La La Land (2016) vocabulary: the 446 English words to know

854 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
jazz 23
00:19:10I don't think I'm gonna like her. Does she like jazz?
mmm 11
00:30:49Mmm-hmm, yes.
audition 10
00:09:41Mia! How'd the audition go?
crowd 9
00:11:10Someone in the crowd could be the one you need to know
tour 9
01:18:49What are you doing after the tour?
shine 8
00:02:02And chasing all the lights that shine
incredible 7
00:41:13- She sounds incredible. - She was incredible.
actress 7
00:29:52So you're an actress. I thought you looked familiar.
roll 6
00:02:14'Cause morning rolls around
band 6
00:40:06All the big swing bands used to play there. Count Basie, Chick Webb.
grab 5
00:27:07- I'm gonna grab a drink. - Okay.
theater 5
00:40:52She was in a traveling theater company.
samba 5
00:18:54You won't believe it. They turned it into a samba-tapas place.
tapas 5
00:18:54You won't believe it. They turned it into a samba-tapas place.
grow up 5
00:40:54I grew up in Boulder City, Nevada.
reach 4
00:01:59Climb these hills, I'm reaching for the heights
nervous 4
01:17:58Um... I'm nervous.
chicken 4
01:03:43to "Chicken on a Stick."
bite 4
01:26:31Okay, now bite your lip like this, sort of like...
exciting 4
00:27:02There's been a lot of buzz, people talkin' about me, which is exciting.
pure 4
00:05:35I know. I know, it was pure insanity.
steady 4
01:05:43No, he doesn't have a steady gig.
bout 4
00:21:35How 'bout two for you, one for me?
lip 4
01:26:31Okay, now bite your lip like this, sort of like...
haul 4
00:39:07I basically just hauled ass past the guard gates.
bear 3
00:30:26I have this idea to do a re-imagining of Goldilocks and The Three Bears,
shh 3
01:33:32What? Shh! Stop!
low 3
00:00:31overnight lows of 75.
sky 3
00:33:00Would love this swirling sky
research 3
00:46:04- You know, for research. - For research.
romantic 3
00:19:38I don't know. It's not as romantic as that.
rope 3
00:19:58you're acting like life's got me on the ropes.
height 3
00:01:59Climb these hills, I'm reaching for the heights
wreck 3
00:05:28And I swear to God, she was wrecked.
trumpet 3
00:44:36And now look, the trumpet player.
relaxing 3
00:43:57- Mmm-hmm? - I just find it relaxing.
keyboard 3
01:26:22Okay, keyboard. Okay, look up.
unpack 3
00:18:41When are you gonna unpack these boxes?
lunacy 3
00:05:44"Lunacy! It was pure lunacy."
get up 3
00:02:10You get up off the ground, it's another day of
let down 3
00:02:06And when they let you down, it's another day of
cry 2
01:33:48Or I'm crying, and they start laughing!
lawyer 2
00:42:01So, yeah, should've been a lawyer.
glass 2
00:10:20all packed into one of those big glass houses.
dirty 2
00:19:47Why do you say "romantic" like it's a dirty word?
aunt 2
00:40:49- My aunt was an actress. - Oh, okay.
type 2
00:21:32it worked on a sort of "one for you, one for me" type system.
smile 2
01:37:39She smiled
earlier 2
00:45:36For a TV show. The one I was telling you about earlier.
admit 2
00:29:32And I'll admit I was a little curt that night.
waste 2
00:33:22What a a waste of a lovely night
build 2
00:51:33Actually, China's going to build a canal.
lock 2
00:20:13- I'm gonna change the locks. - You can't afford it.
burn 2
01:14:26Come on, let it burn, baby
bathroom 2
00:09:53Why is there a convention in the bathroom?
goddamn 2
01:22:13before I signed on the goddamn dotted line!
note 2
00:44:02Sidney Bechet shot somebody because they told him he played a wrong note.
rule 2
00:48:39You either follow my rules or follow my rules.
view 2
00:32:40We've stumbled on a view
heat 2
00:27:01I got a lot of heat right now.
lift 2
00:11:14The one to finally lift you off the ground
draw 2
01:45:44- Are you drawing? - Yeah.
whenever 2
00:45:13We're gonna play whatever we want, whenever we want,
kinda 2
00:44:15And everyone would kinda just talk over it.
basically 2
00:39:07I basically just hauled ass past the guard gates.
gate 2
00:39:07I basically just hauled ass past the guard gates.
hill 2
00:01:59Climb these hills, I'm reaching for the heights
bedroom 2
00:41:15And I would put on all these plays in my bedroom,
familiar 2
00:10:22This looks familiar.
player 2
00:44:26Look at the sax player right now.
request 2
00:28:01Thank you. Any other requests?
chase 2
00:02:02And chasing all the lights that shine
role 2
00:42:22You could just write your own roles, you know?
piano 2
00:28:13All right, piano man, tickle those ivories.
successful 2
01:20:07- was so important. - You didn't think it would be successful?
climb 2
00:01:59Climb these hills, I'm reaching for the heights
approach 2
00:53:48As this star approaches us...
library 2
00:40:57So across the street from my house there was this little library
disappointed 2
00:10:33I'm disappointed in you, Lex. There's nothing to make fun of.
quality 2
fella 2
00:44:24You have to see what's at stake. I mean, look at these fellas.
insist 2
00:06:11Oh, no, thank you. I insist.
classic 2
00:20:07It's a classic rope-a-dope.
script 2
00:59:07What is that? Is it a script?
gig 2
01:04:33Who was that guy at The Lighthouse? The guy that offered you the gig?
rhythm 2
00:02:23The rhythms in the canyons that'll never fade away
suggestion 2
00:28:10"I Ran." A fantastic suggestion.
passionate 2
01:21:52People will want to go to it because you're passionate about it,
revolutionary 2
01:07:54These guys were revolutionaries.
musician 2
00:29:38But requesting "I Ran" from a serious musician, it's just... it's too far.
shanghai 2
00:19:32- I know. - It's not my fault I got shanghaied.
insanity 2
00:05:35I know. I know, it was pure insanity.
rehearse 2
01:18:54'Cause I have to rehearse.
weirdo 2
00:32:01- Weirdo. That was the word. Weirdo. - Okay.
increasingly 2
00:53:43and notice a star increasingly bright and increasingly near.
ache 2
01:38:31Here's to the hearts that ache
stumble 2
00:27:26But I'll be stumbling away
tat 2
01:10:33The rat-tat-tat of my heart
cram 2
00:10:30every Hollywood cliché crammed into the same room?
nostalgic 2
01:03:23It feels really nostalgic to me.
sax 2
00:44:26Look at the sax player right now.
hypnotize 2
00:28:48The kind of eyes that hypnotize me through
prob 2
00:05:57What is his prob... I should go.
caca 2
00:42:27- uh, piece of caca. - Yeah.
find out 2
01:41:18When do you find out?
look up 2
01:26:22Okay, keyboard. Okay, look up.
make up 2
01:29:14I'm gonna make it up to you. Let me make it up to you, okay?
show up 2
01:18:02Because what if people show up?
bloody 1
01:26:12"What's wrong with that one?" It doesn't bloody work, that's what's wrong with it!
college 1
00:41:53So anyway, I left college after two years to come here
green 1
00:31:10- With a green ribbon. - All right.
cute 1
00:33:36And though you look so cute in your polyester suit
joke 1
huge 1
01:33:13and audition for this huge movie that she's got.
holy 1
00:09:34Whoa! Holy shit! You wanna open a window?
doubt 1
00:31:37- I doubt it. - Yeah, I don't think so.
shop 1
00:29:55Uh... coffee shop on the Warner Brothers lot.
quit 1
01:28:25Oh, my God! Don't quit your day job.
field 1
00:54:00The great polar fields of the north and south will rot and divide,
decision 1
00:21:42- Okay. - Mutual decision, then.
south 1
00:54:00The great polar fields of the north and south will rot and divide,
difference 1
00:19:37What's the difference?
push 1
00:02:48That'll be the thing to push him on
north 1
00:54:00The great polar fields of the north and south will rot and divide,
beer 1
01:03:58So I'm gonna have chicken, beer, jazz. "Chicken on a Stick."
experience 1
01:21:58- You remind people of what they forgot. - Not in my experience.
planet 1
00:25:25- It's a warning. - What planet are you from?
bus 1
00:01:43Without a nickel to my name, hopped a bus, here I came
search 1
00:54:07The last of us search the heavens and stand amazed,
jump 1
01:37:31She told us that she jumped into the river once.
river 1
01:37:31She told us that she jumped into the river once.
listening 1
01:07:37How you gonna save jazz if no one's listening?
address 1
00:10:42You've got the right address
yep 1
01:32:08- Yep? - Hi, I'm trying to reach Mia Dolan.
blame 1
01:29:24- I don't blame you for not wanting... - It's over.
mission 1
00:10:56Tonight we're on a mission, tonight's the casting call
heaven 1
00:54:07The last of us search the heavens and stand amazed,
action 1
00:40:47- Action! - Oh, um...
notice 1
00:53:43and notice a star increasingly bright and increasingly near.
director 1
01:33:02Amy Brandt, the casting director?
guard 1
00:39:07I basically just hauled ass past the guard gates.
begin 1
00:04:14Another day has just begun
spot 1
01:04:08- What are you talk... - Find a new spot.
suit 1
00:33:36And though you look so cute in your polyester suit
west 1
00:01:15I left him at a Greyhound station west of Santa Fe
hero 1
stage 1
01:18:10I'm nervous to get up on a stage and perform for people...
bunch 1
00:10:17It's not. It's gonna be a bunch of social climbers
track 1
00:51:05I don't even know. I can't keep track of it, but honestly, it was life-changing.
however 1
00:45:16however we want, as long as it's pure jazz.

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