The Imitation Game (2014) vocabulary: the 716 English words to know

1171 different words in this film. Knowing the 1,000 most common English words covers about 72% of this film; the 3,000 most common, about 85%.

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Words worth learning
WordUses
bloody 18
00:12:11and every U-boat in the bloody Atlantic go into that thing
puzzle 13
00:10:27Well, I'm really quite excellent at crossword puzzles.
spy 12
00:37:39- What, the spies from the papers? - Soviet spies.
setting 10
00:12:56To decode a message, you need to know the machine's settings.
convoy 10
00:12:05The details of every surprise attack, every secret convoy,
code 8
00:10:31German codes are a puzzle. A game just like any other game.
solve 8
00:11:38I... I like solving problems, Commander.
intercept 8
00:12:26Our Wrens intercept thousands of radio messages a day.
crossword 7
00:10:27Well, I'm really quite excellent at crossword puzzles.
decrypt 7
00:10:22Well, how the hell are you supposed to decrypt German communications
joke 6
00:08:18She obviously didn't tell you what a joke was then, either, I gather?
gentleman 6
00:04:34Gentlemen,
parent 6
00:59:56- What? - It's my parents.
soviet 6
00:37:39- What, the spies from the papers? - Soviet spies.
homosexual 6
01:03:48Because you're a homosexual?
search 5
00:45:06Thank goodness. I'd hate to think we were searching the wrong one.
build 5
00:21:27that I need to build the machine I have designed.
military 5
00:09:48for the shortest job interview in British military history.
papers 5
00:05:43Get your papers here.
note 5
00:06:21handed the German government a final note,
weather 5
00:43:16"0600 hours, weather today is clear.
university 5
00:11:32If you had, you wouldn't be hiring cryptographers out of university.
factory 5
00:34:30It's not just a usual humdrum production mill factory.
intelligence 5
00:12:40Yes, Polish Intelligence smuggled it out of Berlin.
math 5
00:08:41Now it says here you were a bit of a prodigy in the Maths Department.
differently 5
01:07:32Hence they think differently.
impossible 4
00:11:46Oh, Enigma isn't difficult. It's impossible.
obviously 4
00:08:18She obviously didn't tell you what a joke was then, either, I gather?
professor 4
00:03:16Turing, Alan. Professor at King's.
allow 4
00:18:37I'm designing a machine that will allow us to break every message,
file 4
00:04:48I suggest you file your reports and leave me alone.
pardon 4
00:04:12- Disappointing. - Pardon?
crack 4
00:13:08Which gives you exactly 18 hours every day to crack the code
victory 4
01:35:33Every day we helped the Allies to victories and nobody knew.
violence 4
00:09:32I'm agnostic about violence.
design 4
00:18:37I'm designing a machine that will allow us to break every message,
actual 4
00:40:41There are actual soldiers out there trying to win an actual war.
suspicious 4
00:05:16Tell me you don't think this is suspicious.
sandwich 4
00:18:05- Christ, Alan, it's a bleeding sandwich. - What is?
complaint 4
00:21:17If you wish to discuss a complaint,
leak 4
00:37:49then leaked information to Stalin during the war.
hut 4
00:46:52It's all the girls in Hut 3 can talk about.
determine 4
00:44:25To make a calculation and then to determine what to do next.
programme 4
00:10:00Do you know how many people I've rejected for this programme?
encrypted 4
00:15:48The trick was that they were encrypted.
cipher 4
00:45:28It's a Beale cipher.
classify 4
00:20:25What do you mean, classified?
find out 4
00:29:22Well, they say they're good and now we shall find out, won't we?
continue 3
00:29:44May I continue, please? Thank you.
choose 3
00:02:47But if you choose to stay, remember, you chose to be here.
begin 3
00:24:21The problem began, of course,
burn 3
00:37:28That means someone's got rid of them, erased them, burnt them.
double 3
00:35:13You earned a double first in mathematics.
bomb 3
00:05:41German bombs on their way!
large 3
00:22:32You are a very small cog in a very large system
excellent 3
00:10:27Well, I'm really quite excellent at crossword puzzles.
fellow 3
00:08:49And how old were you when you became a fellow at Cambridge?
exist 3
00:06:30a state of war would exist between us.
suggest 3
00:04:48I suggest you file your reports and leave me alone.
midnight 3
00:13:00Now, the Germans switch settings every day, promptly at midnight.
ordinary 3
00:46:06Nothing out of the ordinary, sir.
entirely 3
00:51:06That's, uh, actually not an entirely terrible idea.
toy 3
00:14:49Shall we leave the children alone with their new toy?
pleasant 3
00:10:50Have a pleasant trip back to Cambridge, Professor.
produce 3
00:40:56while away our days producing nothing.
precisely 3
00:29:58The letter didn't say, precisely.
rubbish 3
00:58:54No, this is... It's bloody rubbish. Turing's up to something important.
communication 3
00:10:22Well, how the hell are you supposed to decrypt German communications
candidate 3
00:29:49The secretaries are to head upstairs. This room's for the candidates.
bloke 3
00:58:19I tailed him to a pub last night where he met a bloke. Exchanged an envelope.
chap 3
00:04:30So how about you tell us what happened and we'll find the chap who did this.
bleed 3
00:09:30Are you a bleeding pacifist?
disagree 3
00:57:59Pity Denniston disagrees.
logical 3
01:01:44Well, it is the logical thing to do.
reject 3
00:10:00Do you know how many people I've rejected for this programme?
carrot 3
00:24:22with the carrots.
mathematician 3
00:08:30- Ah, Turing. The mathematician. - Correct.
unbreakable 3
00:11:51the Germans. Everyone thinks Enigma is unbreakable.
counterpart 3
01:12:43Well, each of us intercepts messages from a specific German radio tower. 971 01:12:*****8 --> 01:12:48,990 So we have a counterpart on the other side
rotor 3
00:13:16Five rotors. 10 plugboard cables.
plugboard 3
00:13:16Five rotors. 10 plugboard cables.
take up 3
00:21:38I shall have to take it up with the Home Office.
teacher 2
00:29:13Oh, all sorts, really. A teacher. An engineer.
teach 2
00:43:59- Is it already being taught? - No.
green 2
00:24:27The peas are green. They mustn't touch.
bear 2
00:48:46Uh, there are two people in a wood and... they run into a bear.
computer 2
00:44:36A digital computer.
nervous 2
00:51:36Are you nervous?
decide 2
01:23:19You're not God, Alan, you don't get to decide who lives and who dies.
press 2
00:05:45Fresh off the press.
type 2
01:10:38So my type, then?
smile 2
01:10:46I smiled at him 15 minutes ago and haven't looked back since.
admit 2
00:05:19A mysterious professor who won't admit
upstairs 2
00:29:49The secretaries are to head upstairs. This room's for the candidates.
steal 2
00:05:21he's had something stolen from his house?
complete 2
00:29:33in which to complete the puzzle, at which point I will...
however 2
00:08:33However could I have guessed?
fresh 2
00:05:45Fresh off the press.
empty 2
00:37:15- Bloody empty. - Exactly.
interest 2
00:43:28and decrypted messages that interests me.
suspect 2
01:03:54I suspected.
ridiculous 2
01:00:03That's just ridiculous.
simply 2
00:22:19I simply don't have time for this.
rain 2
00:43:19"Rain in the evening. Heil Hitler."
opportunity 2
00:35:15But sadly, wasn't granted the opportunity to become a fellow.
clearly 2
00:43:22Well, clearly that vital piece of information is going to win us the war.
correct 2
00:08:30- Ah, Turing. The mathematician. - Correct.
faster 2
00:40:26You could make this go faster but you won't.
hardly 2
00:09:18Hardly seems fair that that's a requirement
national 2
00:13:48Mr. Alexander won Britain's national chess championship.
freedom 2
01:36:03Freedom versus tyranny. Democracy versus Nazism.
student 2
00:29:17A handful of students.
breathe 2
00:03:59Take a step back and don't breathe heavily.
feed 2
00:12:35It's only when you feed them back into Enigma that they make any sense.
prefer 2
00:09:13- My God, you're serious. - Would you prefer I made a joke?
noise 2
00:04:23Your neighbour Mr. Springborn called to report the noise.
process 2
01:10:09The machine's never going to be able to process
desk 2
00:21:40Put those files by my desk.
staff 2
00:26:31- We're short on staff. - Well, we, uh, we get more staff, then.
unit 2
00:13:43I personally selected him to run this unit.
introduce 2
01:10:40- Well, I'll introduce you. - No...
bright 2
00:58:41Only Mr. Murray here then has the bright idea
barely 2
00:08:55that has a title that I can barely understand?
subject 2
01:08:55- How do I play? - Well, there's a judge and a subject.
secretary 2
00:29:49The secretaries are to head upstairs. This room's for the candidates.
square 2
00:49:20If we assume that the square root of two is a rational number,
genius 2
00:18:14You know, to pull off this irascible genius routine,
clock 2
00:18:33Oh, even a broken clock is right twice a day.
ocean 2
00:39:04to the bottom of the ocean.
repeat 2
00:01:52I will not pause, I will not repeat myself
proper 2
00:21:18I suggest you make a proper appointment.
pity 2
00:57:59Pity Denniston disagrees.
assume 2
00:49:20If we assume that the square root of two is a rational number,
useless 2
00:39:31All the work we've done today is useless.
odd 2
00:04:27Only you say nothing was taken. It's odd.
affair 2
00:05:11digging around in your personal affairs,
shock 2
01:19:59maybe you're suffering from a bit of shock...
concern 2
01:26:34Secrecy became the primary concern
result 2
00:53:48- With no result in sight? - No.
holiday 2
00:50:01Have a pleasant holiday.
precious 2
01:00:40Or would you like me to go and fetch your precious Christopher to help?
direct 2
00:43:10These are actual decrypted Enigma messages direct from Nazi High Command.
effort 2
00:21:58I suggest you make the effort to try.
progress 2
00:18:19And yet we're the ones making progress here, aren't we?
seek 2
00:57:48"Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek and ye shall find."
wire 2
00:50:59If you run the wires across the plugboard matrix diagonally,
apple 2
00:48:27- Apples. - No.
commit 2
00:02:41If you cannot commit to this, then please leave the room.
task 2
00:30:43you have six minutes to complete the task in front of you.
gather 2
00:08:18She obviously didn't tell you what a joke was then, either, I gather?

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