The video provides a playful and insightful analysis of a clip from the animated film "Ratatouille." It highlights the comedic relationship between the characters Linguini and Remy as they navigate the challenges of working together in a kitchen. The dialogue explores language nuances and expressions used in the film, showcasing how Linguini tries to adapt to working with a rat chef.

The discussion in the video delves into advanced vocabulary and idioms found in the movie, offering explanations and examples for phrases like "lose it," "work out," and "pull it off." These expressions are broken down to demonstrate their meanings, providing viewers with an understanding of these English language nuances. Techniques for improving language fluency, such as connected speech and phrasal verbs, are explained thoroughly.

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Key Vocabularies and Common Phrases:

1. involuntary [ɪnˈvɑːlənˌteri] - (adjective) - Done without will or conscious control. - Synonyms: (unintentional, automatic, instinctive)

That's strangely involuntary.

2. scampering [ˈskæmpərɪŋ] - (verb) - Running with quick short steps. - Synonyms: (scurrying, trotting, darting)

No scampering or scurrying.

3. muffled [ˈmʌfəld] - (adjective) - (of a sound) not loud because of being obstructed in some way; not easily heard. - Synonyms: (muted, quieted, softened)

That's why it's a little bit muffled.

4. familiaring [fəˈmɪliəˌraɪzɪŋ] - (verb) - To make (something) well known to oneself or become acquainted with. - Synonyms: (acquainted, known, acquainted)

I'm just familiarizing myself with, you know, the vegetables and such.

5. scurrying [ˈskɜːriɪŋ] - (verb) - Moving hurriedly with short quick steps. - Synonyms: (hustling, dashing, hurrying)

No scampering or scurrying.

6. gourmet [ˌɡʊrˈmeɪ] - (adjective / noun) - Of a kind or quality associated with fine or luxury food preparation. - Synonyms: (deluxe, luxurious, exquisite)

gourmet restaurant.

7. communicate [kəˈmjuːnɪˌkeɪt] - (verb) - To share or exchange information, news, or ideas. - Synonyms: (transmit, convey, express)

We gotta communicate.

8. tiny [ˈtaɪni] - (adjective) - Very small in size. - Synonyms: (miniature, minuscule, petite)

Controlled by a tiny rat chef.

9. pull off [pʊl ɒf] - (phrasal verb) - To succeed in doing something difficult or tricky. - Synonyms: (accomplish, achieve, manage)

We will never pull this off.

10. overwhelmed [ˌoʊvərˈwelmd] - (adjective) - Burdened with too much of something. - Synonyms: (swamped, overburdened, inundated)

He feels, like, overwhelmed with everything going on.

Learn English with RATATOUILLE — Linguini's Secret

Oh, no. Idiot. I knew this would happen. I let him rat into my place and tell him what's mine is his egg's gone stupid. He's stolen food and hit the road. What did I expect? That's what I get for trusting a rat. What? Hey, is that for me? Mmm. That's good.

In this hilarious clip from Ratatouille, Linguini wakes up to find his new cooking partner. Rami the Rat has already whipped up an omelet for breakfast. Rise and shine is a cheerful way to wake someone up. Rise and shine. And right after breakfast, they hit the road, which means they left or went away. These and other advanced words are already waiting for you on the RealLife English app, where you can have a vocabulary practice with the flashcards covering all the words and expressions you'll be learning today.

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Stop that. This is not gonna work, Little Chef. I'm gonna lose it if we do this anymore. We gotta. We gotta figure out something else. Something that doesn't involve any biting or nipping or running up and down my body with your little rat feet. The biting. No scampering. No. No scampering or stirring. Understand, Little Chef? Little Chef? Oh, you're hungry.

He says, I'm gonna lose it. What is it me here by saying I'm gonna lose it? This is not gonna work, Little Chef. I'm gonna lose it if we do this anymore. I'm gonna go crazy, right? I'm gonna just go insane. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like, lose control, right? Yeah. Lose control of myself, of my mind. Okay, so, for example, the Beatles fans in the past, you know, when the Beatles started playing, the fans would just lose it. So you could say, oh, they lost it.

He just, like, he feels, like, overwhelmed with everything's going on. Yeah. Just too much motion around it, so he can't keep cool. Nice word there. Too overwhelmed when there's too much. Right. So he will lose It. If they keep doing that. If the Little Chef keeps doing that. So he says that they gotta figure out something else. We gotta. We gotta figure out something else. So when you figure something out, you kind of solve a problem. You find a way how to solve something, how to fix things.

And what I find interesting about this phrase is that the order in which you say the words can change. Like, you can say to figure it out. To figure it out. There's instant connected speech there. Figure it out. There's a tap T that becomes like a D sound at out. Figure it out. But in this case, he says, figure out another way to do something. So you're placing the object another way to do something or something else after figure out. So you can say it either way. Depends on how you're phrasing it.

And by the way, connected speech. Good that you mentioned it. Because in the phrase I'm gonna lose it, there's also an interesting pattern, right? It's I am going to lose. He says, it's just. I'm gonna lose it. Just as one chunk, I'm gonna. And then lose it. The Z sound from lose it just connects to it. Lose it. I'm gonna lose it. We gotta. We gotta figure out something else.

Something that doesn't involve any biting or nipping or running up and down my body with your little rat feet. The biting. No. scampering. No, no scampering or scaring. Understand, Little Chef, so many actions that a rat can do on your body, like biting, nipping, scampering. Right. What are all those words? What's the meaning of all those words?

Yeah. So nipping, which is quite funny. You have to just picture it is to bite quickly and sharply, like, often in a small and light way. It's just like pinching, you know, like, it's almost pinching. I just wanted to say it's almost like pinching. Jos Said, scampering. What is that?

Yeah, scampering. It makes me think about, like, animals or even small children. Because scampering is running quickly, right? With, like, little light steps. And he describes that as, like, running up and down my body. With your little rat feet, I can just imagine that. It just, like, makes me, like, have shivers, you know, like my body, because it's very.

It's tickling as well as if it was tickling, right? So he says, no scampering or scurrying. Now, that's a more advanced and really interesting word. Scurring. What is that? Yeah, makes me think that it's a kind of A combination of the word scary and hurry.

Yeah. So scaredly hurry. Scaring is moving hurriedly when you are in a rush. Yeah. And you again make those short quick steps. Yeah. It makes me think of squirrels, which is an interesting. Oh, pretty. Yeah, exactly. Similar work. The word sounds similar, right? Scurry. Squirrel. The animal squirrel.

It scurries. Right. It's just like it hops and it moves quite fast with all those quick steps. Okay, so let's think this out. You know how to cook and I know how to appear human. We just need to work out a system so that I do what you want in a way that doesn't look like I'm being controlled by a tiny rat chef. Oh, would you listen to me? I'm insane.

I'm insane. I'm insane. A refrigerator talking to a rat. Linguini. We gotta communicate. I can't be constantly checking for a yes or no head shake from a rat. Darat. I saw it. Rat. Yes, yes.

Right next to you. What are you doing in here? I'm just familiarizing myself with, you know, the vegetables and such. Get out.

One can get too familiar with vegetables, you know. That was close. Are you okay up there? How did you do that? Oh, whoa. That's strangely involuntary. Let's watch the second part of this clip, which is a little bit longer, but that's exactly the part when they try to figure out the system. And you might be surprised at the end of this clip if you haven't watched the movie.

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