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Friends season 1 episode 19: vocabulary

«The One Where the Monkey Gets Away». 2,460 words spoken, 503 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%≈ 81
B1≈ 96%≈ 45
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

relationshiphow two people or things are connected3
maidwoman whose job is to clean rooms2
onesthings already talked about2
partiallynot fully, only some of it2
illegalnot allowed by law2
nonenot any, zero2
radiatorthing that gives out heat to warm a room2
goshword showing surprise2
totallycompletely, in every way2
buttthick end or target of jokes and criticism2
proma formal dance party at a school2
sexbeing male or female2
sticklong thin piece of wood1
camomileplant used to make a calming tea1
blackberrysmall dark purple fruit that grows on bushes1
bunknarrow bed fixed to a wall or nonsense talk1
samplesmall piece of something to try1
newslettershort report sent regularly to a group1
noticeto see or become aware of something1
inspirationfeeling or idea that makes you want to create1
masterperson who is very good at something1
sexualabout the body and being male or female1
interruptedstopped for a short time before continuing1
violencewhen people hurt others on purpose1
discussiona talk about a topic with other people1
disbeliefthe feeling of not being able to believe something1
phrasegroup of words that go together1
boalarge snake that wraps around animals1
ravena large black bird1
supposedthought to be true, or expected to do something1
registerto put your name on an official list1
clunkybig, heavy, and not working smoothly1
negativebad, or saying no1
sprayto send out small drops of liquid1
tradebuying and selling things or a type of work1
oweto need to pay money back to someone1
picklefood kept in salt water or a sour liquid1
murderto take someone's life on purpose1
painfulcausing pain in your body1
misunderstandto not understand something correctly1

B2 words in this episode B2

engagementan agreement to marry, or being involved in something2
curlmake or form into a round curved shape2
earla man of high rank in the British system1
touristyfull of visitors, often too many1
punishablethat can be punished by law or rules1
obliviousnot knowing or noticing what is around you1
potassiuma soft metal found in some foods, good for the body1
supervisora person whose job is to watch over workers1

Harder words (C1–C2)

nudity C2 waffle C1 marc C2 heckle C2 medley C2 soother C1 embargo C2 frolic C2 unclench C1 woo C1 francise C2 dexter C2 lysol C2 confiscation C2 reconcile C1 yea C2 tranquilise C2 homecoming C1 alp 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