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Il Commissario Manara - S1EP7 - Sogni di Vetro - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy Tuscan

Here we go with a new episode! Lara's enjoying some time off with Massimo, but do we really think it can last? Because, naturalmente, there's a new case to solve.

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Caption 13 [it]: Ho voglia di stare un po' con te, da solo.
Caption 13 [en]: I feel like being with you a bit, alone.

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Laura Pausini - Vivimi

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Biagio Antonacci wrote the song "Vivimi" for Laura Pausini in 2004. "Vivimi" is tricky to translate, as it can mean "share life with me" or "experience me" or "live me."

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Caption 13 [it]: Farei del male solo e ancora a me
Caption 13 [en]: I'd still only be hurting myself

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Ferrari - Museo Ferrari Maranello

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Ferrari fans won't want to miss a stop at the Ferrari museum in Modena. Hear all about it from Antonio Ghini, director of the museum, and get a glimpse of the museum itself.

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Caption 32 [it]: Per cui, con un solo documento, un passaporto
Caption 32 [en]: For this reason, with one single document, a passport,

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Lorenzo Jovanotti - Sabato

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

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Jovanotti sings about an eternal Saturday night, where people dance and have fun. When you think it's over, it starts up again... What he's really trying to say is open to interpretation.

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Caption 2 [it]: Troviamo un posto dove stare solo io solo tu
Caption 2 [en]: Let's find a place where we can be just me, just you

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Aggettivi Possessivi - Part 7

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy Neapolitan

Daniela has her students do some exercises to make sure they've understood the use of articles with possessive adjectives. You'll see that being part of family or not makes quite a difference, as does being just one or more than one!

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Caption 21 [it]: Solo una madre. -Ho solo una madre.
Caption 21 [en]: Only one mother. -I only have one mother.

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Marika spiega - Il presente progressivo

Difficulty: Newbie

Italy

Can you answer the question, cosa stai facendo (What are you doing)? If not, take a look at this video where Marika explains the presente progressivo (present continuous tense).

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Caption 10 [it]: Per esempio, se abbiamo solo il presente, diciamo:
Caption 10 [en]: For example: if we just have the present [tense] we say:

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Il Commissario Manara - S1EP6 - Reazione a Catena - Part 11

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Luca and Lara question the tanner, and find out some interesting facts about Calcaterra, the gardener, but are no closer to solving the crime. The victim's wife shares her worries with Luca, and Lara and her aunt hear some strange noises in the garden.

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Caption 5 [it]: Carichi interi di pellame che si vendeva da solo,
Caption 5 [en]: Entire loads of skins that he sold on his own,

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Alex Britti - Oggi sono io

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Alex Britti is a very well-known Italian guitarist and singer. Here, he sings a very personal song, Oggi sono io (Today I'm me). The lyrics are straightforward and easy to grasp.

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Caption 20 [it]: Solo per portarti a letto
Caption 20 [en]: Just to get you to bed

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L'arte della cucina - La Prima Identitá - Part 5

Difficulty: Advanced

Italy

Gualtiero Marchesi tells us a bit about when he discovered "haute cuisine" in a famous hotel school in Switzerland.

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Caption 28 [it]: giocavo solo con il cuore della materia prima,
Caption 28 [en]: I would only play with the heart of the raw materials,

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Laura Pausini - Non ho mai smesso

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Laura presents her single Non ho mai smesso (I never stopped) in the middle of the Piazza Duomo (Cathedral Square) in Milan.

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Caption 23 [it]: Si ritorna solo andando via
Caption 23 [en]: You can only come back by going away

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Tiziano Ferro - Rosso relativo

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

"Rosso Relativo" ("Relative Red") is one of Tiziano Ferro's greatest hits, and is the title song from his 2002 album. He uses an interesting series of verbs in the imperfetto, a tense that doesn't always match up with one tense in English. It's all relative!

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Caption 33 [it]: Solo lo schermo e tu
Caption 33 [en]: Just the screen and you

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Aggettivi Possessivi - Part 4

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy Neapolitan

Daniela continues to address the very sticky subject of possessive adjectives, and explains some very important rules. Little by little, you'll get it.

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Caption 23 [it]: È uguale a quello maschile, solo che al maschile prende una "i",
Caption 23 [en]: It's the same as the masculine one, just that in the masculine it takes an "i,"

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Nicola Agliastro - Poliziotto

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

An actual police officer tells us what it means to him to be one. He talks about the daily problems policemen have to deal with, not just the ones we see on TV.

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Caption 46 [it]: solo perché tifa una squadra e la Polizia lo picchia!
Caption 46 [en]: just because he's rooting for a team, and... the police beat him?"

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Il Commissario Manara - S1EP6 - Reazione a Catena - Part 6

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

There are irregularities in this case, and as both Manara and Rubino know, that's where you look!

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Caption 28 [it]: Senti, non è che ci andresti da solo alla Cine Service?
Caption 28 [en]: Listen, you wouldn't be willing to go by yourself to Cine Service, would you?

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Ti racconto una fiaba - Cenerentola - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

Here's one of the most famous fairy tales of all, "Cinderella." The Italian, "La Cenerentola" comes from the noun la cenere (ash, ashes, cinder). See how much you can understand without the English subtitles!

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Caption 3 [it]: Lei non era solo buona,
Caption 3 [en]: She was not only kind,

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