Inception (2010): English words to learn

1158 different words in this film. Knowing the 1,000 most common English words covers about 75% of this film; the 3,000 most common, about 87%.

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Words worth learning
WordUses
subconscious 27
00:03:22Mr. Saito, we can train your subconscious to defend itself...
wake up 25
00:08:49Killing him would just wake him up.
kick 20
00:52:39- A kick. - What's a kick?
build 18
00:23:38It's the chance to build cathedrals, entire cities...
level 18
00:23:54They just design the levels and teach them to the dreamers. That's all.
projection 16
00:29:10- Who are the people? - Projections of my subconscious.
create 14
00:26:15Imagine you're designing a building. You consciously create each aspect.
reality 13
00:24:09Come back to reality, Dom.
combination 11
01:10:43...is his personal safe. We need the combination.
choose 10
00:20:01Then I choose to leave, sir.
subject 10
00:06:05Actually, the subject is partial to postwar British painters.
plant 10
00:19:31...why can't you plant one there instead?
maze 10
00:25:11You have two minutes to design a maze that it takes one minute to solve.
memory 9
00:32:50Never re-create places from your memory. Always imagine new places.
grow 8
00:36:14...in order for it to grow naturally in your subject's mind. It's a subtle art.
design 8
00:23:54They just design the levels and teach them to the dreamers. That's all.
inception 8
00:19:22- What do you want from us? - Inception.
impossible 7
00:03:03Once an idea has taken hold of the brain, it's almost impossible to eradicate.
route 7
01:01:32Complete the job en route...
dreamer 7
00:23:54They just design the levels and teach them to the dreamers. That's all.
teach 6
00:03:37And I can teach them to you, so that even when you're asleep...
jump 6
00:05:40If I jumped, would I survive?
destroy 6
01:14:36Destroying my whole inheritance?
steal 6
00:03:13For someone like you to steal?
van 6
01:14:09They're gonna lock us in that van, and then drive it into the river.
goddamn 6
00:06:53Goddamn it.
regret 6
00:21:17...or become an old man, filled with regret...
compound 6
00:36:48He, uh, formulates his own versions of the compounds.
limbo 6
01:08:37- We drop into limbo. - Are you serious?
plane 5
00:53:43Not if there were unexpected maintenance with his plane.
powerful 5
00:23:17It's a job for some very, very powerful people.
fill 5
00:21:17...or become an old man, filled with regret...
access 5
00:45:29Can you get me access to this man here? Browning.
trap 5
01:08:49...by anyone sharing the dream who's been trapped there before.
guilt 5
01:20:39I've freed you from the guilt of choosing to leave them.
gravity 5
00:44:47I do hope you understand the gravity of that request.
emotion 5
00:50:16The subconscious is motivated by emotion, right? Not reason.
layer 5
00:47:31So now in the first layer of the dream, I can impersonate Browning.
accept 4
00:13:11That corporation that hired us, they won't accept failure.
escape 4
01:08:57- ...trying to escape until the sedation-- - How long?
risk 4
00:34:55It's a necessary risk.
notice 4
00:46:58I put it beside his bed. He hasn't even noticed.
lock 4
01:00:36Do you think you can just build a prison of memories to lock her in?
asleep 4
00:03:37And I can teach them to you, so that even when you're asleep...
trick 4
00:03:33I know how to search your mind and find your secrets. I know the tricks.
base 4
00:45:26Well, we can't work based solely on rumor, can we?
add 4
00:41:52It is possible. You just have to add a sedative.
deeply 4
00:47:38Then, when we take him a level deeper...
empire 4
00:20:51I need him to decide to break up his father's empire.
disappointed 4
01:15:21"Disappointed."
wallet 4
01:26:08Funny way to make friends, someone stealing your wallet like that.
concept 4
00:47:35And suggest concepts to Fischer's conscious mind.
function 4
00:28:46In a dream, your mind functions more quickly...
cafe 4
00:29:05You've got the basic layout. Bookstore, cafe.
corporation 4
00:13:11That corporation that hired us, they won't accept failure.
architect 4
00:14:46- It wasn't my fault. - You're the architect.
layout 4
00:29:05You've got the basic layout. Bookstore, cafe.
sedative 4
00:41:52It is possible. You just have to add a sedative.
totem 4
00:33:41A totem, it's a small personal--
extractor 4
00:03:26...from even the most skilled extractor.
find out 4
01:11:56Just let me talk to him and I'll find out.
get out 4
00:52:33So once we've made the plant, how do we get out?
bloody 3
00:35:42No, it's perfectly possible. It's just bloody difficult.
apartment 3
00:11:48Not even my head of security knows this apartment. How did you find it?
continue 3
01:09:56There is a way out. We continue on with the job, and we do it as fast as possible...
decide 3
00:20:51I need him to decide to break up his father's empire.
low 3
00:18:21I can lie low there, maybe sniff out a job when things quiet down. You?
energy 3
00:44:32Robert Fischer, heir to the Fischer Morrow energy conglomerate.
form 3
00:03:08An idea that is fully formed, fully understood, that sticks.
flight 3
00:53:36One of the longest flights in the world. He makes it every two weeks.
nature 3
00:31:10They sense the foreign nature of the dreamer.
sweetheart 3
00:16:42Well, I can't, sweetheart. I can't. Not for a while, remember?
faith 3
00:21:12So do you want to take a leap of faith...
breathe 3
01:14:02Breathe.
training 3
00:28:28It was a training program for soldiers to shoot, stab and strangle each other...
exist 3
00:23:41...things that never existed...
draw 3
00:32:54You draw from stuff you know, right?
suggest 3
00:47:35And suggest concepts to Fischer's conscious mind.
weather 3
01:04:25We know he's gonna be looking for a taxi in this weather.
thief 3
00:22:57I never taught you to be a thief.
positive 3
00:50:36No, because I think positive emotion trumps negative emotion every time.
fail 3
00:12:17- An audition for what? - Doesn't matter. You failed.
shift 3
01:24:23We need to shift his animosity from his father to his godfather.
tail 3
00:36:53Once you've lost your tail. The man at the bar.
authority 3
01:11:01We have it on good authority you do know.
detail 3
00:26:55How could I ever acquire enough detail to make them think that it's reality?
specific 3
00:41:35Well, we'd need you there to tailor compounds specific to our needs.
complex 3
00:20:36- How complex is the idea? - Simple enough.
spin 3
00:48:44This one was hers. She would spin it in the dream and it would never topple.
threaten 3
00:08:42Ah, there's no use threatening him in a dream, right, Mal?
carpet 3
00:13:31I've always hated this carpet.
arrangement 3
01:13:28Cobb, I'll still honor the arrangement.
leap 3
00:21:12So do you want to take a leap of faith...
involve 3
00:11:56...particularly where there's a married woman involved.
godfather 3
00:45:33Fischer Senior's right-hand man. Fischer Junior's godfather.
define 3
00:44:54This idea will define him.
infinite 3
00:40:09The infinite staircase.
extract 3
00:12:20We extracted every bit of information you had in there.
dis 3
02:09:35I was dis--
resilient 3
00:02:46What is the most resilient parasite?
sedation 3
00:51:36Sedation.
calm down 3
01:08:02- Why the hell didn't it? - Calm down.
jail 2
00:29:26By creating something secure, like a bank vault or a jail.
doubt 2
00:34:13...you know beyond a doubt that you're not in someone else's dream.
appreciate 2
00:47:54Your condescension, as always, is much appreciated, Arthur, thank you.
field 2
00:41:31And to go into the field with us.
experience 2
01:12:44...based on your experiences with Maurice.
search 2
00:03:33I know how to search your mind and find your secrets. I know the tricks.
shh 2
00:38:11Shh.
bother 2
00:35:39Now, before you bother telling me it's impossible, let me--
type 2
01:27:48I specialize in a very specific type of security.
admit 2
01:17:40I knew something was wrong with her. She just wouldn't admit it.
closed 2
00:40:04That lets you create closed loops, like the Penrose Steps.
above 2
02:01:38Yes, but I'm gonna see them up above, Mal.
complete 2
00:39:55...if you're gonna build three complete dream levels. Excuse me.
suspect 2
00:37:07- Back here? - This is the last place they'd suspect.
asshole 2
00:14:44Asshole. How do you mess up the carpet?
bottom 2
00:49:04So I'm making the bottom level a hospital, so Fischer will bring his father.
necessary 2
00:34:55It's a necessary risk.
operation 2
00:49:36Well, she'd sabotage the whole operation.
bridge 2
00:32:44I know this bridge. This place is real, isn't it?
prepared 2
00:11:45You came prepared, hmm?
feed 2
00:47:40...his own projection of Browning should feed that right back to him.
alarm 2
01:42:18- Sound the alarm! Sound the alarm! - Go, go, go!
enter 2
00:52:10And when you enter a dream within that dream, the effect is compounded.
remind 2
02:02:41...reminding me of the truth.
defense 2
00:03:15Yes. In the dream state, your conscious defenses are lowered...
event 2
01:28:15Mr. Fischer, I'm here to protect you in the event...
eventually 2
01:17:01Eventually, it just became impossible for me to live like that.
attorney 2
00:47:07...we need to talk about a power of attorney.
deliver 2
00:18:10We were supposed to deliver Saito's expansion plans...
chase 2
01:37:02And I will lead them on a merry chase.
confused 2
02:01:29You're confused.
effect 2
00:45:11In effect, they become a new superpower.
awake 2
00:26:09Now, that's when we're awake.
concern 2
00:44:38That's not your concern.
taxi 2
01:04:25We know he's gonna be looking for a taxi in this weather.
load 2
00:33:58It needs to be more unique than that. Like, this is a loaded die.
directly 2
00:45:56Well, shall we voice your concerns with Maurice directly?
warn 2
00:49:41You've gotta warn them if this is getting worse.
convince 2
00:22:51...to convince those children they still have a father.
defend 2
00:03:22Mr. Saito, we can train your subconscious to defend itself...
fully 2
00:03:08An idea that is fully formed, fully understood, that sticks.
highly 2
00:03:00Resilient. Highly contagious.
emotional 2
00:50:19We need to find a way to translate this into an emotional concept.
useful 2
01:11:20Useful?
guarantee 2
00:21:04...I'd need a guarantee.
impressed 2
00:14:19Dream within a dream, huh? I'm impressed.
version 2
00:36:12You need the simplest version of the idea...
imagination 2
00:35:54Oh, he's the best, but he has no imagination.

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