Memento (2000) vocabulary: the 475 English words to know

893 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 91%.

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Words worth learning
WordUses
condition 25
00:03:14I guess I've already told you about my condition.
memory 23
00:08:19- It's my memory. - Amnesia?
cop 17
00:23:58The cops don't catch a killer by sitting around remembering stuff.
write down 17
00:11:54- Hold on. I'm gonna write this down. - It's easy. Just go...
drug 14
00:14:47"Drugs. License plate."
note 14
00:06:42Butjust for day-to-day stuff, notes are really useful.
pen 10
00:45:21I want you to have a pen in your pocket, okay?
license 9
00:14:47"Drugs. License plate."
fake 8
00:45:13- I never said that Sammy was faking. - Listen. I have an idea.
term 7
00:08:21No, no. It's different from that. I have no short-term memory.
pocket 6
00:10:27You need a jacket that's got like six pockets in it.
insurance 6
00:22:17I met Sammy through work. Insurance. I was an investigator.
object 6
00:32:02Just pick up any three objects.
motel 6
00:02:36So where are you? You're in some motel room.
wake up 6
00:02:39You just wake up, and you're in a motel room.
loss 5
00:27:56The doctors assure me there's a real condition called anterograde memory loss...
plate 5
00:14:47"Drugs. License plate."
freak 5
00:05:42You don't have a clue, you freak.
claim 5
00:22:21I'd investigate the claims to see which ones were phony.
clue 5
00:05:42You don't have a clue, you freak.
concentrate 5
01:10:00Concentrate. Keep it in mind. Find a pen.
dealer 5
00:59:54So he's a dealer.
tattoo 5
00:18:14I guess that's why you have those freaky tattoos.
take off 5
00:17:55Do you mind taking your glasses off? It's hard for me to...
boyfriend 4
01:06:36Guys are gonna wanna know what happened to her boyfriend.
beer 4
01:24:02I'll have a beer, please.
revenge 4
00:19:01But even if you get revenge, you're not gonna remember it.
physical 4
00:39:47It was enough to suggest that his condition was psychological, not physical.
slip 4
01:06:26Then she slips him the answers when she serves him his drinks.
useful 4
00:06:42Butjust for day-to-day stuff, notes are really useful.
investigate 4
00:22:21I'd investigate the claims to see which ones were phony.
investigator 4
00:22:17I met Sammy through work. Insurance. I was an investigator.
amnesia 4
00:08:19- It's my memory. - Amnesia?
find out 4
00:22:35My job taught me the best way to find out what someone knew was just let them talk...
pick up 4
00:31:43Sammy couldn't pick up any new skills at all.
difference 3
00:19:06My wife deserves vengeance. Doesn't make any difference whether I know about it.
rid 3
00:47:56"Dodd. Put him onto Teddy orjust get rid of him for Natalie."
suit 3
01:05:52Because by now she's taken a look at this suit and the car...
steal 3
00:43:53We should probably steal his car. You know, teach him a lesson.
lock 3
00:59:01What? Was I supposed to lock the door?
bathroom 3
00:36:35because she's gone to the bathroom or something.
asleep 3
00:42:15- You don't think so? You didn't write it down? - I might've fallen asleep before I did.
bullshit 3
00:22:24I had to see through people's bullshit.
somehow 3
00:36:42But somehow I just...
investigation 3
00:27:16Now, this is my first big claims investigation, so I really check into it.
focus 3
01:16:21Stay focused. Find a pen.
desk 3
01:13:16Front desk?
damage 3
00:27:02The doctors find some possible damage to the hippocampus.
pity 3
00:17:20She will help you out of pity."
whore 3
01:14:43I could call your wife a fucking whore and we could still be friends.
mental 3
00:39:51We turned down his claim on the grounds that he wasn't covered for mental illness.
ouch 3
00:55:04Ouch. Cut it out.
snap 3
00:45:34If it's not a physical problem, he should just snap out of it.
respond 3
00:39:43All the previous cases responded to conditioning. Sammy didn't respond at all.
anonymous 3
00:02:55It's just an anonymous room.
wander 3
01:07:49So in your griefyou wandered into a Jaguar dealership.
stash 3
00:59:32There's something about the drugs stashed in the car that doesn't ring true for me.
bluff 3
01:28:08She really thought she'd call his bluff.
retard 3
01:15:04and you won't have a fucking clue, you fucking retard!
conditioning 3
00:31:46But I find something in my research: Conditioning.
unreliable 3
00:23:47- Why not? - Because your notes could be unreliable.
electrified 3
00:32:22Some ofthe objects were electrified.
calm down 3
00:33:10- Who is he? - Calm down. Okay?
fuck up 3
00:25:36- I'm sorry. I fucked up. - This is not my room?
get up 3
00:43:07- How the fuck did you get him up here? - I don't know.
oftown 3
00:20:51It might be useful. It's an abandoned place outside oftown.
sake 2
00:42:18For Christ's sakes!
carry 2
00:39:29always with the same objects carrying the electrical charge.
teach 2
00:22:35My job taught me the best way to find out what someone knew was just let them talk...
doubt 2
01:04:06As long as I have doubt, I can't say good-bye and move on.
decision 2
00:45:07and fighting the company's decision.
seconds 2
00:30:10it should only take a couple seconds to pull up his license and registration.
grand 2
01:38:42- Take your fuckin' pants off! - I've got 200 grand stashed in the car!
nervous 2
00:22:45It really means they're nervous. People get nervous for all sorts of reasons.
decide 2
00:33:52Leonard, you decided to help me. Trust yourself.
action 2
00:19:09Just because there are things I don't remember doesn't make my actions meaningless.
fit 2
00:57:24The stuffthey found in the car fit in with what they believed had happened...
mention 2
00:23:35The other day you mentioned that maybe somebody was trying to set you up...
track 2
00:04:35What are you talking about? These tracks are only a few days old.
complete 2
01:20:18He left my gun and he left the get away car. He gave the police a complete package.
burn 2
00:33:48You have to burn them.
treat 2
00:21:29- They treating you okay? - I don't remember.
local 2
01:31:54giving you a line ofcrap about John G. Being some local drug dealer.
deserve 2
00:19:06My wife deserves vengeance. Doesn't make any difference whether I know about it.
plenty 2
01:30:43What are you still doing here, Lenny? There's plenty of tattoo parlors up north.
file 2
01:18:20I have my file here.
copy 2
00:18:50Here's a copy of his license, his registration, photo and all.
recognize 2
01:29:56If you think you're supposed to recognize somebody, you just pretend to.
pretend 2
01:01:39Just pretend they're your things and that this is your bedroom.
responsibility 2
01:09:24No. She shouldn't have given me that responsibility.
split 2
00:23:01Yo, Lenny! I thought you split for good.
remind 2
00:19:17Anyway, maybe I'll take a photograph to remind myself...
amount 2
00:06:52He wrote himself a ridiculous amount of notes...
page 2
00:57:14I have to summarize the different sections. And there's pages missing.
rent 2
00:25:52But then I rented you another room on top of it.
bedroom 2
00:28:42Somebody's bedroom.
suck 2
00:09:14That must suck.
particular 2
00:10:29Particular pockets for particular things.
jacket 2
00:10:27You need a jacket that's got like six pockets in it.
chase 2
00:49:35I'm chasing this guy.
clever 2
01:20:09John G. was clever.
advantage 2
00:10:42I don't know. I guess people try and take advantage ofsomebody with this condition.
awake 2
00:28:33Awake.
solve 2
01:46:02- Why would I do that? - To create a puzzle you could never solve.
score 2
00:59:37needing money to score, which I think is bullshit...
incident 2
01:08:00I don't have amnesia. I remember everything right up until the incident.
detail 2
00:20:02You can just feel the details.
sec 2
00:56:48I was hoping for a little more on the drugs angle. Can you hang on a sec?
arrange 2
00:30:15Do you think we could just arrange a meeting now? I'm not too good on the phone.
routine 2
00:16:45I use habit and routine to make my life possible.
habit 2
00:16:45I use habit and routine to make my life possible.
angle 2
00:56:48I was hoping for a little more on the drugs angle. Can you hang on a sec?
heal 2
00:37:34How can I heal?
appeal 2
01:03:24We shouldn't even be talking like this while the case is still open to appeal.
injury 2
00:08:27Since my injury, I can't make new memories. Everything fades.
con 2
01:29:44His brain didn't respond to conditioning. But he wasn't a con man.
backwards 2
00:09:16It's all backwards.
forgiveness 2
00:05:36- Beg forgiveness, and then you pay. - Leonard.
drawer 2
00:06:28There's nothing in the drawers. But you look anyway.
puzzle 2
01:46:02- Why would I do that? - To create a puzzle you could never solve.
instinct 2
00:32:32not by memory, but by instinct.
forty 2
00:10:01- Forty. - Forty.
involve 2
01:06:11She's involved with drugs.
ofthe 2
00:31:56It's a completely different part ofthe brain from the short-term memory.
registration 2
00:18:50Here's a copy of his license, his registration, photo and all.
slam 2
01:01:24You go into the bathroom and you slam the door.
fade 2
00:08:27Since my injury, I can't make new memories. Everything fades.
handwriting 2
00:10:17You kind of learn to trust your own handwriting.
recognition 2
00:28:11this slight look of recognition.
freaky 2
00:18:14I guess that's why you have those freaky tattoos.
foryou 2
00:03:53- It's broken. - I can get that fixed foryou.
sap 2
01:20:12See, he took the dead man's gun, he replaced it with the sap that he hit me with.
diabetic 2
01:43:42My wife wasn't diabetic.
repetition 2
00:31:50Sammy should still be able to learn through repetition.
cut out 2
00:55:04Ouch. Cut it out.
end up 2
00:18:11and you'll end up eating your underwear for breakfast.
figure out 2
00:22:33I have to look in their eyes and try and figure them out.
help out 2
00:17:20She will help you out of pity."
mix up 2
00:06:55but he'd get them all mixed up.
set up 2
00:23:35The other day you mentioned that maybe somebody was trying to set you up...
impossible 1
00:18:18Yeah, it's tough. It's almost impossible.
obviously 1
01:18:50Her side ofthe bed was cold. She'd obviously been out of bed for a while.
joke 1
00:41:55Although I do get to keep telling the same jokes.
quit 1
01:46:46- I should kill you. - Quit it. Lenny, come on.
slow 1
00:25:54- Why? - Business is slow.
glass 1
00:17:55Do you mind taking your glasses off? It's hard for me to...
dying 1
01:23:01Dying.
north 1
01:30:43What are you still doing here, Lenny? There's plenty of tattoo parlors up north.
partner 1
01:14:12Jimmy's partners think I set him up. I don't know if you know this Teddy, or how well.
reach 1
00:36:54If I could just reach over and touch her side ofthe bed...

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