Friends season 1 episode 13: vocabulary
«The One with the Boobies». 2,395 words spoken, 478 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 | ≈ 93% | ≈ 74 |
| B1 | ≈ 95% | ≈ 41 |
| B2 | ≈ 97% | ≈ 23 |
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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
| sweetie | person you love, or a piece of candy | 3 |
| though | but, however | 3 |
| matter | a thing that is important or a problem | 3 |
| sibling | brother or sister | 3 |
| ridiculous | very silly and not making sense | 2 |
| weird | very strange and different from normal | 2 |
| lesbian | woman attracted to other women | 2 |
| marriage | being married to someone | 2 |
| tough | strong and hard to break, or difficult | 2 |
| business | work of buying and selling things | 2 |
| yell | shout very loudly | 2 |
| hell | place some believe bad people go after death | 2 |
| define | to say what a word or thing means | 2 |
| respect | feeling that someone or something is good | 1 |
| privacy | being alone and not watched by others | 1 |
| relatively | compared to other things, fairly | 1 |
| shrink | to become smaller in size | 1 |
| nuts | crazy or very enthusiastic about something | 1 |
| subject | what you study or talk about | 1 |
| issue | a problem or a topic to talk about | 1 |
| divorce | legal end of a marriage | 1 |
| puberty | time when a child's body changes to an adult's | 1 |
| haul | to pull something heavy with effort | 1 |
| ass | animal like a small horse with long ears | 1 |
| forth | forward or out from a place | 1 |
| puppet | toy that moves when you pull strings or use hands | 1 |
| navy | part of the army that fights on the sea | 1 |
| memory | the ability to remember things | 1 |
| lead | to show the way, or to be first | 1 |
| stare | to look at something for a long time | 1 |
| resolve | to find an answer to a problem | 1 |
| compensate | to pay or give something for a loss | 1 |
| occasionally | sometimes, not very often | 1 |
| pose | to stand in a position for a picture | 1 |
| tail | long part at the back of an animal | 1 |
| means | way of doing something | 1 |
| strict | making sure rules are followed exactly | 1 |
| underwear | clothes you wear under your other clothes | 1 |
| cave | large hole in the side of a hill or under ground | 1 |
| courage | being brave when something is scary or hard | 1 |
B2 words in this episode B2
| tribe | a group of people who share customs and a leader | 2 |
| tat | cheap and low quality things | 2 |
| weave | to make cloth by crossing threads over and under | 1 |
| intimacy | state of being very close with someone | 1 |
| overshadow | to make something seem less important | 1 |
| conceivable | possible to imagine or believe | 1 |
| sabotage | to damage or destroy on purpose to cause problems | 1 |
| lifeboat | a boat used to rescue people at sea | 1 |
| pancake | a thin flat round food made from eggs, flour and milk | 1 |
| attentive | watching and listening carefully | 1 |
| dynamic | full of energy and always changing | 1 |
| stunt | a dangerous and exciting action, often in a film | 1 |
| restraining | holding back or limiting someone or something | 1 |
Harder words (C1–C2)
booby C2 barge C1 mitten C2 sparky C1 scuse C2 mortician C2 analytical C1 wobble C2 embolism C2 kicky C2 mistress C1 perceptive C1 dysfunctional C1 nipple C2 payback C2
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