Gladiator (2000) vocabulary: the 607 English words to know

996 different words in this film. Knowing the 1,000 most common English words covers about 71% of this film; the 3,000 most common, about 85%.

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Words worth learning
WordUses
sire 14
00:14:12We seem to be almost there, sire.
emperor 12
00:14:20Sire. Where's the Emperor?
battle 11
00:16:26Have I missed it? Have I missed the battle?
freedom 10
00:54:37Perhaps the scribe will be the one who wins his freedom.
sword 10
00:24:31I brought the sword. Nothing more.
enemy 9
00:19:56A soldier has the advantage of being able to look his enemy in the eye, Senator.
serve 9
00:30:47Will you serve my brother as you served his father?
soldier 9
00:04:04Soldier, I ordered you to move those catapults forward.
gladiator 9
00:52:37Gladiators...
crowd 8
00:56:55The crowd love a barbarian.
command 8
00:20:28You're a man who knows what it is to command.
whisper 8
00:25:59You could only whisper it.
gate 7
00:26:48Through the gate is a giant poplar.
senator 7
00:13:22And the senators? He wouldn't have summoned them if...
barbarian 7
00:56:55The crowd love a barbarian.
rule 6
00:28:28Commodus cannot rule.
wound 6
00:14:26The wounded are still coming in.
slave 6
00:51:20These slaves are rotten.
mob 6
01:09:31I think he knows what Rome is. Rome is the mob.
arm 5
00:16:52Here, Father. Take my arm.
loose 5
00:08:09Loose!
dust 5
00:43:54... with a ready sword, for all else is dust and air.
empire 5
00:23:51For the glory of the empire, sire.
loyal 5
01:04:13Your loyal subjects bid you welcome, Highness.
embrace 5
00:16:45Rome salutes you, and I embrace you as a brother.
column 5
01:32:55Stay close. Staggered columns!
salute 5
00:16:45Rome salutes you, and I embrace you as a brother.
arena 5
00:54:46You go in the arena and you kill me.
merciful 5
02:00:21Maximus the Merciful!
legion 5
00:51:07Mark of the legion.
teach 4
00:21:48I would have been what you taught me to be.
smile 4
02:33:29I knew a man who once said, "Death smiles at us all.
prepare 4
01:04:36For your guidance, Caesar, the Senate has prepared a series of protocols...
draw 4
00:08:03Archers, draw!
vision 4
01:07:33Greatness is a vision. Exactly. A vision.
blessed 4
00:31:45Blessed Mother, come to me with the gods' desire for my future.
warrior 4
00:25:46The warrior?
loyalty 4
00:28:44He knows that you command the loyalty of the army.
bee 4
02:23:14He knew they were busy little bees.
archer 4
00:06:05Archers ready. Archers!
conquer 4
00:04:51People should know when they're conquered.
virtue 4
00:34:39listing the four chief virtues:
greatness 4
01:07:16They care about the greatness of Rome.
ancestor 4
00:31:41Ancestors, I ask for your guidance.
decision 3
00:13:38He's made his decision. He's going to announce it.
match 3
00:50:36Do any of them fight? I've got a match coming up.
choose 3
00:58:34Sadly, we cannot choose how...
favor 3
00:29:26My father favors you now. My lady.
guard 3
00:40:24- Why are you armed, Quintus? - Guards!
begin 3
00:52:16And as your mother was there at your beginning...
duty 3
00:27:22There is one more duty...
hero 3
01:03:30He enters Rome like a conquering hero. But what has he conquered?
form 3
00:06:01Infantry form up for advance.
simply 3
00:24:49very simply, as men.
strength 3
00:05:25Strength and honor.
nearly 3
00:03:55How long has he been gone? Nearly two hours.
strike 3
01:13:41The silence before you strike and the noise afterwards.
enter 3
01:03:30He enters Rome like a conquering hero. But what has he conquered?
pleased 3
01:31:37Your emperor is pleased to give you...
clever 3
01:09:15He's cleverer than I thought.
yellow 3
00:52:50Yellow.
victory 3
01:07:06The people always love victories.
whore 3
01:15:17And the great whore will suckle us...
victor 3
00:09:50Roma victor!
shadow 3
01:55:45We mortals are but shadows and dust.
politics 3
00:22:18Enough of politics.
roman 3
01:55:04in Roman history:
arrange 3
01:12:50The young emperor has arranged a series of spectacles...
servant 3
01:22:30Having servants who are deaf and mute...
require 3
01:04:27There are many matters that require your attention.
announce 3
00:13:38He's made his decision. He's going to announce it.
shield 3
00:58:51On the left, draw your shields!
republic 3
00:19:42and you'll wake up one day and all you'll say is, Republic."
heir 3
01:24:31because my son is heir to the throne.
reserve 3
01:23:40He's started selling the grain reserves.
grain 3
01:23:40He's started selling the grain reserves.
politician 3
00:20:40We must save Rome from the politicians, my friend.
weep 3
01:46:36I wept for them.
defy 3
02:04:58He is defying you.
catapult 3
00:04:04Soldier, I ordered you to move those catapults forward.
legionnaire 3
02:21:00Isn't it late to be playing legionnaire?
bloody 2
00:25:043,000 of them are bloodied and cleaved. 2,000 will never leave this place.
accept 2
00:27:53Will you accept this great honor that I have offered you?
carry 2
01:16:11My daughters carry water from the river.
north 2
00:26:59Grapes on the south slopes, olives on the north.
bear 2
00:21:27If only you had been born a man...
arrest 2
01:22:37They're arresting scholars now.
fat 2
01:15:19until we are fat and happy and can suckle no more.
decide 2
00:58:37but we can decide how we meet that end...
press 2
00:35:51where you pressed me to your chest and held me tight...
low 2
01:28:58Lower!
weapon 2
01:29:29When the Emperor enters, raise your weapons, salute him...
danger 2
00:04:11- The danger to the cavalry... - Is acceptable. Agreed?
commander 2
01:39:20commander of the armies of the north...
language 2
00:54:22and speak seven languages.
powerful 2
01:09:24Fear and wonder. A powerful combination.
survive 2
00:26:07And I fear that it will not survive the winter.
feed 2
00:48:50They'll feed you to the lions.
pretend 2
00:22:20Let us pretend that you are a loving daughter...
bite 2
02:06:08And then its enemies will take little bites of it...
fate 2
02:10:20The fate of Rome I leave to you.
spare 2
01:47:17The gods have spared you. Don't you understand?
contract 2
01:26:48You'll get your contract rates, or you'll get your contract cancelled.
trade 2
00:50:54What's your trade?
lover 2
02:15:12Does Gracchus have a new lover?
subject 2
01:04:13Your loyal subjects bid you welcome, Highness.
winter 2
00:26:07And I fear that it will not survive the winter.
fortune 2
01:18:37Bring me fortune.
giant 2
00:26:48Through the gate is a giant poplar.
rise 2
01:13:45It rises. It rises up...
mercy 2
01:47:26I am at their mercy, with the power only to amuse a mob.
courage 2
00:35:07Resourcefulness, courage.
desire 2
00:31:45Blessed Mother, come to me with the gods' desire for my future.
rate 2
01:26:46then I want double the rates.
deeply 2
01:44:41He wounded you deeply, didn't he?
scream 2
00:52:03than that bitch of a mother that brought you screaming into this world.
load 2
00:05:59Load the catapults.
wise 2
00:34:02Which wiser, older man is to take my place?
series 2
01:04:36For your guidance, Caesar, the Senate has prepared a series of protocols...
sacrifice 2
00:16:35I shall sacrifice 100 bulls to honor your triumph.
range 2
00:04:07- They're out of range. - Range is good.
snake 2
01:24:49No. Cut off the head and the snake cannot strike.
shoulder 2
01:14:22He touched me on the shoulder, and I was free.
bull 2
00:16:35I shall sacrifice 100 bulls to honor your triumph.
glory 2
00:17:15So much for the glory of Rome.
mighty 2
01:30:39Hail, mighty Caesar!
defeat 2
02:07:24Giant Maximus is defeating our emperor, Commodus.
noble 2
01:48:20a noble man.
champion 2
01:46:10Rich matrons pay well to be pleasured by the bravest champions.
prayer 2
00:30:59I still remember you in my prayers.
adventure 2
01:15:15and have bloody adventures.
obey 2
00:20:31You give your orders, the orders are obeyed, and the battle is won.
survival 2
00:30:17I think you have a talent for survival.
magnificent 2
00:18:47Magnificent battle.
throne 2
01:24:31because my son is heir to the throne.
achieve 2
01:07:03He said it himself: It achieved nothing. But the people loved him.
terror 2
01:22:53This reign of terror is entirely the Praetorians.
counsel 2
00:40:04I must talk to the senators. I need their counsel.
dignity 2
00:32:02and will try to live with the dignity you have taught me.
breast 2
02:21:56and pressed it to her breast, right here above her heart.
bleed 2
02:15:27For the health of Rome, the Senate must be bled.
glorious 2
02:09:42And after your glorious coup, what then?
butcher 2
00:37:00I would butcher the whole world...
plague 2
01:04:49to combat the plague which is already springing up there.
harvest 2
00:06:37Three weeks from now, I will be harvesting my crops.
fragile 2
00:26:05it was so fragile.
guidance 2
00:31:41Ancestors, I ask for your guidance.
entertain 2
01:10:42So entertain!
savior 2
02:21:17I'm Maximus, the savior of Rome!
mourn 2
00:31:10I was sad to hear of your husband's death. I mourned him.

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