Name: What LEVEL is Your English? — TEST with Disney's LUCA
Uploaded: 2026-01-16T17:23:54.000Z
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Are you ready to test your vocabulary in English while having fun following the lovely story of the Disney film Luca?

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So get ready because I've prepared 20 vocabulary questions from the movie.

And don't think it'll be easy because all the words from this test fall into the B2, C1, and

But don't worry, because even if you don't get all the questions correctly, you'll still have a chance to learn a ton of useful expressions, slang idioms, basically the kinds of words that native speakers use every day.

And by the way, to make sure that you will internalize all these expressions, I highly recommend you do the vocabulary practice of this English test with Luca on our RealLife app.

So there you'll be able to use our magic flashcards, which make new expressions stick in your brain like superglue.

And also practice speaking with our real life AI coach.

So, are you ready for your first question?

And make sure to take note of how many questions you get right, because at the end, we're going to check how well you did.

In the beginning of the movie, we see two fishermen in a boat arguing about sea monsters.

Too many strange things have been seen in these waters.

Tall tales to keep us away from a great fishing spot.

A tall tale is a wrong instruction, scare story, exaggerated story.

So a tall tale is a story that is exaggerated, that has elements that are hard to believe.

Fishermen around the world are famous for telling tall tales about catching really large fish.

And when Luca becomes curious about the human world, his mother says this.

Yeah, well, the curious fish gets caught.

We do not talk, think, discuss, contemplate, or go anywhere near the surface.

To contemplate means to think about something deeply, act without thinking, argue loudly.

To contemplate is to consider something carefully or thoughtfully.

For example, many people contemplate moving to another country for better opportunities, but

take a long time to decide because it's such a major change.

I personally find it distasteful to even contemplate the horror facing all those on board.

You could also say in everyday English to ponder or reflect on.

So after Luca meets Alberto, he decides to follow him and leave his herd of fish for a moment.

Someone in charge is the person who follows others, gives orders, works as an assistant.

Being in charge means being responsible for a task Or a group, it's the person who makes decisions.

For example, usually in families, when parents go out for the evening, the older sibling is in charge of the younger kids.

So as Luca transforms into a human for the first time, he feels strange sensations in his new legs.

Phantom here most closely means impossible, imaginary, extremely painful.

in this case, it refers to a sensation of something that is not physically present.

For example, you may have heard of phantom pregnancies, when a woman's mind convinces her body that she's expecting a baby and she's not.

If you don't sit on the back and hold on to the front, the whole thing falls apart.

If something falls apart, it improves significantly, becomes lower, stops functioning properly.

If something falls apart, it breaks down or breaks into pieces.

And you can use this expression literally or figuratively.

Like in a TV show, Friends, when Ross said the wrong name at the altar, his wedding fell apart.

You could also say fall to pieces, break apart, or come apart.

Once Luca returns home, his parents find out about his adventures and argue about it.

Daniela, do we really need to go through with this?

To go through with something in this case means to explain, experience it in an immersive way, make it harder than it needs to be, continue and complete it despite hesitation.

In this case, if you say you will go through with something, you will proceed with a planned action, even if difficult.

For example, you may remember in the last part of the Harry Potter series, even though Harry knows he might die in the end, he goes through with facing Voldemort alone in the forest, because he believes it's the only way to save everyone.

Merida, this is what you've been preparing for your whole life.

No, it's what you've been preparing me for my whole life.

You need to promise us that you'll never sneak off to the surface again.

To sneak off means to leave a place, secretly abandon your house, swim quickly.

It means to go somewhere quietly without being noticed.

You could use it more casually and less seriously, too.

For example, if you go to a concert and decide to sneak off before the last song, to beat traffic and avoid the parking nightmare.

Thanks again for coming all this way on such short notice.

Short notice means having little time to Prepare Receiving a short letter, doing something without asking questions.

If something is done on short notice, there is very little time to arrange it to prepare.

For example, if a teacher suddenly assigns a presentation for the next day, their students would panic because it's short notice.

Thank you all for coming here on such short notice.

They're sending me to the D to live with my weird see through uncle.

See through means depressive, transparent, annoy.

See through is transparent or easy to see through.

Think of how some jellyfish are almost see through, making them look like floating ghosts in the water.

Now let's move on with the movie and see how Alberto and Luca navigate the human world.

Calling something a breeze means it will be a lot of fun, quick, easy.

A breeze is an idiom meaning that a task is easy.

For example, I've recently started running again, and

I noticed that for someone who trains regularly, running 5km might be a breeze for them, even though it's challenging for most people.

What exactly does it mean to follow someone's lead?

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