Grammar point about measurements, but also to emphasize the degree or extent of something.

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Listening to Loredana Berte's manifesto, I ain't no lady.

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Feature on Italy's longest serving prime minister over the past thirty years.

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Vocabulary pill about one's native land.

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Grammar point about a verb form in Italian ending in -ando or -endo.

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Celebrating Maurizio Pollini, the world-renowned pianist.

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Probably the most popular Christmas carol of Italy, coming from the stars.

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Vocabulary pill about beliefs held by religious (and political) groups.

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Listening to the cosmos, or an Italian musician named after it.

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Grammar point about "the" determiners, or definite articles.

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