Shutter Island (2010) vocabulary: the 796 English words to know

1289 different words in this film. Knowing the 1,000 most common English words covers about 70% of this film; the 3,000 most common, about 84%.

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Words worth learning
WordUses
patient 45
00:06:36The most dangerous patients are housed there.
marshal 32
00:02:22How long have you been with Marshals?
ward 18
00:06:25The red brick bulding on my right is ward A, the male ward.
island 15
00:03:47The other side of the island is rock bluffs
partner 13
00:02:02- So you're my new partner? - That's right.
ferry 10
00:18:24He left on the ferry this morning. His vacation was already planned.
goddamn 9
00:03:05Where are my goddamn cigarettes?
gentleman 9
00:04:34I'm Deputy Warden McPherson, gentlemen.
lighthouse 9
00:15:50- What's that tower? - It's an old lighthouse.
nurse 8
00:14:26The nurses, the guards, the orderlies.
drown 8
00:10:08Or even drown.
guard 7
00:14:26The nurses, the guards, the orderlies.
bullshit 7
00:24:41Bullshit, out of the question! Bullshit!
file 7
00:14:23Doctor, we're gonna need access to personnel files of all the medical staff.
create 7
00:08:14He's created something really unique here. A hospital for people our society normally...
violence 7
00:21:33Men of violence.
violent 7
00:10:21all violent offenders, right?
institution 7
00:03:21They give you a briefing about the institution before you left?
escape 6
00:07:54So when did she escape? This prisoner?
mental 6
00:03:23All I know is it's a mental hospital.
experiment 6
00:43:26By conducting experiments on the mind.
facility 6
00:08:05It's the only facility of it's kind in the U.S. Even in the world.
warden 6
00:04:34I'm Deputy Warden McPherson, gentlemen.
bomb 5
00:34:22bombs that can reduce whole cities to ash
drug 5
00:30:00A new drug has just been approved. Authority.
therapy 5
00:12:37Brought her right back here after group therapy, locked her in
pill 5
00:30:26Give them a pill, put them in a corner, and it all goes away.
mainland 5
00:18:58The storm's hitting the mainland like a hammer.
orderly 5
00:14:06After lights out, the orderlies play cards in here.
sake 4
00:36:38What the hell, boss, I'm your partner for the Christ sake!
glass 4
00:21:10What's that? Iced tea in your glass there?
search 4
00:12:11- So have you searched the grounds yet? - The warden and his men scoured the island,
notice 4
00:12:57Seems like something you'd notice from time to time.
common 4
00:14:48I'll assemble them in the common room after dinner.
exist 4
00:38:13He vanished like he never existed. No record whatsoever.
staff 4
00:14:23Doctor, we're gonna need access to personnel files of all the medical staff.
insane 4
00:03:27For the criminally insane.
lake 4
00:10:56She drowned them in the lake behind her house.
defense 4
00:21:15You have outstanding defense mechanisms.
request 4
00:14:28- Anyone who was working then. - We'll take your request under consideration.
fail 4
00:10:14And if this fails, at least we provide them with a measure of comfort in their lives. Calm.
prisoner 4
00:07:54So when did she escape? This prisoner?
highly 4
01:32:03He subdued a highly dangerous patient. Quite handily.
session 4
00:17:16She was in a group therapy session.
moral 4
00:09:37A moral fusion between law and order and clinical care.
mechanism 4
00:21:15You have outstanding defense mechanisms.
firearm 4
00:06:53You are hereby required to surrending your firearms.
migraine 4
00:53:34Photo sensitivity, headaches sometimes? Marshal are you having a migraine?
get out 4
00:12:18What's more disturbing is, we don't know how she got out of her room.
apartment 3
00:02:55There was a fire in our apartment building while I was at work
board 3
00:24:46Dr. Naehring acts as liaison to our board of overseers.
smoke 3
00:02:14What the hell are you boys smoking out there in Portland anyway?
twice 3
00:40:26If it was my wife I'd kill him twice.
form 3
01:14:09His intake form.
lock 3
00:12:22It was locked from the outside
treat 3
00:10:10- And now? - We treat them.
memory 3
01:23:15A man who can't be interrogated because he has no memories to confess.
consider 3
00:10:51- Is she considered dangerous? - You could say that.
correct 3
00:48:07You said you had no idea what that second line could refer to. Correct?
ghost 3
01:23:35They're creating ghosts to go out in the world. And do things sane men never do.
monster 3
01:35:35Wounds can create monsters.
investigation 3
00:24:55Marshal, continue your investigation and we will do all we can to help.
base 3
00:14:10Last night there were 7 men sitting at the base of those stairs playing stud poker.
wet 3
01:00:35Why are you all wet, baby?
gate 3
00:07:14Gentlemen, you will not get through this gate with your firearms.
storm 3
01:29:43There is no moral order as pure as this storm.
wound 3
01:32:23In fact, two weeks ago, a patient got so wound up
edge 3
00:03:50all the way down to the edge of the water.
refuse 3
00:24:50He relayed your request and it's been refused.
cigarette 3
00:03:05Where are my goddamn cigarettes?
authority 3
00:07:08the offices of that institution have final authority.
flesh 3
00:52:30I buried an empty casket. Your body rained down lumps of flesh splashing
federal 3
00:06:58Mr. McPherson, we are duly appointed federal marshals.
slip 3
00:14:15Yet somehow, Rachel managed to slip past them.
skull 3
01:26:12"Let's open the skull and see what happens if we pull on this" kind.
deputy 3
00:04:34I'm Deputy Warden McPherson, gentlemen.
cliff 3
00:15:27The base of those cliffs are covered in poison ivy, live oak, sumac
fort 3
00:06:31Ward C is that building on the bluffs. An old civil war fort.
headache 3
00:11:30- Sorry doctor. You wouldn't happen to have an aspirin? Do you? - Prone to headaches marshal.
primary 3
00:18:13He's Rachels's "primary".
protocol 3
00:06:18But during the stay you will obey protocol. Is that understood?
generator 3
00:47:28There's a backup generator.
hurricane 3
00:46:39And hurry up, this thing is turning into a goddamn hurricane!
insanity 3
00:06:48You act like insanity is catching.
aspirin 3
00:11:30- Sorry doctor. You wouldn't happen to have an aspirin? Do you? - Prone to headaches marshal.
bluff 3
00:03:47The other side of the island is rock bluffs
hydrogen 3
01:05:57You know how a hydrogen bomb works?
sanity 3
00:13:03Sanity is not a choice, marshal,
prone 3
00:11:30- Sorry doctor. You wouldn't happen to have an aspirin? Do you? - Prone to headaches marshal.
intake 3
01:14:09His intake form.
overseer 3
00:24:46Dr. Naehring acts as liaison to our board of overseers.
dry off 3
00:46:35Get dried off. Dr. Cawley wants to talk to you. Now!
find out 3
00:44:49to stop them, and now find out it may be happening here?
neuroleptic 3
01:25:44It takes 36 to 48 hours for neuroleptic narcotics...
quit 2
00:25:45I guess, I dunno, I just... never really quit anything before.
tree 2
01:14:59There could be a way behind those trees.
gift 2
01:28:53Did you enjoy God's latest gift?
reach 2
00:30:13try and understand. you just might reach him.
kitchen 2
00:11:03Then she brought them back inside and arranged them around the kitchen table.
everywhere 2
00:43:46- Drug tests. - So he starts seeing dragons everywhere.
match 2
00:37:27Andrew Laeddis lit the match,
decide 2
00:50:42I decided to take a long swim in the lake.
gas 2
00:32:11You know what? They should be gassed.
build 2
00:02:55There was a fire in our apartment building while I was at work
empty 2
00:52:30I buried an empty casket. Your body rained down lumps of flesh splashing
raise 2
00:22:27We weren't raised to run, Doc.
commander 2
00:20:02The commander was court-martialed.
note 2
00:48:02We spoke this morning about Rachel Solando's note
blind 2
00:03:14Government employees will rob you blind.
conversation 2
01:32:09It seems he had a long conversation with a paranoid schizophrenic, George Noyce.
somehow 2
00:14:15Yet somehow, Rachel managed to slip past them.
pack 2
00:25:39Hey boss?... We really packing it in?
survive 2
00:31:04Nurse survived, but her face permaanently disfigured.
fill 2
00:07:56I'm afraid that Dr. Cawley will have to fill you in on the situation.
recognize 2
01:09:00Don't you recognize it?
society 2
00:08:14He's created something really unique here. A hospital for people our society normally...
female 2
00:06:28Ward B, the female ward, is the one on the left.
release 2
00:24:35No personnel files will be released for you. Period.
proof 2
00:44:58I'm gonna get the proof,
tie 2
00:45:30A chief of staff with ties to the OSS Funding from HUAC?
ugly 2
00:37:56He's an ugly looking son of a bitch.
lately 2
01:25:09- My head? - Any funny dreams lately?
surgery 2
01:22:16I asked about the surgeries, too.
screw 2
00:10:02We drove screws into their brains. We submerged them in icy water until they lost consciousness.
manage 2
00:08:11Ones no other hospital can manage. And it's all due to Dr. Cawley.
personally 2
00:10:29Then personally Doctor, I'd have to say... screw their sense of calm.
pair 2
00:12:59- How many pairs of shoes are the patients given? - Two pairs.
meal 2
00:11:06She ate a meal there before a neighbor dropped by.
poison 2
00:15:27The base of those cliffs are covered in poison ivy, live oak, sumac
crack 2
01:24:51Your friends and colleagues will say, "Of course he cracked."
physical 2
00:06:42physical presence of both myself and Dr. Cawly.
midnight 2
00:10:49Between 10 and midnight.
vacation 2
00:18:24He left on the ferry this morning. His vacation was already planned.
treatment 2
00:15:58- What's in there? More patients? - Sewage treatment facility.
scream 2
00:31:46When I cut her she screamed
unusual 2
00:17:20Huh. Did anything unusual occur?
anger 2
00:35:00He talked about anger.
wire 2
00:37:02When this case came over the wires,
commit 2
01:24:49So that when they commit you here
deny 2
01:44:48Shows no remorse for his crime because he denies
bury 2
00:52:27I buried you.
quarter 2
00:19:59This is the original commander's quarters and Uncle Sam got the bill.
transfer 2
00:38:08First he was sent to prison and then he was transferred here.
shoe 2
00:12:59- How many pairs of shoes are the patients given? - Two pairs.
possibility 2
00:47:23A lot of flooding seems like a distinct possibility.
civil 2
00:06:31Ward C is that building on the bluffs. An old civil war fort.
surrender 2
00:40:39When we got through the gates of Dakau, the SS guards surrendered.
cave 2
00:15:22What about those caves down there, have you checked them?
cabin 2
00:27:15Remember when we stayed in the cabin in the summer, Teddy?
valuable 2
01:33:01You know, I've built something valuable here.

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