Grey's Anatomy S01E01 vocabulary: the 391 English words to know

749 different words in this film. Knowing the 1,000 most common English words covers about 70% of this film; the 3,000 most common, about 82%.

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Words worth learning
WordUses
surgery 15
00:07:06So, bypass surgery tomorrow with Dr. Burke - I hear he's good.
intern 12
00:04:38You're interns, grunts, nobodies, bottom of the surgical food chain.
nazi 10
00:03:24The nazi? Me too.
page 9
00:04:25Trauma protocol, phone list, pagers - nurses will page you.
seizure 8
00:05:30Katie Bryce, 15-year-old female, new onset seizures, intermittent for the past week.
rule 7
00:04:19I have five rules. Memorize them.
patient 6
00:04:52If I'm sleeping, don't wake me unless your patient is actually dying.
nurse 6
00:04:25Trauma protocol, phone list, pagers - nurses will page you.
surgeon 6
00:08:57She was one of the first big chick surgeons.
scrub 6
00:09:44You'll scrub in for an appendectomy this afternoon.
pageant 6
00:07:27I'm missing my pageant.
pressure 5
00:02:34Five of you will crack under the pressure.
code 5
00:12:22No, code brown, right in his pants.
lab 5
00:04:42You run labs, write orders, work every second night until you drop, and don't complain.
advantage 5
00:11:34You took advantage of me, and now you want to forget about it.
fever 5
00:18:42She's short of breath. She's got fever. She's post-op.
resident 5
00:02:20The 7 years you spend here as a surgical resident will be the best and worst of your life.
med 5
00:02:09A month ago, you were in med school, being taught by doctors.
scalpel 5
00:12:55Scalpel.
post-op 5
00:18:294-b's got post-op pneumonia.
antibiotic 5
00:17:15Mr. Jones has junky veins, and he really needs antibiotics.
seconds 4
00:20:5119 seconds.
common 4
00:35:35Name the common causes of post-op fever.
drug 4
00:21:02At 60 seconds, you're supposed to admin her another drug.
shift 4
00:04:34Your first shift starts now and lasts 48 hours.
parent 4
00:08:46Like it's uncommon around here to be a doctors' parents -
ankle 4
00:08:09I twisted my ankle in talent rehearsal.
bypass 4
00:07:06So, bypass surgery tomorrow with Dr. Burke - I hear he's good.
pneumonia 4
00:18:294-b's got post-op pneumonia.
clamp 4
00:13:21Clamp.
aneurysm 4
00:26:21What about an aneurysm?
grand 3
00:05:35I.V. lost en route, started grand mal seizing as we descended.
total 3
00:12:29I'll put $20 on a total meltdown.
screw 3
00:00:15I'm kind of screwed.
talent 3
00:08:09I twisted my ankle in talent rehearsal.
perform 3
00:06:49and lets them perform a procedure during the first shift.
katie 3
00:05:30Katie Bryce, 15-year-old female, new onset seizures, intermittent for the past week.
attend 3
00:06:45I heard every year, the attending on call picks the best intern
procedure 3
00:06:49and lets them perform a procedure during the first shift.
twist 3
00:08:09I twisted my ankle in talent rehearsal.
scan 3
00:10:18They gave her a sedative for the C.T. scan, so she's a little groggy.
chart 3
00:21:35give me her chart, please.
diagnosis 3
00:18:33Are you sure that's the right diagnosis?
suction 3
00:14:19Think. You start the suction, and you start digging for those purse strings before she bleeds to death.
rhythmic 3
00:08:11I do rhythmic gymnastics, which is, like, really cool.
gymnastics 3
00:08:11I do rhythmic gymnastics, which is, like, really cool.
milligram 3
00:05:40Izzie, 10 milligrams diazepam I.M.
cry 2
00:12:28$15 says he cries.
quit 2
00:37:22but I can think of a thousand reasons why I should quit.
immediately 2
00:21:36You get a 911, you page me immediately,
bother 2
00:04:21Rule number one - don't bother sucking up. I already hate you. That's not gonna change.
gay 2
00:03:41Now you think I'm gay. No, I'm not gay.
memory 2
00:11:23Because both are fond memories I'd like to hold onto.
extra 2
00:24:35I need your extra minds, extra eyes.
medical 2
00:27:40- There's no medical proof of an aneurysm. - Right.
beauty 2
00:27:33Katie competes in beauty pageants.
practice 2
00:27:46She twisted her ankle practicing for the pageant.
breath 2
00:18:42She's short of breath. She's got fever. She's post-op.
operation 2
00:10:23Our doctor at home said that she might need an operation. Is that true?
pretend 2
00:01:21No, the thing - exchange the details, pretend we care.
model 2
00:03:12Yeah. I hear one of them's a model.
post 2
00:09:25It's posted, but I thought I'd share the good news personally.
damage 2
00:30:44His heart had too much damage to give him a bypass.
dig 2
00:13:10The human flesh is a tough shell. Dig in.
clock 2
00:24:27She's a ticking clock.
freak 2
00:15:56Geriatrics is for freaks who live with their mothers and never have sex.
remove 2
00:12:14Open, identify, ligate, remove, irrigate, close.
earn 2
00:32:11Some of us have to earn what we get.
sweat 2
00:12:24He's all about the flop sweat. He's gonna sweat himself unsterile.
purse 2
00:14:02and simultaneously pull up on the purse strings,
identify 2
00:12:14Open, identify, ligate, remove, irrigate, close.
exam 2
00:06:18Honey, you get to do rectal exams.
minor 2
00:27:58It was a fall so minor, her doctor didn't even think to mention it when I was taking her history,
shark 2
00:31:57Don't come to me for absolution. You want to be a shark, be a shark.
trauma 2
00:04:25Trauma protocol, phone list, pagers - nurses will page you.
headache 2
00:26:22No blood on the C.T. and no headaches.
tap 2
00:26:06nothing in her spinal tap. Just tell me.
string 2
00:14:02and simultaneously pull up on the purse strings,
bacon 2
00:07:03If you don't count the fact that my bacon days are over, sure.
bleed 2
00:14:19Think. You start the suction, and you start digging for those purse strings before she bleeds to death.
shepherd 2
00:10:48No, Burke's off the case. Katie belongs to the new attending now, Dr. Shepherd. He's over there.
whisper 2
00:15:11On the elevator, murphy whispered, "007."
dose 2
00:19:56She's got diazepam - 2 milligrams lorazepam - I just gave the second dose.
attending 2
00:04:47On-call rooms - attendings hog them.
surgical 2
00:02:20The 7 years you spend here as a surgical resident will be the best and worst of your life.
pickup 2
00:13:16Pickups.
teen 2
00:07:30The spokane teen miss.
superhero 2
00:34:46superhero or something.
rectal 2
00:06:18Honey, you get to do rectal exams.
inbred 2
00:08:45You know Meredith is inbred?
geriatric 2
00:15:45Maybe I should have gone into geriatrics.
irrigate 2
00:12:14Open, identify, ligate, remove, irrigate, close.
diazepam 2
00:05:40Izzie, 10 milligrams diazepam I.M.
lorazepam 2
00:19:56She's got diazepam - 2 milligrams lorazepam - I just gave the second dose.
cecum 2
00:13:57Now all you have to do is invert the stump into the cecum
come up 2
00:21:16Blood pressure's coming up.
find out 2
00:24:37I need you to play detective. I need you to find out why katie is having seizures.
get up 2
00:27:25Get up. Come on.
ligate 2
00:12:14Open, identify, ligate, remove, irrigate, close.
phenobarbital 2
00:20:13Phenobarbital - load her with phenobarbital.
pick up 2
00:00:42Why don't you just come back down here, and we'll pick up where we left off?
pull off 2
00:13:36I told you - he's gonna pull it off.
queen 1
00:33:38Apparently, being a bald beauty queen is the worst thing that happened in the history of the world.
teacher 1
00:34:28or a ski instructor or a kindergarten teacher.
teach 1
00:02:09A month ago, you were in med school, being taught by doctors.
appreciate 1
00:27:49- I appreciate you trying to help, but - - She fell when she twisted her ankle, she fell.
field 1
00:38:44I love the playing field.
push 1
00:02:24You will be pushed to the breaking point.
mmm 1
00:07:13Mmm. Kill me now.
yep 1
00:14:50- He's 007. - 007, yep.
choose 1
00:33:44Did you choose me for the surgery because I slept with you?
crap 1
00:39:20You look like crap.
risk 1
00:23:15There are some risks.
action 1
00:12:43- $75 says he can't even I.D. the appendix. - I'll take that action.
fit 1
00:19:08Well, if the white cap fits.
smoke 1
00:05:46Righty, whity - smoke over fire.
favor 1
00:31:49- I'll tell him I changed my mind. - Don't do me any favors. It's fine.
smile 1
00:23:52What are you smiling at, 007?
director 1
00:16:32- I'm not a cruise director. - You don't have to wig out.
spot 1
00:28:59- One tap in the right spot... - And it exploded.
low 1
00:14:37Getting too low, folks.
upstairs 1
00:01:25I'm gonna go upstairs and take a shower, okay?
twice 1
00:09:00She's a living legend. Yeah, she won the harper avery twice.
waste 1
00:16:51Go to sleep, and stop wasting my time.
mention 1
00:27:58It was a fall so minor, her doctor didn't even think to mention it when I was taking her history,
level 1
00:00:39Humiliating on so many levels.
apparently 1
00:33:38Apparently, being a bald beauty queen is the worst thing that happened in the history of the world.
neck 1
00:27:37She has no headaches, no neck pain, her C.T. is clean.
warm 1
00:32:02Only it makes you feel all bad in your warm, gooey places.
famous 1
00:32:09and I didn't get into med school 'cause I have a famous mother.
large 1
00:05:48A large-bore I.V. Don't let the blood hemolyze. Let's go!
pants 1
00:12:22No, code brown, right in his pants.
opportunity 1
00:25:41You're kidding? It's the biggest opportunity any intern will ever get.
bottom 1
00:04:38You're interns, grunts, nobodies, bottom of the surgical food chain.
hall 1
00:03:56- Bailey? - End of the hall.
folks 1
00:14:37Getting too low, folks.
tight 1
00:19:25but we're tight, and we hang out - really, only just today.
possibly 1
00:24:41I know you're tired. You're busy. You got more work than you can possibly handle.
emergency 1
00:21:39not in the 5 minutes it takes you to get to the emergency, immediately.
file 1
00:09:56I've seen his file. George O'malley barely made the cut to get in this program.
breathe 1
00:25:17She's lucky she's still breathing.
breaking 1
00:02:24You will be pushed to the breaking point.
training 1
00:33:59And on your first day, with very little training, you helped save her life.
survive 1
00:35:17We're gonna survive this, right?
belong 1
00:10:48No, Burke's off the case. Katie belongs to the new attending now, Dr. Shepherd. He's over there.
fill 1
00:14:15You're filling with stool. What do you do now?
brown 1
00:12:22No, code brown, right in his pants.
jealous 1
00:04:08Maybe she's brilliant, and they call her a nazi because they're jealous.
shirt 1
00:11:44Last night, I was very good-looking. I had my red shirt on. You took advantage.
dry 1
00:05:57What do we have? A wet fish on dry land.

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