Cast Away (2000) vocabulary: the 362 English words to know

710 different words in this film. Knowing the 1,000 most common English words covers about 74% of this film; the 3,000 most common, about 86%.

Mark the words you already know, then review the rest until they stick. No account needed.

Words worth learning
WordUses
truck 14
00:07:22This man, when his truck broke down, he stole a boy's bicycle to do his delivery.
mile 7
00:21:55We're 200 miles south of our original course.
plane 6
00:10:10The plane wasn't that heavy. You could've added some fuel...
rope 6
01:24:47We have to make rope again.
package 6
00:05:43before the end-of-the-day's package sort.
tick 6
00:08:35Nicolai! Tick-tock, tick-tock. Four minutes.
crunch 6
00:07:43- Crunch time! Crunch time! - Crunch time!
tock 6
00:08:35Nicolai! Tick-tock, tick-tock. Four minutes.
island 5
01:26:45I checked over the whole island, and that is all that's left.
foot 5
00:24:17Ten thousand feet! Masks off!
dentist 5
00:09:06I gotta go to the dentist this week.
pick up 5
00:08:47Pick up, pick up, pick up, pick up. You're not there.
airport 4
00:07:39and on its way to the airport.
pager 4
00:16:14Kelly can't see being with a man who wears a pager to bed.
evil 3
00:10:39I see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
south 3
00:17:14I'm gonna have to switch over the South America thing.
mmm 3
00:03:56Mmm, it's pretty.
funeral 3
01:49:19We had a funeral and a coffin and a gravestone.
borrow 3
00:07:26I borrowed it! I borrowed a kid's bike.
merry 3
00:18:01- Merry Christmas. - I thought you were gonna stiff me.
ouch 3
01:12:20Ouch!
plot 3
00:21:45Make another position plot on your deviation left.
towel 3
00:19:24Sorry about the hand towels. You're hard to shop for.
tide 3
01:25:18which is our best chances for the high tides and the offshore breezes.
coconut 3
01:13:40I couldn't take much more of those coconuts.
relentless 3
00:05:50before this pulsating, accursed, relentless taskmaster...
lashing 3
01:24:37Twenty-two... Forty-four lashings.
tree 2
00:14:07the special Christmas tree.
gift 2
00:13:45departs on his annual gift-giving venture...
wind 2
00:09:40With this extra head wind, are we gonna be able to push it and make the sort?
search 2
01:15:04That's a search area of 500,000 square miles.
press 2
00:08:40- Hi, this is Kelly. - If you're calling for Chuck, press one.
otherwise 2
00:08:42Otherwise leave a message after the tone. Thanks.
steal 2
00:07:22This man, when his truck broke down, he stole a boy's bicycle to do his delivery.
level 2
00:21:53- Flight level 350. - I got us plotted.
memory 2
02:02:36Had a lot of memories in this car.
flight 2
00:21:53- Flight level 350. - I got us plotted.
warm 2
00:05:21It's like a fire. It could either destroy us or keep us warm.
extra 2
00:09:40With this extra head wind, are we gonna be able to push it and make the sort?
somehow 2
02:10:19somehow...
milk 2
01:59:30I got whole milk, 2% and nonfat.
market 2
00:14:18Market traders bought Santa hats, donating...
breathing 2
02:10:29I had to keep breathing...
create 2
00:07:05The cosmos was created in less time!
russian 2
00:05:17Russian, American, beings from Mars.
square 2
00:07:54- The truck in Red Square is stuck. - What do you mean?
clock 2
00:05:24That's why every FedEx office has a clock.
deliver 2
00:06:01You just delivered your very first FedEx package.
switch 2
00:17:14I'm gonna have to switch over the South America thing.
awake 2
01:33:10You still awake?
taxi 2
01:56:50I saw your taxi drive up.
fail 2
00:15:50Kelly is still recovering from her failed relationship with that parolee.
juice 2
00:10:33- It's just grape juice. Right, Chuck? - Yeah.
pie 2
00:15:44- Way before the pie. - I told him on the way up.
sin 2
00:05:34the sin of losing track of time!
yard 2
01:59:24They almost won by one yard. One lousy yard right at the end.
pink 2
00:02:55- See you went with the pink. - Yeah, yeah.
mask 2
00:24:17Ten thousand feet! Masks off!
tone 2
00:08:42Otherwise leave a message after the tone. Thanks.
fuel 2
00:10:10The plane wasn't that heavy. You could've added some fuel...
cancel 2
00:17:00- Okay, I'll cancel Saturday. - No, don't.
turkey 2
00:14:45- No. - The turkey is perfect.
snap 2
01:29:03'cause it wasn't gonna be just a quick little snap.
absolute 2
00:06:38which I started at absolute zero...
terrified 2
00:09:49- Aren't you concerned? - I'm terrified.
coffin 2
01:49:19We had a funeral and a coffin and a gravestone.
confusing 2
01:52:10It's-It's confusing. It's very emotional for her.
declare 2
00:13:48he's been declared physically fit to fly.
ditch 2
00:23:42We may have to ditch!
logic 2
02:10:38And all my logic said that I would never see this place again.
bicycle 2
00:07:22This man, when his truck broke down, he stole a boy's bicycle to do his delivery.
crab 2
01:13:32You gotta love crab.
vest 2
00:24:24Chuck! Life vest!
pause 2
01:51:00we take time to pause to honor one of our own."
elf 2
00:13:55After they declared the jolly old elf in tiptop shape...
grape 2
00:10:33- It's just grape juice. Right, Chuck? - Yeah.
hub 2
00:15:26They go from that to the new hub up in Anchorage.
dissertation 2
00:12:45- Is Kelly Frears around? - She's copying her dissertation.
parolee 2
00:15:50Kelly is still recovering from her failed relationship with that parolee.
add up 2
02:08:35Kelly added it all up.
break down 2
00:07:22This man, when his truck broke down, he stole a boy's bicycle to do his delivery.
figure out 2
02:01:08They said they never figured out what caused the crash.
light up 2
00:19:17and lights up and see it in the dark.
shut up 2
01:21:45Shut up!
take over 2
00:14:13Santa and a sea of elves took over the floor...
professor 1
01:59:52What happened to you becoming a professor?
contact 1
01:14:35we went out of radio contact...
joke 1
00:20:12Which were a joke, by the way.
lawyer 1
00:15:53He was a lawyer.
continue 1
00:21:58Continue plotting, and check contingency procedures.
shop 1
00:19:24Sorry about the hand towels. You're hard to shop for.
field 1
00:11:54He played center field for us. You know him.
glass 1
02:11:22I have ice in my glass.
push 1
00:09:40With this extra head wind, are we gonna be able to push it and make the sort?
seconds 1
00:06:40and is now at 87 hours, 22 minutes and 17 seconds.
owe 1
00:15:41- You won. I owe you $5. - So I win.
match 1
01:10:44You wouldn't have a match... by any chance, would you?
nick 1
01:13:36In the nick of time too.
fit 1
00:13:48he's been declared physically fit to fly.
smile 1
01:48:33All you have to do is smile and say "thank you."
allow 1
00:05:32And we never, ever allow ourselves...
west 1
01:27:10The wind's still blowing in from the west.
destroy 1
00:05:21It's like a fire. It could either destroy us or keep us warm.
twice 1
01:15:11That's twice the size of Texas.
cross 1
01:29:35Did that thought ever cross your brain?
indeed 1
00:13:21- You're home. - Home indeed.
favorite 1
00:18:36Hey, I took this. This is my favorite picture of you.
build 1
01:25:41Plus, we have to build it...
track 1
00:05:34the sin of losing track of time!
leg 1
01:29:10Broken my leg or my back or my neck. Bled to death.
fresh 1
00:07:00Or fresh boysenberries? Or adoption papers?
spirit 1
00:09:54That's the spirit. Relentless is our goal. Relentless!
bathroom 1
00:06:31Is this the new wallpaper for the... for the bathroom?
raise 1
00:15:55I knew it had something to do with raising your right hand...
neck 1
01:29:10Broken my leg or my back or my neck. Bled to death.
heavy 1
00:10:10The plane wasn't that heavy. You could've added some fuel...
wild 1
00:13:58Santa Claus took off into the wild blue yonder for an early start.
rain 1
01:56:55Get in here out of the rain.
deserve 1
00:06:03That deserves something special, like a Snickers bar...
goddamn 1
01:29:46spending the rest of my life talking to a goddamn volleyball!
papers 1
00:07:00Or fresh boysenberries? Or adoption papers?
hat 1
00:14:18Market traders bought Santa hats, donating...
blind 1
00:22:03Broadcasting in the blind. How do you read?
cup 1
01:48:15Two cups of ice.
tight 1
01:25:51That's gonna be tight.
speed 1
00:10:13picked up the speed and made up the time.
rule 1
00:05:11rules over us without mercy...
possibly 1
00:06:26What could it possibly be? Is it architectural plans?
natural 1
01:13:43Coconut milk's a natural laxative.
copy 1
00:12:45- Is Kelly Frears around? - She's copying her dissertation.
size 1
01:15:11That's twice the size of Texas.
breathe 1
02:10:29I had to keep breathing...
loud 1
00:19:14- It's not one of those loud ones? - No. You can program it so it vibrates...
center 1
00:11:54He played center field for us. You know him.
incredible 1
01:50:50It's such an incredible and amazing story...
grandpa 1
01:02:52Johnny, have the happiest birthday ever. Score. Your Grandpa."
original 1
00:21:55We're 200 miles south of our original course.
concerned 1
00:09:49- Aren't you concerned? - I'm terrified.
recognize 1
00:06:14You all recognize this, don't you?
dry 1
00:14:43The turkey's a little dry, isn't it?
wash 1
00:19:28Every time I wash my hands, I will think of you.
program 1
00:19:14- It's not one of those loud ones? - No. You can program it so it vibrates...
distance 1
01:14:42So that's a distance of what, 400 miles?
shower 1
01:12:51It's a meteor shower!
tiny 1
00:21:32Is all this turbulence from Santa and those eight tiny reindeer?
desk 1
00:02:46There it is, right there on the desk.
weight 1
02:09:48And the weight of the log...
fan 1
00:06:11Elvis Presley. Fifty million fans can't be wrong.
add 1
00:10:10The plane wasn't that heavy. You could've added some fuel...
weather 1
00:21:43Blaine, tell them we're deviating south for weather.

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