Dead Poets Society (1989) vocabulary: the 897 English words to know

1388 different words in this film. Knowing the 1,000 most common English words covers about 70% of this film; the 3,000 most common, about 82%.

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Words worth learning
WordUses
poem 24
00:12:49It's from a poem by Walt Whitman about Mr Abraham Lincoln.
gentleman 20
00:02:22Ladies and gentlemen boys...
poetry 20
00:21:12entitled "Understanding Poetry."
study 10
00:06:02Neil study group tonight?
forest 10
00:38:22and they're driving through the forest at night on a long trip.
golden 10
00:40:29cutting through the forest with a golden track."
sit down 10
00:31:53For God's sake stop chattering and sit down.
track 9
00:40:29cutting through the forest with a golden track."
parent 9
00:03:38This is why you parents have been sending us your sons.
creep 9
00:40:27"Then I saw the Congo creeping through the black
desk 8
00:43:09I stand upon my desk...
page 8
00:13:37Mr Pitts would you open your hymnal to page 542.
madman 8
00:38:02and stared in horror at the face of a demented madman at the window.
cutting 7
00:40:29cutting through the forest with a golden track."
teach 6
00:03:33of fervent dedication to the principles taught here.
annual 6
00:07:57and I've decided that you should drop the school annual.
yawp 6
00:55:53"yawp...
cry 5
00:56:09Now for those of you who don't know a yawp is a loud cry or yell.
smoke 5
00:36:12God are you trying to smoke us out of here?
roll 5
00:23:35We'll perforate it put it on a roll!
honour 5
00:03:04Tradition. Honour. Discipline. Excellence.
score 5
00:21:44"If the poem's score for perfection is plotted...
grade 5
00:11:09will be penalized one point off their final grade.
pipe 5
00:22:46We're not laying pipe. We're talking about poetry.
marrow 5
00:29:29The Dead Poets were dedicated to sucking the marrow out of life.
teacher 4
01:54:16If a teacher asks you a question you tell the truth or you're expelled.
summer 4
00:06:25Rumour has it... you did summer school.
shh 4
00:11:35- Shh!
bunch 4
00:09:25It's just a bunch of jerks trying to impress Nolan.
complete 4
00:37:40sat by herself in her house at her table to complete a new jigsaw puzzle.
acting 4
01:22:23with this this absurd acting business
opportunity 4
00:04:03You will have the opportunity later to meet his replacement Mr John Keating
fill 4
00:04:54You have some big shoes to fill. Your brother was one of our finest.
jerk 4
00:09:25It's just a bunch of jerks trying to impress Nolan.
rate 4
00:21:34"Question one rates the poem's perfection.
theme 4
00:54:14It's a good effort. It touched on one of the major themes: love.
warn 4
00:31:07I'm warning you! Move!
passion 4
00:25:41And the human race is filled with passion.
gather 4
00:13:56"Gather ye rosebuds while ye may.
article 4
01:14:22I published an article in the school paper in the name of the Dead Poets
cave 4
00:29:38You see we would gather at the old Indian cave...
describe 4
00:22:49I mean how can you describe poetry like American Bandstand?
stroke 4
00:45:00- Three keep your eyes in the boat! - Stroke! Stroke!
blanket 4
00:37:17Meeks put your coat down. Picnic blanket.
puzzle 4
00:37:38who had a passion for jigsaw puzzles
objective 4
00:21:28"One.: How artfully has the objective of the poem been rendered?
seize 4
00:14:18Carpe diem. That's "Seize the day."
perfection 4
00:21:34"Question one rates the poem's perfection.
verse 4
00:26:29and you may contribute a verse."
swoon 4
00:30:06Spirits soared women swooned and gods were created gentlemen.
find out 4
00:46:32But won't he kill you if he finds out you went to an audition and didn't tell him?
rip out 4
00:22:58Now I want you to rip out that page.
impossible 3
00:46:38- Well that's impossible. - Bullshit. Nothing's impossible.
foot 3
00:06:18He was born with his foot in his mouth. You know what I mean?
smile 3
00:14:01And this same flower that smiles today tomorrow will be dying."
waste 3
01:22:20It's bad enough that you've wasted your time...
beauty 3
00:25:55beauty romance love- -
main 3
00:42:53"Go to your Fido Flambe for main course.
student 3
00:03:13Welton Academy graduated five students.
breathe 3
00:00:57That's it. Right and breathe in.
truly 3
00:22:18"thereby revealing the poem to be truly great.
original 3
00:39:00- An original piece by Charlie Dalton. - An original piece.
total 3
00:21:52"then calculating the total area of the poem...
opening 3
00:21:08Mr Perry will you read the opening paragraph of the preface
suck 3
00:29:29The Dead Poets were dedicated to sucking the marrow out of life.
image 3
00:19:20- Nice to meet you sir. - He's the spitting image of his father.
fail 3
00:11:04Anyone failing to turn in any homework assignment...
tear 3
00:05:19- No tears now. - Chin up.
collect 3
00:59:06- Inhale deeply. - My dad collects pipes.
teaching 3
00:04:12And who for the past several years has been teaching...
mighty 3
01:10:20To the Mighty Mutt.
term 3
00:03:58our beloved Mr Portius of the English Department retired last term.
rip 3
00:23:32Rip it out! I want to hear nothing but ripping of Mr Pritchard!
gentle 3
01:21:48and stop and "Fair gentle Hermia."
skip 3
00:51:42"To dance clap hands exalt shout skip
assignment 3
00:04:27Don't worry. I got your room assignment.
plot 3
00:21:44"If the poem's score for perfection is plotted...
ton 3
00:07:27welcome to Hell- ton.
importance 3
00:21:36"Question two rates its importance.
graduate 3
00:03:13Welton Academy graduated five students.
stream 3
00:30:38- Where's this cave he's talking about? - It's beyond the stream.
chemistry 3
00:06:29Yep. Chemistry. My father thought I should get ahead.
encourage 3
00:27:21You take a big risk by encouraging them to become artistsJohn.
clap 3
00:51:42"To dance clap hands exalt shout skip
sweaty 3
00:57:01A- A- A sweaty- toothed madman.
daring 3
00:12:56or if you're slightly more daring "O Captain my Captain."
introduction 3
00:21:03Gentlemen open your text to page 21 of the introduction.
yield 3
00:21:56"yields the measure of its greatness.
greatness 3
00:21:40"determining a poem's greatness becomes a relatively simple matter.
rhyme 3
00:21:23"with its metre rhyme and figures of speech.
courtyard 3
01:05:28Gentlemen the courtyard is yours.
aloud 3
00:44:27You have to deliver it aloud in front of the class on Monday.
expel 3
01:20:45You being expelled from school is not daring to me. It's stupid.
horizontal 3
00:21:47"on the horizontal of a graph...
barbaric 3
00:55:47"my barbaric...
metre 3
00:21:23"with its metre rhyme and figures of speech.
creak 3
01:20:04Creak.
diem 3
00:14:11The Latin term for that sentiment is "Carpe diem. "
mumble 3
00:57:26- And all the time he's mumbling. - What's he mumbling?
rosebud 3
00:13:56"Gather ye rosebuds while ye may.
carpe 3
00:14:11The Latin term for that sentiment is "Carpe diem. "
trig 3
00:07:35And English. And trig.
undaunted 3
00:51:03"Oh to struggle against great odds to meet enemies undaunted."
put up 3
01:22:38Who put you up to it?
toothed 3
00:57:01A- A- A sweaty- toothed madman.
cat 2
00:54:35"The cat sat on the mat."
quit 2
01:23:04Now tomorrow you go to them and you tell them that you're quitting.
push 2
00:50:38for us to have other human beings push us to excel.
bear 2
00:06:18He was born with his foot in his mouth. You know what I mean?
bus 2
00:50:16Okay everybody on the bus.
final 2
00:11:09will be penalized one point off their final grade.
heaven 2
00:39:58"which in old days moved Earth and heaven.
race 2
00:25:37We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race.
enemy 2
00:51:03"Oh to struggle against great odds to meet enemies undaunted."
guilty 2
01:15:51Rather than spend my valuable time ferreting out the guilty persons- -
admit 2
01:14:25- What? - demanding girls be admitted to Welton...
kick 2
00:13:19I would go to the beach and people would kick copies of Byron in my face.
twice 2
01:07:04I mean if I were ever going to buy a desk set... twice
silly 2
00:43:35Even though it may seem silly or wrong
spirit 2
00:30:06Spirits soared women swooned and gods were created gentlemen.
medical 2
00:08:24- Father I wasn't disputing- - - After you've finished medical school...
consider 2
00:43:40Now when you read don't just consider what the author thinks.
excellent 2
00:57:20Oh that's excellent!
language 2
00:24:50You will learn to savour words and language.
powerful 2
00:26:26"That the powerful play goes on
loud 2
00:51:22Next. Louder!
concerned 2
00:46:35No no no. As far as I'm concerned he won't have to know about any of this.
usual 2
00:04:46- Thrilling ceremony as usual Dr Nolan. - You've been away too long.
surely 2
01:16:56Others have had similar notions and have failed just as surely as you will fail.
weak 2
00:40:09"made weak by time and fate but strong in will...
member 2
00:25:37We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race.
speech 2
00:21:23"with its metre rhyme and figures of speech.
remind 2
00:43:12to remind myself that we must constantly look at things in a different way.
pal 2
00:09:38- Yeah come along pal. - Thanks.
football 2
00:20:18That guy could eat a football.
gosh 2
00:32:24Gosh you really have a problem with that don't you?
coat 2
00:37:17Meeks put your coat down. Picnic blanket.
likely 2
00:28:19"Man Most Likely To Do Anything."
ruin 2
01:40:21But whatever the reason we're not gonna let you ruin your life.
tongue 2
00:30:01We didn't just read poetry we let it drip from our tongues like honey.
liar 2
01:22:58You made a liar out of me Neil!
shape 2
01:07:14In fact its... shape is- -
romantic 2
00:29:57We weren't a Greek organization. We were romantics.
avoid 2
01:16:10this is your only chance to avoid expulsion from this school.
assume 2
01:17:00Assume the position.
carefully 2
01:59:07Read that document carefully Todd.
appear 2
01:15:47there appeared a profane and unauthorized article.
indian 2
00:29:38You see we would gather at the old Indian cave...
rat 2
01:54:21He's a rat! He's in it up to his eyes so he ratted to save himself!
wood 2
00:36:51"I went to the woods because I wanted to live deliberately.

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