Soul (2020) vocabulary: the 581 English words to know

1045 different words in this film. Knowing the 1,000 most common English words covers about 77% of this film; the 3,000 most common, about 88%.

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Words worth learning
WordUses
spark 24
00:19:10Well, these souls need their "spark".
suit 22
00:08:30- You got a suit? - Uh...
cat 21
00:05:58This is the cat I was telling you about.
jazz 19
00:01:50my dad took me to this jazz club,
purpose 18
00:59:02♪ If the purpose be To recycle life
trade 16
00:30:38Make a trade.
mentor 15
00:13:14let's give the mentor some room.
gig 13
00:08:54I did it. I got the gig. Yes!
band 9
00:03:04You're now our full-time band teacher.
quit 8
00:46:21I came to tell you that I quit.
note 7
00:04:41and we're kickin' off our tour with a show at The Half Note tonight.
chair 7
00:52:09Joe, get your butt in this chair now.
butt 7
00:22:13You are the greatest pain in the butt.
bear 6
00:02:36I was born to play.
shh 6
00:13:23Shh. Quiet coyote.
teacher 5
00:03:04You're now our full-time band teacher.
pants 5
00:03:57Walking around with a hole in his pants.
nope 5
00:27:37Nope.
goodness 5
00:11:30Oh, my goodness. Oh, my goodness.
piano 5
00:25:30Because mine is piano.
row 5
00:41:55I'm telling you, Joe, it's pronounced yee-row.
zone 5
00:30:00Feels like you're in the zone, right?
musician 5
00:24:00And that's why I became a jazz musician.
congratulation 5
00:04:45Are you kidding me? Congratulations, man. Wow!
spot 4
00:19:08What goes in this spot?
career 4
00:04:07playing music will finally be your real career.
barber 4
00:51:37This guy was born to be a barber.
figure out 4
00:17:51why don't you figure out the problem?
fill out 4
00:22:23Come on, don't you want to fill out your pass?
accept 3
00:24:50No, I will not accept this.
shop 3
00:03:56washing your underwear in my shop.
usually 3
00:30:35- Okay. I mean, he's usually down here. - What the...
match 3
00:19:58matching you mentors with your soul mates.
fit 3
00:43:45I can barely fit into my pants as it is.
waste 3
00:46:27Band is a stupid waste of time.
taste 3
00:27:17We can't... We can't taste, either?
belong 3
00:42:52to get your souls back where they belong.
fill 3
01:10:00But what... What filled in the last box?
universe 3
00:13:29of all quantised fields of the universe.
focus 3
00:34:36Do you have a piano on board? I could focus with that.
outta 3
00:10:49Uh-uh, uh-uh. I'm outta here.
ocean 3
01:16:22"I'm trying to find this thing they call the ocean."
request 3
00:31:15Hey, got a request for you.
regular 3
01:07:04That's just regular old living.
rescue 3
01:01:33Just say you rescued it.
fail 3
00:22:00I've had thousands of mentors who failed and now hate me.
education 3
00:03:51Joey, we didn't struggle giving you an education
personality 3
00:15:27This is where personalities come from?
award 3
00:20:33who was recently awarded a Nobel Prize.
badge 3
00:24:52Kid, give me that badge. I'm goin' back to my body.
subway 3
00:58:28We gotta catch the subway across town. Come on.
coyote 3
00:13:19- Hey, everyone, look here. - Quiet coyote.
astral 3
00:31:06Oh! Ahoy there, fellow astral travellers.
jazzing 3
00:57:06Hey, like you said about jazz. I was jazzing.
mmm 2
00:52:52Mmm. I like being in the chair.
thousand 2
00:22:00I've had thousands of mentors who failed and now hate me.
planet 2
00:37:47I can't believe I'm in a body on this hellish planet.
decide 2
01:13:15This is my band. I decide who plays.
heaven 2
00:13:38Uh, hey, is this heaven?
stage 2
00:02:11...it's like he floats off the stage.
sky 2
01:06:58and maybe sky-watching can be my spark.
van 2
00:57:19"Man with a van."
corner 2
00:33:18I'm in New York City, on the corner of 14th and 7th.
fellow 2
00:31:06Oh! Ahoy there, fellow astral travellers.
rule 2
00:46:52The ruling class's core curriculum stifles dissent.
meat 2
00:37:51I have bendy meat sticks.
wash 2
00:03:56washing your underwear in my shop.
dumb 2
00:18:03Don't play dumb with me.
nuts 2
00:37:00They're gonna think you're nuts.
process 2
00:56:48those processed foods, am I right?
handsome 2
00:54:56make them happy, and make them handsome.
style 2
00:53:12You have been rocking that same style for a while.
pal 2
00:09:00Hey, pal, you're gonna get hurt!
silence 2
00:21:51We're gonna stand here in silence for a little bit,
connection 2
00:34:15Now, since you don't have a connection to your body,
boring 2
00:28:22What can I say, Joe? Earth is boring.
cheap 2
00:23:19Binaca breath spray? Cheap cologne?
insurance 2
00:03:08Medical insurance. Pension.
appointment 2
00:37:26Perhaps our therapy cat can go to his next appointment.
physical 2
00:30:04It's the space between the physical and spiritual.
honour 2
00:21:18It is an honour having you prepare 22 for Earth.
cure 2
00:20:11I'm cured. I'm cured.
shoulder 2
01:04:31So, don't go putting that cat on your shoulders again.
passion 2
01:06:51But then you showed me about purpose and passion,
ignore 2
00:21:11Ignore that.
disaster 2
00:50:36This won't be a disaster, that's for sure.
perform 2
00:04:50if I could perform with Dorothea Williams.
thin 2
00:32:42But perhaps if we travel to a thin spot...
quietly 2
00:50:27Please, just do it quickly and quietly.
struggle 2
00:03:51Joey, we didn't struggle giving you an education
therapy 2
00:35:39Oh, the therapy cat is working.
cheat 2
00:56:20Thought you could cheat the universe?
skip 2
00:05:18Leon skipping town really put us in a bind, man.
tune 2
00:23:57See, the tune is just an excuse to bring out the you.
backup 2
00:03:46Maybe you need to have a backup plan, too,
favourite 2
00:19:54Now, it's time for my favourite part of the programme,
remarkable 2
01:24:27Oh, the world needs remarkable people
chanting 2
00:33:10Mm-hmm. And let me guess, you're drumming, chanting, and meditating?
glorious 2
00:33:31We mystics meet in this glorious landscape every Tuesday.
gotcha 2
00:56:17Gotcha!
fur 2
00:35:32Hmm. I feel fur.
float 2
00:02:11...it's like he floats off the stage.
sofa 2
00:47:22I'm gonna go in and I'mma scratch up the sofa.
pension 2
00:03:08Medical insurance. Pension.
accountant 2
00:17:36I'm the accountant.
hoo 2
00:08:43Yes! Whoo-hoo!
obsession 2
00:31:43Some people just can't let go of their own anxieties and obsessions,
rack 2
01:02:11Fine, we'll get the suit off the rack somewhere.
pointless 2
00:46:35Here, I quit. I think jazz is pointless.
kin 2
00:35:34Did you find a next of kin?
marvellous 2
00:42:29That's marvellous!
portal 2
00:15:38Well, they use the Earth portal.
spicy 2
00:49:30Ah! Spicy! Spicy!
aged 2
00:03:54so you could be a middle-aged man
invent 2
00:54:23Not everyone can be Charles Drew inventing blood transfusions.
loosen 2
00:50:46It'll loosen. Sit down.
wool 2
01:04:11That is one fine wool suit, if I do say so myself.
inspire 2
00:19:19where literally anything on Earth could inspire.
weirdo 2
00:31:32These weirdos are going to help me get back?
stinky 2
00:44:44How come this part is stinky but this part smells fine?
practise 2
00:02:47I'll be right back. Practise your scales.
mystic 2
00:31:21We are the mystics without borders.
truthful 2
01:02:09It's like you can't even be truthful with me anymore.
recital 2
00:58:47So, let me see, I need the suit fixed for a, uh, school band recital.
disconnect 2
00:31:46leaving them lost and disconnected from life.
hypothetical 2
00:26:09This whole place is a hypothetical.
unborn 2
00:36:54I'm an unborn soul and I wanna stay at the You Seminar.
chainsaw 2
00:51:00Uh, it's like a little tiny chainsaw.
transfusion 2
00:54:23Not everyone can be Charles Drew inventing blood transfusions.
meditate 2
00:33:08I'm a shamanic healer meditating in Berkeley, California.
veterinarian 2
00:54:06I wanted to be a veterinarian.
sax 2
00:01:12Forgot my sax, Mr G.
trombone 2
00:48:43She might say she hates everything, but trombone is her thing.
mentoring 2
00:16:55Mentoring isn't for everyone.
breakdancer 2
00:28:39Um, wait. We forgot to try breakdancer.
check out 2
00:30:24Check this out.
clean up 2
00:43:49We gotta get back to my place and get you cleaned up and...
get out 2
00:37:58We gotta get out of here before they take me away.
get up 2
00:06:19Get on up here, Teach, we ain't got all day.
line up 2
00:45:59And then I can line my hair up a little bit,
look up 2
00:08:48Hey, look up, look up.
mess up 2
00:36:39That Moonwind guy, he messed this up.
cry 1
00:21:09I made her cry.
obviously 1
00:27:49- Look, obviously this... - Shh!
neither 1
00:27:12- Just smell it. - Can't, and neither can you.
upset 1
01:02:46I finally land the gig of my life and you're upset.
cute 1
01:06:26Your mom sewed your suit from this cute spool.
doubt 1
00:17:17I seriously doubt that.
field 1
00:13:29of all quantised fields of the universe.
decision 1
01:24:20All you make are bad decisions.

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