Whiplash (2014) vocabulary: the 369 English words to know

737 different words in this film. Knowing the 1,000 most common English words covers about 75% of this film; the 3,000 most common, about 87%.

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Words worth learning
WordUses
tempo 13
00:24:48A little under tempo, okay? Neiman, just do your best.
stage 11
00:37:16Stage right, in order, now.
upset 10
00:19:38Now, this one really upsets me. We have an out-of-tune player here.
band 10
00:20:17and sabotaging my band...
kit 9
00:07:22Things were hurting with Neiman on the kits.
core 9
00:10:22That's enough of that. Just back to the core drums, please.
drum 9
00:10:22That's enough of that. Just back to the core drums, please.
rush 8
00:26:24You're rushing. Here we go.
player 8
00:02:39So you know I'm looking for players.
double 7
00:03:23Double-time swing.
practice 7
00:10:31Dude, what have you been practicing?
tune 7
00:16:06Tune the set to B-flat, then turn my pages.
chart 7
00:40:07I... I can't go on-stage. I don't know the charts by heart.
folder 7
00:39:10- Why isn't it on you? - Where's the folder?
page 6
00:16:06Tune the set to B-flat, then turn my pages.
pizza 6
00:13:56- Where do you wanna go? - Pizza.
jazz 6
00:44:59I'm part of Shaffer's top jazz orchestra...
musician 6
00:23:07- Parents musicians? - No.
note 5
00:28:08- What does that say? - "Quarter note equals 215."
drag 5
00:26:34Dragging just a hair.
earn 5
00:50:08I said not now! If you want the fucking part, earn it.
cue 5
00:26:39Wait for my cue.
get off 5
00:14:08I get off at 7 on Monday.
dumb 4
00:38:57He's dumb but he's not stupid.
success 4
00:46:01That's your idea of success?
competition 4
00:21:57I won't have you cost us a competition...
swing 4
00:03:23Double-time swing.
alternate 4
00:16:03- You the new alternate? - Yeah. I'm Andrew Neiman.
drumming 4
00:43:54- Is that from drumming? - Yeah. It's nothing.
cymbal 4
00:16:37I play the new cymbals now.
pick up 4
00:25:38A little trouble there. Just pick it up at 17.
college 3
00:23:19- College? - Pennington High School.
cute 3
00:10:56Cute.
weekend 3
00:07:35- Good weekend? - Yeah, real good.
plenty 3
00:05:50Well, you got plenty of options still.
dick 3
00:07:40Hey, don't worry about Greg. Kid's a dick.
chair 3
00:11:26You're in the first chair. Let's see if it's because you're cute.
gang 3
00:17:52All right, gang, "Whiplash."
flat 3
00:16:06Tune the set to B-flat, then turn my pages.
barely 3
00:44:17You can barely chew this.
cab 3
01:03:17- Do you know where the cabs are? - You gotta call the cabs.
parent 3
00:23:07- Parents musicians? - No.
conduct 3
01:12:01Would you characterize his conduct as extreme, Andrew?
rhythm 3
00:36:31"Irene" only. Set one. Rhythm section out first.
apologise 3
00:57:55I apologise to the musicians.
pursue 3
00:50:41I'm gonna keep pursuing what I'm pursuing.
janitor 3
00:39:23- I know. Maybe a janitor came by. - A janitor?
drummer 3
00:44:24Yeah, it's going really well. I'm the new core drummer, so...
discourage 3
01:21:10You know, maybe you go too far and you discourage the next Charlie Parker...
boyfriend 2
01:24:27Well, I don't know if I can come. I... I'll have to check with my boyfriend.
teacher 2
00:23:16I guess he's more of a teacher, really.
contact 2
00:33:01My dad says that I have... I have trouble making eye contact.
joke 2
00:39:14- You're joking. You're fucking around? - No.
choose 2
00:15:31It's not that bad. She's a go-go dancer. Could've did porn, she chose not to.
decide 2
00:36:51to decide who they're interested in and who they're not.
foot 2
00:15:48Bitch had a foot fetish or something.
otherwise 2
00:45:53Who are you gonna play with otherwise? Lennon and McCartney were buddies.
begin 2
00:54:21But the truth was that he barely squeaked in to begin with...
allow 2
00:28:15I didn't know they allowed retards.
bunch 2
00:33:59No, I applied to a bunch of schools, Fordham let me in.
study 2
00:33:45What do you study?
memory 2
00:40:16I need the music. It's my memory, I need visual cues.
medical 2
00:40:19- Visual cues. - Yes. It's a medical...
goddamn 2
00:28:28What, are you in a fucking a cappella group? Play the goddamn kit.
folks 2
01:26:35The folks out there make a phone call, you could be a Blue Note signee...
career 2
00:38:59At the end of the day, he wants a career, as dumb as he is.
student 2
01:11:04His mother claims this started during his time as Fletcher's student.
sight 2
00:28:26Sight-read measure 101.
fantastic 2
00:44:36- Trav got named this year's MVP. - That's fantastic, Travis.
gentleman 2
01:09:55Gentlemen, ladies, I apologise...
football 2
00:45:43It's Carlton football. It's not even Division Two, it's Division Three.
piano 2
00:36:08She started piano last week.
studio 2
00:37:46The Shaffer Conservatory Studio Band.
ear 2
00:19:51Okay, maybe a bug flew in my ear.
motherfucker 2
00:57:08Motherfucker!
section 2
00:36:31"Irene" only. Set one. Rhythm section out first.
sharp 2
00:36:44Bar 106, brass, do not forget we sharp that ninth.
curse 2
00:33:16Well, she said my dad cursed me with one.
pathetic 2
00:08:40That was truly pathetic.
quarter 2
00:28:08- What does that say? - "Quarter note equals 215."
option 2
00:05:50Well, you got plenty of options still.
equal 2
00:28:08- What does that say? - "Quarter note equals 215."
absolute 2
01:19:17an absolute necessity.
scale 2
00:54:04I came across a kid in a practice room working on his scales.
measure 2
00:28:26Sight-read measure 101.
louder 2
00:29:13- I'm upset. - Louder.
visual 2
00:40:16I need the music. It's my memory, I need visual cues.
worthless 2
00:29:20You are a worthless, friendless, faggot-lipped piece of shit...
perspective 2
00:06:01Listen, when you get to be my age, you get perspective.
graduate 2
00:54:55And when he graduated...
bachelor 2
01:14:35Married men live much longer than bachelors.
instrument 2
00:36:06Are you playing an instrument yet?
deliberately 2
00:20:14Now, either you are deliberately playing out of tune...
sabotage 2
00:20:17and sabotaging my band...
trumpet 2
00:10:58Down the line. Trumpets, bars seven and eight.
motherfucking 2
01:20:07and plays the best motherfucking solo the world has ever heard.
resent 2
00:50:51About jazz, my charts. Because of that, you're gonna start to resent me.
stool 2
00:43:13Tanner, are you a fucking statue? Let's go. Get off the stool.
retard 2
00:28:15I didn't know they allowed retards.
trombone 2
00:11:09Trombone, bar 24. The and of two.
congratulation 2
00:22:02Jackson, congratulations, you're fourth chair.
figure out 2
00:29:24whose Mommy left Daddy when she figured out he wasn't Eugene O'Neill.
find out 2
00:45:10I found out I'm the youngest person in the band.
fuck off 2
01:05:09Hey, fuck off, Johnny Utah. Turn my pages, bitch.
get out 2
00:13:25- Oh, God. - Get out.
hurry up 2
00:36:27Hurry the fuck up. Get your music.
listen up 2
00:36:25Listen up, Cocksuckers.
squeaker 2
00:17:42We got a squeaker today, people. Neiman.
take out 2
00:13:51- So you wanna take me out. - I would love to take you out.
warm up 2
01:04:02- Fletcher's got Connolly warming up. - God fucking da... Okay.
cry 1
01:19:49Cries himself to sleep that night, but the next morning, what does he do?
carry 1
00:21:55I've carried your fat ass for too long.
apartment 1
01:10:53Last month, he hanged himself in his apartment.
continue 1
00:19:43Before I continue, would that player care to identify himself?
cat 1
01:26:49because the other thing about these cats is they never forget.
quit 1
01:18:04Did you quit?
slow 1
01:00:02Don't slow down.
difference 1
00:27:52- Rushing. - So you do know the difference.
push 1
01:19:07I was there to push people beyond what's expected of them.
board 1
00:46:28They'll make great school board presidents.
grab 1
00:44:12Wanna grab the shakers?
wind 1
00:03:10and your answer was to turn into a wind-up monkey.
seconds 1
00:39:17I swear I had it here two seconds ago. It's gotta be around here.
usually 1
01:04:30Usually it's somebody that has fucking sticks.
jump 1
00:48:30So, Neiman, go ahead, jump on the kit, take it from the top.
fat 1
00:21:55I've carried your fat ass for too long.
final 1
00:29:32So for the final father-fucking time...
yep 1
00:11:31Yep. That's why.
fit 1
01:04:13Well, glad you could fit us into your busy schedule, darling.
spot 1
00:11:21Same spot. Three, four.
enemy 1
01:18:32I know I made enemies.
department 1
00:36:54I'm not gonna have my reputation in that department tarnished...
suit 1
01:11:09Now, the Caseys aren't wealthy, they don't wanna file suit.
arm 1
01:19:03Any fucking moron can wave his arms and keep people in tempo.
lock 1
01:06:03- We're moving on-stage. - I got locked in my car. I'm coming.
treat 1
00:51:54- Yeah. - I see you, you'd treat me like shit...
cost 1
00:21:57I won't have you cost us a competition...
excited 1
01:28:26We're very excited to be here kicking off the JVC Festival this year.
client 1
01:26:40an EMC client, a Lincoln Center core.
extra 1
01:31:28That was a little extra avant-garde there from the rhythm section.
bird 1
00:23:37You know, Charlie Parker became Bird...
beauty 1
00:49:33See, this to me is the beauty of Studio Band.
lay 1
00:50:32I'm just gonna lay it out there.
excellent 1
00:36:15Excellent. Give me five, baby.
bottom 1
00:08:34- Not today. - Big on the bottom. Put some sugar on it.
language 1
01:20:55There are no two words in the English language more harmful...
faster 1
00:03:31Faster. Faster.
bullshit 1
00:59:43Bullshit! Fuck you!
hearing 1
01:12:17This would not be a public hearing, you know.
file 1
01:11:09Now, the Caseys aren't wealthy, they don't wanna file suit.

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