Saving Private Ryan (1998) vocabulary: the 783 English words to know

1227 different words in this film. Knowing the 1,000 most common English words covers about 69% of this film; the 3,000 most common, about 83%.

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Words worth learning
WordUses
bridge 14
01:21:58Babysitting a bridge. That's all I know, sir.
tank 13
00:12:24I gotta clear these obstacles for the tanks.
mission 12
00:33:43And frankly, sir, we go sending some sort of rescue mission,
weapon 9
00:05:44Keep the sand out of your weapons.
beach 9
00:05:37I want to see plenty of beach between men.
ammo 9
00:05:40Five men is an opportunity. One is a waste of ammo.
flank 9
00:25:08I'm waiting to tie in my flanks. Over.
pressure 8
01:26:27We keep pressure on till he has to change his barrels.
german 8
00:33:24That's still deep behind German lines.
grenade 8
00:16:51Grenades, grenades!
hole 7
00:05:34Move fast and clear those mortar holes.
leg 7
01:15:18Smell that leg right there. ls it south of cheese?
morphine 7
00:18:35Inspected. Morphine.
gripe 7
00:44:23Reiben, pay attention. This is the way to gripe!
end up 7
00:37:47We ended up with 23 prisoners.
field 6
00:11:54Here to set up field operations!
action 6
00:05:46Keep those actions clear.
bullshit 6
00:50:58careful you don't step in the bullshit.
soldier 6
00:29:00''He was a fine soldier...''
loss 6
00:28:57''We have felt his loss tremendously.''
runner 6
00:36:42Yes, sir. Runner!
medic 6
00:12:20Medic!
displace 6
01:49:41If the Germans take 'em, we'll have to displace.
get down 6
00:48:41Get down.
grab 5
00:11:58Grab yourselves some weapons. Follow me.
asleep 5
01:08:52Falls asleep like that. Look at him.
goddamn 5
00:20:22Goddamn firing squad.
command 5
00:14:01Who's in command here?
pool 5
00:39:26Assemble at battalion motor pool.
squad 5
00:20:22Goddamn firing squad.
shut up 5
01:18:23Why don't you just shut up, Reiben, all right?
duty 4
00:29:18''whose dangerous duty is to place itself beyond...''
arm 4
01:16:20I nearly broke both my arms keeping her level.
track 4
01:44:48Half-track! Cover!
memory 4
00:35:21''and leave only the cherished memory of the loved lost...
bomb 4
01:55:19We could try a sticky bomb.
extra 4
01:26:58and extra grenades for the base runners.
unit 4
00:29:15''Your husband served in a unit
square 4
00:49:05A lotta windows and a square on the left.
tower 4
00:57:15Mellish, check the tower.
earn 4
01:53:22if we do that...we all earn the right to go home.
thee 4
00:21:43My God, I am sorry for offending Thee.
detail 4
00:50:51Pay attention to detail.
fella 4
00:44:36Pack your bags, fellas. War's over. Amen.
gear 4
00:39:54You're reassigned to me. Grab your gear.
shore 4
00:13:51Shore party.
sarge 4
00:23:09- Let's go, sarge. Go! - Reiben.
ranger 4
01:00:04John Miller, 2nd Rangers.
armour 4
00:13:54No armour has made it ashore.
mortar 4
00:05:34Move fast and clear those mortar holes.
sulphur 4
01:13:58Who's got sulphur powder?
fubar 4
00:43:49Even if you think the mission's fubar, sir?
get out 4
00:12:16Get me out!
pick up 4
00:37:22the wooden bastards that the mine detectors don't pick up.
put down 4
00:54:35Carpy, put your head down.
take out 4
00:37:01We took out towed 88s
carry 3
00:41:05For one thing... you don't need to carry those.
upset 3
00:21:29Captain, if your mother saw that, she'd be very upset.
contact 3
00:33:17Any contact with the fourth son, James?
south 3
00:40:03These two axes advance south...
yep 3
01:15:55Yep, Brigadier General Amend,
foot 3
01:03:41- The guy with the broken foot? - Charlie, I think.
enemy 3
00:54:53Let not my enemies triumph over me.
west 3
00:16:12No, Vierville is west of us. This is Dog One.
low 3
00:12:18I'm hit low. God!
heavy 3
01:03:57C-47 took heavy fire.
shooting 3
00:48:45Why keep shooting him?
corner 3
00:49:29High and low at the corners.
faster 3
01:06:43He could walk faster on his hands.
strength 3
00:21:59All my strength...
doc 3
00:15:17Yo, doc!
target 3
00:42:33And saluting the captain makes him a target for Germans.
awake 3
01:09:10the trick to falling asleep is trying to stay awake.
bleeding 3
00:15:30I got it! We stopped the bleeding!
load 3
00:36:28If we don't off-load those Shermans by 0600,
decent 3
00:52:30We're not here to do the decent thing!
prisoner 3
00:37:47We ended up with 23 prisoners.
gather 3
00:16:21Gather weapons and ammo!
surrender 3
01:37:20He surrendered.
mile 3
00:33:19No, sir. He was dropped about 15 miles inland near Neuville.
buck 3
00:50:06300 bucks, I heard.
exit 3
00:16:08Dog One exit...
relief 3
00:46:50Our relief showed up.
rifle 3
00:42:45- Watch your rifle. - Sorry.
combat 3
00:40:14No, I've never been in combat. I make maps, translate...
sixth 3
01:40:04- Sir, we have a situation. - I have a sixth sense, I know.
ankle 3
00:36:34with its pants around its ankles.
fold 3
00:38:56We take our pick, the rest get folded into Baker.
cease 3
00:24:56Cease fire! Cease fire!
objective 3
00:45:11with an extremely valuable objective, sir,
sticky 3
01:55:19We could try a sticky bomb.
fuse 3
01:55:51rig up a simple fuse,
brotherhood 3
00:42:47It's supposed to be about the bonds of brotherhood
assemble 3
00:39:26Assemble at battalion motor pool.
scatter 3
00:16:02We got scattered pretty bad, sir.
calibre 3
01:53:38Two .30-calibre machine guns,
get up 3
00:56:24Get that 30 up the street!
misdrop 3
00:33:34There's misdrops all over Normandy.
cry 2
00:53:18Please don't cry. I'll take you back to your parents.
teacher 2
02:03:22ls it true you were a teacher back home?
teach 2
01:40:46I teach English composition
village 2
00:37:32from here to the edge of the village.
push 2
01:22:32We can't push on Paris without a deep water port,
bear 2
00:34:24So bear with me.
wind 2
00:36:53They misdropped, scattered everything into the wind.
rid 2
00:11:56Get rid of that crap!
river 2
01:22:21is on the Merderet river, just south-west of us.
everywhere 2
01:44:30With gloom everywhere
risk 2
00:43:08Why risk the lives of the eight of us to save one guy?
smoke 2
01:58:50''l don't smoke.''
spot 2
01:58:33So be Johnny-on-the-spot with ammo or we're dead.
bell 2
01:54:37If we can, I'd like to get you up in that bell tower.
cross 2
01:52:15Sergeant, we have crossed some strange boundary here.
level 2
01:16:20I nearly broke both my arms keeping her level.
medical 2
00:11:51104th Medical Battalion, sir!
deserve 2
01:50:47It doesn't make sense, sir. Why do I deserve to go?
lay 2
00:35:28''to have laid so costly a sacrifice
asshole 2
01:00:47Told you he was an asshole.
opportunity 2
00:05:40Five men is an opportunity. One is a waste of ammo.
rule 2
01:38:20Shooting prisoners is OK? It's against the goddamn rules!
file 2
00:34:30''l have been shown in the files of the War Department
copy 2
00:55:06Copy it.
freedom 2
00:35:30''upon the altar of freedom.
operation 2
00:11:54Here to set up field operations!
size 2
01:29:51It's about the size of an acorn.
nearly 2
00:16:41Bottom of the channel, sir. Nearly drowned me.
sight 2
00:44:34with a clear line of sight, sir...
view 2
00:27:06That's quite a view.
fill 2
00:57:05Fill 'em up.
pretend 2
01:09:58and I'd pretend to be asleep.
shirt 2
02:05:01And...and Dan's got her shirt off.
pray 2
00:35:16''l pray that Our Heavenly Father
base 2
01:26:43Reiben, base of fire.
draw 2
00:19:47We gotta open up this draw! Get this draw open.
split 2
00:33:10All four were in the 29th Division, but we split them up
bright 2
00:41:01Look on the bright side, Corporal.
remind 2
00:52:22She reminds me of my niece, sir.
gate 2
00:49:50Past the end are the gates to the square.
cheese 2
00:39:33You're going home with a hunk of cheese in your ass, Caparzo.
genius 2
01:16:01Some fucking genius had the idea
suffer 2
02:37:38your family has suffered in this great campaign
wound 2
00:38:03times two wounded.
pride 2
00:35:25''and the solemn pride that must be yours
hook 2
00:49:19Try a left hook. Two of yours, two of mine.
drag 2
00:16:26Come on, drag 'em in off the sand!
fourth 2
00:31:07That's not all. There's a fourth brother.
pilot 2
01:03:59Pilot tried to get out, turning every which way.
sacrifice 2
00:35:28''to have laid so costly a sacrifice
zone 2
01:03:49Where was your drop zone?
troops 2
00:29:13''where 4,000 troops had passed.''

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