Peaky Blinders S01E01 vocabulary: the 370 English words to know

715 different words in this film. Knowing the 1,000 most common English words covers about 72% of this film; the 3,000 most common, about 86%.

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Words worth learning
WordUses
copper 10
00:15:55and in that pub, there was a copper...
bloody 9
00:06:33Billy's got a bloody army!
robbery 7
00:11:36Something about a robbery.
bullet 5
00:12:26and beatings that I really wish I'd let you take that bullet in France.
factory 5
00:11:22works in the telegraph office at the BSA factory.
comrade 5
00:08:11Comrades...
judgment 5
00:17:32And the Lord will smite the unholy when the great judgment comes.
mud 5
00:13:42Try and get all that smoke and mud out of your head, eh.
strike 4
00:08:13we're here today to take a vote on strike action. MEN: Yes!
moon 3
00:21:23No. He won't move contraband under a full moon.
steal 3
00:19:42I asked my men to steal me four bikes with petrol engines.
interest 3
00:32:21In all the world the only thing that interests me is the truth.
uniform 3
00:28:33God damn you for soiling your uniforms!
ordinary 3
00:30:35before they let the ordinary people in.
dump 3
00:21:14Dump them somewhere the police can find them.
yard 3
00:20:02The boys dropped it at Charlie Strong's yard as agreed.
reward 3
00:08:42Who reaps the rewards?
bury 3
00:44:32If there are bodies to be buried, dig holes and dig them deep.
lad 3
00:04:05Come on, lad. Morning, sir.
shell 3
00:13:00You're not an artillery shell, Danny, you're a man. Eh?
pub 3
00:15:52They were in a pub on the Shankhill Road yesterday,
bookmaker 3
00:11:56What kind of a list would have the name of a Communist and the name of a bookmaker side-by-side?
holy 2
00:20:15Holy sweet baby of Mary!
shop 2
00:15:08He said he found it on the sideboard of the betting shop... with bullets in it.
magic 2
00:01:58They're doing a magic spell to make her win a race.
foot 2
00:08:56while you scrape to find enough to put shoes on your children's feet!
heaven 2
00:54:42You sure this isn't heaven?
raise 2
00:08:27and watched your comrades fall. Raise your hands.
bottle 2
00:34:52I need a bottle of rum.
animal 2
00:27:28Rutted upon like animals!
common 2
00:21:35You have your mother's common sense, but your father's devilment.
papers 2
00:16:40Now the papers are talking about sedition.
hat 2
00:30:37Away you go. Take your hat off.
vote 2
00:08:13we're here today to take a vote on strike action. MEN: Yes!
national 2
00:11:39"A robbery of national significance", it said.
serve 2
00:35:30If I say something's on the house, then say nothing to whoever you're serving.
trick 2
00:05:45You was seen doing the powder trick down at Garrison Court.
pray 2
00:34:37To pray? That'll be the day. St Andrews is a football ground.
lately 2
00:16:38and the Austin works lately.
gang 2
00:28:03The vicious... merciless gangs
dig 2
00:44:32If there are bodies to be buried, dig holes and dig them deep.
spread 2
00:29:03and spread their rotten philosophy across the country and across the world!
lover 2
00:37:43♪ I've got myself a lover
ocean 2
00:25:42♪ I would swim over the deepest ocean
ear 2
00:36:47He wants us to be his eyes and ears.
penny 2
00:05:33That'll be six pennies, Nipper. That's ten bob you'll see for that.
bay 2
00:20:06They must've taken it from the proofing bay
favour 2
00:24:44Believe me, love, I'm doing you a favour.
rotten 2
00:27:44And astride the whole stinking pile of wounds and rotten flesh...
powder 2
00:05:45You was seen doing the powder trick down at Garrison Court.
communist 2
00:11:56What kind of a list would have the name of a Communist and the name of a bookmaker side-by-side?
races 2
00:06:18You fixing races now?
tobacco 2
00:45:33Tell Curly to take her out to the old tobacco wharf.
creator 2
00:17:47You cannot hide from the Creator.
interrogate 2
00:43:37And I have begun to interrogate suspects vigorously.
telegraph 2
00:11:22works in the telegraph office at the BSA factory.
wharf 2
00:45:33Tell Curly to take her out to the old tobacco wharf.
maggot 2
00:28:49They feed on the puss of all this corruption like maggots in a corpse.
look out 2
00:46:14I've always looked out for you like a dad.
proofing 2
00:19:11Detectives have been asking questions in the proofing shops.
shut up 2
00:08:07All right, shut up now. Shut up.
take out 2
00:45:05We can take them out to the turning point beyond Gas Street
cry 1
00:26:11In Ireland my singing made them cry and stopped them fighting.
carry 1
00:33:46that could carry... even a trace of cunning or guile.
likes 1
00:23:22Hmm. And Tommy says he's after the likes of you.
field 1
00:08:36The blood shed on Flanders fields,
difference 1
00:12:09The only difference between you and me, Freddie,
push 1
00:05:02OK, girls and boys, you want to push that now, mate.
singing 1
00:26:11In Ireland my singing made them cry and stopped them fighting.
tree 1
00:38:12♪ As merry as a robin that sings on the tree. ♪
truck 1
00:37:08Well, why not? Hmm? We've no truck with Fenians or communists.
experience 1
00:25:02I have experience and references.
knock 1
00:54:52to try and knock some sense into you.
river 1
00:44:20Bodies thrown in the rivers, wash up in the papers here.
bob 1
00:05:33That'll be six pennies, Nipper. That's ten bob you'll see for that.
everywhere 1
00:22:51They have friends everywhere. We'd have to walk to London.
choose 1
00:44:14We chose you because you are effective.
decide 1
00:35:34If they decide that they want you, then there's nothing anybody could do about it.
mate 1
00:05:02OK, girls and boys, you want to push that now, mate.
race 1
00:01:58They're doing a magic spell to make her win a race.
action 1
00:08:13we're here today to take a vote on strike action. MEN: Yes!
otherwise 1
00:44:27otherwise we will simply be advertising them for sale.
smoke 1
00:13:42Try and get all that smoke and mud out of your head, eh.
smile 1
00:17:05He's right. If they come for us, we'll cut them a smile each.
begin 1
00:43:37And I have begun to interrogate suspects vigorously.
enemy 1
00:29:09Those then... are our enemies!
closed 1
00:42:12Hey, what you do? We're closed. Go home.
witness 1
00:49:57They are here to witness.
cross 1
00:16:53They say Catholic men who crossed him used to disappear in the night.
prince 1
00:11:02The crown of a prince.
hole 1
00:44:32If there are bodies to be buried, dig holes and dig them deep.
lock 1
00:45:37There's a lock up mooring we used to keep cigarettes.
above 1
00:44:08To me there are no distinction between any of the above.
engine 1
00:19:42I asked my men to steal me four bikes with petrol engines.
however 1
00:47:58However, my opinion has not changed.
burn 1
00:23:25So maybe you should burn your books and stop making speeches.
empty 1
00:39:13God! The second your balls are empty it's back onto politics.
neck 1
00:36:05You will be when I wrap this cloth round your neck.
suspect 1
00:43:37And I have begun to interrogate suspects vigorously.
simply 1
00:44:27otherwise we will simply be advertising them for sale.
rain 1
00:20:43We put 'em in the stables, out of the rain.
lay 1
00:05:52People need a reason to lay a bet.
hall 1
00:35:55I bloody am! You went to one first-aid class in the church hall
knife 1
00:32:01Did he have a gun? No gun. A knife in his sock, cosh in his belt.
princess 1
00:23:33The only princess of the royal family of the Kingdom of Small Heath.
blind 1
00:28:07who blind those that see and cut out the tongues of those who talk.
health 1
00:10:54Good health to you.
ought 1
00:51:06I suppose I ought to pray now.
account 1
00:44:41I want everything accounted for down to the last bullet.
breathe 1
00:12:49Breathe, Danny, breathe!
nearly 1
00:15:05He nearly blew Ada's tits off.
pack 1
00:31:12Lead pack dog of the Peaky Blinders.
criminal 1
00:44:04If it is common criminals, I will find them and find the guns.
feed 1
00:28:49They feed on the puss of all this corruption like maggots in a corpse.
nurse 1
00:35:51I'm a trained nurse. Don't make me laugh, it hurts me face.
fill 1
00:24:41Job's been filled. It was in yesterday's paper.
turning 1
00:45:05We can take them out to the turning point beyond Gas Street
comfortable 1
00:08:52Or do they sit at home, comfortable, with a full belly
opinion 1
00:47:58However, my opinion has not changed.
soldier 1
00:51:49You were a good man and a good soldier.
usual 1
00:23:18Usual. There's a new copper coming. I heard.
ticket 1
00:22:34I got tickets for the Penny Crush. They're showing a Tom Mix picture.
command 1
00:43:30I have set up a command network.
weak 1
00:48:03and the Communists are too weak to have planned this.
settle 1
00:43:27So, how are you settling in?
introduce 1
00:32:14I want you to see this as me introducing myself to you.
pig 1
00:14:56Get up off your arse, you mumping pig!
speech 1
00:23:25So maybe you should burn your books and stop making speeches.
snow 1
00:26:00♪ Have all passed on now like the melting snow. ♪
football 1
00:34:37To pray? That'll be the day. St Andrews is a football ground.
hill 1
00:51:42Bury me on a hill and tell Rosie where.
permission 1
00:06:20Do you have permission from Billy Kimber to be fixing races, hm?
mood 1
00:22:38I'm not in the mood for the pictures tonight, Ada.
pocket 1
00:15:07It must've fell out of my pocket.
bike 1
00:19:42I asked my men to steal me four bikes with petrol engines.
tongue 1
00:28:07who blind those that see and cut out the tongues of those who talk.
tour 1
00:43:17Bit of a whistle stop tour.
thief 1
00:27:40Beggars and thieves left to run in the streets.
royal 1
00:23:33The only princess of the royal family of the Kingdom of Small Heath.
fortune 1
00:01:23The girl who tells fortunes?
eventually 1
00:28:58And like maggots, if left to swell they will eventually swarm like flies
request 1
00:50:16You have any last requests, comrade?
shock 1
00:54:38I'm still in shock.
bang 1
00:13:04You're not a whizz bang. You're a human being, Danny.
wound 1
00:27:44And astride the whole stinking pile of wounds and rotten flesh...
rat 1
italian 1
00:49:20Danny, as you know, the man you killed was Italian.
council 1
00:06:59I'm calling a family council tonight at eight o'clock.
spell 1
00:01:58They're doing a magic spell to make her win a race.
whore 1
00:35:10Are you a whore?

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