Because references sometimes work best.

: Me": "What is 'montagne' in English?"
Learner: "Uh... I don't know."
Me: "The English word for it is 'mountain'."
"Learner: "Ah! Like the movie with thew two cowboys!"

You're more of a conundrum, I think.

Me: "... And that's it for today. Do you have any questions?"
Learner: "No, I'm not a question."

oh my fandoms.

Me: "... and that's what the word "odds" means. Let's check how well you understood it. What does the phrase 'May the odds ever be in your favor!' mean?"

Learner: "Hmm.... It's a bit like 'May the Force be with you'?"

My learner's a fan!

Me: "Alright, M---, can you please make sentence using the word 'released'? "

Learner :" The [latest] movie about American heroes will [be] released next week, and I will take my son to watch it."