The Green Mile (1999) vocabulary: the 650 English words to know

1149 different words in this film. Knowing the 1,000 most common English words covers about 76% of this film; the 3,000 most common, about 86%.

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Words worth learning
WordUses
mouse 38
00:26:51It ain't normal for a mouse to come up on people.
brutal 14
00:27:16-Brutal, we'll be hip-deep in mice. -I just wanna see what he'll do.
goddamn 13
00:14:48Goddamn it, Percy, get the hell off my block!
fry 8
00:18:07Imbecile or not, he deserves to fry for what he done.
heaven 7
00:06:20I'm in heaven
arm 7
00:49:48Got "Billy the Kid" tattooed on his left arm.
breathe 7
00:57:37All right. Let it breathe.
piss 7
00:11:04For a man pissing razorblades, yeah.
fella 7
00:25:07Simple-minded fella.
execution 7
00:08:08That i supervised all the executions?
jingle 7
00:47:25Mr. Jingle? Mr. Jingle, wanna play fetch?
shut up 7
00:37:54Quiet! Shut up!
cook 6
00:23:22I think he just wants to see one cook up close.
chair 6
00:08:26We had the electric chair.
mercy 6
00:39:13God have mercy on your soul.
sentence 6
00:37:26...sentence imposed by a judge in good standing in this state.
bust 6
00:03:42Try not to fall down, bust a hip.
electricity 6
00:38:42Conducts electricity to the brain fast like a bullet.
sponge 6
00:38:29Soak the sponge.
grab 5
01:10:41I went out with my rifle, grabbed his collar and blew his brains out.
roll 5
00:37:15Roll on one.
ought 5
00:48:42You know what? We ought to find a cigar box...
pray 5
00:35:46I'm getting to my knees. I'm praying, praying.
bread 5
00:34:05Try it. You'll be on the bread lines before the week is out.
spell 5
00:15:38Like the drink, only not spelt the same.
warn 5
00:57:07I'm warning you.
fetch 5
00:47:25Mr. Jingle? Mr. Jingle, wanna play fetch?
x-ray 5
00:21:36Head x-rays and who knows what else.
accordance 5
00:39:10...in accordance with state law.
gift 4
01:54:06I do not see God putting a gift like that...
foot 4
00:36:26On your feet, Toot. You prayed enough for one day.
mention 4
00:08:03You've mentioned it.
dry 4
00:03:08No, just two pieces of dry toast, Hector. Thanks.
noise 4
00:01:57You make any noise, you know what happens.
finger 4
00:14:43God, you bust my finger.
block 4
00:10:11Put me through to E Block.
miracle 4
01:52:03A praise-Jesus miracle?
prisoner 4
00:10:50Paul? Prisoner.
electric 4
00:08:26We had the electric chair.
circus 4
00:47:55That's some smart mouse, Del. Like he a circus mouse or something.
corn 4
01:11:28I'm smelling me some corn bread.
nigger 4
01:13:08What about me? Don't you hold out on me, you big dummy nigger.
cheek 4
00:06:38Dancing cheek to cheek
missus 4
01:07:20Thank you, missus.
limp 4
00:53:43Look more like a limp noodle to me.
inmate 4
00:17:53Right now i wanna hear about this new inmate. Aside from how big he is.
noodle 4
00:53:43Look more like a limp noodle to me.
find out 4
01:07:29What exactly are you trying to find out?
sit down 4
00:35:20Sitting down, sitting down!
cry 3
01:07:06Can't say he is. He doesn't like the dark and cries on occasion...
doubt 3
01:10:20He was sorry afterwards. Of that i have no doubt.
guard 3
00:07:59I ever tell you that i was a prison guard during the Depression?
awful 3
01:01:58Awful tired now, boss.
deserve 3
00:18:07Imbecile or not, he deserves to fry for what he done.
dick 3
00:36:06...hollering and shaking his dick.
folks 3
01:18:44Important folks heard about your mouse. Wanna see him perform.
hardly 3
00:06:22And my heart beats so That I can hardly speak
settle 3
00:35:22Rehearsing now! Everybody settle!
shake 3
00:36:06...hollering and shaking his dick.
bright 3
00:16:18It stays pretty bright around here all night long.
wet 3
01:43:44I didn't know the sponge is supposed to be wet.
coat 3
02:00:51...so we put the coat on him, locked him in the restraint room.
sooner 3
00:22:48Sooner or later, he'll get somebody hurt or worse.
scare 3
00:16:07Because i get a little scared in the dark sometime...
jury 3
00:37:24...you've been condemned to die by a jury...
switch 3
00:38:46You don't ever throw the switch on a man without that.
ear 3
00:47:10He whispered in my ear.
row 3
00:08:06Did i mention i was in charge of death row?
transfer 3
01:31:37...you put in your transfer to Briar Ridge the next day.
yell 3
00:12:18Jesus please us, what is he yelling about?
knee 3
00:35:46I'm getting to my knees. I'm praying, praying.
punish 3
02:18:14You deserved to be punished for what you did to Del. Accept it like a man.
dope 3
00:53:16The boy's doped to the gills.
halt 3
02:06:47Halt!
infection 3
00:08:43...the worst urinary infection of my life.
tumor 3
00:50:26It's a tumor, Paul.
condemn 3
00:37:24...you've been condemned to die by a jury...
impose 3
00:37:26...sentence imposed by a judge in good standing in this state.
tater 3
00:37:34I want fried chicken with gravy on the taters, and i want to shit in your hat.
carry out 3
00:37:30Anything to say before your sentence is carried out?
get up 3
00:21:26Got laid up with another one yesterday.
put out 3
00:45:02I might just take it too, soon as you put me out front.
wake up 3
02:16:30Wild Bill's making noise like he's waking up.
french 2
01:23:35Yeah, you keep laughing, you French-fried faggot!
accept 2
01:52:08Well, if you say it, I accept it.
sake 2
00:18:38-What?! For God's sake, what? -The girls! The girls are gone!
knock 2
00:32:46I Knock yourself out. Hope you nail the bastard.
owe 2
00:44:12He's paid what he owed.
fit 2
01:16:18He's pitching a fit.
notice 2
00:33:27They aren't in cradle school, case you didn't notice.
spot 2
00:24:34There's just this empty spot in the bed where my husband sleeps.
west 2
00:18:57Goddamn it, woman! Get on that phone. You tell them we headed west.
chicken 2
00:37:34I want fried chicken with gravy on the taters, and i want to shit in your hat.
admit 2
00:04:59Tony doesn't admit that he's not a good father.
witness 2
00:39:42One of the witnesses showed up a day early.
twice 2
02:40:04Kill him twice, you boys!
leg 2
00:30:29There he is, big as Billy-be-frigged. I thought Brutal was pulling my leg.
treat 2
00:33:30Although you treat them that way.
client 2
01:06:41Yeah, I've heard of it. Lost a few clients your way.
pants 2
01:22:31He done piss his pants.
asshole 2
01:21:55I'd rather fuck your asshole...
blind 2
00:33:16I was trying to get the mouse. Are you blind?
angel 2
02:37:13Why, they's angels.
size 2
00:50:37It's the size of a lemon, they said.
color 2
00:08:22The floor was the color of faded limes.
pack 2
01:17:58Hope your bags are packed.
dumb 2
00:31:50It's just a little mouse, dumb merde.
ugly 2
00:31:52You ugly little piece of sh--
bullet 2
00:38:42Conducts electricity to the brain fast like a bullet.
lonely 2
02:00:31And if you get lonely, just think about Miss Leadpipe.
happiness 2
00:06:31The happiness I seek
gentleman 2
00:15:55...Mr. Howell or Mr. Stanton. These gentlemen right there.
screw 2
00:38:56Getting screwed.
soft 2
01:14:16Nice soft ones.
lesson 2
01:15:50Oh, my suds and body. A history lesson.
connection 2
00:23:14With his connections, he could have any state job he wants.
square 2
00:44:14He's square with the house again...
toilet 2
01:25:40...old boxes and toilet paper rolls, little windows so you can look in.
suck 2
02:12:07He's choking. Whatever he sucked out of her, he's choking on it.
badly 2
02:09:45Who hurt you so badly?
wood 2
01:24:40...you live out in the woods.
concern 2
00:25:51It will run its course by itself. Thank you very much for your concern.
governor 2
00:22:21...but like it or not, the wife of the governor has only one nephew...
motherfucker 2
00:37:42...because I'm one horny motherfucker.
mostly 2
01:03:43Gobbledygook, mostly.
seek 2
00:06:31The happiness I seek
tail 2
01:27:34The tail.
rape 2
01:10:27...stayed raped and murdered.
intend 2
02:19:42I intend to.
shine 2
01:14:37You can shine my knob for me while you're at it.
cap 2
00:38:38And putting on my cap.
wipe 2
00:14:45I wiped that grin off your face, didn't I?
foolish 2
02:18:43Are you so foolish, you don't realize that?
pet 2
00:48:36Might keep it for a pet.
prayer 2
02:32:57...what about a preacher? Somebody to say a little prayer with.
meantime 2
00:15:04We'll get that looked at, Del. In the meantime, stay quiet.
occasion 2
01:07:06Can't say he is. He doesn't like the dark and cries on occasion...
lightning 2
00:53:54You're gonna ride the lightning.
thirsty 2
01:55:55You fellas thirsty?
tend 2
00:54:50I got things to tend to, John Coffey.
tent 2
01:25:25They got this big tent.
hip 2
00:03:42Try not to fall down, bust a hip.
nut 2
00:45:14Seeing a man die, that's not enough. You gotta smell his nuts cook.
fucker 2
00:57:20You're a big fucker.
swell 2
01:05:44That's swell. Thanks.
application 2
00:22:55I have it on good authority that Percy has an application in at Briar Ridge.
dummy 2
00:17:39You hear what he was yelling when we brought the dummy in?
depression 2
00:07:59I ever tell you that i was a prison guard during the Depression?
dime 2
01:25:30Dime apiece.
chew 2
00:17:50I'll chew that food when i have to.

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