The Matrix (1999) vocabulary: the 482 English words to know

907 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 88%.

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Words worth learning
WordUses
program 15
00:18:03...program writer for a respectable software company.
computer 10
00:08:54My computer, it...
taste 8
00:28:25...born into a prison that you cannot smell or taste or touch.
get up 7
00:05:22Get up, Trinity. Just get up.
rule 6
00:12:15You believe that you are special, that the rules do not apply to you.
exit 6
00:03:30There's no time, Get to another exit,
operator 6
00:46:55I'm Tank. I'll be your operator.
bear 5
00:28:23Like everyone else, you were born into bondage...
goddamn 5
00:03:35Goddamn it.
code 5
01:01:48You get used to it. I don't even see the code.
training 5
00:39:43...training simulations...
exist 5
00:08:45I know. This never happened. You don't exist.
pill 5
00:29:05You take the blue pill...
spoon 5
01:11:46Do not try and bend the spoon.
search 4
00:06:26We'll need a search running.
choose 4
00:12:42Either you choose to be at your desk on time from this day forth...
destroy 4
00:59:33Search and destroy.
survive 4
00:41:57...and it was believed that they would be unable to survive...
signal 4
00:30:30It disrupts your carrier signals so we can pinpoint your location.
design 4
00:57:30It's another training program designed to teach you one thing:
plug 4
00:39:55Your clothes are different. The plugs in your body are gone.
sentinel 4
00:59:29A sentinel. A killing machine designed for one thing.
get out 4
00:06:12She got out.
wake up 4
00:26:40...because he's expecting to wake up.
field 3
00:42:41There are fields, Neo, endless fields...
planet 3
01:37:51Every mammal on this planet...
crap 3
00:02:29You give me that "juris-my-dick-tion" crap, you can cram it up your ass.
build 3
00:43:29...built to keep us under control...
hole 3
00:26:28...tumbling down the rabbit hole?
empty 3
00:14:31The cubicle across from you is empty,
fate 3
00:26:47Do you believe in fate, Neo?
path 3
01:10:07She can help you to find the path.
reality 3
00:49:16...similar to the programmed reality of the Matrix.
trace 3
00:03:25Morpheus, the line was traced. I don't know how.
rabbit 3
00:07:40"Follow the white rabbit."
unable 3
00:20:20...if you're unable to speak?
bend 3
00:49:26Some of them can be bent.
civilization 3
01:32:50...of your civilization.
software 3
00:12:25This is one of the top software companies in the world...
vase 3
01:13:04- And don't worry about the vase. - What vase?
dependent 3
00:41:55They were dependent on solar power...
mainframe 3
01:05:00Access codes to the Zion mainframe.
unplug 3
00:09:11It just sounds like you need to unplug.
scaffold 3
00:15:20Good, Now, outside there is a scaffold,
impossible 2
00:04:46That's impossible.
accept 2
00:26:37You have the look of a man who accepts what he sees...
teach 2
00:45:31...taught us the truth.
holy 2
00:48:31Holy shit!
doubt 2
00:25:54As you no doubt have guessed...
cat 2
01:18:59A black cat went past us...
beginning 2
01:09:41Yes. She's very old. She's been with us since the beginning.
difference 2
00:31:40How would you know the difference between the dream world...
jump 2
00:53:33Tank, load the jump program.
race 2
00:41:41A singular consciousness that spawned an entire race of machines.
begin 2
00:06:28It has already begun.
enemy 2
00:56:41That system is our enemy.
energy 2
00:42:01...without an energy source as abundant as the sun.
waste 2
00:19:21...believe that I am wasting my time with you.
weapon 2
00:39:41...weapons...
main 2
00:37:59This is the main deck.
bullshit 2
01:27:55,,, I'm tired of that jackoff and all of his bullshit,
leader 2
01:33:51The leader of every ship is given codes to Zion's mainframe computer.
advice 2
00:25:31Let me give you one piece of advice.
somehow 2
01:36:10Even if you somehow got inside, those are agents holding him. Three of them.
breathe 2
00:44:14- He's gonna pop. - Breathe, Neo. Just breathe.
target 2
00:06:19We have the name of their next target.
strike 2
00:41:46We don't know who struck first, us or them.
shirt 2
00:23:07Take off your shirt.
unfortunately 2
00:13:49But unfortunately, you and I have run out of time,
base 2
00:10:22The Trinity? That cracked the IRS D-base?
sooner 2
00:58:06Sooner or later, someone will have to fight them.
century 2
00:40:37The world as it was at the end of the 20th century.
scare 2
00:20:09You can't scare me with this gestapo crap.
location 2
00:30:30It disrupts your carrier signals so we can pinpoint your location.
image 2
00:40:02Your appearance now is what we call "residual self-image."
trap 2
01:19:31They cut the hard line. It's a trap! Get out!
crack 2
00:10:22The Trinity? That cracked the IRS D-base?
pure 2
00:43:09And standing there, facing the pure, horrifying precision...
miracle 2
01:30:04...some kind of a miracle to stop me.
protection 2
00:02:34The orders were for your protection.
load 2
00:39:36We can load anything, from clothing...
fail 2
00:58:18But where they have failed, you will succeed.
sacrifice 2
01:16:16...that he's going to sacrifice his life to save yours.
authority 2
00:12:12You have a problem with authority, Mr. Anderson.
belt 2
00:30:36It means buckle your seat belt, Dorothy...
deny 2
01:06:45To deny our own impulses...
species 2
01:32:26But I believe that, as a species...
guide 2
00:14:27I can guide you, but you must do exactly as I say,
self 2
00:40:02Your appearance now is what we call "residual self-image."
tax 2
00:18:08You have a social security number. You pay your taxes.
pattern 2
01:33:42...and his alpha patterns will change from this to this.
backup 2
01:41:43Backup. Send backup.
core 2
00:38:07This is the core...
muscle 2
00:35:58Your muscles atrophied. We're rebuilding them.
employee 2
00:12:28...because employees understand they are part of a whole.
electrical 2
00:40:25...then "real" is simply electrical signals interpreted by your brain.
broadcast 2
00:38:10...where we broadcast our pirate signal and hack into the Matrix.
hack 2
00:38:10...where we broadcast our pirate signal and hack into the Matrix.
evolution 2
01:33:03Evolution, Morpheus.
digital 2
00:40:06It is the mental projection of your digital self.
eighth 2
01:20:47Eighth floor.
define 2
00:40:17How do you define "real"?
dodge 2
00:58:44That I can dodge bullets?
sewer 2
01:00:32Sewers.
combine 2
00:42:29Combined with a form of fusion...
noodle 2
01:08:31Really good noodles.
generate 2
00:42:18The human body generates more bioelectricity than a 120-volt battery.
marvel 2
00:41:32We marveled at our own magnificence as we gave birth to Al.
oracle 2
00:45:47...the Oracle prophesied his return...
construct 2
00:39:32...is the Construct.
simulation 2
00:39:43...training simulations...
multiply 2
01:38:01You move to an area and you multiply...
mammal 2
01:37:46...that you're not actually mammals.
let out 2
00:43:52Let me out!
look out 2
00:27:53You can see it when you look out your window...
reinsert 2
01:04:56...reinsert me into the Matrix...
obviously 1
00:12:20Obviously, you are mistaken.
teacher 1
00:56:45Businessmen, teachers, lawyers, carpenters.
carry 1
01:41:22Please remove any metallic items you're carrying. Keys, loose change.
cute 1
01:13:34You're cuter than I thought.
contact 1
00:18:56We know that you've been contacted by a certain...
lawyer 1
00:56:45Businessmen, teachers, lawyers, carpenters.
continue 1
01:34:41We have no choice. Continue as planned. Deploy the sentinels.
shop 1
01:25:24Nearest exit, Franklin and Erie. An old TV repair shop.
hundred 1
01:00:33There used to be cities that spanned hundreds of miles.
gift 1
01:15:16You got the gift...
reach 1
00:44:50We never free a mind once it's reached a certain age.
immediately 1
01:34:45Immediately.
arrest 1
00:32:16He's going into arrest.
usually 1
01:19:15A deja vu is usually a glitch in the Matrix when they change something.
owe 1
00:44:47I owe you an apology.
grow 1
00:42:49We are grown.
escape 1
02:01:44The fire escape at the end of the alley, room 303,
everywhere 1
00:27:46The Matrix is everywhere.
grand 1
00:08:17Two grand.
otherwise 1
01:16:11...can convince him otherwise.
fit 1
00:45:22...to remake the Matrix as he saw fit.
guard 1
00:58:03They're guarding all the doors and holding all the keys.
guilty 1
00:18:27...and are guilty of virtually every computer crime we have a law for.
chicken 1
01:05:55That makes you wonder. Take chicken, for example.
low 1
00:14:59Stay as low as you can,
form 1
00:42:29Combined with a form of fusion...
track 1
01:20:25They'll be able to track it.
lock 1
00:32:17- Lock. I got him! - Now, Tank, now!
breakfast 1
01:05:22Here you go, buddy. Breakfast of champions.
engine 1
01:02:36Degreasing engines and killing brain cells.
complete 1
01:52:39The trace was completed.
fresh 1
00:19:32...give you a fresh start.
sky 1
00:41:50But we know that it was us that scorched the sky.
burn 1
01:30:41Believe it or not, you piece of shit, you're still going to burn!

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