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La Ladra - EP. 2 - Viva le spose - Part 8

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Because of her concerns about Dante, Eva ends up being a bit hard on her son.

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Caption 26 [it]: Mamma, stai scherzando vero?
Caption 26 [en]: Mom, you are kidding, right?

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Il Commissario Manara - S2EP3 - Delitto tra le lenzuola - Part 7

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Lara isn't around, but her presence is felt by everyone, in different ways. And they all want to know how Luca is feeling about it, but he's a closed book and just focuses on the case.

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Caption 25 [it]: ma, come stai?
Caption 25 [en]: But, how are you?

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Marika spiega - Gli avverbi di modo

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

It may come as a relief to see that Italian adverbs of manner are similar to English ones. But when Marika starts giving us some [very useful] idiomatic adverbial phrases using adjectives, it's slightly more complicated.

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Caption 10 [it]: "Ti stai comportando male".
Caption 10 [en]: "You are behaving badly."

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Il Commissario Manara - S2EP3 - Delitto tra le lenzuola - Part 6

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Marta goes for a ride on Luca's motorcycle as they look for a mysterious South American barman. Ginevra meets Marta and seems to like her a lot.

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Caption 4 [it]: Ma perché, scusa? Stai benissimo così.
Caption 4 [en]: Sorry, but why? You look great like that.

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Me Ne Frego - Il Fascismo e la lingua italiana - Part 9

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Soon after the introduction of talkies, dubbing came about in the thirties. Dubbing was extremely popular in Italy and remains so today.

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Caption 9 [it]: Naturalmente. Non mi stai mai a sentire quando parlo.
Caption 9 [en]: Naturally. You never listen to me when I speak to you.

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Il Commissario Manara - S2EP3 - Delitto tra le lenzuola - Part 5

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Interviewing the husband of the deceased was uncomfortable, since there were delicate questions to ask. Back at headquarters, Luca learns whether or not it was his hair on the pillow, and Marta has some insights that make the others roll their eyes.

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Caption 36 [it]: Mi stai ascoltando, Toscani? -Sì, l'ha spostata sul letto.
Caption 36 [en]: Are you listening to me, Toscani? -Yes, he moved her to the bed.

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Il Commissario Manara - S2EP3 - Delitto tra le lenzuola - Part 4

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

Manara gets to run the case, and the new inspector arrives to welcomes that range from very warm to very icy.

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Caption 25 [it]: Ma... Luca, ma tu come stai?
Caption 25 [en]: But... Luca, but how are you?

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Gian Filippo - Palazzo Speciale Raffadali - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

A visit to a sumptuous palace in Palermo which incorporates a variety of styles, from the Gothic to the Baroque.

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Caption 51 [it]: Buongiorno. -Ciao, Gioia, come stai? -Buongiorno. -Ciao.
Caption 51 [en]: Hello. -Hi Gioia, how are you? -Hello. -Hi.

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Il Commissario Manara - S2EP3 - Delitto tra le lenzuola - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

There is some very unusual and disturbing news waiting for the team of investigators.

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Caption 7 [it]: Ma che... ma sei pazza, sei? -Dai! -Stai ferma, per favore.
Caption 7 [en]: But what, but are you crazy? -Come on! -Stay still, please.

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L'Eredità -Quiz TV - La sfida dei sei. Puntata 1 - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Claudio is given a list of Italian places and has to say whether they're in the north or the south of Italy.

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Caption 68 [it]: Oppure un altra canzone di Natale che stai preparando, qual'è?
Caption 68 [en]: Otherwise, another Christmas song that you're working on, what is it?

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L'Eredità -Quiz TV - La sfida dei sei. Puntata 1 - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

This is a great chance to practice bone and muscle vocabulary, since that's what the pairing is about in this episode. The first contestant is named Santo. "Santo" means "saint," so there's some joking about it being just his name, not a description. Carlo, contestant number two is a musician and works in music therapy. He sings a few phrases of an aria from the Puccini opera Tosca.

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Caption 12 [it]: Tu stai [in] quello superiore. -Io sto [in quello] superiore. -Superiore.
Caption 12 [en]: You're in the upper one. -I'm in upper. -Upper.

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Arianna e Marika - L'importanza di leggere

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Marika and Arianna discuss their favorite book genres, authors, and why they like to read.

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Caption 16 [it]: Invece tu che stai leggendo?
Caption 16 [en]: But you, what are you reading?

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Corso di italiano con Daniela - Il congiuntivo - Part 13

Difficulty: Beginner

Italy

The previous lesson ended with the verb essere (to be) plus adjectives. Now, Daniela goes on to tell us about the verb essere plus adverbs and then teaches us about a great shortcut for avoiding the subjunctive when using the word basta [it's enough, just]. Normally, basta signals the need for the subjunctive, but Daniela offers up some examples where the infinitive verb works best.

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Caption 21 [it]: perché stai male ed è meglio che tu riposi".
Caption 21 [en]: because you're ill and it's best that you rest.”

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Il Commissario Manara - S2EP2 - L'addio di Lara - Part 10

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Italy

In this episode, we have the straw that breaks the camel's back as far as Lara is concerned. Toscani has a good moment.

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Caption 17 [it]: Te lo mando subito. Stai tranquilla, che ci penso io.
Caption 17 [en]: I'll send him to you right away. Don't worry, I'll take care of it.

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Provaci ancora prof! - S1E1 - Il regalo di Babbo Natale - Part 21

Difficulty: Intermediate

Italy

Camilla is taking risks to figure out who killed Nicola. But Commissioner Berardi shows up in time to whisk her away. He's none too happy about her interfering, but in the end, she gives him a hand by identifying some suspects.

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Caption 13 [it]: Stai zitto, sennò non ti porto più, eh!
Caption 13 [en]: Be quiet, otherwise I'll never take you out again, huh!

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