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If you are learning English through TV shows, "The Good Place" is a goldmine of high-frequency phrasal verbs and idioms. Characters like Eleanor Shellstrop, Chidi Anagonye, Tahani Al-Jamil, and Jason Mendoza constantly use expressions such as figure out, soul mate, reboot, suck, torture, hang on, freak out, pick up, pull off, go through, check out, give up, show up, screw up, end up, shut up, make sense, get rid of, wake up, and start over. Most of these belong to CEFR levels B1–B2, making the show ideal for intermediate learners who want to hear natural, conversational English in a fun, absurdist context.

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"The Good Place" is best suited for learners at a B1 (intermediate) level and above. The plot mixes philosophical dialogue with everyday banter, so you get exposure to both academic and casual English. By repeatedly hearing characters screw up and then start over, you internalize how these phrasal verbs are used in real life.

#	Word / Phrase	Level	Count
1	figure out	B1	53	+
2	soul mate	B1	27	+
3	reboot	B2	27	+
4	suck	B1	27	+
5	torture	B2	23	+
6	hang on	B1	21	+
7	freak out	B1	20	+
8	pick up	A2	15	+
9	pull off	B2	15	+
10	go through	B1	14	+
11	check out	B1	12	+
12	give up	B1	12	+
13	show up	B1	12	+
14	screw up	B1	12	+
15	end up	B1	12	+
16	shut up	B1	12	+
17	make sense	B1	11	+
18	get rid of	B1	11	+
19	wake up	A2	11	+
20	start over	B1	11	+
21	take off	A2	11	+
22	dope	B1	10	+
23	trick	B1	10	+
24	shut down	B1	10	+
25	hang out	A2	10	+
26	owe	B1	10	+
27	miss	A2	10	+
28	get	A2	10	+
29	get to know	A2	9	+
30	belong	A2	9	+
31	blow up	B1	9	+
32	take care of	A2	8	+
33	steal	B1	8	+
34	pointless	B1	8	+
35	grab	B1	8	+
36	make up	B1	8	+
37	here we go	A2	8	+
38	get it	A2	8	+
39	come in	A2	8	+
40	miserable	B1	8	+
41	get better	A2	8	+
42	take over	B1	8	+
43	get out of	B1	8	+
44	deal with	B1	7	+
45	confess	B1	7	+
46	on one's own	B1	7	+
47	come up with	B1	7	+
48	run away	B1	7	+
49	sacrifice oneself	B2	7	+
50	come on	A2	7	+
51	trap	B1	7	+
52	blow it	B2	7	+
53	nail it	B2	7	+
54	glitch	B2	7	+
55	hit it	B1	7	+
56	deserve	B1	7	+
57	fall apart	B1	7	+
58	erase	B1	7	+
59	lie	A2	7	+
60	let down	B1	6	+
61	clean up	B1	6	+
62	a bunch of	A2	6	+
63	cheer up	B1	6	+
64	escape	B1	6	+
65	afterlife	B2	6	+
66	beg	B1	6	+
67	catch up	B1	6	+
68	care about	A2	6	+
69	hook up with	B2	6	+
70	bond	B1	6	+
71	work out	A2	6	+
72	face it	B1	6	+
73	belong here	A2	6	+
74	what the fork	B1	6	+
75	throw at	B1	6	+
76	break up	B1	6	+
77	turn out	B1	6	+
78	focus on	B1	6	+
79	frame	B1	6	+
80	find out	A2	6	+
81	obsessed with	B2	6	+
82	insane	B2	6	+
83	calm down	A2	6	+
84	go ahead	A2	6	+
85	run into	B1	6	+
86	set up	B1	6	+
87	take a break	A2	6	+
88	stink	B1	6	+
89	save	A2	6	+
90	fall in love	A2	5	+
91	murder	B1	5	+
92	make up for	B1	5	+
93	pretend to be	B1	5	+
94	mess up	B1	5	+
95	incapable of	B2	5	+
96	get over	B1	5	+
97	get out of here	B1	5	+
98	cool	B1	5	+
99	sinkhole	B2	5	+
100	into	B1	5	+

* These frequency counts are approximate values based on AI-extracted vocabulary data.