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Apr 2022
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Julie and Dani talk about their family members on the way to the hotel and learn that they may not know Italian families as well as they think they do.

In our roundtable, we cover two expression about families and Elisa bursts the myth of the "Big Italian Family" stereotype. We also learn a few words that mean "together," and get a long list of vocabulary about families.

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