About this Story
About this Story
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genres.genre: Short Story
genres.category: Services & Errands
Language: Italian
Level: A1
Number of words: 150
Created on: : 22 October 2025
Last revised: : 23 March 2026
Summary
Summary
Carla, on vacation, needs clean clothes, so she visits a self-service laundromat. Most machines are in use, but she finds one free and follows the steps carefully: add detergent, insert coins, choose a program, press start. While waiting, she reads her book and gets lost in the story. Two hours later, the machine beeps. She smiles at the fresh scent of her clean clothes and returns happily to her hotel room.
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Writing — answer in English
See a sentence in Italian and type the meaning of the highlighted phrase in English.
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Listen to the sentence in Italian and fill in the missing meaning in English.
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