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25. The 7 Ways To Good (and Bad) Luck (Listen Up & Learn)

  Level: Listen Up & Learn

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Episode #25 of the fun-to-practice and extra-useful “Listen Up & Learn” lesson series is entitled “The 7 Ways To Good (and Bad) Luck” – It is a well known fact that Italians are big on superstitions. Today, let’s have fun by uncovering the top seven ways to bring “la buona fortuna” (the good luck) or “la cattiva fortuna” (the bad luck) according to the Italian tradition. – Then, after listening to the superstitions, take the “7 Question Challenge” to test your comprehension, speaking, and grammar skills. Enjoy!

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Listen Up & Learn – Episode #25

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• Level: Listen Up & Learn
• Topics: superstitions, traditions
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16. Knock on Wood (Culture Shot)

  Level: Culture Shot

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Learn Italian with LearnItalianPod! – “Are Italians superstitious?” That is the question posed by Jeff, one of LearnItalianPod subscribers, on a lovely email that he sent in a few days ago. Dear Jeff, we can certainly say that Italians are, for the most part, extremely superstitious. Today’s episode is all about a few of the most common things or actions that a lot of Italians believe to be able to bring bad or good luck. On the grammar section, we’ll talk about adjectives and we’ll see how in Italian they must agree in gender and number to the noun they modify. Enjoy!

Culture Shot – Episode Nr. 16

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• Level: Culture Shot
• Topics: superstitions
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