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Non è mai troppo tardi - EP 2 - Part 22

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Manzi goes before the Board of Education. Ida finds some letters in Alberto's coat pocket. Manzi explains to the board members why he finds it impossible to give his pupils grades.

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Caption 33 [it]: Perché? -Perché volevo fare il maestro.
Caption 33 [en]: Why? -Because I wanted to be a teacher.

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Un medico in famiglia Stagione 1 - EP5 Lele, ti presento Irene - Part 9

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Lele and Irene have some awkward moments at dinner and afterwards. Giulio is back at the house with Alice, wondering how the evening went. He can't help saying inappropriate things and Alice finally gets fed up with him.

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Caption 35 [it]: Veramente io mi sento diciottenne adesso, perché
Caption 35 [en]: Actually, I feel like an eighteen-year-old now, because

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Vivere - Un'avventura di Vittorio De Sica - Part 10

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Vittorio De Sica put himself on the line in order to save his cast and crew, and the film he was making. This final segment describes how he managed to complete La porta del cielo (The Gates of Heaven). The song we hear at the end of this documentary is very famous and was sung by Vittorio De Sica himself for the movie Gli uomini, che mascalzoni... in which he acted. Listen to the entire song here.

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Caption 29 [it]: Oggi ti sono vicino, perché sospirar?
Caption 29 [en]: Today I am close to you, why the sighs?

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Provaci ancora prof! - S2E4 L'amica americana - Part 9

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

It's a difficult moment for Camilla, and there are tensions at home, which Livietta perceives quite well. Camilla talks to Detective Berardi about Dora's death.

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Caption 7 [it]: Però, per ora, forse è meglio che non vi metta troppo vicini. -Perché?
Caption 7 [en]: But for now, maybe it is better if I don't put you too close. -Why?

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La linea verticale - EP 5 - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Father Costa just wants to be left alone and chases Friar Marcello away. Luigi finally has his catheter and drainage removed.

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Caption 5 [it]: Perché non ti fai curare la testa anziché il tumore?
Caption 5 [en]: Why don't you get your head treated instead of the tumor?

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Caravaggio - EP1 - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

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Caravaggio is a TV mini-series based on the life of the Italian painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. It opens in 1577 when the painter was 5 years old. The plague had just hit and people who were still alive were burning their household possessions.

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Caption 10 [it]: Perché piange la marchesina Colonna?
Caption 10 [en]: Why is the young Marquise Colonna crying?

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Illuminate - Margherita Hack - Part 7

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

This segment recounts how Aldo De Rosa and Margherita met in a park in Florence as kids and later married. Aldo supported her in her scientific work throughout their marriage, which lasted over seventy years.

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Caption 32 [it]: Questo è singolare, perché,
Caption 32 [en]: This is singular, because,

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I Bastardi di Pizzofalcone - S1EP2 Rabbia - Part 8

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Romano goes home expecting to see Giorgia, but she's not there. Di Nardo has her parents to deal with, but also gets an interesting text while sitting in front of the TV. The next morning, Ramaglia's daughter is trying to identify the person who had argued with her father before his death.

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Caption 13 [it]: Perché non cambi canale?
Caption 13 [en]: Why don't you change the channel?

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La linea verticale - EP 5 - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Elena tries to keep Luigi from getting too depressed about his situation. He then gets a taste of what his roommates had been telling him about the friar.

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Caption 16 [it]: È solo noioso, perché non ci andava,
Caption 16 [en]: It's just annoying, because we didn't want that,

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Marika spiega - Espressioni con occhio - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv Beginner

Italy

Marika gives us plenty of examples of expressions using l'occhio (the eye) in this final segment. We see and hear them in context by way of clips from Yabla videos.

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Caption 47 [it]: Occhio a quello che fai, Toscani, perché io ti spezzo le braccine.
Caption 47 [en]: Careful about what you do, Toscani, because I will break your little arms.

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Illuminate - Margherita Hack - Part 6

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Although as an athlete, Margherita did make some compromises she felt she had to during the decades of Italian Fascism, she also took a stand against it, risking expulsion from school.

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Caption 7 [it]: perché disse: "Ho vinto nella mia Firenze
Caption 7 [en]: because she said, "I won, in my Florence,

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Moscati, l'amore che guarisce - EP 2 - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Giuseppe goes to see Giorgio in his fancy doctor's office, hoping to convince him to see Cloe. It's clear Giorgio has chosen the career path of least resistance, and seems more interested in fine art and fine cigars, than in treating patients who need it.

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Caption 57 [it]: perché ti fa comodo.
Caption 57 [en]: because it's convenient for you.

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Non è mai troppo tardi - EP 2 - Part 20

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Manzi comes up with a creative way to introduce a letter that isn't technically in the Italian alphabet. Now, Manzi is famous and gets a lot of attention even when walking in the park with Ida. She feels a bit left out.

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Caption 4 [it]: perché parleremo di una lettera nuova.
Caption 4 [en]: because we're going to talk about a new letter.

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Vivere - Un'avventura di Vittorio De Sica - Part 8

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Actors, including Alberto Sordi, who were performing at the Quattro Fontane (four fountains) theater on the fateful day of 23 March 1944 are in danger of being caught by the Germans. During the filming of his movie, De Sica leaves the safety of the basilica just once and is caught and questioned by a Nazi General about why the film is taking so long to be shot.

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Caption 22 [it]: Perché, in quel momento,
Caption 22 [en]: Because, at that moment,

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Provaci ancora prof! - S2E4 L'amica americana - Part 7

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Camilla is teaching her class, but is having trouble masking her distress over her friend. She goes to the police station where the officers have some questions for her.

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Caption 9 [it]: Ho dato sette a tutti perché avete scritto delle cose molto belle sull'amicizia.
Caption 9 [en]: I gave everyone a seven because you wrote really nice things on friendship.

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