Sherlock S01E01 vocabulary: the 659 English words to know

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WordUses
taxi 14
00:03:46Taxi, taxi!
suicide 13
00:05:04Preliminary investigations suggest that this was suicide.
clever 12
00:35:48I mean, very clever and all that,
text 12
00:05:52If you've all got texts, please ignore them. It just says "Wrong".
suitcase 12
00:27:17Travelled from Cardiff today intending to stay in London one night from the size of her suitcase.
cab 11
00:02:44Get a cab! I never get cabs!
murderer 10
00:43:17The murderer took her suitcase, first big mistake.
serial 10
00:05:32None of them had shown any prior indication. But you can't have serial suicides.
enemy 9
00:36:56An enemy. An enemy?
bottle 9
01:11:22OK, two bottles. Explain.
pill 9
00:29:22But they take the poison themselves, swallow the pills.
cabbie 8
01:03:13You're the cabbie.
victim 7
00:27:10Victim is in her late 30s. Professional person, going by her clothes -
obviously 6
00:14:08So this is all... Well, obviously I can erm...straighten things up a bit.
choose 6
00:40:23Time to choose a side, Dr Watson.
drug 6
00:27:01It could have been a seizure. Possibly drugs.
clearly 6
00:06:03As I say, these suicides are clearly linked.
brilliant 6
00:15:59Brilliant! Yes!
pink 6
00:00:05Sherlock.1x01.A-Study-In-Pink.HDTV-XviD-FoV English SRT Subtitles - UF (v1.00)
address 5
00:11:41The name's Sherlock Holmes and the address is 221B Baker Street.
risk 5
00:43:22It's no use, there's no other way. We'll have to risk it.
upstairs 5
00:09:12Black, two sugars, please. I'll be upstairs.
leg 5
00:15:03And I can read your military career in your face and your leg,
military 5
00:10:47military service in Afghanistan. Wasn't a difficult leap.
fan 5
01:06:43Got yourself a fan.
obvious 5
00:18:59..said trained at Barts - so Army doctor, obvious.
proper 5
01:01:09It's the first proper lead that we've had. Sherlock...
shock 5
00:03:30and a shock to all who knew him.
ignore 5
00:05:52If you've all got texts, please ignore them. It just says "Wrong".
link 5
00:05:15In the light of this, these incidents are now being treated as linked.
e-mail 5
00:19:29'It's expensive, e-mail enabled, MP3 player.'
website 5
00:14:50Anything interesting? Found your website. The Science of Deduction.
arch 5
00:36:59If you were to ask him, he'd probably say his arch-enemy.
shut up 5
00:24:16Shut up.
upset 4
00:58:40Yeah, but that was ages ago. Why would she still be upset?
wind 4
00:28:09Under her coat collar is damp too. She's turned it up against the wind.
notice 4
01:01:25What, and I didn't notice it? Me - I didn't notice?
german 4
00:25:38She's German.
possibly 4
00:11:25approve of him, possibly because he's an alcoholic, more likely because he recently walked out on his wife.
flat 4
00:11:06We've only just met and we're going to go and look at a flat?
coat 4
00:09:39Sorry, it's in my coat.
lover 4
00:27:25She's had a string of lovers but none of them knew she was married.
genius 4
00:48:29That's the frailty of genius, John, it needs an audience. Yeah.
poison 4
00:05:26Well, they all took the same poison.
mobile 4
00:06:51MOBILE PHONES BUZZ
bust 4
00:56:35It's a drugs bust. Seriously? This guy - a junkie?
skull 4
00:14:14That's a skull. Friend of mine.
therapist 4
00:11:30And I know that your therapist thinks your limp's psychosomatic, quite correctly, I'm afraid.
lipstick 4
00:09:01You're wearing lipstick. You weren't wearing lipstick before.
flatmate 4
00:08:13Who'd want me for a flatmate?
bloody 3
00:16:31It's just sometimes this bloody thing...
boyfriend 3
00:50:30Girlfriends, boyfriends. Yes, well, as I was saying - dull.
sake 3
00:27:28Oh, for God's sake, if you're just making this up...
rid 3
00:20:11No, he wanted rid of it. He left HER.
drinking 3
00:15:06and your brother's drinking habits on your mobile phone.
spot 3
00:13:03Well, this is a prime spot. Must be expensive.
surprised 3
00:18:46When I met you for the first time yesterday, I said Afghanistan or Iraq. You looked surprised.
waste 3
01:05:26We're wasting our time!
rain 3
00:28:05it's slightly damp, she's been in heavy rain the last few hours -
note 3
00:15:34You know how they never leave notes? Yeah. This one did.
travel 3
00:27:17Travelled from Cardiff today intending to stay in London one night from the size of her suitcase.
breathing 3
00:42:30It's good news for breathing. Oh... Breathing! Breathing's boring.
perfectly 3
00:26:32Perfectly sound analysis, but I WAS hoping you'd go deeper.
concerned 3
01:24:46As ever, I'm concerned about you.
pretend 3
00:22:29Oh, don't pretend you worked that out. Somebody told you that.
soldier 3
00:01:46John, you're a soldier
british 3
01:25:38I occupy a minor position in the British government.
desk 3
00:43:27On my desk there's a number. I want you to send a text.
recently 3
00:11:25approve of him, possibly because he's an alcoholic, more likely because he recently walked out on his wife.
basically 3
00:47:33So I'm basically filling in for your skull?
likely 3
00:11:25approve of him, possibly because he's an alcoholic, more likely because he recently walked out on his wife.
connection 3
00:20:29Power connection - tiny little scuff marks round it.
assume 3
00:22:51And I assume she scrubbed your floors, going by the state of her knees.
wound 3
00:19:17wounded in action then. Wounded in action, suntan - Afghanistan or Iraq.
traffic 3
00:52:16Right turn, one way, roadworks, traffic lights, bus lane,
warn 3
00:38:57I imagine people have already warned you to stay away from him,
bored 3
00:32:13Psychopaths get bored.
mummy 3
01:25:03People will suffer. And you know how it always upset Mummy.
intend 3
00:25:49Intended to stay in London for one night
photograph 3
01:14:40But there's a photograph of children. Their mother's been cut out.
string 3
00:27:25She's had a string of lovers but none of them knew she was married.
colleague 3
00:21:52I don't... Who's this? Colleague of mine, Dr Watson.
patch 3
00:42:20Nicotine patch.
blanket 3
01:21:44Why have I got this blanket? They keep putting this blanket on me.
stare 3
00:51:43Don't stare.
dull 3
00:50:15Doesn't it? Sounds a bit dull.
chuckle 3
00:36:14HE CHUCKLES Yes...
tan 3
00:19:03'Your face is tanned...
gasp 3
01:20:41CABBIE GASPS
umbrella 3
00:03:54I'm just going home to get my umbrella. You can share mine.
consult 3
00:18:40they consult me. The police don't consult amateurs.
childish 3
00:57:13This is childish. Well, I'm dealing with a child.
sponsor 3
01:16:29I have a sponsor.
housekeeper 3
00:16:08I'm your landlady, dear, not your housekeeper.
bluff 3
01:13:38Is it a bluff,
psychopath 3
00:32:10Why would he do that? Because he's a psychopath.
limp 3
00:19:24You've got a psychosomatic limp, of course you've got a therapist.
accord 3
00:23:35Her name's Jennifer Wilson according to her credit cards,
psychosomatic 3
00:11:30And I know that your therapist thinks your limp's psychosomatic, quite correctly, I'm afraid.
get off 3
00:31:56He likes it. He gets off on it.
impossible 2
00:17:23Impossible suicides? Four of them?
continue 2
00:37:18Do you plan to continue your association with Sherlock Holmes?
mmm 2
00:36:33Mmm, and since yesterday you've moved in with him and now you're solving crimes together.
search 2
00:56:41You could search this flat all day, you wouldn't find anything you could call recreational.
knock 2
00:09:22KNOCK ON DOOR
bother 2
00:10:27I play the violin when I'm thinking and sometimes I don't talk for days on end. Would that bother you?
type 2
00:16:19My husband was just the same. But you're more the sitting-down type, I can tell.
action 2
00:19:17wounded in action then. Wounded in action, suntan - Afghanistan or Iraq.
mention 2
00:38:18No. But I haven't mentioned a figure.
ringing 2
00:32:49PHONE STOPS RINGING
fresh 2
00:08:26How fresh?
crowd 2
00:48:54Who hunts in the middle of a crowd?
treat 2
00:05:15In the light of this, these incidents are now being treated as linked.
interest 2
00:14:50Anything interesting? Found your website. The Science of Deduction.
heavy 2
00:28:05it's slightly damp, she's been in heavy rain the last few hours -
ridiculous 2
00:55:18That was ridiculous.
somehow 2
00:58:35well, maybe he...I don't know, talks to them. Maybe he used the death of her daughter somehow.
breath 2
00:55:06Got your breath back? Ready when you are.
size 2
00:27:17Travelled from Cardiff today intending to stay in London one night from the size of her suitcase.
loud 2
00:28:31Fantastic. Do you know you do that out loud?
investigation 2
00:05:04Preliminary investigations suggest that this was suicide.
belong 2
01:01:34belonged to the victim... 'Who do we trust, even if we don't know them?
dry 2
00:28:13She's got an umbrella in her pocket but it's dry and unused.
prefer 2
00:09:36And what's wrong with the landline? I prefer to text.
afford 2
00:07:54I can't afford London on an Army pension.
issue 2
00:01:37You just wrote "still has trust issues".
tiny 2
00:20:29Power connection - tiny little scuff marks round it.
finger 2
00:27:40The only polishing it gets is when she works it off her finger.
shake 2
00:20:32Every night he plugs it in but his hands are shaking.
expensive 2
00:13:03Well, this is a prime spot. Must be expensive.
rent 2
00:26:26Helping me make a point. I'm supposed to be helping you pay the rent. This is more fun.
assistant 2
00:15:43Well, he won't be your assistant. I NEED an assistant.
pocket 2
00:19:36it's been in the same pocket as keys and coins.
boring 2
00:28:00Dear God, what is it like in your funny little brains, it must be so boring. Her coat -
bedroom 2
00:14:21There's another bedroom upstairs, if you'll be needing two bedrooms.
romantic 2
00:19:57Now, who's Clara? Three kisses says it's a romantic attachment.
avoid 2
00:36:00When one is avoiding the attention of Sherlock Holmes, one learns to be discreet, hence this place.
map 2
01:01:03We'll just have a map reference, not a name. It's a start!
wherever 2
00:48:50Who passes unnoticed wherever they go?
hunt 2
00:48:54Who hunts in the middle of a crowd?
crack 2
01:22:13A kill shot over that distance, that's a crack shot. But not just a marksman, a fighter.
freak 2
00:21:37Hello, freak! I'm here to see Detective Inspector Lestrade.
concern 2
00:38:03But I would prefer for various reasons that my concern go unmentioned,
result 2
01:04:19No-one else will die, though, and I believe they call that a result.
riding 2
00:08:37We'll start with the riding crop.
decent 2
00:17:28Look at you, all happy. It's not decent. Who cares about decent?
desperate 2
00:48:22I love the brilliant ones. They're all so desperate to get caught.
borrow 2
00:09:34Mike, can I borrow your phone? There's no signal on mine.
fourth 2
00:15:22There's been a fourth. And there's something different this time. A fourth?
route 2
00:54:19Going by your final destination and the cabbie's route.

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