Finding Dory (2016) vocabulary: the 398 English words to know

804 different words in this film. Knowing the 1,000 most common English words covers about 80% of this film; the 3,000 most common, about 88%.

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Words worth learning
WordUses
roo 36
00:27:02Ooo-roo. Ooo-roo-roo. Ooo-roo.
parent 31
00:03:49- Yeah, where are your parents? - Um...
swim 25
00:05:01# Just keep swimming Just keep swimming
shell 23
00:16:05head to the back of the shell, lean out, and go for distance.
truck 21
00:23:43I can take your place on the transport truck then you can go back inside...
tag 20
00:22:49It's a transport tag for fish who can't cut it inside the institute.
pipe 19
00:31:54Of course! We talked through the pipes when we were little.
ocean 18
00:08:05Son, which one of us travelled across the entire ocean?
quarantine 18
00:22:38Why else would you be in quarantine?
memory 16
00:04:20- Oh, how awful. - Short-term memory loss?
sweetie 11
00:01:41Undertow, sweetie.
exhibit 11
00:23:17So what exhibit are you from?
undertow 11
00:01:41Undertow, sweetie.
swimming 10
00:05:01# Just keep swimming Just keep swimming
term 10
00:00:52I suffer from short-term remembory loss.
glass 9
00:24:23I just want to live in a glass box alone.
hoo 9
00:15:26Whoo-hoo!
unforgettable 9
01:26:27Unforgettable.
migration 9
00:09:26Our field trip to the sting ray migration.
loss 8
00:00:52I suffer from short-term remembory loss.
purple 8
00:29:02Purple ones are my favourite.
octopus 8
00:27:48What? The octopus escaped again?
powerful 7
00:32:49Oh, like the world's most powerful pair of glasses?
pair 7
00:32:49Oh, like the world's most powerful pair of glasses?
goodness 7
00:03:36- Hello? - Oh, my goodness, it's a child!
whale 7
00:21:02Witness the majesty of the Beluga Whale.
echolocation 7
00:32:20He thinks he can't use his echolocation, but I've overheard...
travel 6
00:08:05Son, which one of us travelled across the entire ocean?
pal 6
00:31:56- We were pipe pals! - We were?
suffer 6
00:00:52I suffer from short-term remembory loss.
destiny 6
00:27:11Hank, I'm so glad I found you. It feels like... I... Destiny.
ooo 6
00:27:02Ooo-roo. Ooo-roo-roo. Ooo-roo.
joke 5
00:34:17- Charlie! - A joke. I'm kidding!
view 5
00:14:14to leave? For once, can't we just enjoy the view?
map 5
00:24:39I don't work here. It's not like I have a map of this place.
traffic 5
01:14:32Oh, man, if only there was a way to stop traffic.
bucket 5
00:29:55I think we should get in the bucket.
otter 5
00:41:06The baby otter talk is beginning now.
kelp 5
01:06:22And, um, there's just water over there. And a lot of kelp over here.
figure out 5
00:24:44You take me to the map, I figure out where my parents are. Oh, boy.
get off 5
00:26:29- Gerald, get off the rock! - Shove off, Gerald! Come on. Off! Off!
cute 4
01:14:19Oh, look, there's a bunch of cute otters over there.
field 4
00:08:20Well, you made it! You almost missed the field trip.
mmm 4
00:04:10- Honey, you just said that. - Mmm.
yep 4
00:32:02Yep, you are from the Open Ocean exhibit.
mommy 4
00:01:36Mommy, can I go play with them?
bird 4
00:36:22Because this bird, this bird... This ain't the bird!
release 4
00:21:30where we believe in Rescue, Rehabilitation and Release.
signal 4
00:37:55Yeah. I know. I'm gonna signal with a big splash.
sand 4
00:01:33I like sand. Sand is squishy.
favourite 4
00:25:37Yeah, we're trying to sleep! You interrupted my favourite dream!
shark 4
00:07:55Anyway, I would say the scariest moment of the trip was the 4 sharks.
jump 3
00:59:37Outsmarting sharks and jumping jellyfish.
mate 3
00:26:07Mate, it's not a restaurant. Your friend is okay.
ray 3
00:08:30Mr Ray has too many fish to keep an eye on today.
restaurant 3
00:25:33What if it's a restaurant?
cup 3
00:40:39- I trust Becky. - You trust her? Becky's eating a cup!
feed 3
00:16:08We call that "feeding the fishes."
edge 3
00:11:20Oh, kids stay away from the edge.
transport 3
00:22:49It's a transport tag for fish who can't cut it inside the institute.
righteous 3
00:15:27Righteous, righteous, righteous!
fin 3
00:23:51What tag? There's a tag on my fin!
clam 3
00:57:54There was a crazy clam. He wouldn't stop talking.
cuddle 3
00:41:18- Welcome, it's a huge cuddle party! - Cuddle party! I'm in!
scallop 3
00:48:20Of course I don't have a family. I dated a nice scallop for a while.
tentacle 3
00:18:21tentacles, and a snappy thing?
call over 3
00:35:07We're calling her over, of course.
give up 3
00:34:13She's right. When something's too hard, you should just give up.
kelpcake 3
00:01:39- Dory. Dory. Dory, honey. - Dory. Kelpcake.
septopus 3
00:28:23you're a septopus.
cry 2
00:52:55Oh, no, don't cry, Mommy. Don't cry.
teacher 2
01:23:54But until he does, I'm your substitute teacher.
grab 2
00:28:16No! No kids. Kids grab things.
final 2
01:03:44Anyone not looking to go to Cleveland, final warning!
arm 2
00:42:52My arm!
cross 2
00:08:09Obviously we had to cross the ocean...
indeed 2
00:28:50- Hey, I live there. - Yes! Yes, indeed.
roll 2
01:35:32Come on. Roll, roll. That's it. Hurry!
bridge 2
01:14:16Ooh. They're headed north towards the bridge. Ooh.
incredible 2
01:27:55# That's why, darling, it's incredible
unfortunately 2
00:48:07Unfortunately we can't stay long. We have to go because...
base 2
00:11:17# Plus or minus 4 degrees based on solar positioning #
focus 2
00:55:52Now really focus, okay? Wall!
fate 2
01:12:16And I have to get them back. See, when they found me it felt like fate.
gosh 2
00:57:44- I knew it! You're okay! - Oh, my gosh!
sooner 2
01:01:01The sooner we finish, the sooner this truck gets to Cleveland.
assistant 2
00:09:05He wants me to be the teacher's assistant.
familiar 2
00:11:57Something deep inside you that feels so familiar that you have to listen to it.
direction 2
00:33:30Oh, that's a lot of directions. That's... Did you get that, Hank? All that?
confused 2
00:39:40She's confused, Nemo. She doesn't even know which way to look.
extremely 2
00:24:19And I have extremely unpleasant memories of that place.
rescue 2
00:21:30where we believe in Rescue, Rehabilitation and Release.
goal 2
00:51:15It's our goal that every animal we rescue and care for...
current 2
00:11:44Because the current created by all the flapping is very strong.
specific 2
00:18:22Well, that's very specific, but something like that, yes.
yell 2
00:17:14Stop yelling for a second. Do you really think your parents...
pump 2
00:42:17Two pump blood to the gills while the third pumps...
drum 2
00:12:09# Beating like a drum it sends us back to where we're from
institute 2
00:21:27And welcome to the Marine Life Institute...
explore 2
00:20:55As we explore the wonders of the Pacific Ocean...
involve 2
00:35:27But is there a way to get in that involves, like, swimming?
heartbeat 2
00:49:57Oh, you'll forget me in a heartbeat, kid.
sting 2
00:07:26And remember, the anemone stings.
wander 2
00:08:49Okay. And sometimes it's not your fault, but it can cause you to wander.
incoming 2
00:45:00- Poker's Cove? - Incoming!
tang 2
00:53:52That's where they took all the blue tangs. Isn't that right, Bill?
squat 2
00:38:57I can't see squat, so it's your job to look for it.
rehabilitation 2
00:21:30where we believe in Rescue, Rehabilitation and Release.
imprint 2
00:36:03All you have to do is imprint with her, mate.
blob 2
00:31:13- Excuse me. - Is that blue blob talking?
fro 2
00:12:07# To and fro, our hearts know where to go
pail 2
00:37:09Come on, Gerald. Give us your pail, we'll let you sit on the rock.
squishy 2
00:01:33I like sand. Sand is squishy.
anemone 2
00:07:26And remember, the anemone stings.
come up 2
00:16:37Morro Bay, California's coming up, dudes.
dropoff 2
01:24:13Me? Oh, I'm just going to the dropoff.
get out 2
00:43:20Hank. Come on, Hank! Let's get out of here.
hurry up 2
00:28:09- Hurry up! - Okay. Okay.
keep down 2
00:27:09- Are we there yet? - Sh. Keep it down!
listen up 2
00:11:28- Now, I need everyone to listen to me. - All right, listen up!
look out 2
00:21:10Look out!
pass through 2
00:11:31- When the rays pass through here... - The rays, gonna pass through.
remembory 2
00:00:52I suffer from short-term remembory loss.
watch out 2
00:06:20Watch out!
obviously 1
00:08:09Obviously we had to cross the ocean...
besides 1
00:26:45It looks like Dory can do something besides forget.
carry 1
00:36:58How exactly is Becky supposed to carry us?
teach 1
00:44:19My parents taught me that song!
green 1
01:22:05# I see trees of green
huge 1
00:41:18- Welcome, it's a huge cuddle party! - Cuddle party! I'm in!
jail 1
01:21:53Ooh. There's no way out. It's over. They're going to fish jail! Ooh!
driving 1
01:20:51- Good driving, Hank. - Pay attention to the road.
south 1
01:13:51and it's heading south. Ooh.
push 1
00:16:44- Just go, Dad. - Don't push me, Nemo.
north 1
01:14:16Ooh. They're headed north towards the bridge. Ooh.
tree 1
01:22:05# I see trees of green
gift 1
01:13:46Oh, yes, my beautiful gift. Ooh.
bear 1
01:11:38- That's the Marine Life Institute. - Oh, you were born there.
reach 1
01:14:44Destiny, when the truck reaches the bridge you flip me up there.
experience 1
01:20:58You know, I haven't had great experiences with boats, but I...
escape 1
00:27:48What? The octopus escaped again?
nervous 1
00:27:20I'm just so nervous because I'm gonna meet my parents.
mission 1
01:22:49Marine Life mission.
fit 1
00:33:37I'm not going with you. I won't fit. You have to go by yourself.
notice 1
00:30:52You'll notice she's extremely near-sighted and has trouble...
begin 1
00:41:06The baby otter talk is beginning now.
spot 1
01:09:48And we've stayed in this spot for you ever since.
bunch 1
01:14:19Oh, look, there's a bunch of cute otters over there.
witness 1
00:21:02Witness the majesty of the Beluga Whale.
twice 1
00:47:07Right, that's what I would do. She wouldn't even think twice.

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