Hello, Daisy*! Have you bought antiques? *In Italy, Daisy Duck is known as Paperina.
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Oh, hi, Donald!
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Antique Iron
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I got a great deal, a marvelous frying pan of authentic old iron for only thirty dollars!
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Sgurgle! New two of them cost that!
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You don't understand anything! If its new it doesn't have value! (The) Things of old iron are in grand style, today!
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Donald Duck and the stolen pitcher* *In Italian, titles of most things, i.e. stories, movies, etc., are generally not capitalized as they would be in English: Donald Duck and the Stolen Pitcher.
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I have to scram! I'm going to mount* the pan on a wall of the lounge! Bye! *ambientare - to place, set, acclimatize
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Bye! What times! Frying pans in the lounge!
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However... if old iron has certain values*... prezzo - price, cost, value
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I know where to find a mine!
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There's big bucks to make! Tomorrow I'll make a jump to Piro the Scrapper*! *ferravecchi - literally "old irons"; "scrapper" is a nickname for "scrap metal dealer".
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Shhhh! Quiet or we'll wake Piro.
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PIRO I buy and sell wreckage of any kind
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That night...
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Sigh! What (a) shame...
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(A) little later...
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Sob! What humiliation...
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We, classy thieves, reduced to steal debris! Life is (getting) always harder!
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The next day...
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Good day, Mister Piro! I would like to have a look, to see if there's something that could interest me...
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Go ahead (and) do (it)! Looks are free!
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Let's look a little...
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Meanwhile...
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More* stuff to sell, Mister Piro! *altro - other
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Hey there! You're on the ball*, you! *in gamba - bright, clever, on the ball
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Bags of stuff every day*! But where do you find it, eh? *tutti i giorni - all the days
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We have our places!
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Well,... go (to) unload! After I'll pay you!
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Grunt! It's already the sixth time that we're selling it to him, this pitcher! He'll end up realizing it!
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(We) need to be alert!
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I'll throw it there! At night we won't ever get as far as* that pile! fino - as far as, up to, until
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The pitcher hits the top of the pile of scrap and bounces to the other side...
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Who is it that indulges in these pranks?
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I'll teach him to throw pitchers at people's head(s)!
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Hey! But this...
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... IS GOOOLD!
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Someone shouted ... GOLD?
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Quiet, Donald! Have you gone crazy to yell like that*? *così - so, thus
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Donald Duck!
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Our pitcher!
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It's golden!
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And we stole it six times... without realizing it!
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There isn't but one thing to do!
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And that is?
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Steal it a SEVENTH TIME!
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Yes, yes! It's really gold! This is my lucky day!
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Thanks for the discovery!
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Let's get out of here without attracting any attention*! senza dar nell'occhio - (so to speak) without attracting (unwanted) attention
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Hey! You're not taking the money?
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So...
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Why* (are you) in such a hurry? And what do you have inside there? *Come mai... - "How ever (is it that)..."
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Eh?... uh... Nothing, the bags...
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Let (me) see! (No one) does this to me!
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This isn't done to him! Ah, ah, ah!
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(To the) Thieves! (To the) Thieves! They stole my pitcher!
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And you would steal the stove from me, eh?
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Let me go! They're getting away with the truck! I don't want your stove!
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By now you've taken it! (Pull) out two dollars!
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Grrrr! Take (it)! And help me to get it off from around me!
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Hey! And the stove?
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You hold it for me! Now I have (something) to do!
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I've read the license number of the truck...
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I'll find them!
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We're rich!
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We can plan*? fabulous heists! *? - studiare - to learn, study, try; (I'm really not sure what this means, but I am guessing that since the criminals have been out of luck recently, now with this new acquisition, they can afford to plan more "fabulous heists."
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We'll return to the top of the public menaces classification*! *la classifica dei pericoli pubblci - in American English, what we call "the Most Wanted List or the Public Enemies List.
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Later...
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How much will it be worth?
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Hey! Maybe there's somebody else!
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That (guy) who'd give us a hundredth part of it's value!
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Gulp! One moment! Where do we find him, one who buys it without asking questions? We are out of the loop*?... *abbiamo perso il giro - we have lost the circuit (?); I'm not exactly sure what this means but I am guessing something like "We've been out of the loop", i.e. that since they haven't been involved in big crimes, they've lost contact with other big-time criminals who might have helped them.
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Really! It's true...
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But there's always Joe "the fence*". *ricetta - in this case, I think the word means "a receiver or dealer of stolen goods", or in American slang, a "fence". The most common meaning in Italian is "prescription."
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Well, at a rough guess*... *a occhio e croce - "more or less", "roughly speaking"
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Now that it's clean, it makes a great impression*! *fare un figurone - to cut a dashing figure
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Here there's Mr. Assobott* who wants to offer you a big business deal, Mr. McDuck... *Assobott - First, a little background on the character. He and his brothers-in-crime are known as the Basset Boys in the American comics. This character is using something like Pig Latin to disguise his real identity: Italian for Basset is Bassotto. He rearranges the syllables to make Assobott.
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Ah, yes?
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So...
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What business is this about, Mr. Assobott?
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Ehm... here it is... They told me that you are fond of gold things, and so...
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Gold?
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Yes... In my field I found an old golden pitcher... It weighs almost 16 pounds! Does it interest you?
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Gosh... if it interests me! But calmness and shrewdness is needed...
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Well... uhm... it's old stuff, you said... pitchers are out of style...
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Pitchers maybe... but the gold?
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Well, the gold... ehm... It has a certain interest... But where is this pitcher?
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Now I'll tell my brothers to carry it up!
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The signal! Quick! Go!
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In that meantime Donald arrives...
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The License plate! That's the truck of my thieves!
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Now I will my tell my brothers to carry it up!
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Well, gold...
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And here (it is) the pitcher!
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STOP, REGISTERED THIEF!
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YOU'RE DISGUISED, BUT YOU DON'T FOOL ME! GIVE ME MY STUFF!
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A ROBBERYYYYY!
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But that.... IS DONALD!
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My nephew... robber... under my own eyes...
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Oooh! What (a) complication...
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Sigh! I'll have to call the police... and the mental hospital! He must be crazy!
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The police? Gulp!
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But no! But no! He's your nephew! Understanding is needed!
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Noble spirit! You're right!
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Come! We'll force him to give back the ill-gotten (thing)!
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Perfect!
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So that, a little later...
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Here, he lives here! Wait a moment!
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I've caught you with (your) hands in the bag, rather, in the package, wicked nephew, robber of innocent peasants!
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Uncle Scrooge*! *In Italy, Uncle Scrooge McDuck, is known as Paperone.
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But (of) what peasants are you yammering about? They're the ones* who stole the pitcher from me! *sono loro - they are those
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What? You want me to believe that you had a golden pitcher?
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JUST SO!
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He found the pitcher!
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But now it's ours again!
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THE BASSETS!
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THE BASSETS!
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In that awkward moment...
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Hey! A truck stopped in front of our house!
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STOP, HIGHWAYMEN!
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VILLAINS!
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So you don't want to buy it anymore, eh?...
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... it means that we'll* keep it! *teniamo - we keep, we are keeping (Often actions to be done in the immediate future are expressed in the present tense.)
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And since we are here already, we'll take the change that you have in (your) pockets!
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The compliments don't impress us!
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LEAVE ME (ALONE)!
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Ready?
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FIRE!
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ARROWS!
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THE BOYS!
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The revolver to me!
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TO YOU, A KNOCK ON THE HEAD!
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Quick! Let's take the coins and go!
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THE BASSETS! Those WRETCHES robbed me of a MILLION in change! Pull out the double barreled shotgun*, Donald! *doppietta - double barreled shotgun (but as you will see in the frames that follow, the artist drew only one barrel)
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Wake up, uncles!
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We have to follow the Bassets!
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So...
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There they are!
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I'll take care* of following them! You take care of the uncles and keep us in touch on the walkie-talkie! *ci penso io - I am seeing to, I am taking care of
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Good!
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(to find them) It will be needed to tramp* (through) the whole city! And who know then if we'll find them... *battere - to beat, hit, thrash (My guess is that "battere i piedi" is implied - i.e. to tramp one's feet.)
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Don't worry yourself! We'll use this!
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It's a small radio receiver-transmitter...
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Quo1 has jumped on the Basset's truck and has one identical2... 1) in Italy, the Disney triplets Huey, Dewey and Louie are called Qui, Quo, and Qua. 2) ne ha una uguale - has one of these the same/identical
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Here... I hear his voice!
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In the truck...
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Ready? Do you hear me? Over*... *Passo - i.e. "I pass" the conversation to you. In America, we say "over" to tell the person on the other radio that we are finished speaking.
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He's speaking in a very low voice so as not to make the Bassets hear him! Now I'm responding to him... We hear you, Quo! Where are you? Over...
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He says that now he is peeking outside, and he will tell us which road they are traveling!
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Perfect! We'll get them!
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A little later...
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They are on State Route 21!
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AHA! They won't get away from us!
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While we are going, tell me a little about how you got that pitcher!
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Here ... I had gone to Piro the scrap metal dealer...
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Meanwhile...
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Let's listen to the Police radio...
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We'll learn if McDuck has called them and if they're hunting for us!
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Great idea!
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We're continuing on State Route 21! Over...
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So we'll reach you soon! Watch out for the Bassets! Over...
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Bassets?... State Route 21?...
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They're following us?... But what* are they doing to... *Ma come - But how (are they doing)
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Quite! I have a suspicion...
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Let's stop... and let's lower the volume...
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The voice of Quo, hidden in the inside of the vehicle, is now clearly heard by the Bassets...
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We stopped! I am closing the transmission to avoid the Bassets hearing me*... *per evitare che i bassotti mi sentano - to avoid that the Bassets hear me
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Shhhh!
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But then it means...
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It's clear... He's here with us!... But I have an idea (how) to trap him without him being able to give the alarm... Follow me!
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Let's hurry! There's a lot of ground to cover*! *parecchia strada da fare - a lot of road to go; in English we would say something like "there's a lot of ground to cover", or "there's a lot of road to travel." Notice that "strada" doesn't always necessarily mean a literal "road", but also a more general "way".
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They've gotten out and are going away into the forest! Now I('ll) follow them! I'll call call you then! Over and out...
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I find myself on a path in the forest... but I lost sight of the Bassets... Over and out, for now...
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We wanted to hear you say this, little boy!
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We're taking the "little box"! You're clever* but we're more (clever)! *in gamba - clever, able
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You haven't won yet, rascals!
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Here's the Basset's truck!
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Here's the forest! Let's go!
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We hope to find Quo quickly... I'm worried*... *essere in pensiero - to be worried
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Don't worry... and hands up!
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Quo is fine! We've taken care of him! It's you are (feeling) ill now!
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Snort! They've trapped us!
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What intentions do you have, ragged highwaymen?
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Always kind, eh?
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We('ll) tell you our intentions right away...
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What's happening?
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THE POLIIIICE!
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In fact...
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You've been caught, Bassets! Hands up!
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Sigh! We, so much lovers of work, must return again to "vacation"! Sob!
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Sergeant! How did you...?
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It's simple...
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Our radios picked up a strange transmission! Hearing the name of the Bassets we entered into action!
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Most clever! You pulled us out of a nice scrape!
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The credit of the capture, however, is yours! You'll receive a rich reward!
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Well, it's really a lucky day! You recovered your money... we earned a reward...
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... and I have my pitcher!
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How would it be to say, YOUR pitcher?
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It's from the scrap metal dealer! You only found it!
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But...
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Keep it yourself! The Bassets have stolen so much!
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Right! So you become (a) thief, too!
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Oh, OK! I'll give it back to Piro!
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Bravo! I'm proud of you!
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So, a little after...
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You've recovered the pitcher stolen from me by the Bassets... and you're giving it back to me?
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Really, it's yours... I found it, but...
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You're an able duck! If you like, I('ll) give it to you! I have dozens of them!
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Ulb! THANKS!
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UNCLE DONALD!
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UNCLE DONALD!
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Thanks... but I can't accept without first...
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... to let you see that the pitcher is of gold!
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Gold?
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One moment, let* (me) look a little... *fa' - make
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What is it?
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Hah, hah, hah! All this adventure for THIS pitcher!
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It's an alloy of copper, bronze and zinc, which took the name of its inventor, Pinchbeck*, and was used as imitation gold... *Pinchbeck is a form of brass, an alloy of copper and zinc, mixed in proportions so that it closely resembles gold in appearance. Invented in the 18th century by Christopher Pinchbeck, a London clockmaker. - Wikipedia
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Imitation gold... Sob!
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This isn't gold, sonny... it's Pinchbeck! Out of fashion for years, so that the people used to paint it...
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Prince... Sbeck?
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Right!
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I('ll) give* it to you! And here also your stove! *regalare - to give (as a gift)
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Wiseguy!
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It's been really fun! You can say that you've remained pinchbeck, too, Donald! Hah, hah, hah!
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A little after...
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A pitcher of antique pinchbeck and a stove of authentic cast iron! You shouldn't have!
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Eh, eh, eh! This is REALLY a lucky day!
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DONAAALD! WHAT MAGIFICENCE!
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Donald! Boys! I heard on the radio about your adventure and I ran! Are you well?
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Very well, Aunt! And we earned a reward!
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To spend the reward to give1 me gifts like this! You're a TREASURE! Here2! 1) farmi simili regali - to make (to me) gifts like this 2) tieni - take (i.e. this kiss)
