 43 [it]: Menomale che ha chiamato lei.
Caption 43 [en]: Good thing she called on her.

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Dixiland - Buio mangiabiscotti

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Dixi gets himself in another pickle, but Tribo comes to the rescue with a very simple solution to the problem of retrieving breakfast biscuits from the dark basement pantry.

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Caption 42 [it]: Menomale che non gli è piaciuta,
Caption 42 [en]: Good thing it didn't like it,

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