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    Four films adapted from books by Marcel Pagnol: La Gloire de mon Pere Le Château de ma Mere Jean de Florette Manon des Sources The first two are an adaptation from the eponymous books, as well as Le Temps des Secrets (and perhaps a fourth book I don't recall at the moment). These are his remembrances of his childhood shortly after the turn of the 20th century. All of the books are highly engaging reading. The last two are a series, taken from the eponymous books; watch them in that order.
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    June 7, 2010
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    Ciao Norina, in certi casi ho visto un linguaggio tipo "the position of Internal Reader will be eliminated". Certo è che va bene anche "discontinued".
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    March 15, 2010
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    Ciao, Beh... a me piace leggere opere filosofiche su vari temi e di coinvolgermi quanto posso nella discussione attuale. Un mio interesse centrale al momento è la filosofia di economia. Poi quando posso mi piace fare lunghe passeggiate nei boschi vicini a casa mia.
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    March 9, 2010
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    Tanto per illustrare il senso di 'bestia nera' che ha notato Fede, un mio partner italiano mi ha scritto che i 'phrasal verbs' sono la bestia nera dello studente d'inglese. :)
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    March 4, 2010
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    Estella, credo che la parola più adatta in questo senso sia "sbattere" anziché "martellare". Sbattere gli occhi porta il senso dell'inglese "to bat one's eyes", se conosci quella frase.
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    February 24, 2010
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    Becca, the use of gender in language goes very deep in language history. It is intrinsic to both ancient Greek and Latin, and ancient Hebrew has it as well. In that sense English is something of an exception in dropping it. I don't know enough of the old Anglo-Saxon to know if it used gender. I well understand your preoccupation with remembering the correct gender. Yes, it is important. And yes, you will make mistakes. :) That is okay; keep going. Since gender is not part of how native English speakers think, we must acquire it, and that takes time and sometimes demanding focus. If it is of comfort, I occasionally hear native Italian speakers correct themselves on gender in mid-sentence. One source for excellent listening practice is the podcasts of the RAI, the Italian national radio network, at http://www.rai.it/. I have a number of programs that I follow. A good podcast summary page for RAI3 is http://www.radio3.rai.it/dl/radio3/Page-ddd8f97e-d1a5-4a0f-94a0-9db44bd29c68.html. There are of course other channels that may be of more interest to you.
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    February 18, 2010
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    Azzardo una risposta, aspettando sempre i commenti di chi è madrelingua. Credo che "modistico" abbia a che fare con la moda, quindi in questo contesto si tratta non solo di una raffigurazione anatomica ma anche nello stesso tempo stilistico, come se fosse di moda. Ti sembra giusto questo?
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    February 17, 2010
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    Estella, "volto" (il participio passato di volgere) in questo senso ha il significato di tendere verso una specifica direzione, verso una certa delineazione delle cose, un certo punto di vista, ecc. In questo caso vuol dire che Cézanne tende a dipingere in modo che rappresenti una profondità illusoria e contradittoria. Tutto chiaro?
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    February 16, 2010
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    "Connections" in this usage mean those that one knows that have influence in society. In the sentence the phrase means that the family knew others that were wealthy, influential and/or powerful members of the society.
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    December 3, 2009
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    In the US university system, I think such a one is generally called a "teaching assistant". This is usually a graduate student working with a professor to learn the dynamics of teaching, grading, and interacting with students.
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    November 14, 2009
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