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50 Italian idiomatic phrases that are related to food (part 2)

I have prepared a pdf file with all the Italian idiomatic phrases you’ll find in this post. You can find it in Your Italian Toolbox, a section of Instantly Italy where you’ll find Italian learning materials. You can get access to it by subscribing here. 

Here we go again, it’s time for a new list of food-related Italian sayings!

As I told you in my last post, the list of Italian idiomatic phrases that are related to food was too long to make it into just one post. Therefore, I decided to split it into two, in order to make it more readable and enjoyable.

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50 Italian idiomatic phrases that are related to food (part 1)

I have prepared a pdf file with all the Italian idiomatic phrases you’ll find in this post. You can find it in Your Italian Toolbox, a section of Instantly Italy where you’ll find Italian learning materials. You can get access to it by subscribing here. 

What are the perks of knowing a native speaker, when it comes to learning a language? 

Well, there are quite a few, actually. You can obviously practice your speaking skills, get feedback on your mistakes, improve your pronunciation, and learn a lot of interesting and useful sayings.

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Trying to understand Italy while traveling by train: Tim Parks’ Italian Ways

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What is the best way to get to know a foreign country?

Over the last 30 years or so, Tim Parks has tried to understand Italy in every possible way. As a matter of fact, as Parks says, “Italy is not a country for beginners” and it takes some time to go beyond the surface and dive deeper into Italian culture and lifestyle, in order to understand certain behaviors and attitudes.

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[Italian Vocabulary] È arrivata l’estate! The most useful Italian words and phrases related to summer

I have prepared a pdf file with all the Italian words and phrases you’ll find in this post. You can find it in Your Italian Toolbox, a section of Instantly Italy where you’ll find Italian learning materials. You can get access to it by subscribing here. 


Summer is finally here! What a better option for an Italian vocabulary post?

If you’ve been following me for a while now – especially if you read my newsletter, where I write about more personal stuff – you already know that I am a fan of summer.

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