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L'unione fa la forza - Cooperativa La Quercia

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

A small town in Tuscany has adopted an unusual method of garbage collection! It's a way of integrating workers with special needs into the work force, and allowing them to have more than just a job. A video by Moira Volterrani

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Caption 9 [it]: perché, chi dà di più, chi dà di meno
Caption 9 [en]: because, some put out more, some put out less,

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Il Commissario Manara - S1EP4 - Le Lettere Di Leopardi - Part 15

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Toscani isn't thrilled with organizing the birthday party for the guy who "stole" his job, and is complaining to his wife. She steers the conversation around to their love life. The party gets cut short because Luca has a flash of genius, and figures out the case based on what Toscani says in his toast. He leaves for the hospital with two detectives and barely has time to acknowledge Lara when she walks in late to the party.

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Caption 17 [it]: Perché è un bravo ragazzo, perché è un bravo ragazzo,
Caption 17 [en]: For he's a jolly good fellow, for he's a jolly good fellow,

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Tu o Lei?

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

It's important in speaking Italian, to address people using the right form of "you." Tu (you) is for people you know, and Lei (you) is for people you don't know, or people you address with respect. Daniela explains how to use these forms.

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Caption 6 [it]: perché in ogni lingua il Lei prende un'altra persona.
Caption 6 [en]: because in every language the "Lei" takes a different person.

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L'arte della cucina - I Luoghi del Mondo - Part 10

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Alberto Capatti shares his memories of the grand restaurants of Paris in the sixties. Velvet curtains, low lighting, fires in the fireplaces, ten kinds of cheese — a far cry from what would become known as "nouvelle cuisine."

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Caption 11 [it]: si usciva ubriachi, lo dico subito perché mangiare solo formaggio e pane
Caption 11 [en]: you left drunk, I say so right away, because to eat only cheese and bread

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Antonio - Maratea, Madonna del Porto Salvo

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy Lucano

The sea and its harbour are two important features of the town of Maratea. Another important feature is the presence of forty-four churches! Our Lady of Porto Salvo (Safe Harbour) is the church that Antonio focuses on. He also speaks of the cult of San Biagio, patron saint of Maratea.

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Caption 4 [it]: perché è la chiesa del Porto di Maratea.
Caption 4 [en]: because it's the church of the Port of Maratea.

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Il Commissario Manara - S1EP4 - Le Lettere Di Leopardi - Part 14

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Marcuccio is in the hospital, and as planned, zia Caterina goes to see him. But all he will come out with are lines from one of Leopardi's poems. Meanwhile Romei is anxious to have the letters he considers his own, but things aren't so simple.

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Caption 15 [it]: No, ma perché non va a riposarsi due ore?
Caption 15 [en]: No, but why don't you go and rest for two hours?

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Anna e Marika - Pizza al taglio romana - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Who doesn't like pizza? Anna and Marika talk about Rome's take on pizza—a rectangular kind of takeout pizza you can order by the slice, and white pizza. Anna talks about focaccia from Apulia. Buon appetito!

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Caption 11 [it]: perché venivamo in visita ad una carissima zia che abbiamo qui,
Caption 11 [en]: because we would come to visit a very dear aunt that we have here,

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - L'aperitivo

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy Neapolitan

Daniela talks about the latest trend regarding l'aperitivo (cocktails) in Italy. To learn more about some of the items she mentions, click! spritz, aperol, prosecco.

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Caption 11 [it]: Sapete perché?
Caption 11 [en]: Do you know why?

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Il Commissario Manara - S1EP4 - Le Lettere Di Leopardi - Part 13

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Back at her aunt's house, Lara deals with Giulia when she comes back, and hashes things over with her aunt in the morning. Meanwhile Manara is once again moving his desk around, while discussing both the case and Giulia Chiamparani with Toscani, who's curious as to why Giulia disappeared so quickly.

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Caption 32 [it]: Ma perché, che ha fatto?
Caption 32 [en]: But why, what did she do?

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Ma che ci faccio qui! - Un film di Francesco Amato - Part 21

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

As luck would have it, the town councilman, for whom the whole party was created, isn't coming. Alessio and Martina have some time to themselves...

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Caption 16 [it]: perchè qua stanno facendo tutti quanti il bagno.
Caption 16 [en]: because here everyone's having a swim.

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L'arte della cucina - I Luoghi del Mondo - Part 9

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Gualtiero Marchesi talks about his experiences in Paris, learning from the chefs there. Actually, he already knew much of what was taught to him, because he'd had chefs in his family who were well-versed in both every day and fancy fare. He, on the other hand, was looking for something new and different.

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Caption 10 [it]: perché av'... le stesse cose praticamente le ho viste fare dai parenti di mio padre,
Caption 10 [en]: because I'd... I'd seen the relatives of my father do practically the same things,

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Antonio - Maratea, Il Cristo Redentore

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy Lucano

What does Maratea have in common with Rio de Janeiro? Antonio tells us all about it.

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Caption 11 [it]: perché nella basilica trova locazione la statua di San Biagio,
Caption 11 [en]: because the statue of San Biagio is located in the cathedral,

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Il Commissario Manara - S1EP4 - Le Lettere Di Leopardi - Part 12

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

In the eyes of Manara's boss, Giulia is the heroine, having recovered the letters, and Manara is a failure for having let the murderer escape from under his nose. Now Giulia's work is finished and she's just about ready to go back to Rome, but she still has some unfinished business... business she doesn't want Lara's help with.

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Caption 9 [it]: perché è piantonato in ospedale. -Questo Le basta?
Caption 9 [en]: because he's under guard in the hospital. -Is this enough for you?

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L'arte della cucina - I Luoghi del Mondo - Part 8

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Giovanni Ballarini talks about Paris being the capital of haute cuisine, and about the birth of bourgeois cuisine at the time of the French Revolution. Chef Mariasole Capodanno talks about her experiences, as a young girl, with real French cuisine and how even the presentation was so amazing. Neapolitan and Sicilian cooking came out of the work of chefs who had been employed during the reign of the Bourbons, especially in Naples and Sicily, where the chefs were called Monsù, or Monzù a corruption of the French, Monsieur.

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Caption 13 [it]: e le portarono ad alto livello perché c'era la borghesia.
Caption 13 [en]: and they brought them to a high level because there was the bourgeoisie.

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La Ladra - EP. 1 - Le cose cambiano - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

A man walks into the restaurant Il Frutto Proibito (Forbidden Fruit) sure that Eva will hire him as a cook, but before she can even think about it, she gets called away to take care of a situation with her son, Lorenzo...

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Caption 20 [it]: Perché povero?
Caption 20 [en]: Why poor?

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