WordStudyFriends season 1 episode 1: vocabulary
«The One Where Monica Gets a Roommate». 3,231 words spoken, 614 different words. Here are the ones worth learning before you watch.
A typical learner knows this share of the words spoken in the episode:
| Your level | Familiar words | New words per episode |
|---|---|---|
| A2 | ≈ 94% | ≈ 102 |
| B1 | ≈ 96% | ≈ 52 |
| B2 | ≈ 98% | ≈ 29 |
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Sorted by how often they are said in the episode. Character names are left out.
B1 words in this episode B1
| sex | being male or female | 3 |
| gravy | warm brown sauce made from meat juice | 3 |
| butt | thick end or target of jokes and criticism | 3 |
| realize | to suddenly understand something | 3 |
| hell | place some believe bad people go after death | 2 |
| lesbian | woman attracted to other women | 2 |
| supposed | thought to be true, or expected to do something | 2 |
| honeymoon | holiday a new married couple takes together | 2 |
| although | even if, but at the same time | 2 |
| divorced | no longer married to your partner | 2 |
| credit | a way to buy now and pay later | 2 |
| sometime | at a time in the future or past | 2 |
| chalk | soft white material used for writing on boards | 1 |
| totally | completely, in every way | 1 |
| weird | very strange and different from normal | 1 |
| sweetie | person you love, or a piece of candy | 1 |
| throat | front part of the neck, or tube inside it | 1 |
| cleanse | to make something completely clean | 1 |
| hysterical | so emotional you cannot control yourself | 1 |
| pain | bad feeling in your body when you are hurt | 1 |
| strip | long thin piece of something | 1 |
| joint | place where two bones meet, or shared by two | 1 |
| hormone | substance in your body that controls how you grow | 1 |
| hammer | tool with a heavy head for hitting nails | 1 |
| survivor | person who stayed alive after danger | 1 |
| freak | very unusual person or thing | 1 |
| drift | move slowly without control, carried by wind or water | 1 |
| issue | a problem or a topic to talk about | 1 |
| pipe | long tube for water or gas to flow through | 1 |
| organ | part inside your body that does a special job | 1 |
| matter | a thing that is important or a problem | 1 |
| purse | small bag for carrying money and small things | 1 |
| raindrop | single drop of water falling from the sky | 1 |
| kitten | very young cat | 1 |
| independence | being free to do things on your own | 1 |
| buzz | low steady sound like a bee makes | 1 |
| headed | going toward a place | 1 |
| crap | something of very poor quality | 1 |
| attach | to join or put one thing on another | 1 |
| spoil | to damage something or give too much to a child | 1 |
B2 words in this episode B2
| aura | special feeling or quality around a person or place | 2 |
| hairpiece | extra hair worn on the head | 1 |
| sob | to cry loudly with deep breaths | 1 |
| bridesmaid | a woman who helps the bride at a wedding | 1 |
| metaphor | a way of describing something by comparing it to another thing | 1 |
| establish | to start or set up something new | 1 |
| bluebell | a plant with small blue flowers shaped like bells | 1 |
| wandering | moving from place to place without a clear aim | 1 |
| eyelash | one of the small hairs on the edge of the eyelid | 1 |
| wondrous | causing a feeling of great surprise and admiration | 1 |
| whatsoever | at all, used to make a negative stronger | 1 |
| bracket | a mark like this [ ] used in writing, or a support piece | 1 |
| steer | to control the direction something moves | 1 |
| revelation | a surprising fact that is made known | 1 |
| sexually | in a way that is about physical love between people | 1 |
| smash | to break into many pieces with great force | 1 |
| sophisticated | having a lot of experience and good taste | 1 |
| upbeat | happy and full of hope about the future | 1 |
| authority | the power to tell others what to do | 1 |
| symbolic | standing for or representing something else | 1 |
| retailer | a shop or person that sells goods to people | 1 |
| vulnerability | state of being open to harm or easy to attack | 1 |
Harder words (C1–C2)
intestine C2 murky C2 fixate C2 sleighbell C2 mitten C2 whim C1 shredded C1 closeness C1 horny C2 matrimony C2 screamer C2 beacon C2 albino C2
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