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Friends season 1 episode 8: vocabulary

«The One Where Nana Dies Twice». 1,908 words spoken, 424 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≈ 93%≈ 56
B1≈ 96%≈ 28
B2≈ 97%≈ 16

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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

qualityhow good or bad something is5
gayattracted to people of the same sex3
buriedput under the ground or hidden from sight3
mattera thing that is important or a problem2
sweetieperson you love, or a piece of candy2
financialabout money and how it is used2
unlessif not, except when2
funeralevent when people say goodbye to a dead person2
dehydratednot having enough water in your body1
flushto clean by sending a lot of water through1
ridiculousvery silly and not making sense1
neithernot one and not the other1
althougheven if, but at the same time1
absolutelycompletely, fully, yes for sure1
vaguenot clear, hard to understand1
beepshort high sound from a machine1
unbelievableso big or great that it is hard to believe1
careerthe type of work you do for many years1
fuzzysoft and not clear, or covered in soft hair1
pursesmall bag for carrying money and small things1
weirdvery strange and different from normal1
struckpast of strike, hit hard1
lightningbright flash of light in the sky in a storm1
miniaturevery small copy of something1
vibethe feeling or mood of a place or person1
wheneverat any time that something happens1
casketbox for a dead person, or small box for things1
defineto say what a word or thing means1
geeword showing surprise1
apparentlyit seems like, people say that1
phewsound you make when you feel free from worry1
shamebad feeling for doing something wrong1
eternitytime that has no end1
featureimportant or interesting part of something1
servicehelp given to people, or work done for others1
overcoata long warm coat worn over other clothes1
receptionarea at the front of a building for visitors1
ruinto break or damage something very badly1
thoughbut, however1
realiseto understand something that you did not know before1

B2 words in this episode B2

grossvery unpleasant, or the total before anything is taken away1
predictableeasy to know what will happen next1
bearingthe way you hold your body, or a direction1
remarkablyin a way that is surprising and worth noticing1
bouta short period of illness or activity1

Harder words (C1–C2)

spasm C1 fluorescent C1 retainer C1 slimmer C2 cracker C2 unsay C2 mach C2

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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