Learn English with the shows you already watch

Know the words before you press play

Pick tonight’s episode. Duck finds the words you don’t know yet — at your level — and teaches them to you before you watch.

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A tiny sample deck — four cards, one minute.

1 · Set your level

A2 B1 B2 C1+

2 · Pick a title

Stranger Things Stranger Things Fallout Fallout The Office The Office A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Better Call Saul Better Call Saul Ted Lasso Ted Lasso Pulp Fiction Pulp Fiction Forrest Gump Forrest Gump Soul Soul Don't Look Up Don't Look Up The Fifth Element The Fifth Element
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3 · Pick the words to learn

B2

keep a lid on (sth)

to keep something quiet

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B2

new temp

a newly hired short-term worker

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B2

get the axe

to be closed down or fired

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B2

downsize

to cut jobs to reduce costs

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Preview the words

B2

downsize

to cut jobs to reduce costs

Pick your episode — we’ll suggest words and phrases from it, just above your level.

Enjoy — and notice

Frame from The Office

This does, however, mean that there's going to be downsizing.

You catch the words you previewed — and that joy of recognition is a huge learning boost.

Remember forever

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Each card comes back right before you’d forget it. The gaps grow until the word doesn’t need Duck anymore.

Built on proven learning science

  • Just above your level — where you learn fastest
  • Real scenes, not word lists — you remember the scene, and the word comes with it
  • Spaced repetition, built in — the most proven method there is, with just two answers: know it, or still learning
  • Learn from what you love — strong feelings make strong memories
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Your tutor learns your vocabulary word by word — and the zone moves with you.

Ask about a phrase. It’s already a card.

Ask in the chat about any phrase and get a quick answer. Want to keep it for good? The card is already made — one tap adds it to your deck.

For the word nerds

The parts we built because we wanted them ourselves.

  • FSRS-6 scheduler — state of the art, zero knobs to tune
  • CLI access to your deck, for your own tools and scripts
  • Export everything as JSON — your data is yours
  • Open API for adding cards from anywhere

$ duck cards add "hunker down"

✓ card built — hunker down (C1, phrasal verb)

$ duck deck export --json > my_words.json

✓ 1,284 cards exported

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