The Godfather (1972) vocabulary: the 631 English words to know

1129 different words in this film. Knowing the 1,000 most common English words covers about 80% of this film; the 3,000 most common, about 89%.

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Words worth learning
WordUses
refuse 11
00:10:24No Sicilian can refuse any request on his daughter's wedding day.
favor 9
00:09:13Sandra, come on. Do me a favor. Watch the kids.
consigliere 9
00:14:20I think he's gonna be consigliere.
goddamn 8
00:10:57Goddamn FBI don't respect nothin'.
drug 8
00:37:21if they knew my business was drugs instead of gambling...
guinea 8
00:28:32I don't care how many dago, guinea, wop...
find out 7
00:34:35I couldn't find out how much.
rid 6
00:53:11You get rid of him, everything falls into line.
guarantee 6
00:37:42the Tattaglias will guarantee it.
dollar 6
00:31:02I spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on her.
casino 6
01:34:10I'm going to learn the casino business.
godfather 6
00:04:57You don't even think to call me Godfather.
buy out 6
02:22:56My credit good enough to buy you out?
pick up 6
00:48:10- He said no. - Pick him up now.
cop 5
01:13:14What do we do with this cop?
lawyer 5
00:14:14He's a good lawyer.
wine 5
00:08:50Hey, Paulie! Let me have some wine.
innocent 5
00:31:15She was beautiful. She was young, she was innocent!
justice 5
00:03:00Then I said to my wife, For justice...
invite 5
00:04:03I can't remember the last time that you invited me...
protection 5
00:34:29Now, he needs cash and he needs protection from the police...
grateful 5
00:10:34Don Corleone, I am honored and grateful...
arrange 5
02:00:32I want you to arrange a meeting...
clean up 5
01:54:51- Now clean it up! - Like hell I will!
straighten out 5
01:21:28I hope we can straighten everything out.
cry 4
00:23:36A Hollywood finocchio that cries like a woman?
cash 4
00:09:42In small bills, cash.
guard 4
01:03:06There's nobody here. What happened to the guards?
interest 4
00:35:57What is the interest for my family?
papers 4
02:27:31Three years old, he can read the funny papers.
outta 4
00:10:43Get outta here.
permission 4
01:19:35No, better still, you ask for permission to go.
political 4
00:35:10they can buy more police and political power.
suffer 4
00:05:14They must suffer then as she suffers.
friendship 4
00:04:15You never wanted my friendship...
insist 4
00:32:02Mr. Corleone is a man who insists on hearing bad news immediately.
gambling 4
00:35:15Now we have the unions, we have the gambling...
brat 4
01:54:19This little guinea brat.
vengeance 4
02:00:27I want no acts of vengeance.
renounce 4
02:40:09Michael Francis Rizzi, do you renounce Satan?
exterminate 4
00:56:32They're clean. They told me they exterminate them.
narcotic 4
00:34:19His business is narcotics.
get up 4
00:54:52Maybe we shouldn't get Mike mixed up in this too directly.
carry 3
00:06:55people that aren't going to be carried away.
patient 3
01:53:15Just be patient. He'll get in touch with you.
action 3
00:34:33for which he gives apiece of the action.
client 3
00:27:51This friend is my client and would give his undying friendship...
ridiculous 3
00:23:45Ridiculous!
necessary 3
00:12:58Is this necessary?
apologize 3
00:17:24Senator Cauly apologized for not coming personally...
restaurant 3
01:13:41We insist it's a public place... a bar, a restaurant.
nonsense 3
00:23:42What is that nonsense?
trick 3
00:59:13- And that's my trick. - Why don't you cut the crap?
oil 3
00:31:26with his olive oil voice and guinea charm.
discuss 3
00:25:11but never discuss the family business with him.
draw 3
02:08:57He must let us draw the water from the well.
contract 3
00:19:31he was signed to this personal service contract...
lesson 3
00:30:59Singing lessons, acting lessons, dancing lessons.
pocket 3
00:35:52that you carry in your pocket like so many nickels and dimes.
plant 3
00:34:25and in Sicily he has the plants to process them into heroin.
sentence 3
00:02:39A judge sentence them to three years in prison...
terrific 3
00:08:58You look terrific on the floor.
reasonable 3
00:34:16with some sort of reasonable complaint.
territory 3
02:06:56and all the other territories of the country.
muscle 3
00:28:23- Are you trying to muscle me? - Absolutely not.
interfere 3
01:03:11They interfered with hospital service.
spoil 3
00:37:57and I spoil them, as you can see.
honored 3
00:10:34Don Corleone, I am honored and grateful...
bodyguard 3
00:48:08I asked Freddy if he wants a different bodyguard.
politician 3
00:35:49I need, don Corleone, those politicians...
mattress 3
00:55:53He's thinkin' of goin' to the mattresses already.
weep 3
00:01:51She couldn't even weep because of the pain.
apiece 3
00:34:33for which he gives apiece of the action.
frisk 3
01:22:04I gotta frisk you, so turn around, huh?
bandleader 3
00:19:34with a big bandleader.
come out 3
01:19:39And when you come back, you come out blasting.
shut up 3
01:33:14Shut up and set the table.
turn out 3
00:23:34Is this how you turned out?
accept 2
00:06:34accept this justice as a gift on my daughter's wedding day.
boyfriend 2
00:01:04She found a boyfriend. Not an Italian.
contact 2
00:53:41we lose our political contacts and half our strength.
plane 2
00:33:58- You're not too tired, Tom? - No, I slept on the plane.
gift 2
00:06:34accept this justice as a gift on my daughter's wedding day.
owe 2
02:01:26Now, you owe your don a service.
decide 2
01:35:18No, Pop can't do nothing till he's better. I'm gonna decide...
bother 2
01:21:38I don't want my father bothered anymore.
blame 2
02:11:29then I'm going to blame some of the people in this room.
crap 2
00:59:13- And that's my trick. - Why don't you cut the crap?
risk 2
00:35:24we risk everything we have.
spot 2
00:55:55We gotta find a spot over on the West Side.
enemy 2
00:05:55an honest man like yourself should make enemies...
hero 2
01:09:00The kid's clean, Captain. He's a war hero.
upstairs 2
01:59:14My wife is crying upstairs.
weapon 2
01:13:54So I can't have a weapon on me then.
treat 2
00:05:41What have I ever done to make you treat me so disrespectfully?
wild 2
00:09:17- Don't let 'em run wild. - You watch yourself, all right?
animal 2
00:01:31So they beat her like an animal.
weekend 2
01:47:37You lost enough money last weekend to me.
willing 2
02:07:30then I'm willing to let things go on the way they were before.
cook 2
00:58:46You might have to cook for 20 guys someday.
ought 2
01:11:32Sonny, we ought to hear what they have to say.
understood 2
00:30:35- Understood? - You don't understand.
tape 2
01:15:27I put a special tape on the trigger and the butt.
powerful 2
00:35:43I need a man who has powerful friends.
career 2
00:18:40My father helped him with his career.
cake 2
00:11:58And wait till you see the beautiful wedding cake...
credit 2
02:22:48and your credit is good.
release 2
00:20:02And within an hour, he signed a release...
afford 2
00:31:37and a man in my position can't afford...
weak 2
00:22:09I don't know what to do. My voice is weak.
settle 2
00:25:29and settle this business for Johnny.
safety 2
02:23:39on the coast guaranteed his safety.
block 2
00:55:45Rocco, sit on the other side. You block the rearview mirror.
gate 2
00:54:14The guy at the gates, they say they got a package.
bread 2
01:32:58- That's enough bread. - I love bread.
rough 2
00:31:45And if that goombah tries any rough stuff...
murderer 2
00:06:57I mean, we're not murderers...
ruin 2
00:05:48then the scum that ruined your daughter...
telephone 2
00:57:58- Yeah? - You're wanted on the telephone.
airport 2
00:31:59If your car could take me to the airport...
request 2
00:10:24No Sicilian can refuse any request on his daughter's wedding day.
grant 2
00:27:54to Mr. Woltz if Mr. Woltz would grant us a small favor.
scary 2
00:13:24See that scary guy over there?
appear 2
01:09:45If you interfere, you'll have to appear before a judge...
traffic 2
02:09:44In my city, we'll keep the traffic in the dark people, the colored.
vacation 2
01:16:27You take a long vacation, nobody knows where...
union 2
00:28:15You're gonna have some union problems.
directly 2
00:54:52Maybe we shouldn't get Mike mixed up in this too directly.
someday 2
00:06:24Someday, and that day may never come...
cab 2
01:00:17I'll ride in a cab.
fruit 2
00:44:14- I'm gonna buy some fruit. - Okay, Pa.
merry 2
00:43:44- Merry Christmas. - Yeah.
newspaper 2
01:15:03We have newspaper people on the payroll, don't we, Tom?
sometime 2
00:25:17We have to give him a day sometime next week.
senator 2
00:17:24Senator Cauly apologized for not coming personally...
panic 2
01:03:43- Pop is all alone. - Don't panic. We'll send somebody.
attempt 2
01:26:19No more attempts on my father's life.
joint 2
01:17:53Gonna pick you up in front of Jack Dempsey's joint...
mix 2
00:54:52Maybe we shouldn't get Mike mixed up in this too directly.
purse 2
00:09:45In that little silk purse.
trigger 2
01:15:27I put a special tape on the trigger and the butt.
lousy 2
02:49:08Michael, you lousy bastard! You killed my husband!
punk 2
01:08:45Why, you little punk.
resist 2
00:01:28She resisted.
slap 2
01:14:31Why? 'Cause he slapped you in the face a little bit?
loyalty 2
00:15:00I pledge my ever-ending loyalty.
powder 2
00:34:54There's a lot of money in that white powder.
string 2
02:28:53dancing on a string held by all those big shots.
leak 2
00:56:49I gotta take a leak.
investment 2
00:37:44You're tellin' me the Tattaglias guarantee our investment...

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