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Il Commissario Manara - S1EP4 - Le Lettere Di Leopardi - Part 4

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

The arrival of Giulia Chiamparini, the expert in Cultural Heritage, makes quite a hit at headquarters!

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Caption 2 [it]: Ma perché? -Ma, ma non lo so... -Mah!
Caption 2 [en]: But why? -But, but I don't know... -Huh!

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L'arte della cucina - I Luoghi del Mondo - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Is beauty in the eye of the beholder? That's what they say--but to Gualtiero Marchesi, that's not necessarily so. Sometimes beautiful is beautiful, period. As we've seen in other segments, cooking as an art form is a topic that's close to this chef's heart.

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Caption 7 [it]: Perché... purtroppo è buono ciò che ci piace.
Caption 7 [en]: Because... unfortunately what's good is what one likes.

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Acqua in bocca - Allarme gita - Ep 9

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

A cartoon in which two aquarium fish worry about the kids of the house who are going on a school trip.

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Caption 5 [it]: E perché? -Partono, per la gita scolastica!
Caption 5 [en]: And, why? -They're leaving on a school trip!

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Il Commissario Manara - S1EP4 - Le Lettere Di Leopardi - Part 3

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Manara goes to see the mother of Fazi's missing assistant, Marcuccio. It turns out he's "different" but with a phenomenal capacity for numbers. He's also a big guy, with big feet! Meanwhile, Lara and Luca are called to their boss's office. He wants results, fast, and so he's called in an expert in Cultural Assets from Rome to work alongside them.

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Caption 7 [it]: Eh, un bel numero: quarantanove! Perché?
Caption 7 [en]: Uh, a nice number: forty-nine! Why?

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Fellini Racconta - Un Autoritratto Ritrovato - Part 19

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

To please a reporter, Fellini sits and describes a typical day spent at Chianciano Terme, where he has gone for its healing thermal waters. Chianciano happens to have inspired one of his best known films, and he still sees it as a movie set. Fellini goes on to reminisce about Sundays in Rimini, and admits that his memories are a mix of fact and fantasy.

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Caption 30 [it]: e di solito mi inguaio in queste ore vuote, perché
Caption 30 [en]: and usually I get into trouble in these empty hours, because

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Le parole: bello, buono e bene - Part 3

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

This lesson is about bene (well, fine). An important difference between bene and bello (beautiful) and buono (good) is that it's an adverb, and therefore doesn't have to agree with nouns. It always stays the same.

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Caption 10 [it]: Non posso dire "Il tempo è bene" perché io ho bisogno di un aggettivo,
Caption 10 [en]: I can't say "the weather is well" because I need an adjective,

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Nina Zilli - 50 mila

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

You'll want to sing along with Nina Zulli as she cries her heart out in "Cinquantamila lacrime" ("Fifty-Thousand Tears"), a hit song from 2009, made even more famous as the theme song from a 2010 film by Ferzan Özpetek, Mine vaganti (English title, Loose Cannons). Great lyrics, great melody, great rhythm!

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Caption 1 [it]: Cinquantamila lacrime non basteranno perché
Caption 1 [en]: Fifty-thousand tears won't be enough because

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L'arte della cucina - I Luoghi del Mondo - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Gualtiero Marchesi talks about the chef as an artist, and how different chefs can be recognized by their distinctive artistic styles. In defending the choice of simple, genuine food, he goes on to talk about the art of slicing, and how it used to be "performed" right in the dining room.

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Caption 12 [it]: perché hanno un taglio artistico.
Caption 12 [en]: because they have an artistic angle.

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Adriano - Giornata

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy Sicilian

Find out how Adriano spends his day, and how he stays in shape, even though he works in an office.

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Caption 9 [it]: Ecco perché, vado in terrazza non appena svegliato
Caption 9 [en]: That's why I go onto the terrace as soon as I wake up

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Le parole: bello, buono e bene - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy Neapolitan

Daniela goes into more detail about the difference between bello (beautiful) and buono (good) and clears up any doubts you may have.

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Caption 16 [it]: Bello. -È bello perché io non mangio il tempo, ok?
Caption 16 [en]: "Bello." -It's "bello" because I don't eat the weather, OK?

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Il Commissario Manara - S1EP4 - Le Lettere Di Leopardi - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Murder in the library. The curator of the town library was found dead by his secretary, and the assistant librarian hasn't shown up for work. Some valuable correspondence is missing, and there are some suspicious shoe prints on the floor. Manara and his team have gotten busy trying to figure it all out.

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Caption 67 [it]: e no! -perché lui a quest'ora è già qui,
Caption 67 [en]: no! -because at this hour he's already here,

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Ma che ci faccio qui! - Un film di Francesco Amato - Part 13

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Encouraged by the woman who took him home with her, Alessio phones his mother and leaves a message. He then relaxes, and even falls asleep, but gets a rude awakening!

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Caption 38 [it]: Perché non m'ha svegliato prima?
Caption 38 [en]: Why didn't you wake me earlier?

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Fellini Racconta - Un Autoritratto Ritrovato - Part 18

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

Federico Fellini and Ingmar Bergman, two of the most important film directors in international cinema, discuss a joint project. They come from completely different worlds, but have some important points in common. Fellini's film, Satyricon is in the spotlight at the Venice Film Festival of 1969.

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Caption 6 [it]: Infatti, perché siamo così allegri?
Caption 6 [en]: In fact, why are we so happy?

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Le parole: bello, buono e bene - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy Neapolitan

It can be challenging for non-native Italian speakers to really understand the difference between these three common words: bello (beautiful, nice, pretty), buono (good) and bene (well, fine). In this first part of three, Daniela explains the difference between bello and buono.

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Caption 9 [it]: perché la confondono sempre con altre due parole:
Caption 9 [en]: because they always confuse it with two other words:

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Marika spiega - Le pulizie di primavera - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

More spring cleaning! Marika shows us how to dust, and what materials to use. She goes on to wash the windows, and then the dishes.

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Caption 5 [it]: perché poi dopo lo posso buttare e non conservo la polvere.
Caption 5 [en]: because then afterwards I can throw it away and not retain the dust.

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