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Marika spiega - Parole con più significati - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Ready for some more Italian words with various different meanings? Marika talks about albero, batteria, and dado.

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Caption 14 [it]: "L'alberio [sic: albero] genealogico" è, invece, un quadro generale
Caption 14 [en]: "The genealogical tree" is, instead, a summary

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Provaci ancora prof! - S2EP1 - La finestra sulla scuola - Part 9

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Gaetano gets a different story from the doorman than his wife had given, and even has some new important details to share. Gaetano reports on the case to the prosecutor and brings up dinner again. At home, Camilla mentions the substitute dance teacher to Renzo...

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Caption 4 [it]: E però sua moglie mi ha dato un quadro molto diverso del ragionier Rotunno.
Caption 4 [en]: And yet your wife gave me a very different picture of the accountant, Rotunno.

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Volare - La grande storia di Domenico Modugno - Ep. 2 - Part 5

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Mimmo is describing the moment in which he and Franca take their relationship to another level and when he also finds the rhyme he'd been looking for in the song he'd been writing. Later, during the recording session of Vecchio frac, he finds out the censors have been at work and want him to change the lyrics.

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Caption 85 [it]: Poi a completare il quadro, Franca non ha indossato l'abito bianco.
Caption 85 [en]: Then, to complete the picture, Franca did not wear a white gown.

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Gatto Mirò - EP2 LE SORPRESE DI SCATOLA

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Mirò and his friends find wonderful clothing and fabrics from the olden days in the magic box. They use these for their games of make believe.

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Caption 44 [it]: Quasi quasi con queste stoffe ci faccio un quadro.
Caption 44 [en]: I just might make a painting with these fabrics.

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Dafne - Film - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

It's hard for Dafne to adjust to the old family homestead, especially the first night. She also notices something about her father.

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Caption 1 [it]: Si deve [sic: si devono] accendere il quadro [elettrico] e il boiler [lo scaldabagno].
Caption 1 [en]: We have to switch on the circuit breaker and the hot water heater.

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Fratelli Taviani - La passione e l'utopia - Part 14

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Isabelle Huppert talks (in French) about the craziness of the film and the Taviani brothers talk about the character of their male protagonist and why they set the film in Tuscany, even though the story is German.

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Caption 36 [it]: Le immagini sono il contorno, è come uno che fa un quadro. [aiuto regista]
Caption 36 [en]: The images are the outline, it is like someone who makes a painting. [assistant director]

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Il Commissario Manara - S2EP10 -La verità nascosta - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

How good of a painter was the victim? Not all the people who knew him have the same opinion. Luca and Toscani go to see the picture framer and learn a few things.

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Caption 25 [it]: Cristina ci ha detto che qualche suo quadro era riuscito a venderlo.
Caption 25 [en]: Cristina told us that you were able to sell a few of his paintings.

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Aggettivi e pronomi dimostrativi - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Demonstrative adjectives can also be used as demonstrative pronouns. Daniela explains how that works, and also discusses how to use an apostrophe when the noun following the demonstrative adjective starts with a vowel.

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Caption 46 [it]: "Quel quadro
Caption 46 [en]: "That painting

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Meraviglie - EP. 3 - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Alberto Angela brings medieval Siena to life, with the help of some breathtaking aerial shots.

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Caption 2 [it]: il suo fascino, sembra quasi un quadro a tre dimensioni.
Caption 2 [en]: its charm — it almost looks like a three-dimensional painting.

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Pronomi combinati - Part 5

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Daniela sums up about compound pronouns and explains what a partitive pronoun is. An example of a partitive pronoun is the particle ne (of it, of them).

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Caption 50 [it]: "Ci regalano un quadro".
Caption 50 [en]: "They are giving us a painting."

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In cucina con Antonino - Episodio 1: il pescatore

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Antonio Cannavacciuolo shows us how to make a very elegant pasta dish with zucchini and fish. The cooking video is an ad for Voiello pasta, in this case mezze maniche which means "short sleeves."

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Caption 61 [it]: È un opera d'arte, è un quadro.
Caption 61 [en]: It's a work of art. It's a painting.

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Adriano Olivetti - La forza di un sogno Ep. 1 - Part 20

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Adriano is very happy with how things have been going for the new Olivetti portable typewriter, but his siblings and partners in the business are not so happy. For one thing, they don't like not seeing any of the profits.

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Caption 14 [it]: per avere il quadro completo dei conti.
Caption 14 [en]: to have a complete overview of the accounts.

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Marika commenta -La Ladra - Espressioni idiomatiche - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Idiomatic expressions are often difficult to translate or to find in a dictionary. Marika helps us out, using clips from La Ladra already present in Yabla's library.

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Caption 35 [it]: C'è una spezia che confonde il quadro d'insieme.
Caption 35 [en]: There's a spice that blurs the overall picture.

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Adriano Olivetti - La forza di un sogno Ep. 1 - Part 9

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

The Olivetti siblings have to decide whether to sell a stake in the factory or not. During the discussion, Paola arrives with the children.

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Caption 37 [it]: È un quadro per sognare.
Caption 37 [en]: It's a painting for dreaming.

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Federica Reale - Il mio mondo Su(r) - Reale

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Federica conducts art workshops for children and adults. Participants use paper, often recycled, to create highly personal books.

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Caption 26 [it]: Questi hanno la funzione, l'idea di raccontare un quadro tridimensionalmente.
Caption 26 [en]: These have as their purpose, the idea of describing a three-dimensional painting,

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