Sherlock S01E02 vocabulary: the 661 English words to know

1097 different words in this film. Knowing the 1,000 most common English words covers about 68% of this film; the 3,000 most common, about 82%.

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Words worth learning
WordUses
code 12
00:15:22Some sort of code? Obviously.
cipher 12
00:25:21leaves a threatening cipher at the bank.
flat 10
00:13:30Hi, um, I live in the flat just below you. I don't think we've met.
steal 8
00:08:55What did they steal? Nothing.
gunshot 8
00:49:35GUNSHOT
lock 7
00:09:35Every door that opens in this bank, it gets locked right here.
bullet 6
00:17:07And the bullet? Went through the open window.
ancient 6
00:26:06It's an ancient device.
paint 6
00:09:29splashed paint around and left within a minute.
museum 6
00:00:51PA SYSTEM: This museum will be closing in 10 minutes.
circus 6
01:00:42SARAH: It's years since anyone took me to the circus.
pin 6
00:04:58Because I had a row in the shop with a chip and PIN machine.
smuggler 6
00:33:33He was a smuggler. Mm.
travel 5
00:32:59Two men travel back from China,
suicide 5
00:14:56Suicide is pretty common among City boys.
page 5
00:56:19To specific pages and specific words on those pages.
crack 5
00:01:11The clay is cracking.
taxi 5
00:12:54Taxi!
treasure 5
00:55:00China's home to a thousand treasures hidden after Mao's revolution.
pot 5
00:00:22The pot is seasoned by repeatedly pouring tea over the surface.
threaten 5
00:15:42Yes. He was being threatened.
journalist 5
00:22:14Journalist shot dead in his flat.
graffiti 5
00:12:20That graffiti was a message.
decipher 5
00:27:09Deciphering this is the key to finding out who killed them.
obviously 4
00:01:35Not tea, obviously. Um, in a pub, with me, tonight.
apartment 4
00:24:12He scaled six floors of a Docklands apartment building,
knock 4
00:35:12Somebody else broke into the flat and knocked over the vase, just like I did.
foot 4
00:35:56Size eight feet.
applause 4
01:03:53APPLAUSE
advice 4
00:26:11Where are we headed? I need to ask some advice.
gang 4
00:52:31were working for a gang of international smugglers.
deliver 4
00:30:34Because he was delivering something heavy.
value 4
00:01:20to see its value.
clay 4
00:00:28The deposit left on the clay creates this beautiful patina over time.
method 4
00:04:25Please use an alternative method of payment. Card not authorised.
sigh 4
00:01:08SIGHS These pots need attention.
thud 4
00:02:00THUD!
balcony 4
00:13:43Yeah. And can we use your balcony?
shop 3
00:04:58Because I had a row in the shop with a chip and PIN machine.
thousand 3
00:42:28Thousands of people pass by there every day.
price 3
00:30:01The only things Eddie appreciated had a big price tag.
notice 3
00:16:30Left-handed? I'm amazed you didn't notice. All you have to do is look around this flat.
suit 3
00:17:58Would maybe nine o'clock at Scotland Yard suit?
apparently 3
00:18:36Apparently they're telling him
market 3
00:33:26About Van Coon, about how he stayed afloat in the market.
base 3
00:45:31Huh? Ancient crime syndicate, based in China.
manage 3
00:05:41Don't worry about me, I can manage.
secretary 3
00:08:34I was just chatting with your secretary outside.
appointment 3
00:17:41Can you make an appointment with my secretary?
holiday 3
00:21:01Well, we've got two away on holiday this week
expert 3
00:19:50Will you appraise them? Soo Lin should go - she's the expert.
subtitles 3
00:00:05Sherlock.1x02.The_Blind_Banker.HDTV_XviD-FoV English SRT Subtitles - UF (v1.00)
explanation 3
00:16:15It does seem the only explanation of all the facts.
massive 3
00:37:00because no-one else can compete with my massive intellect(!)
package 3
00:30:36You wouldn't lug a package up the escalator.
shout 3
00:05:04Sort of. It sat there and I shouted abuse. Have you got cash?
soap 3
01:23:19Even the killer didn't know that. Because of the soap.
symbol 3
00:15:18Those symbols at the bank, the graffiti, why were they put there?
entry 3
01:00:0015, entry 1.
diary 3
00:28:50Get hold of his diary, or something that will tell us his movements.
click 3
00:02:17LOCK CLICKS
recognise 3
00:26:53Know the author? I recognise the paint.
dull 3
00:06:21Need to get a job. Oh, dull.
mill 3
01:11:17Nine mill.
auction 3
00:19:46Two Ming vases up for auction - Chenghua.
resign 3
00:19:54Soo Lin has resigned her job. I need you.
bolt 3
00:22:16Doors locked, windows bolted from the inside.
translate 3
01:11:01Well, two words have already been translated. Here.
grunt 3
00:04:32GRUNTS
vase 3
00:19:46Two Ming vases up for auction - Chenghua.
operative 3
01:22:42An instruction to all their London operatives.
metallic 3
00:05:24METALLIC CLANK
trader 3
00:12:44Does it? Traders come to work at all hours.
wail 3
00:03:48SIREN WAILS
mundane 3
00:21:07It might be a bit mundane for you.
teapot 3
00:00:13WOMAN: The great artisans say the more the teapot is used
hairpin 3
01:18:28Where's the hairpin? What?
antiquity 3
00:54:52Exactly. An expert in antiquities.
appreciate 2
00:30:01The only things Eddie appreciated had a big price tag.
cat 2
00:31:55You want...lucky cat?
glass 2
00:00:59Some things aren't supposed to sit behind glass,
computer 2
00:03:56COMPUTER-GENERATED MESSAGE: Unexpected item in bagging area,
usually 2
00:18:26MOBILE RINGS Not usually. Excuse me.
escape 2
01:04:17The warrior has to escape his bonds before it fires.
twice 2
00:07:57Flying all the way around the world twice in a month.
ringing 2
00:07:43PHONE RINGING
memory 2
00:41:33I need you to maximise your visual memory.
hall 2
00:08:14We'd come down to breakfast in the formal hall
size 2
00:35:56Size eight feet.
trick 2
00:08:03We were at uni together, and this guy here had a trick he used to do.
soldier 2
00:21:16It says here you were a soldier. And a doctor.
ticket 2
01:01:05Hi, I have two tickets reserved for tonight.
prefer 2
00:15:54and I would prefer it if you didn't tamper with any of the evidence.
cream 2
00:30:04Like that hand cream. He bought that for you, didn't he?
desk 2
01:11:40she started to translate the code. It must be on her desk.
gentleman 2
01:06:14Ladies and gentlemen.
bright 2
00:01:25This one shines a little brighter.
painting 2
00:26:18You need advice? On painting.
pair 2
00:42:16Always in pairs, John, look.
pocket 2
00:41:51At least I would, if I could get to my pockets. I took a photograph.
obvious 2
00:12:29Obvious.
event 2
00:33:57and kill them after the event, after they'd finished the job?
avoid 2
00:15:31What kind of a message would everyone try to avoid?
depends 2
00:56:29OK, so what's the message? Depends on the book.
chase 2
01:02:04You're going to chase some killer while I'm trying to...
arrive 2
00:55:12John, "arrived from China four days ago".
surface 2
00:00:22The pot is seasoned by repeatedly pouring tea over the surface.
row 2
00:04:58Because I had a row in the shop with a chip and PIN machine.
collect 2
00:56:03Sorry, are we collecting for charity, Sherlock?
international 2
00:52:31were working for a gang of international smugglers.
hire 2
00:18:46I hired you to do a job. Don't get sidetracked.
pen 2
00:16:37Power sockets, habitually used the ones on the left. Pen and paper
climb 2
00:15:00The door was locked from the inside, you had to climb down the balcony.
library 2
00:25:27The killer finds Lukis at the library, he writes the cipher
background 2
00:15:45MAN'S VOICE IN BACKGROUND
intend 2
00:12:25We find the intended recipient and...
bowl 2
01:04:58Gradually, the weight lowers into the bowl.
shine 2
00:01:25This one shines a little brighter.
specific 2
00:56:19To specific pages and specific words on those pages.
print 2
00:15:48DIMMOCK: ...see if we can get prints off this glass.
valuable 2
00:54:55Of course, I see. Valuable antiquities, John.
distant 2
01:06:16From the distant moonlit shores of the Yangtze River,
pattern 2
00:41:42Can you remember the pattern?
concentrate 2
00:41:26Sherlock, what are you doing...? Ssh! John, concentrate.
pour 2
00:00:22The pot is seasoned by repeatedly pouring tea over the surface.
lend 2
00:06:31..if you'd be able to lend me some...
chairman 2
00:08:47Sir William's office - the bank's former chairman.
tattoo 2
00:54:12So either these two men just happened to visit the same Chinese tattoo parlour,
colleague 2
00:07:35This is my friend, John Watson. Friend? Colleague.
shore 2
01:06:16From the distant moonlit shores of the Yangtze River,
buzz 2
00:13:42Do you want me to buzz you in?
pork 2
00:52:48What are you thinking? Pork or pasta? Oh, it's you.
payment 2
00:04:25Please use an alternative method of payment. Card not authorised.
pound 2
00:25:53From the million-pound security system at the bank to the PIN machine
handed 2
00:16:26And? Van Coon was left-handed.
item 2
00:03:56COMPUTER-GENERATED MESSAGE: Unexpected item in bagging area,
abroad 2
00:07:51So you're doing well. You've been abroad a lot.
suitcase 2
00:33:11It's what they both brought back in those suitcases.
spider 2
00:24:10You're not serious?! Like Spider-Man?
tag 2
00:30:01The only things Eddie appreciated had a big price tag.
electronic 2
00:09:00ELECTRONIC BEEP
communicate 2
00:15:24Why were they painted? Want to communicate, why not use e-mail?
visual 2
00:41:33I need you to maximise your visual memory.
alternative 2
00:04:25Please use an alternative method of payment. Card not authorised.
gallery 2
00:27:25What the hell do you think you're doing? This gallery is a listed public building.
compete 2
00:37:00because no-one else can compete with my massive intellect(!)
label 2
00:13:21Floor above, new label. Could have just replaced it.
companion 2
01:16:40Three times we tried to kill you and your companion, Mr Holmes.
den 2
01:14:31"Dragon den, black...
greedy 2
00:55:57So what if one of them got greedy when they were in China?

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