Friends S01E08 vocabulary: the 128 English words to know

346 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 90%.

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

Words worth learning
WordUses
quality 6
00:02:55Okay, I don't know. You just... You have a quality.
shoe 6
00:11:51Wait. We need shoes.
burgundy 4
00:11:40...go with the burgundy.
gay 3
00:08:11So Chandler looks gay, huh?
naked 3
00:20:18Hey, who's this little naked guy?
bury 3
00:09:20When my time comes, I wanna be buried at sea.
league 3
00:11:05Well, I think Brian's a little out of your league.
cute 2
00:00:33He is cute.
restaurant 2
00:04:54How she was always stealing them from restaurants.
nurse 2
00:05:36Nurse.
sweetie 2
00:08:38Sweetie, you think you can get in there?
gang 2
00:20:43"Me and the gang at Java Joe's."
funeral 2
00:14:35You're watching football at a funeral?
yellow 2
00:07:42...whenever I use one of those little yellow pencils.
grandmother 2
00:17:59Your grandmother would've hated this.
flower 2
00:18:13Or I didn't spend enough on flowers. If I spent more, she'd say:
gorgeous 2
00:00:07Hey, gorgeous. How's it going?
frightening 2
00:14:42You're a frightening, frightening man.
noodle 2
00:00:10Dehydrated Japanese noodles under fluorescent lights.
earring 2
00:13:29Heh. You mean your earrings?
spasm 2
00:15:30PHOEBE: I'm just checking to see if the muscle's in spasm.
college 1
00:02:15Although, uh, back in college, Susan Saladore did.
boyfriend 1
00:04:31We still have boyfriends and your career to cover.
wine 1
00:19:35More wine, dear?
tree 1
00:15:03The air, the trees.
yep 1
00:22:22- He is? - Yep.
low 1
00:04:52Her Sweet 'N Lows.
closed 1
00:08:28I thought it'd be a closed casket.
steal 1
00:04:54How she was always stealing them from restaurants.
twice 1
00:06:55Twice.
waste 1
00:18:16"Why waste your money? I don't need flowers, I'm dead."
apparently 1
00:10:19Don't worry about it. Apparently, other people have made the same mistake.
ridiculous 1
00:01:37CHANDLER: It's hard to enjoy noodles after that. Is that ridiculous?
shame 1
00:10:39It's a shame, because you and Lowell would've made a great couple.
sweetheart 1
00:14:09Come here, sweetheart.
bottom 1
00:04:42The fuzzy little mints at the bottom of her purse.
possibly 1
00:01:52...possibly...
career 1
00:04:31We still have boyfriends and your career to cover.
pack 1
00:09:35Come on. You'll make a day of it. You'll get a boat, pack a lunch...
example 1
00:19:07Like your hair, for example.
strike 1
00:07:35...got struck by lightning on a miniature golf course.
cream 1
00:14:16...I think it's time for you to start using night cream.
whenever 1
00:07:42...whenever I use one of those little yellow pencils.
remind 1
00:13:17Mom called to remind me not to wear my hair up.
football 1
00:14:35You're watching football at a funeral?
japanese 1
00:00:10Dehydrated Japanese noodles under fluorescent lights.
beeping 1
00:06:03[HEART MONITOR BEEPING]
ruin 1
00:14:48Oh. I hope they're not ruined.
silver 1
00:12:22I can show you something in a silver that may work.
toilet 1
00:00:43Good, Shelly. Okay. I'm gonna go flush myself down the toilet now.
suck 1
00:06:58Oh, that sucks.
positive 1
00:18:40...to be the positive, life-affirming person she is.
italian 1
00:03:20[SPEAKS IN ITALIAN]
ear 1
00:13:20Did you know my ears were not my best feature?
scream 1
00:05:29[ROSS YELLS] [MONICA SCREAMS]
unbelievable 1
00:04:25She's unbelievable. Her mother's...
junior 1
00:07:32Oh. And Debbie, my best friend from junior high...
announcer 1
00:17:47[SPORTS ANNOUNCER SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY ON RADIO]
score 1
00:17:37What's the score?
detail 1
00:19:02How she drove you crazy, picking on every little detail.
belt 1
00:15:35- You missed a belt loop. - Ugh.
self 1
00:00:24Had you said co-dependent or self-destructive...
golf 1
00:07:35...got struck by lightning on a miniature golf course.
gross 1
00:04:47Yeah, they were gross.
purse 1
00:04:42The fuzzy little mints at the bottom of her purse.
sport 1
00:17:47[SPORTS ANNOUNCER SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY ON RADIO]
beep 1
00:03:32Monica, your dad just beeped in. Can you make it quick?
yell 1
00:05:29[ROSS YELLS] [MONICA SCREAMS]
lightning 1
00:07:35...got struck by lightning on a miniature golf course.
fascinating 1
00:02:39Well, this is fascinating.
penis 1
00:20:29Yes, fine. That is my penis.
lemon 1
00:11:35Unless you want her to spend eternity in a lemon-yellow pantsuit...
critical 1
00:18:27...with someone who is critical of every single thing you say?
muscle 1
depressed 1
00:20:02Now I'm depressed.
reception 1
00:14:37No, it's the pregame. I'm gonna watch it at the reception.
pill 1
00:16:21Wow, those pills really worked, huh?
radar 1
00:22:01Pretty much. Most of the time. We have a kind of radar.
ham 1
00:18:10...why didn't I get the honey-glazed ham?
breast 1
00:01:56Then you spent Phoebe's birthday party talking to my breasts...
eternity 1
00:11:35Unless you want her to spend eternity in a lemon-yellow pantsuit...
sigh 1
00:17:51[RACHEL SIGHS]
worm 1
00:08:05...you're dead. You're gone. You're worm food.
pencil 1
00:07:42...whenever I use one of those little yellow pencils.
bearing 1
00:13:26Hi. I'm sorry I'm late. I couldn't find my bearings.
flush 1
00:00:43Good, Shelly. Okay. I'm gonna go flush myself down the toilet now.
loop 1
00:15:35- You missed a belt loop. - Ugh.
slim 1
00:12:10Could we see something in a slimmer heel?
feature 1
00:13:20Did you know my ears were not my best feature?
define 1
00:09:33Define "fun."
heel 1
00:12:10Could we see something in a slimmer heel?
mint 1
00:04:42The fuzzy little mints at the bottom of her purse.
vibe 1
00:07:40I always get this strong Debbie vibe...
vague 1
00:03:02"A quality." Good. I was worried you were gonna be vague about this.
homosexual 1
00:06:44Yeah, you have homosexual hair.
fuzzy 1
00:04:42The fuzzy little mints at the bottom of her purse.
destructive 1
00:00:24Had you said co-dependent or self-destructive...
predictable 1
00:09:46Everyone says, "Jack Geller, so predictable."
cracker 1
00:17:53Pheebs, could you maybe hand me a cracker?
remarkably 1
00:14:27Nothing. Just your overcoat sounds remarkably like Brent Musburger.
casket 1
00:08:28I thought it'd be a closed casket.
miniature 1
00:07:35...got struck by lightning on a miniature golf course.
disability 1
00:17:33Uh, just a, uh, hearing disability.
retainer 1
00:09:02ROSS: Here's my retainer.
dehydrated 1
00:00:10Dehydrated Japanese noodles under fluorescent lights.
sharpen 1
00:07:57I just sharpened her this morning.
overcoat 1
00:14:27Nothing. Just your overcoat sounds remarkably like Brent Musburger.
golfing 1
00:15:45I took these when I had my golfing accident.
grownup 1
00:20:32Can we be grownups now?
glaze 1
00:18:10...why didn't I get the honey-glazed ham?
fluorescent 1
00:00:10Dehydrated Japanese noodles under fluorescent lights.
whimper 1
00:15:38[ROSS WHIMPERS]
unsaid 1
00:19:25I think some things are better left unsaid.
affirm 1
00:18:40...to be the positive, life-affirming person she is.
pantsuit 1
00:11:35Unless you want her to spend eternity in a lemon-yellow pantsuit...
dressy 1
00:12:05And where she's going, everyone else will be dressier?
check out 1
00:14:31Check it out. Giants-Cowboys.
co-dependent 1
00:00:24Had you said co-dependent or self-destructive...
come out 1
00:11:48A fine choice. I'm coming out.
dress up 1
00:13:46Don't we look nice all dressed up?
go out 1
00:02:24It's because I wanted to go out with her too.
grow up 1
00:18:24Do you know what it's like to grow up...
mâché 1
00:21:37It's like Mardi Gras without the papier-mâché heads.
papier 1
00:21:37It's like Mardi Gras without the papier-mâché heads.
pregame 1
00:14:37No, it's the pregame. I'm gonna watch it at the reception.
set up 1
00:10:58No. I don't know. The point is, if you were gonna set me up...
turn out 1
00:18:36I tell you, it's a wonder your mother turned out...
wear up 1
00:13:17Mom called to remind me not to wear my hair up.

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