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34. Let’s Get Down To Business (5 Min. A Day)

  Level: 5 Minutes A Day

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Learn Italian with LearnItalianPod.com – Several LearnItalianPod VIP Members, who go to Italy for business on a regular basis, have requested one “Travel Survival” episode all dedicated to the language of business. You asked, we listened! — This time, let’s get down to business and let’s practice a lot of useful, ready-to-use Italian words, sentences, and expressions that you can use in many different occasions if you ever need to deal with formal, business-like situations while in Italy. Enjoy!

[How Would You Say It: To Like or Not To Like? - LearnItalianPod VIP Members Extra Bonus!] Login to the Learning Center to find, as a special extra bonus, a super useful audio file with PDF transcript entitled “How Would You Say It: To Like or Not To Like?“, a terrific way to test and improve your knowledge of Italian by translating words and sentences on the fly. Practice this, and and finally master the difficult but indispensable Italian verb “piacere” (to like)!

5 Minutes A Day – Episode #34

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• Level: 5 Minutes A Day
• Topics: business
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38. The Pizza Vending Machine (Culture Shot)

  Level: Culture Shot

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Learn Italian with LearnItalianPod.com – Our dear friend and longtime VIP subscriber Lisa from Chicago sent us a fantastic piece of news about an invention made in Italy which, if it works, is going to change forever one of the icon of the Italian food: la pizza! That’s the “pizza vending machine” – a machine that doesn’t just sell pizza, but is actually a mini pizzeria that kneads the dough, spreads the toppings and bakes a personal pizza in just three minutes as you watch through a little window!

So, let’s dedicate this Culture Shot to this incredible and revolutionary new piece of “Made in Italy”, and let’s learn and practice a few must-know Italian food names together with some common and useful Italian idiomatic expressions. Enjoy!

[VIP Members Only Extra Bonuses!] Login to the Learning Center to download Audio & PDF Transcript of the “must-know” irregular verb “Dire” (To Say, To Tell).

Culture Shot – Episode Nr.38

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• Level: Culture Shot
• Topics: business, food
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15. A Fun Networking Event (Upper Intermediate)

  Level: Upper Intermediate

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Learn Italian with LearnItalianPod! Episode #15 of the “Upper-Intermediate Level Series” is entitled “A Fun Networking Event”. We’re back in Venice. Another day has passed and Italo has been invited for a networking event after his business meeting. So, let’s hear how Italian professionals network and exchange business cards. If you plan to go to Italy for any type of work or business, you’ll definitely find this episode very interesting, as it contains a lot of popular and useful expressions used in informal but business-like situations. In the grammar section, we will explain, review, and practice the comparatives of majority and minority. Enjoy!

Upper Intermediate – Episode Nr.15

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• Level: Upper Intermediate
• Topics: business, meetings
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6. What Do You Mean He’s Not Here? (Upper Intermediate)

  Level: Upper Intermediate

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Learn Italian with LearnItalianPod.com! Episode #6 of the new Upper Intermediate Level Series” is entitled “What Do You Mean He’s Not Here?”. Our hero Italo has finally arrived to his important business appointment. Unfortunately an unexpected and unpleasant surprise awaits him… – Today we are going to learn some useful sentences and vocabulary that you can use in real life situations when something unexpected happens. We’re also going to shed some light on the verbs “sapere” and “conoscere”, which have the same translation (to know), but they are used with different meanings. Last but not least, Happy New Year, everyone, we’ll see you in 2009 with more Italian!

Upper Intermediate – Episode Nr.6

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• Level: Upper Intermediate
• Topics: business, verbs
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Phrasebook #5: Business

  Level: Phrasebook

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Learn business Italian terms and phrases with LearnItalianPod! Some of our LearnItalianPod VIP subscribers are business people that work for Italian companies. Most of them can speak enough to get around Italy, order food and ask for directions. They say they would love to learn and practice useful phrases focused on the vocabulary of business and so they have suggested us to add another episode to the Italian Phrasebook podcast series containing all such phrases. Once again, you asked, and we listened – enjoy!

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• Level: Phrasebook
• Topics: business
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