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Fratelli Taviani - La passione e l'utopia - Part 19

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Music plays an essential role in the films of the Taviani brothers. It's like having another actor. Composer Nicola Piovani knows something about this having worked with them on some of their movies. He also composed the soundtrack for the movie La Vita è Bella (Life is Beautiful) with Roberto Benigni.

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Caption 19 [it]: Loro sono impegnativi nella musica, perché
Caption 19 [en]: They are demanding in music, because

Warmup Workout

Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno - Ep. 1 - Part 13

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

De Sica is generous with Domenico. Later on, seated on the curb with his friend, Domenico borrows a guitar from a "blind" person nearby and sings a song he wrote.

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Caption 43 [it]: Magari fossi cieco de [romanesco: di] scena. Perché?
Caption 43 [en]: If only I were pretending to be blind. Why?

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Sposami - EP 2 - Part 26

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Nora doesn't want to have to call Ugo, but does she have a choice? Ugo is at the train station about to board his train to Rome. Back at the atelier, Iside is irritable and ends up being a bit short with her clients.

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Caption 20 [it]: perché Danilo, a differenza di una persona che conosco, sa insegnare.
Caption 20 [en]: because Danilo, in contrast to a person I know, knows how to teach.

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Provaci ancora prof! - S1E4 - La mia compagna di banco - Part 12

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

The family goes to the flea market. Camilla mentions the case, but Renzo isn't interested. Later she talks about motives with Gaetano.

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Caption 28 [it]: Perché non te li provi?
Caption 28 [en]: Why don't you try them on?

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Un Figlio a tutti i costi - film - Part 18

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Anna, Orazio, and Mr. Tritone discuss plans for having a baby. Anna seems thrilled, but Orazio is quite upset. The doorbell rings and Orazio has to go and see who it is.

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Caption 42 [it]: Che stavamo dicendo? -No, perché Anna...
Caption 42 [en]: What were we saying? -No, because Anna...

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Fratelli Taviani - La passione e l'utopia - Part 18

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Nanni Moretti tells about how he got to see Caesar Must Die before it was released. The composer, Giuliano Taviani talks about how he became interested in writing music for film, and how budget limits actually inspired him in writing the music for this movie.

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Caption 45 [it]: mettetecela tutta, perché è un sentimento di, di vittoria".
Caption 45 [en]: give it your all, because it's a feeling of victory."

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Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno - Ep. 1 - Part 12

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Domenico happens to get a glimpse of Vittorio De Sica himself and chases him down to ask him for a part.

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Caption 54 [it]: perché una bicicletta non ce l'ha mai avuta.
Caption 54 [en]: because he never had a bicycle.

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Sposami - EP 2 - Part 25

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Ugo tries to be helpful to Nora but she isn't having any of it. Perhaps she goes too far. Later, at the office, Nora has a hard time trying to manage things.

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Caption 3 [it]: E perché, scusa?
Caption 3 [en]: Why, sorry?

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Provaci ancora prof! - S1E4 - La mia compagna di banco - Part 11

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Breakfast time for Renzo and Camilla. How long will Renzo stay mad at Camilla?

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Caption 11 [it]: E questo perché lo dici?
Caption 11 [en]: Why do you say that?

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La Ladra - EP. 12 - Come ai vecchi tempi - Part 14

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

After removing Adelaide's diamond from her neck, Eva and Max say goodbye. Who is going to get the better of the other?

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Caption 9 [it]: Forse perché i cattivi sono così noiosi.
Caption 9 [en]: Maybe because the bad guys are so boring.

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - 1) Proposizioni subordinate temporali

Difficulty: Adv Beginner

Italy

Another kind of subordinate clause is the temporal subordinate. One way we introduce it is with conjunctions having to do with time, such as "while," "when," and "as long as." There are other ways to form a temporal subordinate clause, and Daniela explains them.

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Caption 42 [it]: perché il verbo "piove" è all'indicativo presente.
Caption 42 [en]: because the verb "rains" is in the present indicative.

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Un Figlio a tutti i costi - film - Part 17

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Orazio is not happy about the presence of Nettuno Tritone. In contrast, Anna is thrilled and charmed, hanging on Tritone's every word. The police are watching from across the street, but not seeing much action.

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Caption 18 [it]: È come se Lei chiamasse un idraulico, perché ha un tubo rotto.
Caption 18 [en]: It's as if you called a plumber, because you have a broken pipe.

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Fratelli Taviani - La passione e l'utopia - Part 17

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

The Taviani brothers, at around eighty years of age, feel like they have gone back to their more reckless early days, with Caesar Must Die.

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Caption 43 [it]: perché, insomma, mi sembra ch'...
Caption 43 [en]: because, all in all, it seems to me...

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Sposami - EP 2 - Part 24

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Nora and Ugo talk to Aunt Clo via Skype. Nora tries to convince Cecilia to make up with Danilo.

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Caption 12 [it]: perché la cura è molto, molto costosa. -Non preoccuparti,
Caption 12 [en]: because the therapy is very, very costly. -Don't worry,

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Provaci ancora prof! - S1E4 - La mia compagna di banco - Part 10

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Renzo is pretty mad at Camilla and says so. But somehow, Livietta is OK with that.

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Caption 3 [it]: Senti, se ho fatto tardi è perché ho accompagnato Virginia in questura,
Caption 3 [en]: Listen, if I was late it was because I took Virginia to the police station,

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