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| Introduction | |
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| About This Book | |
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| Conventions Used in This Book | |
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| Foolish Assumptions | |
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| How This Book Is Organized | |
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| Icons Used in This Book | |
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| Where to Go from Here | |
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| Getting Started | |
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| You Already Know a Little Italian | |
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| You Already Know Some Italian! | |
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| Cognates | |
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| Popular expressions | |
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| Mouthing Off: Basic Pronunciation | |
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| Vowels | |
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| Consonants | |
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| Stressing Words Properly | |
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| Using Gestures | |
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| The Nitty Gritty: Basic Italian Grammar and Numbers | |
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| Setting Up Simple Sentences | |
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| Coping with Gendered Words (Articles and Adjectives) | |
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| Definite feminine articles | |
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| Definite masculine articles | |
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| The indefinite feminine article | |
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| The indefinite masculine articles | |
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| Adjectives | |
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| Talking about Pronouns | |
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| Personal pronouns | |
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| Direct object pronouns | |
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| Indirect object pronouns | |
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| Saying "you": Formal and informal | |
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| Discovering Interrogative Pronouns | |
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| Introducing Regular and Irregular Verbs | |
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| Regular verbs | |
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| Irregular verbs | |
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| Presenting the Simple Tenses: Past, Present, and Future | |
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| Past tense | |
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| Present tense | |
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| Future tense | |
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| Counting Numbers | |
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| Italian in Action | |
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| Buongiorno! Meeting and Greeting | |
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| Looking at Common Greetings and Good-byes | |
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| Deciding whether to address someoneformally or informally | |
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| Replying to a greeting | |
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| Using body language | |
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| Specifying your reuniting | |
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| Making Introductions | |
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| Introducing yourself | |
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| Introducing other people | |
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| Getting Acquainted | |
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| Finding out whether someone speaks English | |
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| Talking about where you come from | |
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| Being you, being there: Using the verbs "essere" and "stare" to describe things | |
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| Extending and responding to invitations | |
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| Getting to Know You: Making Small Talk | |
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| Asking Simple Questions | |
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| Begging Your Pardon? | |
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| Talking about Yourself and Your Family | |
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| Chatting about the Weather | |
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| Talking Shop | |
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| Getting Addresses and Phone Numbers | |
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| Food, Glorious Food--and Don't Forget the Drink | |
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| Eating and Drinking Italian Style | |
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| Drinking, Italian Style | |
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| Expressing your love for espresso | |
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| Beverages with even more of a kick | |
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| The Start and Finish of Dining Out | |
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| Making reservations | |
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| Paying for your meal | |
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| Having Breakfast | |
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| Eating Lunch | |
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| Enjoying Dinner | |
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| Savoring Dessert | |
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| Shopping for Food | |
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| Shopping Made Easy | |
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| Clothing Yourself | |
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| Departmentalizing your shopping | |
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| Sizing up Italian sizes | |
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| Talking definitely: Definite articles | |
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| Coloring your words | |
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| Materializing fabrics | |
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| Accessorizing | |
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| Stepping out in style | |
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| Having a Good Time Out on the Town | |
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| Times of Day and Days of the Week | |
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| Acquiring Culture | |
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| Going to the movies | |
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| Going to the theater | |
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| Going to a museum | |
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| Going to a concert | |
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| Inviting Fun | |
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| Having Fun Italian Style | |
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| Taking a Tour | |
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| Speaking Reflexively | |
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| Playing Sports | |
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| Talking about Hobbies and Interests | |
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| Talking on the Phone | |
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| Chatting on the Phone | |
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| Calling from a public phone | |
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| Calling for business or pleasure | |
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| Making Arrangements over the Phone | |
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| Asking for People and Getting the Message | |
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| What Did You Do Last Weekend?--Talking about the Past | |
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| At the Office and Around the House | |
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| Discussing Your Job | |
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| The human element | |
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| Office equipment | |
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| A typical job advertisement | |
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| Inhabiting Your Home | |
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| Hunting for an apartment | |
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| Sprucing up your apartment | |
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| Bending Others to Your Will: Imperatives | |
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| Italian on the Go | |
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| Money, Money, Money | |
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| Going to the Bank | |
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| Changing Money | |
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| Using Credit Cards | |
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| Looking at Various Currencies | |
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| Where Is the Colosseum? Asking Directions | |
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| Finding Your Way: Asking for Specific Places | |
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| Mapping the quarters and following directions | |
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| Ordering ordinals | |
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| Quant'e lontano?: Asking how far | |
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| Verbs on the Move | |
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| Locations You May Be Looking For | |
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| Checking into a Hotel | |
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| Reserving a Room | |
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| Checking In | |
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| Using Plurals and Pronouns | |
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| Making more in Italian | |
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| Personalizing pronouns | |
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| Getting Around: Planes, Trains, Taxis, and Buses | |
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| Getting through the Airport | |
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| Checking in | |
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| Dealing with excess baggage | |
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| Waiting to board the plane | |
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| Coping after landing | |
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| Going through Customs | |
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| Renting a Car | |
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| Navigating Public Transportation | |
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| Calling a taxi | |
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| Moving by train | |
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| Going by bus or tram | |
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| Reading maps and schedules | |
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| Being Early or Late | |
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| Planning a Trip | |
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| Deciding When and Where to Go | |
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| Booking a Trip | |
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| Arriving and Leaving: The Verbs "Arrivare" and "Partire" | |
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| Traveling to Foreign Lands | |
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| Using the Simple Future Tense | |
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| Handling Emergencies | |
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| Dealing with Car Trouble | |
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| Talking to Doctors | |
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| Describing what ails you | |
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| Understanding professional medical vocabulary | |
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| I've Been Robbed! Knowing What to Do and Say When the Police Arrive | |
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| When You Need a Lawyer: Protecting Your Rights | |
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| The Part of Tens | |
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| Ten Ways to Pick Up Italian Quickly | |
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| Read Italian Food Labels | |
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| Ask for Food in Italian | |
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| Listen to Italian Songs | |
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| Read Italian Publications | |
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| Watch Italian Movies | |
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| Listen to Italian Radio Programs | |
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| Listen to Italian Language Tapes | |
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| Share Your Interest | |
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| Surf the Net | |
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| Don't Take It Too Seriously | |
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| Ten Things Never to Say in Italian | |
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| Ciao-ing Down | |
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| Don't Be Literal | |
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| Four Fickle "False Friends" | |
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| How Many Years Do You Have? | |
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| The Problem with "Play" | |
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| Being Careful of Cognates | |
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| Ten Favorite Italian Expressions | |
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| Mamma mia! | |
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| Che bello! | |
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| Uffa! | |
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| Che ne so! | |
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| Magari! | |
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| Ti sta bene! | |
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| Non te la prendere! | |
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| Che macello! | |
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| Non mi va! | |
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| Mi raccomando! | |
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| Ten Important Holidays in Italian-Speaking Countries | |
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| L'Epifania (La Befana) | |
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| Martedi Grasso | |
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| La Festa della Donna | |
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| Pasquetta | |
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| La Festa del Lavoro | |
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| Ferragosto | |
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| Ognissanti | |
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| L'Immacolata | |
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| La Festa del Patrono | |
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| La Sagra del Paese | |
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| Ten Phrases to Say So That People Think You're Italian | |
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| In bocca al lupo! | |
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| Acqua in bocca! | |
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| Salute! | |
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| Macche! | |
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| Neanche per sogno! | |
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| Peggio per te! | |
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| Piantala! | |
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| Vacci piano! | |
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| Gatta ci cova! | |
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| Sono nel pallone | |
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| Appendixes | |
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| Verb Tables | |
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| Italian Verbs | |
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| Irregular Italian Verbs | |
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| Italian Verbs with a Special Pattern (-isc-) | |
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| Mini-Dictionary | |
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| About the CD | |
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| Index | |
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| Book Registration Information | |