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Friends season 1 episode 4: vocabulary

«The One with George Stephanopoulos». 2,331 words spoken, 527 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 levelFamiliar wordsNew words per episode
A2≈ 92%≈ 87
B1≈ 95%≈ 48
B2≈ 97%≈ 28

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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

peachsoft round fruit with fuzzy skin4
buddyclose friend3
sexbeing male or female3
totallycompletely, in every way3
pitlarge hole in the ground2
satisfyto give someone what they need or want2
hungerfeeling of needing food1
nodto move your head up and down to say yes1
deafnot able to hear1
constantlyall the time, without stopping1
physicalabout the body, or things you can touch1
relationshiphow two people or things are connected1
lesbianwoman attracted to other women1
hellplace some believe bad people go after death1
cavelarge hole in the side of a hill or under ground1
steamhot white cloud that comes from boiling water1
worthhaving a certain value1
servicehelp given to people, or work done for others1
swearto promise strongly, or say bad words1
firma company, or hard and not soft1
subjectwhat you study or talk about1
elbowmiddle part of your arm where it bends1
briefshort, not taking much time1
basicallyin the most simple way1
assanimal like a small horse with long ears1
dumpto throw away or put down carelessly1
realitywhat is real, not imagined1
punchto hit hard with a closed hand1
ruma strong drink made from sugar plants1
doughsoft mix of flour and water for making bread1
operationwhen a doctor cuts the body to fix it1
operateto make a machine work or to cut a body to fix it1
referencewords that tell you where to find something1
accountrecord of money or online profile1
promotedgiven a higher job, or helped make something known1
pregnanthaving a baby growing inside your body1
mentionto say something about a topic briefly1
frostthin white ice on things when it is very cold1
independencebeing free to do things on your own1
possibilitysomething that may happen or be true1

B2 words in this episode B2

pucka hard flat round thing used in ice games4
glowgive off a warm steady light2
insecurenot feeling safe or confident about yourself1
reassureto make someone feel less worried1
dairyabout milk and foods made from milk1
duplexbuilding with two separate living spaces1
creasea line made by folding or pressing something1
altara special table used for religious actions1
slumbersleep, especially light peaceful sleep1
predicamenta difficult situation that is hard to get out of1
advisera person who gives helpful ideas about what to do1
preppydressed in a neat, clean, traditional style1
keepera person who takes care of something1
monopolywhen one company controls all of something1

Harder words (C1–C2)

omnipotent C1 bonehead C2 boob C2 consummate C2 nectarine C2 trashy C1 tweezer C1 downstair C2 toothless C1 scuse C2 dented C2 painkiller C1 twelfth C1 pate C2 hurley C2 tommy C1 finder C2 weeper C1

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Word counts come from the Friends transcripts of the Emory University character-mining corpus (Apache-2.0), cross-checked against subtitles from OpenSubtitles.org; we publish only numbers and word lists, never the dialogue. Levels (A1–C2) and translations come from the WordStudy dictionary. opensubtitles.org