Good Will Hunting (1997) vocabulary: the 979 English words to know

1531 different words in this film. Knowing the 1,000 most common English words covers about 77% of this film; the 3,000 most common, about 86%.

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Words worth learning
WordUses
regret 9
01:03:36And you don't regret meetin' your wife?
medal 9
00:04:13Former winners include Nobel laureates, Field's medal winners...
ticket 8
01:04:04- Yeah, sure. - My friends and I had slept out all night to get tickets.
math 8
00:08:01I'm in your applied theories class. We're all up at the math and science building.
wake up 8
00:47:56But you can't tell me what it feels like to wake up next to a woman...
push 7
00:15:14I mean, how hard is it to push a motherfuckin' broom around?
outta 7
00:10:49- Shut the fuck up. - Get outta here. - What are you worried about?
piano 7
01:21:09- Did you play the piano? - I want to talk about this.
sandwich 7
00:09:57- So give me my fuckin' sandwich. - What do you mean, your sandwich? I bought it.
professor 6
00:04:18renowned astrophysicists and lowly M.I.T. Professors.
joke 6
00:25:01Joke. January '95, impersonating an officer.
bullshit 6
01:25:59- No, I just want to be with you- - Don't bullshit me!
theory 6
00:08:01I'm in your applied theories class. We're all up at the math and science building.
failure 6
01:45:00Don't infect him with the idea that it's okay to quit, that it's okay to be a failure.
fuck up 6
00:07:33We'll fuck up some smart kids. Probably fit right in.
college 5
00:32:59He used to be my, uh- my roommate in college.
waste 5
00:05:25Like I'd waste my energy spreadin' my legs for that Tootsie Roll dick?
study 5
01:15:59In 1905 there were hundreds of professors renown for their study of the universe.
double 5
00:09:45Double burger.
oil 5
01:33:42was so we could install a government that would sell us oil at a good price.
defense 5
00:24:03whereby a defendant can claim self-defense against an agent of the government...
burger 5
00:09:45Double burger.
mathematics 5
00:27:16combinatorial mathematics,
shut up 5
00:09:54Would you shut the fuck up! I know what you ordered. I was there.
jail 4
00:27:49It's better than spending that time in jail, isn't it?
field 4
01:04:32High fly ball down the left field line!
plane 4
00:54:59You know, I was on this plane once,
beer 4
01:14:02- Pleased to meet you. - Can I get you a beer?
seconds 4
00:11:07Let me tell you somethin'. If you're not out there in two fuckin' seconds,
bomb 4
01:08:30Well, I can't believe you brought Skylar here when we're fuckin' all bombed and drinkin'.
lay 4
00:45:22No, you know, I tell ya, I was hopin' to get a good night laid.
condition 4
00:27:02- Under two conditions. - What are those?
paint 4
00:39:42You paint that?
genius 4
00:17:08- It doesn't mean 'cause I go here, I'm a genius. I am very smart. - Hey.
tall 4
01:06:18I'm extremely tall.
plate 4
00:07:14Stop crowding the plate! Which one will it be?
winner 4
00:04:13Former winners include Nobel laureates, Field's medal winners...
garage 4
01:10:26He's like, "You know who I am. Let me get in your garage."
education 4
00:19:22And two: You dropped 150 grand on a fuckin' education...
filthy 4
01:12:23- That's filthy. - It's not that filthy. I've heard filthy.
hammer 4
00:25:47who got hammered and wouldn't leave you alone all night.
liberty 4
00:24:06if that act is deemed a defense against tyranny, a defense of liberty.
prick 4
00:10:05I said that when we pulled up. Give me my sandwich and stop bein' a prick.
advanced 4
00:03:54I also put an advanced Fourier system on the main hallway chalkboard.
glove 4
01:31:33Come on. Not in my glove.
retarded 4
00:15:11Will, how retarded do you gotta be to get fired from that job?
pull over 4
01:08:40Did I ever tell ya what happened to him when he was drivin' up there and got pulled over?
set up 4
01:17:51The boy's in a meeting right now I set up for him over at McNeil.
cash 3
01:18:18You want us to give you cash right now?
tree 3
00:53:50- A tree structure won't work. - Look now. He's joining the two vertices.
owe 3
01:42:26Why is it always this? I fuckin' owe it to myself to do this or that.
yep 3
00:16:53- Do you go to school here? - Yep.
nervous 3
00:31:45and I'm nervous.
mate 3
01:34:43Do you have a soul mate?
drinking 3
00:21:13- it's as arbitrary as drinkin' coffee. - Oh. Yeah. Okay.
price 3
01:33:42was so we could install a government that would sell us oil at a good price.
bunch 3
00:21:07All right, yeah. Maybe we can just get together and eat a bunch of caramels.
asshole 3
00:10:19- At the end of the week, you get your sandwich. - Are you gonna be an asshole?
dick 3
00:05:25Like I'd waste my energy spreadin' my legs for that Tootsie Roll dick?
code 3
01:32:19Code breaking.
breath 3
00:24:29When it cannot take a long breath, laws are girded too tight.
student 3
00:18:14Of course that's your contention. You're a first-year grad student.
brilliant 3
00:54:20You're a brilliant man.
gentleman 3
00:34:06Um, ladies and gentlemen, we are in the presence of greatness.
storm 3
00:40:31- You ever heard the sayin', "any port in a storm"? - Yeah.
rush 3
01:04:58- Did you rush the field? - No, I didn't rush the fuckin' field. I wasn't there.
ruin 3
00:56:16This girl's, like, fuckin' perfect right now. I don't wanna ruin that.
direction 3
01:16:27He just doesn't got the direction, but we can give that to him.
bang 3
00:05:44There's only so many times you can bang your friend's future wife.
piss 3
00:40:47You just piss in your pants. You're cryin' for the harbor.
boom 3
00:30:03- You know, you start dancin'. - Boom, boom, boom. Yeah.
motherfucker 3
00:11:33Get his ass on the ground. Stop that motherfucker.
sometime 3
00:21:04There's my number. Maybe we can go out for coffee sometime.
curse 3
00:05:23and your Irish curse, Chuckie.
sport 3
00:50:38But you don't wanna do that, do you, sport?
brick 3
01:35:51There are guys who work their entire life layin' brick...
therapist 3
00:27:29that you see a therapist.
shepherd 3
01:37:03I wanna be a shepherd.
shrink 3
00:36:59- How many shrinks you go to before me? - Five.
lottery 3
01:14:16Yeah, chief, got the winning lottery ticket right here.
occur 3
00:46:45Something occurred to me.
reunion 3
00:34:49Why didn't you come to the reunion?
cent 3
00:10:09All right, well, give me your fuckin' 16 cents that you got on you now.
organic 3
00:43:47You know, it was kind of progressive, organic, do-it-yourself, private school.
inherit 3
00:18:48predicated upon wealth, especially inherited wealth.
wrench 3
01:48:13He used to just put a wrench,
dunk 3
01:06:21- You're not that tall. - I dunk.
shrapnel 3
01:33:26It'll be some kid from Southie over there takin' shrapnel in the ass.
caramel 3
00:21:07All right, yeah. Maybe we can just get together and eat a bunch of caramels.
retainer 3
01:18:01Nobody in this town works without a retainer, guys.
trooper 3
01:09:10This state trooper sees him, pulls him over. So my uncle's fucked basically.
restructure 3
00:15:19I got fired 'cause management was restructuring.
figure out 3
00:19:41If you have a problem with that, we could step outside. We could figure it out.
find out 3
00:08:12We just couldn't wait until Monday to find out.
get off 3
00:29:27You're not gonna get off that easily. Come on, Will. A bit more.
get out 3
00:32:37- into my eyes. - Get out, Will.
get over 3
01:04:40- Yeah, I've seen that. - "Get over! Get over!
give up 3
01:03:13- Why not? - Well, I gave it up when my wife got sick.
hang out 3
01:19:54- Why don't we just hang out here all day? - Yes, why don't we?
take off 3
00:05:50- I'm gonna take off. - Fuck you, you're takin' off. It's, like, what, 10:00?
take out 3
01:00:12You know, let me take you out again.
obviously 2
00:44:29I was gonna, you know, experiment on you for anatomy class first, obviously.
sake 2
00:32:29- For God's sake, Will. - What? Oh, come on. He left. You can't pin that on me.
doubt 2
00:17:35- You know, I don't doubt that it was. - Yeah.
appreciate 2
01:13:03All right, thanks, sucker. I appreciate it.
village 2
01:33:09Once they have that location, they bomb the village where the rebels are hidin'.
quit 2
01:11:10if you listen to the story and quit askin' questions.
glass 2
00:43:31Well, you look lovely in those glasses.
mmm 2
00:59:47- But, um- - Mmm. Me too.
magic 2
00:16:21- Work some magic. - Get some potion for us.
experience 2
01:47:27Have you had any, uh, experience with that?
jump 2
00:30:19Look, buddy, two seconds ago, you were ready to give me a jump.
knock 2
00:39:00That book'll fuckin' knock you on your ass.
patient 2
00:33:42If a patient doesn't feel safe enough trust you, then they won't be honest with you.
grand 2
00:19:22And two: You dropped 150 grand on a fuckin' education...
choose 2
00:57:34And then we get to choose who we let into our weird little worlds.
foot 2
00:55:06"we'll be cruisin' at 35,000 feet," but then he puts the mike down.
blame 2
01:46:08So don't blame me for how your life turned out.
steal 2
00:23:18- Look, if anything was stolen, I should know about it. - No, it's nothing like that.
build 2
00:08:01I'm in your applied theories class. We're all up at the math and science building.
engine 2
01:56:24Me and Bill rebuilt this engine ourselves here.
pressure 2
00:07:11Out! Stop pressuring me back.
crowd 2
00:07:14Stop crowding the plate! Which one will it be?
pants 2
00:09:07Hey, Morgan, who's the girl with the striped pants? She's got a nice ass.
bottom 2
01:04:16It was an amazing game though. You know, bottom of the eighth, Carbo ties it up.
correct 2
00:08:39This is correct. Who did this?
file 2
01:40:34Well, if he doesn't show up and I file a report saying he wasn't here...
angel 2
00:48:44Feelin' like God put an angel on Earth just for you,
super 2
00:56:25But I think that's a super philosophy, Will.
dancing 2
00:30:03- You know, you start dancin'. - Boom, boom, boom. Yeah.
challenge 2
01:24:30You live in this safe little world where no one challenges you-
size 2
01:32:30You're seven times the size of the C.I.A.
color 2
00:40:18Is it color-by-number? Because the colors are fascinating to me.
travel 2
01:53:39I'll be travelin' around a bit. It'll be a little hard, but, uh-
incredible 2
00:35:35This-This boy is incredible. I've never seen anything like him.
bro 2
01:31:56- Is there another V.C.R. In the house? - It's just sad, bro.
proof 2
00:27:07- What for? - Go over the proof you're working on,
afford 2
00:24:18- He's gonna make a mockery. - I am afforded the right to speak in my own defense, sir,
ugly 2
00:25:43Oh, all right, you got me. It's the ugly, obnoxious, toothless loser...
settle 2
00:45:28But I'll settle for, like, a kiss, you know?
weight 2
00:39:32- Nautilus? - No, free weights.
interview 2
01:34:09so he's walkin' to the fuckin' job interviews...
surgery 2
01:01:14Well, you're not going into surgery tomorrow, are you?
easily 2
00:29:27You're not gonna get off that easily. Come on, Will. A bit more.
spare 2
00:09:39- It's 15 minutes out of our way. - What the fuck are we gonna do? We can't spare 15 minutes?
personally 2
00:50:17Personally, I don't give a shit about all that, because-
legal 2
00:23:58There is a lengthy legal precedent, Your Honor, going back to 1789,
painting 2
00:46:35- Thought about what you said to me the other day. About my painting. - Oh.
rough 2
00:30:28Hey, I don't have a problem with it. I don't care if you putt from the rough.
clock 2
01:04:28- Yeah, yeah. - And then- Boom! He clocks it, you know.

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