Explore Movie Vocabulary
Learn English with movies. Discover how much of a movie’s vocabulary you already know and review unfamiliar words before watching.
Love in the Afternoon
Unique vocabulary and phrases by level
How difficult is Love in the Afternoon in English?
Love in the Afternoon: 65.8% A1–A2 vocabulary; 16.7% B2, C1, and rare vocabulary. Vocabulary size: 1,351.
Unique vocabulary
- For A2 learners: 28.3% of unique vocabulary is above A2 or marked rare. Expect substantial preparation; start with short scenes and English subtitles.
- For B1 learners: 16.7% of unique vocabulary is above B1 or marked rare. Preview recurring words and use English subtitles.
- For B2 learners: 11.7% of unique vocabulary is above B2 or marked rare. Preview recurring words and use English subtitles.
5.9% Unclassified. Unclassified vocabulary has no reliable level assignment.
Vocabulary weighted by word occurrences
92.0% A1–A2 vocabulary; 3.7% B2, C1, and rare vocabulary; 1.5% Unclassified.
This counts repeated eligible words. Phrases are excluded from this calculation to avoid counting their component words twice.
Recurring words and phrases to preview
- item (B1): 33 occurrences in available subtitles.
Subtitle example:
Items 4 to 9 inclusive...
- ariane (rare): 26 occurrences in available subtitles.
Subtitle example:
Ariane! Have you been into my files?
- suite (B1): 16 occurrences in available subtitles.
Subtitle example:
...she was conferring nightly in Suite 14 of the Ritz.
- export (B1): 11 occurrences in available subtitles.
Subtitle example:
What does he export and what does he import?
- cello (rare): 10 occurrences in available subtitles.
Subtitle example:
There's just myself, my daughter, and her cello.
Compare with titles in similar genres
- Bad Santa 2: 16.8% B2, C1, and rare vocabulary (0.1 percentage points more than Love in the Afternoon).
- Get Hard: 16.9% B2, C1, and rare vocabulary (0.1 percentage points more than Love in the Afternoon).
- The Ref: 16.9% B2, C1, and rare vocabulary (0.2 percentage points more than Love in the Afternoon).
These percentages describe vocabulary, not the proportion of dialogue you will understand. CEFR labels are estimates, not official film ratings. Accent, speed, songs, context, and your own vocabulary also affect comprehension. Repeated occurrences may include repeated dialogue or lyrics.
How we estimate vocabulary difficulty · Evidence generated: