Home Alone (1990) vocabulary: the 423 English words to know

835 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 88%.

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

Words worth learning
WordUses
pizza 8
00:03:30- Tracy, did you order the pizza? - Buzz did.
parent 8
00:03:33Excuse me. Are your parents here?
shut up 8
00:04:12- I hope you didn't just pack crap. - Shut up, Linnie.
upstairs 7
00:10:30Get upstairs now.
pack 7
00:03:14God, you're getting heavy! Go pack your suitcase.
jerk 7
00:02:16It's not even rated R. He's just being a jerk.
pick up 7
00:02:34Did you pick up a voltage adaptor thing?
van 6
00:14:43- Do these vans get good mileage? - Kid, I don't know. Hit the road!
flight 5
00:28:19It's got lots of top-flight goods.
shopping 5
00:46:57They're all shopping. Nobody's home for the holidays.
holiday 5
00:07:59You just around for the holidays?
fella 5
00:01:36Hey, little fella. Hey!
suitcase 5
00:01:25Where's my suitcase?
check out 5
00:05:41Check it out. Old man Marley.
french 4
00:04:26You're what the French call les incompetents.
cop 4
00:06:07If he's the shovel slayer, how come the cops don't arrest him?
owe 4
00:08:18Good, because somebody owes me $122.50.
wet 4
00:04:42If he has something to drink, he'll wet the bed.
block 4
00:05:55In '58 he murdered his whole family and half the people on his block...
cheese 4
00:09:18Did anyone order me a plain cheese?
yellow 4
00:24:35... to get your ugly, yellow...
basement 4
00:29:42We'll go around back, down the basement.
plane 3
00:15:51There's no way we'll make this plane. It leaves in 45 minutes.
animal 3
00:25:02Keep the change, you filthy animal.
emergency 3
00:30:49It's an emergency. We really have to make a call.
horrible 3
00:27:01Horrible. Horrible.
coach 3
00:16:58Single seats only in coach. Take whatever's free.
ticket 3
00:50:03She's offered us two first-class tickets if we go Friday.
ugly 3
00:24:35... to get your ugly, yellow...
property 3
00:24:37... no-good keister off my property...
snow 3
00:06:01...with a snow shovel.
funeral 3
00:42:35Santy don't visit the funeral homes, buddy.
airport 3
00:21:09The cars are still here. They didn't go to the airport!
neighborhood 3
00:06:03Been hiding out in this neighborhood ever since.
disappear 3
00:12:54I wish they would all just disappear.
salt 3
00:06:27...salting the sidewalks.
shoe 3
01:03:46Hey, nice shoes.
filthy 3
00:25:02Keep the change, you filthy animal.
passport 3
00:09:50- Passports! - Watch it!
tooth 3
01:24:45You're missing some teeth.
pump 3
00:24:40... before I pump your guts full of lead.
gut 3
00:03:04...with dry worm guts stuck on them.
helpless 3
00:04:03You're helpless! We have to do everything for you.
automatic 3
00:08:34We have automatic timers for our lights, locks for our doors.
granddaughter 3
01:08:46That's my granddaughter.
shovel 3
00:05:49You ever heard of the South Bend Shovel Slayer?
toothbrush 3
00:36:14I can't find my toothbrush, so I'll pick one up today.
shampoo 3
00:03:23- Where's the shampoo? - I don't live here.
voltage 3
00:02:34Did you pick up a voltage adaptor thing?
polka 3
00:59:20Polka King of the Midwest?
keister 3
00:24:37... no-good keister off my property...
fill up 3
00:19:05Yeah. Fill it up. Fill it up.
joke 2
00:20:12Uncle Frank, is this a joke?
cash 2
00:09:13Forget it, Frank. We have cash.
tree 2
00:16:15...and a partridge in a pear tree.
grab 2
00:08:49Grab a napkin and pour your own drinks.
arrest 2
00:06:07If he's the shovel slayer, how come the cops don't arrest him?
grow 2
00:02:38- Then how do I shave in France? - Grow a goatee.
address 2
00:31:05Here's my address book. You and Frank call everyone on our street.
bother 2
00:15:03Look, I told you before, kid. Don't bother me. Now, beat it!
bomb 2
00:04:32Bombs away!
excellent 2
00:11:13Excellent. Excellent.
code 2
00:38:14Let me give you the number here. The country code is 33.
milk 2
00:08:59I hope you're all drinking milk. I want to get rid of it.
feed 2
00:05:00Who's gonna feed your spider?
recognize 2
00:56:59I recognized one of their voices. I heard that name "Snakes" before.
dry 2
00:03:04...with dry worm guts stuck on them.
wash 2
00:35:57I took a shower, washing every body part with actual soap.
finger 2
00:57:19Suppose the cops finger us for a job...
pal 2
01:29:42Hiya, pal.
pocket 2
00:49:45So we have the $500, the pocket translator...
silver 2
00:28:10And that's the one, Marvin. That's the silver tuna.
positive 2
00:15:55Think positive!
butt 2
00:47:14Why should I be? He acted like a jerk and now he caught it in the butt.
disease 2
00:10:32You're such a disease.
vacation 2
00:07:35Going on vacation?
hook 2
00:02:57I made ornaments out of fish hooks.
load 2
00:05:03He just ate a load of mice guts. He'll be good for a couple weeks.
tip 2
00:09:03- Pizza boy needs $122.50, plus tip. - For pizza?
button 2
00:08:56Early. We're leaving at 8 a.m. On the button.
garage 2
00:25:46Did you close the garage?
percent 2
00:24:11A.C. Said ten percent.
mummy 2
00:06:42The salt turns the bodies into mummies.
transfer 2
00:11:00My husband's brother transferred to Paris. His kids are still here.
imagination 2
00:20:47It's only my imagination.
purse 2
00:18:58- Put them in your purse. - Frank, I can't do that.
toy 2
00:28:21- Stereos, VCRs... - Toys?
nail 2
01:12:21I have a friend who got nailed...
policeman 2
00:33:48We'll send a policeman over to your house to check on your son.
moron 2
00:15:32Buzz, don't be a moron.
connect 2
00:32:29Okay, let me connect you with Family Crisis Intervention.
dough 2
00:24:05A.C. Said you had some dough for me.
approve 2
00:38:52Is this toothbrush approved by the American Dental Association?
include 2
00:16:11Eleven, including me.
shave 2
00:02:38- Then how do I shave in France? - Grow a goatee.
creep 2
01:20:23You little creep, where are you?
involve 2
00:32:49Has the child been involved in violence with a drunk family member?
tuna 2
00:28:10And that's the one, Marvin. That's the silver tuna.
timer 2
00:08:34We have automatic timers for our lights, locks for our doors.
microwave 2
00:14:55I put them in the microwave to dry.
translator 2
00:49:45So we have the $500, the pocket translator...
parlor 2
01:32:53But I did leave one at a funeral parlor once.
doorstep 2
00:23:58Leave it on the doorstep and get the hell out of here.
elf 2
01:05:00Wait. My elf took the last of the candy canes home to her boyfriend.
wimp 2
00:31:22Only a wimp would be hiding under a bed.
earring 2
00:50:11The earrings.
slayer 2
00:05:49You ever heard of the South Bend Shovel Slayer?
drool 2
01:36:13I didn't fall asleep in the back and drool all over you, did I?
crowbar 2
00:28:36Grab your crowbar.
adaptor 2
00:02:34Did you pick up a voltage adaptor thing?
beat up 2
01:12:17You can get beat up for wearing something like that.
burn down 2
00:02:54Did I burn down the joint? I don't think so.
come out 2
00:22:51You better come out and pound me!
find out 2
00:39:00Can you please find out?
get out 2
00:24:23He'll call you when he gets out.
grow up 2
00:04:49When I grow up and get married, I'm living alone!
hang up 2
00:02:30Hang up the phone and make me, why don't you?
open up 2
00:35:18It is a possibility that a seat will open up.
send over 2
00:33:48We'll send a policeman over to your house to check on your son.
boyfriend 1
01:05:00Wait. My elf took the last of the candy canes home to her boyfriend.
apartment 1
00:47:07We're here rotting in this apartment.
upset 1
01:09:40I'm kind of upset because I really like my family.
store 1
01:36:54Someone has to find an open store.
cat 1
00:37:59You're one of the great cat burglars of the world.
village 1
00:32:19Village police department.
glass 1
00:27:14If it makes you feel any better, I forgot my reading glasses.
truck 1
01:15:22We'll check it out. We can come back for the truck.
board 1
00:50:01They're boarding.
reach 1
00:38:06You've reached the Murphy's. Please leave a message after the beep.
victim 1
00:06:39That's where he keeps his victims.
dirty 1
00:58:22I'm tired and I'm dirty.
jump 1
00:54:46Last night the place is jumping.
rid 1
00:08:59I hope you're all drinking milk. I want to get rid of it.
knock 1
00:05:25Don't you know how to knock, phlegm-wad?
aunt 1
00:02:48Aunt Leslie almost broke her neck.
kitchen 1
00:46:27Look what I found in the kitchen.
foot 1
01:30:04Shove a nail through his foot!
crap 1
00:04:12- I hope you didn't just pack crap. - Shut up, Linnie.
action 1
00:07:32Lot of action around here today, huh?
smoke 1
00:47:32A. I'm not that lucky. Two: We have smoke detectors...
spot 1
00:28:54Blotched with moldy purple spots, Mr. Grinch
allow 1
00:59:15Allow me to introduce myself. Gus Polinski.
department 1
00:32:19Village police department.
bell 1
00:51:48To hear sleigh bells In the snow
bunch 1
00:33:34Nothing but a bunch of answering machines.
chicken 1
01:23:58Why are you dressed like a chicken?
low 1
01:03:59How low! Giving Kriss Kringle a parking ticket on Christmas Eve!
silly 1
01:05:05- That's okay. - No, don't be silly.
throat 1
00:33:01Has the child ingested any poison or is an object lodged in his throat?
lock 1
00:08:34We have automatic timers for our lights, locks for our doors.

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