Learn English with Resident Evil Village: Lady Dimitrescu’s Words, from “Like Hell” to “Succumb to Despair”

Hi, I'm Alex 👋

Lady Dimitrescu is hunting me in this one, and she uses some brilliant English! Press play, follow the script and learn every word I put on screen.

Nobody gets these words in Resident Evil Village! 🏰 In this video I fight the tallest vampire lady in gaming history. Every time she shouts something interesting, I put the word on screen with its pronunciation, its meaning and an example: like hell, tear someone limb from limb, wrap things up, devour, hand someone over, morsel, succumb to despair and many more.

Tap any line of the interactive script to jump to that moment in the video. Lines marked Dimitrescu or Ethan are the game’s subtitles, lines in [square brackets] are closed captions, and the On screen lines are the definitions I show in the video. Then flip the vocabulary cards and try the exercises.

▶️ Watch and read along

Coming up…

Alex: I think I sense some evil vibes, you know?
On screen: evil vibes: an unsettling or ominous feeling about something
Dimitrescu: You human pest!
Dimitrescu: Like hell you’ll kill me!
On screen: like hell: used to strongly deny or reject a statement
Alex: Yeah, she’s going to start chewing me.
Dimitrescu: I’ll tear you limb from limb!
On screen: tear someone limb from limb: to punish or attack someone very violently (often exaggerated)
Alex: I know you will.
Dimitrescu: Disgusting garbage!
Dimitrescu: Let’s wrap things up quickly.
On screen: wrap something up: to finish a job, meeting, etc.
Dimitrescu: You certainly are persistent.

You’ve ruined everything!

Dimitrescu: You’ve ruined everything!
On screen: ruin: to severely harm, damage, or spoil something
CC: [writhing in pain]
Alex: She’s hurt.
Alex: Writhing in pain.
On screen: writhing: twisting or squirming, usually from pain
Alex: Yeah, twisting. You know, that’s writhing. Twisting your body.
Alex: She’s some kind of monster.
Dimitrescu: Flesh, bones, I will devour all of you!
On screen: devour: to eat something eagerly and in large amounts so that nothing is left
Alex: Well, we are buggered, officially.
On screen: buggered: in serious trouble or exhausted (British slang, informal)
Alex: It’s not just a lady, she’s a monster.
Alex: Well, yeah, I am finished. Thank you for noticing it.
Alex: You didn’t need to mention it. It was so obvious.

Run for it!

Alex: Who are you, you beautiful monster?
Alex: Well, she’s crushing everything.
Alex: That hurt, didn’t it?
Alex: Oh, come on. Run for it.
On screen: run for it: to flee or escape quickly (British, informal)
Dimitrescu: Too late for regrets!
Alex: Is it? It is, isn’t it?
Alex: Are you sure? Can we just be friends?
Dimitrescu: How dare you talk about saving your daughter when you’ve murdered mine!?
On screen: how dare you: said to express shock or anger at someone’s audacity
Alex: Shoot at her.
Dimitrescu: You can run, but you can’t hide!
On screen: you can run, but you can’t hide: a warning that avoiding a problem or person is only temporary
Alex: Yeah, that’s classic, isn’t it?
Alex: Bugs are coming. Yep.
Alex: Always the bugs. Always the bloody bugs.

Just give up!

Dimitrescu: Disgusting garbage!
On screen: garbage: waste material or unwanted things that you throw away (UK: rubbish)
Dimitrescu: Agh, just give up! Your daughter belongs to us, now!
On screen: give up: to stop doing something before you have finished it
Alex: Yeah. You’re not having a great time, are you?
Alex: ’Cause I am, actually.
Dimitrescu: Rose is our only hope! We won’t hand her over to the likes of you!
On screen: hand someone over: to give another person control of someone or something
Dimitrescu: I need your flesh!
Alex: Yeah, let’s leg it.
On screen: leg it: to run away, especially in order to escape from something (informal)
Alex: You’re not going to get it.
Alex: But I’m running out of bullets…
On screen: running out of something: to use all of something and not have any more left

Nowhere else to go

Dimitrescu: You’ve got nowhere else to go, Ethan!
On screen: nowhere else to go: having no other options or places available
Dimitrescu: Come now, don’t be shy. Show me your terror!
On screen: don’t be shy: said to encourage someone to act boldly, without holding back
Alex: Yeah, I know. I know I don’t have anywhere else to go.
Dimitrescu: I’ll eat you up, every last morsel!
On screen: morsel: a very small amount of something, especially food
Dimitrescu: Damn you, Winters!
On screen: damn you: said in anger or frustration toward someone
Dimitrescu: It’s too late… you’ll never see your Rose again… Succumb to your despair!
On screen: succumb to despair: to give up hope and let a feeling of hopelessness take over (formal, literary)
Dimitrescu: Curse you!
On screen: curse: to say magic words that are intended to bring bad luck to someone
Alex: Definitely something worthwhile watching.
On screen: worthwhile: useful, important, or good enough to be a suitable reward for the time or effort
Alex: That sucks. It really did.
Ethan: You’re the one who’s cursed.

Short excerpts are quoted for teaching purposes; all rights belong to their owners.

Want to watch the whole video? It’s on my YouTube channel: Nobody gets these words in RE Village.

🃏 Words from this episode

like hell: used to strongly reject what someone says. “Like hell you will!” = “You definitely won’t!”
tear someone limb from limb: to attack someone very violently. We often use it as a joke threat.
wrap something up: to finish a task, a meeting or an activity
ruin: to badly damage or spoil something
writhe: to twist your body, usually because of pain. Pronounced /raɪð/, with the voiced TH of “breathe”, not like “write”.
devour: to eat something hungrily until nothing is left
buggered: in serious trouble, or very tired. It’s a bit rude, so only use it with friends.
run for it: to run away quickly to escape
How dare you…!: said when you are shocked and angry at what someone did or said
You can run, but you can’t hide: you can avoid a problem or person for a while, but not forever
hand someone over: to give someone or something to another person, so they control it
leg it: to run away fast
run out of: to use all of something so there is none left
morsel: a very small piece, especially of food
succumb to despair: to lose all hope and let sadness take control
worthwhile: good or useful enough to be worth the time or effort

🔗 Exercise 1: Match the phrase to its meaning

like hell
wrap something up
devour
hand someone over
leg it
succumb to despair

🔗 Exercise 2: Match more of Lady Dimitrescu’s words

ruin
writhe
morsel
persistent
worthwhile
garbage

✍️ Exercise 3: Fill the gap: what does Lady Dimitrescu shout?

“Like ___ you’ll kill me!”
“I’ll tear you limb from ___!”
“Let’s ___ things up quickly.”
“You’ve ___ everything!”
“Flesh, bones, I will ___ all of you!”
“How ___ you talk about saving your daughter…”
“You can run, but you can’t ___!”
“We won’t hand her ___ to the likes of you!”
“I’ll eat you up, every last ___!”
“Succumb to your ___!”

🔽 Exercise 4: Pick the right particle

“Let’s wrap things ___ quickly.”
“Agh, just give ___!”
“We won’t hand her ___ to the likes of you!”
“But I’m running ___ of bullets…”
“Oh, come on. Run ___ it.”

🔽 Exercise 5: Pick the right question tag

“That hurt, ___?”
“Yeah, that’s classic, ___?”
“You’re not having a great time, ___?”
Grammar check: “I’m running out of bullets, ___?” (correct standard tag)

🧠 Exercise 6: Quick quiz

“Like hell you’ll kill me!” What does Lady Dimitrescu mean?
How do you pronounce “writhing”?
“You can run, but you can’t hide” is a…
If you run out of bullets…
“Leg it” and “run for it” both mean…
Which word is formal and literary?

Which of Lady Dimitrescu’s phrases is your favourite? Mine is “Like hell you’ll kill me!” Tell me yours in the comments on YouTube, and see you in the next episode! 🦇

Alex