A Beautiful Mind (2001) vocabulary: the 795 English words to know

1275 different words in this film. Knowing the 1,000 most common English words covers about 69% of this film; the 3,000 most common, about 83%.

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Words worth learning
WordUses
code 13
00:01:33Mathematicians broke the Japanese codes
gentleman 11
00:02:18Welcome to Princeton, gentlemen.
result 9
00:01:54To triumph, we need results,
genius 8
00:03:39Ah, the burden of genius.
bomb 7
00:13:34Bombs away.
soldier 7
01:33:47But I need you now, soldier.
roommate 6
00:05:23The prodigal roommate arrives.
mmm 5
00:43:18Mmm.
beer 5
00:12:40And, of course, beer.
solve 5
00:32:06will take some of you many months to solve.
require 5
00:14:33I don't exactly know what I'm required to say
medication 5
01:21:07They're saying with the medication and low stress environment...
govern 5
00:08:39I need to look through to the governing dynamics.
dynamics 5
00:08:39I need to look through to the governing dynamics.
mathematician 5
00:01:30The mathematicians won the war.
quit 4
01:00:33Well, I'll just quit.
choose 4
00:10:42How will it feel when I'm chosen for Wheeler and you're not?
department 4
00:06:37for English department cocktails.
papers 4
00:15:25They've written papers. They've published.
color 4
00:41:23Why else would we have so many colors?
project 4
00:33:08His project was under my supervision.
original 4
00:08:47Find a truly original idea.
proof 4
00:10:11Allen's proof of Perron's conjecture.
data 4
00:25:46If you'd like to review our preliminary data?
appear 4
00:27:26They appear to be routing orders across the border into the US.
solution 4
00:31:56a number of solutions for any given problem.
blonde 4
00:19:53You can lead a blonde to water, but you can't make her drink.
congratulation 4
00:03:46Congratulations, Mr. Hansen.
come up 4
00:10:36What if you never come up with your original idea, huh?
teach 3
00:29:54teaching America's great minds of tomorrow.
difference 3
00:16:27Is there a difference?
decide 3
00:15:15We're deciding which placement applications to support.
mission 3
01:49:34There's no mission.
steal 3
00:11:54And this here is a woman who is chasing a man who stole her purse.
waste 3
00:02:56Yeah, he's wasted on math.
complete 3
00:10:10Bender and Sol here correctly completed
level 3
00:50:54she finds me attractive on a number of different levels.
simply 3
00:03:54A thousand pardons. I simply assumed you were the waiter.
consider 3
00:33:58would be considered an advantage.
military 3
00:02:49the new military think-tank at MIT.
truly 3
00:08:47Find a truly original idea.
remind 3
00:13:38Gentlemen, might I remind you that my odds of success
theory 3
00:23:02of 150 years of economic theory?
exchange 3
00:12:24Currency exchange?
magazine 3
00:29:18now they put me on the cover of Fortune magazine with these hacks,
spy 3
00:37:30So what am I now, a spy?
library 3
01:49:20No, I could just work out of the library.
extraordinary 3
00:23:44Sol and Bender are extraordinary mathematicians.
garbage 3
01:26:00You could try taking out the garbage.
ignore 3
01:47:49Is there any chance that you could ignore what I just did?
attempt 3
00:13:41dramatically improve with each attempt?
behavior 3
00:12:02In competitive behavior, someone always loses.
pathetic 3
01:37:45You take care of her, you pathetic piece of shit, or I'll take care of you.
cheer 3
00:24:00Cheers, cheers, cheers!
bust 3
00:17:44Come on! Go on, bust your head! Kill yourself.
stress 3
00:29:01and I am doing stress tests on a dam.
pattern 3
00:25:26The computer can't detect a pattern, but I'm sure it's code.
activity 3
00:48:03we continue with a number of platonic activities
review 3
00:10:23under security review by the DoD.
assignment 3
00:28:51Just got our latest scintillating assignment.
function 3
00:38:46I never said that the vector fields were rational functions.
discovery 3
00:02:09freedom, and discovery?
tire 3
01:57:54So you have a fly on the tire of bicycle "B,"
stare 3
00:17:35I can't keep staring into space.
lecture 3
01:03:05"How can I miss seeing a guest lecture by the inimitable John Nash?"
application 3
00:15:15We're deciding which placement applications to support.
appetite 3
02:03:46Like a diet of the mind, I choose not to indulge certain appetites.
bicycle 3
01:57:54So you have a fly on the tire of bicycle "B,"
painter 3
00:41:20God must be a painter.
publish 3
00:08:22You know, half these schoolboys are already published?
flattered 3
00:10:18Oh, I'm flattered. You flattered?
equation 3
00:04:18The one on Nazi ciphers and the other one on nonlinear equations.
mathematics 3
00:08:10Mathematics.
economics 3
00:01:47In medicine or economics, in technology or space
implant 3
00:37:15He just implanted a radium diode.
delusion 3
01:21:05Well, delusions have passed.
placement 3
00:15:15We're deciding which placement applications to support.
schizophrenia 3
01:09:31John has schizophrenia.
prodigal 3
00:05:23The prodigal roommate arrives.
equilibrium 3
00:12:08See, if I could derive an equilibrium
find out 3
02:02:35I would have thought you'd only find out if you won or lost.
bloody 2
00:05:51pretty much like the hangover that finally bloody kills you.
teacher 2
00:07:45My first grade teacher, she told me
continue 2
00:48:03we continue with a number of platonic activities
field 2
00:29:17Not only do they rob me of the Fields Medal,
reach 2
00:35:25The Soviets reached this facility before we did,
suddenly 2
01:18:40Imagine if you had suddenly learned that
begin 2
00:31:12We have begun.
low 2
01:21:07They're saying with the medication and low stress environment...
helping 2
00:07:46that I was born with two helpings of brain
taste 2
00:51:00Well, there's no accounting for taste, is there?
form 2
01:46:34I don't have that one. My savior complex takes on a completely different form.
build 2
00:01:36and built the A-bomb.
ridiculous 2
01:10:34This is ridiculous.
large 2
00:19:31Will she want a large wedding, you think?
goddamn 2
00:17:55Goddamn it, Charles! What the hell is your problem?
note 2
00:29:07Please note the use of the word "you," not "we."
fellow 2
00:15:21John, your fellows have attended classes.
possibly 2
00:59:38I understand better than you could possibly imagine.
natural 2
00:32:13it will take you the term of your natural lives.
serve 2
00:19:42"In competition, individual ambition serves the common good."
guest 2
00:10:08Be my guest, Martin.
focus 2
00:16:29John, you haven't focused.
draw 2
00:01:51battle lines are being drawn.
member 2
00:16:13Reserved for a member of the department that makes the achievement of a lifetime.
reality 2
01:10:55Or, that he has lost his grip on reality?
likely 2
01:10:44Now, which is more likely? That your husband,
boring 2
00:08:18Because it's boring. It's really boring.
shape 2
00:43:22Pick a shape.
familiar 2
01:48:23familiar places, familiar people,
ashamed 2
01:20:49John won't come near the campus, though. I think he's ashamed.
assume 2
00:03:54A thousand pardons. I simply assumed you were the waiter.
odd 2
00:43:04You are exceptionally odd.
pizza 2
00:12:31Yes. But pizza...
clever 2
00:15:32It's very clever, John, but I'm afraid
modern 2
00:19:40the father of modern economics.
available 2
01:25:35Activities available.
value 2
00:42:40But I do believe in assigning value to things.
extremely 2
00:31:31It's extremely hot in here with the windows closed
governor 2
00:40:25Governor, may I present...
effort 2
00:47:28in order to make them sociable requires a tremendous effort.
warrant 2
00:16:37your record doesn't warrant any placement at all.
shoulder 2
00:07:37I have a chip on both shoulders.
nightmare 2
01:18:33You see, the nightmare of schizophrenia
border 2
00:27:26They appear to be routing orders across the border into the US.
actual 2
00:10:32I'm a patient man, Martin. Is there an actual question coming?
secure 2
00:34:03This is a secure area.
detail 2
00:50:36I can't really tell you any details.
term 2
00:32:13it will take you the term of your natural lives.
mysterious 2
00:04:38Gentlemen, meet John Nash, the mysterious West Virginia genius.
lifetime 2
00:16:13Reserved for a member of the department that makes the achievement of a lifetime.
attend 2
00:15:21John, your fellows have attended classes.
attractive 2
00:47:53I find you attractive.
mile 2
01:57:50of, let us say, 10 miles per hour.
complex 2
01:32:53Their codes have grown increasingly complex.
laundry 2
00:09:10Come on, Bender. Whoever wins, Sol does his laundry all semester.
confident 2
00:04:23And I am supremely confident that there is not a single seminal
occasion 2
00:38:58Though on this particular occasion
profile 2
01:15:45I think the Russians feel my profile is too high.
math 2
00:02:56Yeah, he's wasted on math.
facility 2
00:29:49Come on. You know the drill, we get these beautiful facilities...
chin 2
00:36:58Place your chin on the chin rest.
terrified 2
00:09:54Terrified. Mortified. Petrified.
method 2
00:28:06None of those who have said they don't like the method
conspiracy 2
01:09:43He deals with conspiracy. So...
develop 2
00:25:41We've developed several ciphers.
commitment 2
00:52:51Alicia, does our relationship warrant long-term commitment?
worthless 2
00:17:51Bust your head! Go on, bust that worthless head wide open.
nazi 2
00:04:18The one on Nazi ciphers and the other one on nonlinear equations.
maximum 2
00:35:50Their plan is to incur maximum civilian casualties.

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