Goodfellas (1990) vocabulary: the 847 English words to know

1383 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 89%.

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Words worth learning
WordUses
joint 13
00:10:26I can't have that in this joint.
whack 12
01:00:27You got out of line, you got whacked. Everybody knew the rules.
pick up 12
00:19:35He just comes in like he's picking up lost baggage.
rat 11
00:14:48Never rat on your friends...
prick 11
00:20:22This prick again. He says, "What do you want to tell me now?"
cop 10
00:03:18nobody ever called the cops.
sauce 10
01:20:28Vinnie was in charge of the tomato sauce.
jail 9
00:46:53and finds out he's jailed, she has a heart attack and drops dead right on the spot.
motherfucker 9
00:01:50Die, you motherfucker! Look at me!
bust 9
00:27:01you bust the joint out. You light a match.
steal 8
00:12:21what he really loved to do was steal.
hat 8
00:24:50Tommy taking over this joint is like putting a silk hat on a pig.
helicopter 8
01:56:06There it is. You see that helicopter right there?
onion 7
01:20:41I felt he used too many onions, but it was still a very good sauce.
find out 7
00:04:40My mother was happy after she found out that the Ciceros...
get out 7
00:13:43- Where'd you get the cigarettes? - Get him out of here.
go out 7
00:27:24She won't go out with me alone.
grow up 7
00:06:16Want to grow up to be a bum?
owe 6
00:22:32It ain't just this one. It's seven big ones you owe me.
meat 6
00:17:47No, I want them. We'll hang them in the freezer with the meat. How's that?
nuts 6
00:17:52For us, to live any other way was nuts.
jerk 6
00:10:37You're a real jerk. You wasted eight fucking aprons on this guy.
wiseguy 6
00:05:00Wiseguys would pull up and Tuddy would toss me their keys...
cabstand 6
00:02:55Even before I first wandered into the cabstand for an after-school job...
straighten out 6
01:07:10I had to straighten out her boss a little bit.
excited 5
01:16:26She's getting all hysterical. She gets very excited.
weekend 5
00:19:18The best time is probably over a weekend. So maybe Saturday night.
corner 5
00:48:51The only way they could make real extra money was to go out and cut corners.
crew 5
00:56:39His whole crew is going to be looking for him.
italian 5
00:42:54- She looks Italian. - She is Italian, you're right.
score 5
00:05:40Every day I was learning to score.
cigarette 5
00:12:41of booze, cigarettes, razor blades, shrimp and lobsters.
package 5
01:57:03then get the package for Lois...
shine 5
00:53:34If I was gonna break your balls, I'd say, "Go get your shine box."
parent 5
00:04:15At first my parents loved that I found a job across the street from the house.
shut up 5
00:59:25So she says, "Shut up! You're always talking."
wake up 5
00:29:00Have some coffee. It'll wake you up.
truck 4
00:16:33Two niggers just stole my truck. Can you believe that shit?
foot 4
01:09:17- Henry, what happened? - You shot him in the foot, Tommy.
suit 4
00:17:36What is this? Coats? Henry, I need suits, not coats.
hole 4
01:12:20Now you're going to dig the hole. I got no fucking lime.
treat 4
00:05:34I belonged. I was treated like a grown-up.
goddamn 4
01:13:10Get your own goddamn man!
sweetheart 4
01:19:25Good trip, sweetheart.
restaurant 4
00:24:41What are you talking about? You mean the restaurant?
belong 4
00:03:01It was there that I knew I belonged.
dig 4
01:12:20Now you're going to dig the hole. I got no fucking lime.
divorce 4
01:17:41You're not gonna get a divorce. We're not animali.
jury 4
01:19:03It took the jury six hours to bring us in guilty.
bang 4
00:27:22I've been trying to bang her for a fucking month now.
whore 4
00:25:15The chef is great. The shows are good. There's a lot of whores coming in.
disappear 4
01:04:27The guy who disappeared, the one they made the beef on.
pissed 4
00:05:51My father was always pissed off.
merry 4
01:33:32Merry Christmas.
delivery 4
00:06:37- I can't make any more deliveries. - What? You'll fuck everything up.
shoe 4
00:10:08- Look at my shoes, aren't they great? - My God.
lion 4
01:18:20- We'll throw the bastard to the lions. - No!
mix 4
01:21:33Everyone else in the joint was doing real time, mixed together, living like pigs.
beef 4
00:08:20If there was a union problem or, say, a beef in the numbers...
complain 4
00:07:32Finally after a few weeks, my mother went to the post office to complain.
sneak 4
01:23:56Good, let her sneak this stuff in for you every week.
nut 4
00:17:52For us, to live any other way was nuts.
paranoid 4
01:58:30Fine. Fine. He thinks I'm paranoid!
diner 4
00:49:16- See you at the diner. - I'm riding shotgun.
wig 4
00:37:22Don't buy wigs that come off at the wrong time.
tomato 4
01:20:28Vinnie was in charge of the tomato sauce.
heist 4
01:30:32the biggest heist in American history: The Lufthansa heist.
pinched 4
00:13:56- Henry got pinched. - Where?
congratulation 4
00:14:27Congratulations.
fuck up 4
00:06:37- I can't make any more deliveries. - What? You'll fuck everything up.
turn out 4
01:18:52turned out to have a sister working as a typist for the FBI.
lawyer 3
00:50:32It was better to be polite and call the lawyer.
cash 3
00:19:13If I'm right, there could be $500,000 coming in, all cash.
partner 3
00:13:24He made them partners.
kitchen 3
00:34:43I said, "Try the kitchen."
summer 3
00:03:15In the summer, when they played cards all night...
leg 3
01:05:52Here's a leg.
fresh 3
00:09:20I didn't have to wait in line at the bakery on Sunday mornings for fresh bread.
double 3
00:03:11They double-parked in front of a hydrant, nobody ever gave them a ticket.
flight 3
01:31:33Did you have a good flight?
neck 3
00:22:18He's hanging on my fucking neck like a vulture. What do you want?
wild 3
00:11:28He'd walk in the door and everybody who worked the room just went wild.
cook 3
01:21:06and the hacks used to die, but he still cooked a great steak.
papers 3
00:17:21I'm gonna go get the papers, get the papers.
bullshit 3
00:07:38and pledge allegiance to the flag and sit through good government bullshit?
cake 3
00:18:32Piece of cake. It's all there.
feed 3
00:55:48I came home and I want what I got to get. I got mouths to feed.
program 3
01:43:41But meanwhile, as far as Jimmy knew, I was going along with the program.
member 3
01:50:21To become a member of a crew, you've got to be 100% Italian...
pig 3
00:24:50Tommy taking over this joint is like putting a silk hat on a pig.
funeral 3
00:46:57Now Jeannie has a husband and son in jail and a mother in the funeral parlor.
coat 3
00:17:36What is this? Coats? Henry, I need suits, not coats.
bread 3
00:09:20I didn't have to wait in line at the bakery on Sunday mornings for fresh bread.
shopping 3
00:51:37I wanted to go shopping. Can I get some money?
neighborhood 3
00:03:04To me, it meant being somebody in a neighborhood full of nobodies.
license 3
01:50:49It's like a license to steal. A license to do anything.
union 3
00:08:20If there was a union problem or, say, a beef in the numbers...
protection 3
00:08:46All they got from Paulie was protection from other guys looking to rip them off.
unbelievable 3
00:42:41It was unbelievable.
wheel 3
00:05:05Here I am, this little kid, I can't even see over the steering wheel...
newspaper 3
01:18:43When we got home, we were all over the newspaper.
warrant 3
00:49:41I'm Detective Deacy. This is Detective Silvestri. We have a search warrant.
terrific 3
00:53:21Jesus Christ Almighty. You look terrific.
lifetime 3
01:30:19He owes me $20,000. Once in a lifetime. I could retire.
jewish 3
00:19:22There's a Jewish holiday on Monday.
buck 3
00:26:57... when you can't borrow another buck or buy another case of booze...
argument 3
00:46:45He was in an argument. A $10 card game. He pulls out a gun.
bum 3
00:06:15You're a bum!
talented 3
01:02:05He's talented. I understand what you're saying.
objection 3
02:18:41- Objection! - Objection sustained.
insult 3
00:55:11You insulted him a little bit. You got a little out of order.
booze 3
00:12:41of booze, cigarettes, razor blades, shrimp and lobsters.
irish 3
00:04:20My father, who was Irish, was sent to work at the age of 11.
broad 3
00:27:18The Jew broad, Diane, I was telling you I'm going to shag.
pepper 3
01:05:42Henry, hurry up. My mother's making fried peppers and sausage for us.
parole 3
01:23:47Let her stay up all night crying and writing letters to the parole board.
hack 3
01:19:33Say hello to those blow-job hacks.
gangster 3
00:02:02As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster.
shovel 3
00:57:05We'll get a shovel at my mother's house.
guinea 3
00:11:43The Irishman is here to take all you guineas' money.
disrespect 3
00:24:54I don't mean no disrespect, but that's the way it is.
mutt 3
00:22:49You know, Sonny, you're a fucking mutt.
stutter 3
00:22:00You stuttering prick, you!
calm down 3
00:19:01- Calm down. - It's beautiful.
chop up 3
01:45:36- What'll we do with him? - Chop him up and get rid of the car.
goodfella 3
01:49:59We always called each other goodfellas.
hang up 3
01:07:16Just try to run. Hang up once more, and you'll deal with me.
help out 3
00:24:25If there was something I could do, I would. I would like to help you out.
open up 3
01:38:20Open up! What's up? What're you doing?
pay off 3
02:19:11We paid off cops. We paid off lawyers. We paid off judges.
set up 3
01:06:23I set up Janice in an apartment around the corner from The Suite.
settle down 3
00:42:09He's settling down now. He's married.
stand up 3
00:29:56Of course, when Friday night came around, Henry stood me up.
stay out 3
00:44:56Your father never stayed out all night without calling.
take off 3
01:11:28Good for you. Don't take no shit off nobody.
french 2
00:18:59into French money and send it back here.
cry 2
00:43:22So beautiful. I want to cry.
carry 2
00:09:54One day, some neighborhood kids carried my mother's groceries all the way home.
apartment 2
00:44:35If he was such a grown-up why doesn't he get you two an apartment?
upset 2
01:09:38Don't get me upset, now.
joke 2
00:19:30You're looking at it. It's a joke. I'm the midnight-to-eight man.
store 2
02:10:21No. It's over here. In the store on the corner.
appreciate 2
00:26:05God bless you, Paulie. I appreciate it. You've always been fair with me.
slow 2
00:03:57Paulie might have moved slow...
hundred 2
00:08:37Hundreds of guys depended on Paulie, he got a piece of everything they made.
push 2
00:29:43Before it was time to go home, he was pushing me into the car...
tree 2
00:27:06You look like you're decorating a Christmas tree.
gift 2
01:34:02- The fucking car? - It's a wedding gift from my mother.
grab 2
00:39:36He started to touch me. He started to grab me.
search 2
00:49:41I'm Detective Deacy. This is Detective Silvestri. We have a search warrant.

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