The Big Bang Theory S01E02 vocabulary: the 387 English words to know

659 different words in this film. Knowing the 1,000 most common English words covers about 61% of this film; the 3,000 most common, about 76%.

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Words worth learning
WordUses
apartment 7
00:01:52and have them put it in my apartment?
sarcasm 5
00:11:09Sarcasm?
strength 4
00:03:04that Superman's flight is a feat of strength.
low 3
00:06:00In any case, there's no way it could lower the odds.
ridiculous 3
00:09:50Don't be ridiculous. I have no peers.
finger 3
00:00:40Look at my fingers. They're like Vienna sausages.
hug 3
00:16:57and then she hugged me.
explanation 3
00:09:37there is no reasonable explanation as to why we're here.
closet 3
00:07:32I mean, you opened that man's closet,
hallway 3
00:09:27and just outside our living room was that hallway,
messy 3
00:06:28So Penny's a little messy.
organizational 3
00:06:37Explain to me an organizational system
accept 2
00:03:31Challenge accepted.
upset 2
00:14:48but I'm really upset about it.
immediately 2
00:02:42hits them and is immediately sliced into three equal pieces.
foot 2
00:02:32accelerating at an initial rate of 32 feet per second per second.
begin 2
00:03:49o/~ The Earth began to cool o/~
build 2
00:03:53o/~ We built the Wall o/~ o/~ We built the pyramid so/~
flight 2
00:03:04that Superman's flight is a feat of strength.
consider 2
00:18:52No, please. We insist. It's the least we can do, considering.
skin 2
00:03:19and the energy-storage capacity of Kryptonian skin cells.
challenge 2
00:03:26I have 2,600 comic books in there. I challenge you
example 2
00:18:12Another example, from the field of Ebola research..."
lift 2
00:04:20or lifting belts or any measurable upper-body strength.
suggest 2
00:06:44because the evidence suggests the coffee table
regret 2
00:17:47"Just as Oppenheimer came to regret his contributions
bedroom 2
00:09:25that just outside my bedroom was our living room,
assume 2
00:02:28No. Let's assume that they can.
grant 2
00:10:59Granted, not long, but just deeply and well.
deliver 2
00:01:12delivered tomorrow and I may not be here, so...
ability 2
00:03:10It is an extension of his ability to leap tall buildings,
couch 2
00:06:39where a tray of flatware on a couch is valid.
neighbor 2
00:05:57I'm doing this to be a good neighbor.
reasonable 2
00:09:37there is no reasonable explanation as to why we're here.
odds 2
00:05:44You do understand that our efforts here will in no way increase the odds
scientific 2
00:02:22You realize that scene was rife with scientific inaccuracy.
furniture 2
00:01:10Great. I'm having some furniture
register 2
00:09:58You might want to speak in a lower register.
inch 2
00:18:41- Six two inch dowels. - Check.
peanut 2
00:00:00Here we go. Pad thai, no peanuts.
involve 2
00:04:47Yes, but they all involve a green lantern and a power ring.
fork 2
00:00:17Thailand has had the fork since the latter half of the 19th Century.
tray 2
00:06:39where a tray of flatware on a couch is valid.
organize 2
00:06:52the compulsive need to sort, organize and label
cereal 2
00:07:02most people don't sort their breakfast cereal numerically by fiber content.
valid 2
00:06:39where a tray of flatware on a couch is valid.
marathon 2
00:02:06for Thai food and a Superman movie marathon?
napkin 2
00:00:27Ask him for a napkin. I dare you.
fiber 2
00:07:02most people don't sort their breakfast cereal numerically by fiber content.
aluminum 2
00:20:09panels A, B and F and crossbar H with aircraft-grade aluminum?
feat 2
00:03:04that Superman's flight is a feat of strength.
peer 2
00:09:46Its reasonableness will be determined by a jury of your peers.
cheesecake 2
00:00:50You know, it's a Cheesecake Factory.
puffy 2
00:00:32Do I look puffy? I feel puffy.
stair 2
00:05:02is reduced by the sine of the angle of the stairs,
inefficient 2
00:19:14It is an inefficient design. For example, she has a flat screen TV,
kryptonian 2
00:03:19and the energy-storage capacity of Kryptonian skin cells.
pvc 2
00:19:38run some quarter-inch PVC...
measurable 2
00:04:20or lifting belts or any measurable upper-body strength.
break up 2
00:15:32I'm having a really rough time. I broke up with my boyfriend
bring up 2
00:04:12We'll just bring it up ourselves.
cry 1
00:10:06so that they'll be roused by a crying baby.
boyfriend 1
00:15:32I'm having a really rough time. I broke up with my boyfriend
sake 1
00:11:27For God's sake,
green 1
00:04:47Yes, but they all involve a green lantern and a power ring.
joke 1
00:08:14- It's a joke. - I don't get it.
store 1
00:19:12Well, it looked pretty good in the store.
field 1
00:18:12Another example, from the field of Ebola research..."
sleeping 1
00:09:14Penny's sleeping.
slow 1
00:18:06"even though she would later die a slow, painful death "from radiation poisoning.
plane 1
00:04:59Now we've got an inclined plane. The force required to lift
push 1
00:05:12Let's push.
grab 1
00:16:16Grab a napkin, homie. You just got served.
dirty 1
00:12:15Really more to organize. You're not actually dirty, per se.
moon 1
match 1
00:02:47Unless Superman matches her speed and decelerates.
choose 1
00:11:43I'm gonna choose from the low-fiber end of the shelf.
crap 1
00:19:54If water's involved, we're gonna have to ground the crap out of the thing.
surprised 1
00:11:02I'm not surprised.
arm 1
00:02:35Superman swoops down to save her by reaching out two arms of steel.
cross 1
00:11:25- You don't think that crosses a line? - Yes.
energy 1
00:03:19and the energy-storage capacity of Kryptonian skin cells.
waste 1
00:19:17which means all the space behind it is wasted.
throat 1
00:12:39A throat doctor.
breakfast 1
00:07:02most people don't sort their breakfast cereal numerically by fiber content.
engine 1
00:18:47I rebuilt a tractor engine when I was, like, 12.
bomb 1
00:17:50"to the first atomic bomb,
corner 1
00:05:22- What's your formula for the corner? - What?
apologize 1
00:13:40You are going to march yourself over there right now and apologize.
ghost 1
00:06:23Great Caesar's ghost, look at this place.
speed 1
00:02:47Unless Superman matches her speed and decelerates.
hardly 1
00:04:14I hardly think so.
color 1
00:14:11And I hope that it won't color your opinion of Leonard,
loud 1
00:19:34Also inefficient, and might be loud.
photo 1
00:19:23Photo cell here, emitter here, easy-peasy.
nearly 1
00:03:45o/~ Then nearly 14 billion years ago expansion started... Wait! o/~
serve 1
00:16:16Grab a napkin, homie. You just got served.
center 1
00:18:50I think I can put together a cheap, Swedish media center.
travel 1
00:02:38Miss Lane, who is now traveling
truly 1
00:14:06I am truly sorry for what happened last night.
oil 1
00:00:02But does it have peanut oil?
perfectly 1
00:13:05is perfectly valid and maybe a little bit later
discuss 1
00:12:25Oh, yes, we discussed it at length last night.
research 1
00:18:12Another example, from the field of Ebola research..."
recognize 1
00:18:00"is the willingness to recognize one's mistakes.
universe 1
00:03:42o/~ Our whole universe was in a hot, dense state o/~
opinion 1
00:14:11And I hope that it won't color your opinion of Leonard,
program 1
00:19:08This, right here is why Sweden has no space program.
heat 1
00:20:13Right. Then the entire thing is one heat sink.
noise 1
00:10:04to high-pitched noises while they sleep
season 1
00:00:09Since it's not bee season, you can have my epinephrine.
responsibility 1
00:14:09I take full responsibility.
tiny 1
00:06:46is having a tiny garage sale.
fan 1
00:19:31How about fans? Here and here.
flat 1
00:19:14It is an inefficient design. For example, she has a flat screen TV,
screw 1
00:18:43- One package Phillips head screws. - Check.
insane 1
00:09:18Are you insane?
spare 1
00:01:55Great. Here's my spare key. Thank you.
russian 1
00:01:24how beautiful you are in flawless Russian?
personally 1
00:01:39Don't take it personally, it's his pathology.
lover 1
00:14:17a gentle and thorough lover.
rough 1
00:15:32I'm having a really rough time. I broke up with my boyfriend
century 1
00:00:17Thailand has had the fork since the latter half of the 19th Century.
farm 1
00:18:45You guys, seriously, I grew up on a farm, okay?
obvious 1
00:15:30It's obvious that they meant well, but...
square 1
00:20:176 square meters of scrap aluminum?
lower 1
00:06:00In any case, there's no way it could lower the odds.
cheap 1
00:18:50I think I can put together a cheap, Swedish media center.
avoid 1
00:10:08If you want to avoid waking her,
jury 1
00:09:46Its reasonableness will be determined by a jury of your peers.
tall 1
00:03:10It is an extension of his ability to leap tall buildings,
sexual 1
00:05:48of you having sexual congress with this woman.
bang 1
00:03:58o/~ That all started with a big bang o/~
yellow 1
00:03:12an ability he derives from exposure to Earth's yellow sun.
mystery 1
00:03:55o/~ Math, Science, History, unraveling the mystery o/~
wound 1
00:15:09And you don't shoot to wound.
indian 1
00:15:22Maybe I'd be better off with an Indian girl.
march 1
00:13:40You are going to march yourself over there right now and apologize.
jerk 1
00:15:41Just because most of the men I've known in my life happen to be jerks,
media 1
00:18:50I think I can put together a cheap, Swedish media center.
metal 1
00:19:48Maybe a little corrugated sheet metal as a radiator here.
chatter 1
00:16:43Actually, I was less the chatter than the chat-ee.
result 1
00:11:16but I think the end result will be a measurable enhancement
remove 1
00:12:42And what kind of doctor removes shoes from asses?
rate 1
00:02:32accelerating at an initial rate of 32 feet per second per second.
deeply 1
00:10:59Granted, not long, but just deeply and well.
arrive 1
00:07:46This just arrived, we just brought this up... just now.
thou 1
00:05:39Ah, gravity, thou art a heartless bitch.
presence 1
00:13:23is your objection solely to our presence
uniform 1
00:07:36cocktail dresses, then his police uniforms.

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