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Un Figlio a tutti i costi - film - Part 25

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Orazio discovers who was at the door and tries to manage things as best he can. Meanwhile, the police are watching from the window and take action.

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Caption 14 [it]: venga un attimo di qua perché io adesso c'ho degli ospiti
Caption 14 [en]: come in here a moment, because right now, I have guests

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Fratelli Taviani - La passione e l'utopia - Part 25

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

This is the final installment of the documentary dedicated to the Taviani brothers. It concludes as they do some location scouting in the marvelous old city of Montepulciano for Maraviglioso Boccaccio (Wondrous Boccaccio), a 2015 film. Vittorio Taviani died in 2015 at the age of 88, and Paolo is 89 and still making films.

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Caption 16 [it]: [perché è importante girare all'interno di questo universo di bellezza]
Caption 16 [en]: [because it's important to move around inside this universe of beauty]

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Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno - Ep. 1 - Part 19

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Domenico can't wait to tell Franca about doing the show, but she won't take his calls, so he goes to see her in person.

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Caption 69 [it]: è perché non vuole sentirti? -No, invece devi sentirmi,
Caption 69 [en]: it's because they don't want to hear from you? -No, instead, you have to hear what I have to say,

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Provaci ancora prof! - S1E4 - La mia compagna di banco - Part 18

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

It certainly seems as though Virginia is hiding something from Camilla, but for her, that's a hard truth to accept. How well does she actually know Virginia?

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Caption 1 [it]: Ma ti ha spiegato perché era così decisa a voler lasciare Chiorino?
Caption 1 [en]: But did she explain to you why she was so determined in wanting to leave Chiorino?

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Un Figlio a tutti i costi - film - Part 24

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Orazio goes to see Don Agostino, who speaks in metaphors Orazio has trouble grasping. Back home, there are some curious activities going on, and the police are watching.

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Caption 17 [it]: Perché tu non hai idea [di] quanti bambini, veramente,
Caption 17 [en]: Because you have no idea how many babies, really,

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Fratelli Taviani - La passione e l'utopia - Part 24

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

It's not often that two people, let alone brothers, can work together in perfect harmony. But artists who have worked with the Taviani brothers say they came very close. Paolo and Vittoio knew what they wanted and they knew how they wanted to obtain it, down to the letter.

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Caption 20 [it]: Perché loro possono avere una grande libertà
Caption 20 [en]: Because they can have great freedom

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Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno - Ep. 1 - Part 18

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy Pugliese

Domenico gets a big chance to sing for a celebrity, but it doesn't go the way he imagines. Palmieri keeps coming up with ideas for him, however.

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Caption 68 [it]: perché ieri ripensavo alla serata dal principe di Trabia,
Caption 68 [en]: because yesterday I was thinking of the evening at the Prince of Trabia's,

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Provaci ancora prof! - S1E4 - La mia compagna di banco - Part 17

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Camilla and Gaetano go looking for information about the famous paperweight. They discuss who could have committed the murder. But there is something that Camilla didn't know about her friend Virginia.

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Caption 4 [it]: Signora, guardi che non è che si può usare la sirena perché ci sta il traffico.
Caption 4 [en]: Ma'am, look it's not as if one can use the siren because there's traffic.

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Un Figlio a tutti i costi - film - Part 23

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

At the office, Orazio gets a visit from the police commissioner who gives him a rough time and leaves Orazio more confused than ever.

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Caption 15 [it]: Eh, balbetto perché, perché Lei si metta pure ne', nei miei panni.
Caption 15 [en]: Yeah, I stutter because, because put yourself in, in my shoes.

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Fratelli Taviani - La passione e l'utopia - Part 23

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

The Taviani brothers reveal some tricks used during the filming of The Night of San Lorenzo and tell us how they managed to combine a particular sequence of the film with the cornerstone of Greek literature, The Iliad.

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Caption 64 [it]: "Guarda, se... levate quelle scene, perché è troppo...
Caption 64 [en]: "Look, if... take out those scenes, because it's too...

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Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno - Ep. 1 - Part 17

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Domenico isn't very adept at keeping his emotions, including jealousy, in check, and at the dinner party, he allows them to get the better of him. But there are all kinds of people at that party, and they aren't all against him.

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Caption 17 [it]: Perché uno di questi giorni non mi viene a trovare in radio?
Caption 17 [en]: Why don't you come and see me at the radio station one of these days?

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Sposami - EP 2 - Part 30

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Ugo and Nora get home after a busy day at the skating rink. Nora needs help getting up the stairs and Ugo is there to help her. A moment of harmony. Who knows if they will manage to find something to argue about just the same?

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Caption 25 [it]: Non t'ho detto niente perché ormai era passato,
Caption 25 [en]: I didn't say anything to you because at that point, it was over and done with,

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - 4) Proposizioni subordinate concessive - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Italian has an amazingly long list of conjunctions or locutions that mean "although," "despite," and similar words. Daniela explains what a concession subordinate clause is and gives us several examples.

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Caption 17 [it]: perché è introdotta dalla locuzione [sic: congiunzione] "benché".
Caption 17 [en]: because it's introduced by the conjunction "even though."

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Un Figlio a tutti i costi - film - Part 22

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

On the way home from the party, Anna and Orazio can't help but start arguing again. They each accuse the other of wanting someone else.

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Caption 16 [it]: perché in realtà sei tu a avere dei dubbi su di me?
Caption 16 [en]: because actually, you are the one having doubts about me?

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Fratelli Taviani - La passione e l'utopia - Part 22

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

The Taviani brothers were adolescents during World War II, and talk about how tense it was growing up with the Germans and fascists so close by. A woman at a bar gives them directions to find one of the locations for filming The Night of the Shooting Stars.

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Caption 18 [it]: Allora io stavo scalzo, perché era [sic: faceva] caldissimo
Caption 18 [en]: So I was barefoot, because it was very hot

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