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The King's Speech Season 1 Episodes 1 English Vocabulary List

The King's Speech

The Kings Speech 2010

This page offers a comprehensive resource for English learners featuring The King's Speech English Vocabulary List, which contains a total of 513 words, predominantly aimed at the B2 CEFR level. Here, you can explore a rich vocabulary derived from the acclaimed 2010 film, "The King's Speech," where Prince Albert grapples with his speech impediment while preparing to take the throne. Alongside the vocabulary list, you can engage with a reading passage that enhances comprehension and practice your speaking skills through AI-driven exercises. This combination of resources is designed to elevate your English proficiency and deepen your understanding of the film's themes.

513 words
A2
4
B1
66
B2
285
C1
140
C2
18
a fortune B2 +
a great deal more B2 +
a sea of troubles C2 +
a wealth of words C1 +
abdicate C1 +
according to B2 +
act on behalf B2 +
addressed B2 +
afraid of B1 +
afraid of his own shadow B2 +
after the fact C1 +
alas B2 +
all along B2 +
all hell's broken loose C1 +
allow me to guide you B2 +
antipodean C2 +
apologize B1 +
approach B2 +
arranging introductions B2 +
arse have sat in this chair C1 +
at long last B2 +
at the invitation of B2 +
at war with B2 +
at Your Majesty's disposal C1 +
attending the Coronation B2 +
awfully long B1 +
awfully sure of yourself C1 +
barking up the wrong tree C1 +
barrage balloons C1 +
basest C2 +
bastard B2 +
bear B2 +
bear date C1 +
bearing up B2 +
beastly C1 +
behaved badly B2 +
bet you B1 +
bless you B1 +
bloody B2 +
bloody agony C1 +
bloody mess B2 +
bloody well B2 +
Bolshevik C1 +
bordering on C1 +
bored stupid C1 +
bosom C1 +
bounce onto it B2 +
bound B2 +
breathing down my neck B2 +
brilliant B2 +
bring it up B2 +
broadcaster B2 +
broken off B2 +
brows B2 +
brushing up B2 +
bugger off C1 +
build up the strength B2 +
burden B2 +
by opposing end them C2 +
by what right B2 +
called to B2 +
calls B1 +
calms the nerves B2 +
carry him around in your pocket C1 +
carry on B2 +
carry on with B2 +
carry the heavy burden B2 +
charging for this B2 +
chase the same girls B2 +
cheap seats B2 +
chit-chat B2 +
classifieds B2 +
clever B1 +
clever clogs B2 +
closest to B2 +
closing ceremony B1 +
come on up B1 +
comes highly recommended B2 +
commence C1 +
commend C1 +
commit our cause to C1 +
Common Man B2 +
commoner B2 +
commotions B2 +
complicate matters B2 +
confined to B2 +
constitutionally C1 +
consult and be advised C1 +
continuous movement B2 +
controversial B2 +
cope with a minor event B2 +
cosy B1 +
coughing a lot B1 +
coward B2 +
credentials B2 +
cried out B2 +
crooning C1 +
cross your threshold C1 +
crowned him backwards C1 +
crystal clear B2 +
cuppa B2 +
cured B2 +
damn right B2 +
damn well going to be afraid B1 +
damned B2 +
dark days ahead B2 +
deal with the surface of the problem B2 +
declare a war B2 +
declare my allegiance C1 +
decorated B2 +
decrees C1 +
defecation C1 +
defect B2 +
deformed B2 +
depression B2 +
depth of feeling B2 +
despatch C1 +
determined B2 +
devilish device C1 +
diction B2 +
discharge my duties C1 +
discharged my last duty C1 +
discontent C1 +
disheartened C1 +
dived in B1 +
divine right C1 +
do the right B2 +
do you both good B1 +
do your part B2 +
doubt that B2 +
down the drain B2 +
dramatic society B2 +
dread B2 +
dropping by B2 +
duration B2 +
earliest memory B2 +
Easy when you know how B2 +
edit B1 +
egghead C1 +
elocution C1 +
elocution lessons C1 +
encouraged it B1 +
ensnaring C1 +
enunciate C1 +
expand your chest B2 +
extremely difficult B1 +
face boldly up to B2 +
faithful to B2 +
fall back to square one C1 +
familiarise myself with B2 +
fatal B2 +
fateful C1 +
faults B2 +
feel dreadful B2 +
fight against B2 +
fighting me B2 +
filing a petition C1 +
finish that off B2 +
finish your homework A2 +
fix it B1 +
flabby tummy B2 +
flawlessly C1 +
fluent B2 +
for heaven's sake B1 +
for the present B2 +
for the sake of B2 +
forced into B2 +
forget about the blessed shilling B2 +
forgive us B1 +
fornication C1 +
forthwith C1 +
frank appraisal C1 +
full extent of your services B2 +
full of hot air B2 +
gave ... quite a shock B1 +
gave him a good scrub B1 +
geisha girl B2 +
get cracking B2 +
get it out B2 +
Get out there B1 +
get some air B1 +
getting plump B2 +
give a damn B2 +
give a very noble account of yourself C1 +
give them faith B2 +
given up hope B2 +
glorious transformation C1 +
go about it the wrong way B2 +
go deeper B2 +
go home rich B2 +
go on about B2 +
go out live B2 +
go straight on B2 +
go through B2 +
Good God B2 +
got the shilling you owe me B2 +
govern B2 +
governed by fear C1 +
grave hour C1 +
great time of crisis B2 +
greatest test is yet to come B2 +
halting C1 +
handed a final note B2 +
handed back B2 +
hardly been out of B2 +
has more guts B2 +
have a bit of a temper B2 +
have a go B2 +
Have a go yourself B2 +
have a right to be heard B2 +
have my best interests at heart C1 +
have wings B1 +
having this conversation again B1 +
having trouble with B1 +
head of the Church B2 +
head of The Church of England C1 +
heir to the throne B2 +
help myself B1 +
hesitate B2 +
hesitation B2 +
hidden from view B2 +
highly regarded B2 +
hold dear C1 +
hold on him C1 +
hold tight B1 +
hopeless B2 +
hour of need B2 +
how do you do? B1 +
however this turns out B2 +
hubby B2 +
humble servant C1 +
hurled into the abyss C2 +
I'd kill for B2 +
ice skating A2 +
impeccable credentials C1 +
impediment C1 +
impelled me to C1 +
in a most favourable light C1 +
in command B2 +
in my power B2 +
in no condition B2 +
in the loo B2 +
in vain B2 +
inane C1 +
inaugural broadcast C1 +
inconvenient B2 +
indentured servitude C1 +
infatuated C1 +
ingratiate ourselves with C2 +
inhale deep into your lungs B2 +
insert B2 +
insisting B2 +
instruct me on my duties C1 +
jumped-up C1 +
keep doing B1 +
keep things simple B2 +
kiss the book C1 +
knighted C1 +
knighthood C1 +
knock knees B2 +
knock your heads together C1 +
lack commitment and resolve C1 +
lacking in moral feeling C1 +
laying off B2 +
least of all B2 +
leave the country without a government B2 +
leave us alone B1 +
let his people down B2 +
let the microphone do the work B2 +
letters patent C1 +
levy a tax C1 +
lie to B1 +
live B1 +
looming B2 +
loosening of the jaw B2 +
lour'd C2 +
lucky guess B2 +
made an asset of it C1 +
major theater town B2 +
make a bloody good king B2 +
make drowsy B2 +
make good B2 +
make inquiries B2 +
make matters worse B2 +
make my own recommendation B2 +
makes it official B2 +
making some changes to B2 +
marvellous B2 +
matter of principal B2 +
mechanical difficulties B2 +
meet the challenge B2 +
metal splints B2 +
might is right C2 +
miss terribly B2 +
mucking around B2 +
muscle therapy B2 +
my mind's made up B2 +
natters C1 +
naturally right handed B1 +
nerve B2 +
next in line B2 +
no more B1 +
nobody B2 +
Nonetheless C1 +
not catching B2 +
not quite finished B2 +
not understand a word of B2 +
of sound mind C1 +
off you go B1 +
on air B2 +
on purpose B1 +
On the contrary B2 +
on the throne B2 +
on what basis B2 +
onwards B2 +
ordinary Englishman B2 +
out of the question B2 +
out of work B2 +
outlook B2 +
outshine C1 +
over and over again B1 +
overborne C2 +
overstepped the mark C1 +
Pandora's Box C1 +
pay me back B1 +
perform and keep B2 +
permit B1 +
perservance C1 +
personal matter B2 +
personal matters B2 +
pick up B1 +
pick up the pieces B2 +
pinch B2 +
place the crown B2 +
play it back B2 +
played the role B2 +
pleasant towards B2 +
poisonous words C1 +
poor and content is rich and rich enough C2 +
poor substitute B2 +
pop B2 +
pop by B2 +
pop this on B2 +
possess exclusive rights C1 +
precarious C1 +
premises B2 +
presented to B2 +
prevail C1 +
previous engagement B2 +
prince of the realm C1 +
promise me B1 +
public school prig C2 +
public speaking B2 +
pull over B2 +
push off throne C1 +
put together B1 +
put your thinking caps on C1 +
quite good fun B1 +
rather a long wait B2 +
reasoned C1 +
received at court C1 +
receptionist B1 +
recollection B2 +
reduced to B2 +
regain prosperity C1 +
regal C1 +
relax your throat muscles B2 +
removed to improve the view B2 +
renounce the throne C1 +
resign B2 +
resolutely C1 +
reverently C1 +
ring a few bells B2 +
royal cage C1 +
rumoured B2 +
saddled C1 +
seat of all authority C1 +
seated in the King's Box B2 +
seeking assistance B2 +
seldom B2 +
self-seeking C1 +
services will no longer be required B2 +
settled B2 +
shan't speak B2 +
shared the expert ministrations C2 +
shell-shocked C1 +
shirking his duties C1 +
show up for duty B2 +
Shut up B1 +
sifted C1 +
sit up B1 +
slightly awkward B2 +
slightly late B1 +
slings and arrows C2 +
solemnity C1 +
solemnly promise B2 +
sort out B2 +
sort that lot out B2 +
sounds a bit rough B2 +
souvenir B2 +
speak publicly B2 +
speak with the Dean B2 +
speech impediment B2 +
speech therapist B2 +
speechless B2 +
splendid B2 +
splendid fellow B2 +
staged B2 +
stake you C1 +
stammer B2 +
stammered B2 +
stammerers C1 +
stand calm and firm B2 +
stand here all day B2 +
stand united B2 +
star chamber C2 +
stare it square in the eye C1 +
stared square into C1 +
state of war B2 +
state paper C1 +
staying to dinner B1 +
stop calling me that B1 +
strengthen your tongue B2 +
stripped of C1 +
strong suit B2 +
struck by B2 +
sublime C2 +
sublimely happy C2 +
substantial fees B2 +
succeeded by B2 +
such a treat B2 +
sucking smoke into your lungs C1 +
swallowed B2 +
swear B1 +
sweeten it C1 +
switch that machine off B1 +
take a nice deep breath A2 +
take a stroll B2 +
take arms against C1 +
take it all again from the top B2 +
take it from there B2 +
take liberties C1 +
take that as a compliment B2 +
take the liberty C1 +
take you on B2 +
take your time B1 +
taken part B1 +
taken up B2 +
talk over B2 +
tardiness C1 +
tease B1 +
temperament C1 +
tender my resignation C1 +
terribly busy B2 +
terribly clever B2 +
the classic approach B2 +
the least of it C1 +
thistle sifter C2 +
threshold B2 +
thrilled with the result B2 +
throw in B2 +
tick, tock B1 +
time of trial C1 +
time to go A2 +
timed it at B2 +
to my face B2 +
to no avail C1 +
to tell the truth B1 +
tolerated B2 +
tongue twisters B1 +
tongue-tied B2 +
top-up B2 +
tranquillity C1 +
trapped B2 +
treason C1 +
tricked me B1 +
trippingly C2 +
trivialising C1 +
trust B1 +
try not lose the thread B2 +
turn the hesitations into pauses B2 +
turned into B1 +
un- obliging C1 +
unorthodox C1 +
unthinkable C1 +
upholding the faith C1 +
upon occasion B2 +
vigil C1 +
vouched for B2 +
vulgar B2 +
wager C1 +
wait for a king to apologize C1 +
wait for the right moment B2 +
war time B2 +
waste my time B1 +
well acquainted with C1 +
well done B1 +
well reviewed B2 +
What a pity B1 +
what on earth B2 +
What're friends for B2 +
wicked witch B2 +
willing to work hard B1 +
with all my heart B2 +
withdraw their troops B2 +
withhold C1 +
without hesitation B2 +
wreaths B2 +
wretched C1 +
yearning C1 +
yearning for C1 +
young bucks C1 +
your own man C1 +

"The King's Speech" delves into the profound struggles of Prince Albert, Duke of York, who is thrust into the spotlight as he prepares to assume the throne following his brother's abdication. Known to his family and friends as "Bertie," he is plagued by a debilitating speech impediment that severely hampers his ability to communicate, particularly in public settings. The narrative unfolds against the backdrop of the impending Second World War, where effective leadership and public speaking are paramount. Bertie's wife, Elizabeth, recognizes the gravity of the situation and seeks the help of an unconventional speech therapist, Lionel Logue. Their relationship becomes central to the story, as it evolves from one of skepticism and tension to a deep bond built on trust and mutual respect. Lionel's unorthodox methods challenge Bertie's perceptions of royalty and vulnerability, setting the stage for a transformative journey. As the episode progresses, the tension escalates, revealing the inner turmoil of both Bertie and Lionel. Bertie grapples with the weight of expectations placed upon him, not only as a royal but as a leader during a turbulent time. His journey to overcoming his speech challenges is fraught with setbacks, revealing his insecurities and fears. Meanwhile, Lionel faces his own struggles, navigating the complexities of working with a royal while adhering to his principles. Key moments in their relationship unfold as Bertie learns to confront his demons, leading to an emotional climax during his first major public address as king. The episode deftly illustrates the interplay between personal growth and public duty, culminating in a poignant affirmation of the power of perseverance and friendship amidst adversity. As the specter of war looms, the King's eventual triumph over his stutter not only signifies a personal victory but also serves as a beacon of hope for a nation on the brink of chaos.

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