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Francesca Vitalini - Fare la giornalista pubblicista - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Francesca Vitalini describes her training in journalism and her work for a newspaper in Garbatella, a neighborhood of Rome.

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Caption 3 [it]: Perché ho scelto questo lavoro?
Caption 3 [en]: Why did I choose this work?

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Il Commissario Manara - S2EP1 - Matrimonio con delitto - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

By popular request, Manara is back with some new adventures. Everything is in place for a joyous celebration, with wedding bells, but is it too good to be true?

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Caption 2 [it]: Ma perché, hai visto la sposa? Porta sfortuna!
Caption 2 [en]: But why, did you see the bride? It brings bad luck!

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Provaci ancora prof! - S1E1 - Il regalo di Babbo Natale - Part 7

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Camilla's mother is after her to do her a favor, and Sammy shows up asking a favor, as well.

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Caption 19 [it]: Si può sapere perché non sei venuta a scuola?
Caption 19 [en]: Do you mind telling me why you didn't come to school?

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Dottor Pitrè - e le sue storie - Part 12

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy Sicilian

Palermo faces the sea and has a very long history of immigration. The narrator interviews a young woman whose great grandfather came to Sicily from Sudan. She is involved in educating immigrants from Africa and Asia. Pitrè was also highly involved in education.

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Caption 25 [it]: perché possiamo uscire da schematismi
Caption 25 [en]: for us to be able to leave behind the schemas

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La Tempesta - film - Part 18

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Emotions run high in this part of the story. Manuela has no idea what Paolo is going through, but they have to go to the adoption interview, so stress is running high, too. As often happens, Natoli provides some relief in his own inimitable way.

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Caption 34 [it]: Ma perché non mi dite veramente come vi siete conosciuti?
Caption 34 [en]: But, why don't you really tell me how you met?

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Professioni e mestieri - Rivenditore per parrucchieri - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Antonella talks about her relationship with the people who come into the shop, especially older women who still care about being beautiful, and who are beautiful, inside and out.

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Caption 10 [it]: e perché ne entrano tutti i giorni anche di diverse.
Caption 10 [en]: and because lots of people come in here every day.

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PsicoVip - Il vigile - Ep 20

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Minivip's good deed of saving a dog is rewarded with multiple tickets from a traffic cop. His big brother, once again, saves the day.

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Caption 19 [it]: I'... io? Pe'... Pe'... Perché?
Caption 19 [en]: Me... me? Wh'... wh'... why?

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Provaci ancora prof! - S1E1 - Il regalo di Babbo Natale - Part 6

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Camilla had a hard time of it after seeing what she saw the night before. And she had a hard time in class, too, with students who hadn't studied.

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Caption 11 [it]: Ma perché, l'hai visto proprio... visto?
Caption 11 [en]: But why, did you see one, actually see one?

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Dottor Pitrè - e le sue storie - Part 11

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy Sicilian

Giuseppe Pitrè loved attending performances of chivalric folk plays in Palermo. This segment follows a marionette player at Palermo's Opera dei Pupi, the same theater where Pitrè went to see folk epics.

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Caption 19 [it]: Non è perché faccio uno spettacolo che ho fatto sempre,
Caption 19 [en]: It's not because I do a show, one that I've always done,

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La Tempesta - film - Part 17

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Paolo is surrounded by challenges: Manuela's family, to start with, and then the difficult decisions to make regarding the future of the factory.

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Caption 7 [it]: Be', ma... perché parlare di morte in un giorno così lieto?
Caption 7 [en]: Well... but why talk about death on such a joyous day?

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Il Commissario Manara - S1EP12 - Le verità nascoste - Part 13

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

A beach party concludes this episode, and season. Love is in the air!

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Caption 4 [it]: perché non ce ne andiamo in un posto carino tu e io stasera?
Caption 4 [en]: "Why don't we go, just the two of us, to a nice place this evening?"

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Umberto Eco - Proust e l'identità europea

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

What does it mean to be a European? Is the variety of languages in Europe an obstacle to actual unification? Umberto Eco explores these questions and offers some interesting insight.

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Caption 43 [it]: Forse, forse perché è stato detto numerose volte,
Caption 43 [en]: Perhaps, perhaps because it has been said numerous times,

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Professioni e mestieri - Rivenditore per parrucchieri - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Yabla takes us to a shop specialized in beauty products. There's plenty of new vocabulary here!

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Caption 8 [it]: con enorme piacere, perché comunque è familiare.
Caption 8 [en]: with great pleasure because in any case, it belongs to the family.

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Marika spiega - I verbi intransitivi

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Marika's lesson is on intransitive verb and how to recognize them. She has some interesting things to say on southern Italian speech and the influence of Spanish.

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Caption 31 [it]: perché è un verbo intransitivo.
Caption 31 [en]: because it is an intransitive verb.

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Il Commissario Manara - S1EP12 - Le verità nascoste - Part 12

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Emotions are running high in this segment and we're hoping that Lara gets found, and that she's alive.

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Caption 25 [it]: E perché mai?
Caption 25 [en]: And why ever?

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