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Today we'll talk about an extremely popular French series that became part of the childhood of many Italian children. Listen to this episode to discover more!

Subtitled Italian

Season 01 / Episode 13 - Asterix and Obelix, a French series winning over all Italians

To busk can mean to not have a clear plan and to make decisions while events are already in progress. We can also use, play something by ear, improvise, decide in real time, and decide on the fly to mean a similar thing. I hope you enjoy the podcast!

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I busked this whole podcast, I wonder if anyone will notice?!

В этом выпуске я рассказываю о некоторых суевериях и приметах. Приятного прослушивания! Словарь: погружаться/ погрузиться в культуру = to immerse oneself in the culture
потусторонний мир = otherworld
разбиваться/ разбиться = to shatter
осколки = fragments
убеждаться/ убедиться = to make sure
поверхность = a surface
ладонь = a palm
сплетничать = to gossip
икать = to hiccup
загробная жизнь = afterlife

Привет, это Наташа!

Суеверия и приметы

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Zwei und zwei zusammenzählen, das ist eine sprichwörtlich kinderleichte Aufgabe: ZWEI PLUS ZWEI IST GLEICH VIER. Addieren und subtrahieren lernt man schließlich schon in der Grundschule und so ist auch ZEHN MINUS FÜNF IST GLEICH FÜNF keine große Herausforderung für ein Kind. Das Multiplizieren kommt etwas später, es ist aber nützlich: Wenn ich von Oma und Opa und der Tante zum Geburtstag jeweils zehn Euro bekomme, dann habe ich DREI MAL ZEHN IST GLEICH DREISSIG Euro. Auch das Dividieren hat Anwendungsmöglichkeiten im täglichen Leben: Vom Kuchen sind noch sechs Stücke übrig und wenn ich sie mit meinen beiden Geschwistern teilen muss, dann bekommt jeder SECHS GETEILT DURCH DREI IST GLEICH ZWEI Stücke Kuchen.
Das Potenzieren ist dann schon etwas schwieriger: DREI HOCH ZWEI IST GLEICH NEUN und DREI HOCH DREI ERGIBT SIEBENUNDZWANZIG. Und schließlich gibt es da noch das Wurzelziehen: Die QUADRATWURZEL AUS NEUN IST DREI. Aber damit beenden wir für heutige Mathematikstunde.

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Sim, essa forma é como "Pequena Patrícia". No Brasil, essa palavra PATRICINHA é usada para descrever um certo tipo de mulher jovem. Uma palavra que é tão familiar na sociedade brasileira a ponto do filme Clueless, de 1995, ter sua tradução oficial como "As Patricinhas de Beverly Hills". Pois assim a trama do filme e seus personagens podem ser entedidos imediatamente pelo público apenas com o título. Mas o que exatamente significa ser uma patricinha? Assista ao vídeo e descubra!

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A palavra "Patricinha" no Brasil

Una de mis más grandes metas en este podcast es contar historias para que juntos practiquemos pretéritos y subjuntivos pero en este episodio decidí presentarme y hablar un poco sobre mis lecciones de prueba. Espero les guste este pequeño adelanto 

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Episodio 1 - Quién soy y qué haremos aquí

熱中症に気をつけて、暑い夏を楽しみましょう♪

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暑い夏は熱中症に気をつけて！

Travelers often fly to New York or Paris just for the shopping experience, but according to a new report, it's Milan that should be called the capital of global shopping.

A real estate company has found that Via Monte Napoleone in Milan is the world's most expensive retail destination.

US firm Cushman & Wakefield ranked shopping areas based on the rent prices per square meter, and Milan has knocked New York's Fifth Avenue off the top of the list.

The average rent on the Milan street has risen to more than $20,800 per square meter compared with about $20,300 per square meter on an 11-block area of upper Fifth Avenue.

Via Monte Napoleone's small size — it's just 350 meters long — and walking distance to services and top cultural sites are among the street's key advantages, according to Guglielmo Miani, president of the Monte Napoleone District association.

"Not everything can fit, which is a benefit" since the limited space makes the street even more exclusive, said Miani.

The biggest brands on the street make more than $100 million in annual sales, Miani said, which goes a long way to paying the rent. Tiffany is preparing to open a store on Via Monte Napoleone, and luxury fashion store Fendi is expanding.

The Monte Napoleone District says 11 million people visited the area during the first 11 months of the year, but there's no way to say how many were big spenders and how many were just window shopping.

But according to shopping firm Global Blue, the average shopper on Via Monte Napoleone spent $2,600 per purchase between August and November — the highest average receipt in the world.

Officials from Fifth Avenue praised Milan for its efforts in making the street — and the city — a desirable place to shop.

But they added that the Italian city should enjoy its position at the top of the list while it can!