About this Story
About this Story
Author:
genres.genre: Short Story
genres.category: Leisure & Social Plans
Language: Italian
Level: A1
Number of words: 405
Created on: : 21 October 2025
Last revised: : 18 December 2025
Summary
Summary
Emma and Lucas take the morning train from Naples to Rome and, with time to spare, book a 14:00 tour of the Roman Forum. The photos promise arches, stones and blue skies; the small grey note—'Italian only'—goes unnoticed.
At the meeting point the guide greets the group and speaks only Italian. Through lively gestures, the warmth of the group and a Sardinian couple whispering key phrases, they follow along, recognizing 'Cesare', 'imperatore' and 'antico'. Emma notes 'colonna, arco, tempio'. Applause ends the visit; proud of how much they understood, they step into the bright street ready to order lunch—espresso and gelato—in Italian.
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See a sentence in Italian and type the meaning of the highlighted phrase in English.
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