Name: Learn English with Disney's ELEMENTAL
Uploaded: 2026-02-01T17:15:06.000Z
Duration: 23 min 35 s
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Today we are learning English with Pixar's 2023 hit Elemental.

Elemental captures the beauty and challenges of living in a melting pot society similar to New York City.

A melting pot is a place where people from many different cultures mix to create a diverse community.

In elemental, fire, water, earth and air, people all live in one place.

The movie explores what happens when boundaries start to break down and different groups actually connect.

By the way, as someone who had to learn English myself, I find it so frustrating when I have a conversation in English and a word I learned will come to my mind.

We have advanced tools on the RealLife English app, like flashcards and our AI coach, so you can practice all of today's new expressions like melting pot, and

I'll show you exactly how it works in a few minutes, but for now, let's start the lesson.

You'll watch each one, then I'll teach you all the advanced expressions and pronunciation.

Stick around until the end because you'll test everything you learned by watching the scenes the final time without subtitles and answer some quiz questions.

Before I see if you are a match, I splash this on your heart to bring love to the surface.

It's true love, which is more than I ever smelled on this one.

Your finding match was my mother's dying wish.

Alright, so in this scene, we meet Ember, a young fire element living in Element City.

A place where different elements live together.

Fire and water especially tend to stay separate.

Living in their own neighborhoods, shopping at their own stores.

Amber's family runs a traditional fire shop.

And like many immigrant families, they hold tight to their culture and traditions.

One of those traditions, finding the perfect romantic match through a matchmaker.

We just saw her in the scene, so now let's learn the vocabulary before I see if you are a match.

So when two people are a match, it means they are compatible.

They go well together, especially romantically.

The matchmaker's job is to determine if two people would make a good couple.

By the way, the matchmaker is Amber's mother.

This expression comes from the idea of matching.

Like matching pajamas or matching Puzzle pieces so when things match, they fit together perfectly.

Check out how it can be used in other contexts.

Splash this on your heart to bring love to the surface.

To splash means to make water or other liquid fly through the air.

In this magical ritual, the matchmaker splashes special water onto the customer to reveal their true feelings.

But what does it mean to bring something to the surface?

When you bring something to the surface, you're making hidden feelings, truths, or information visible.

For example, if you do therapy, it may help bring childhood traumas to the surface so you can finally deal with them.

To do a reading means to perform a fortune telling or a ritual to predict someone's future or reveal hidden truths.

In many cultures, people visit psychics, tarot card readers, or matchmakers who do readings to gain insight.

For example, Professor Trelawney from Harry Potter reads tea leaves to predict the future.

To grab here means to quickly pick up items.

All right, Go ahead and grab some stuff for the roll.

Goody is an old fashioned, childish way of expressing excitement, like hooray or yippee.

But Amber is clearly being sarcastic here.

She's annoyed that her mother is criticizing her for being single.

Now, what about this colorful idiom she thistle chestnut.

A type of traditional food, an outdated fashion trend, or an old repeatedly told story or joke?

So when someone says this old chestnut, they're referring to something that's been said so many times it's become boring.

This is a common expression that means help me out here.

The matchmaker is asking Emba to make a good impression in front of the customers.

In situations where someone needs another person's patience.

Imagine you're trying to take a group photo and someone keeps moving.

Just stand still for two seconds and hey, could you give me just two seconds?

Do you want to speak English naturally and fluently?

Well, at the start of the lesson, I mentioned our new AI coach on the RealLife app, so you should know that it will help you a lot.

With this goal, you can practice the new expressions you are learning today.

Like bring to the surface, grab some stuff and work with me in a safe speaking environment.

Your coach helps you use these expressions in a real conversation and gives you instant personalized feedback.

The thing is, if you don't practice what you're learning today, it will disappear from your memory in hours or even minutes.

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