2 minB2“It's good I was able to check my reflexes.”Dreyfus Takes Over the Case · A Shot in the Dark 1964 · Ch. 3/12
- Criticism & layoffs
- Investigation
- Promising
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English for Investigation
231 real scenes from 54 films. Watch a full scene, then take the phrases people actually use for investigation.
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5 minB2“It's as plain as the nose on your face.”Juror 8 Tests the El Train Timing · 12 Angry Men 1957 · Ch. 8/17
- Courtroom
- Investigation
- Confronting
4 minB2“They're believed to be extinct.”V Kills Delia With a Rose · V for Vendetta 2006 · Ch. 14/25
- Investigation
- Accusations
- Confronting
8 minC1“In for a penny, in for a pound.”Blanc Reveals the Whole Plan · Knives Out 2019 · Ch. 14/14
- Interrogations
- Investigation
- Explaining
2 minB2“He was run over by a car. He was dead when I arrived.”Martins Questions Dr Winkel · The Third Man 1949 · Ch. 8/17
- Interrogations
- Investigation
- Asking
2 minB2“Like I said, kid, take nothing personally.”Kate Reveals the Mole Was Hanssen · Breach 2007 · Ch. 11/20
- Investigation
- Meetings
- Explaining
3 minC1“No, Mr. Green, communism is just a red herring.”Wadsworth Reveals He's the Killer · Clue 1985 · Ch. 16/17
- Accusations
- Investigation
- Explaining
4 minB1“I'm interested in what you know.”Woodward Traces the White House Call · All the President's Men 1976 · Ch. 2/18
- Investigation
- Phone calls
- Confronting
3 minB2“A small plane went into the World Trade Center.”First Reports of Smoke Over Manhattan · United 93 2006 · Ch. 7/17
- Investigation
- Phone calls
- Explaining
5 minB2“To this day my father will tell you he helped me make them posters, but he didn't.”The Night Doug's Mother Left · The Town 2010 · Ch. 9/20
- Storytelling
- Investigation
- Explaining
4 minB2“Are you interested in solving this case or in making me look foolish?”Doyle Won't Search Thorwald's Apartment · Rear Window 1954 · Ch. 8/13
- Investigation
- Arguments
- Confronting
4 minB2“Careful, son. Just my friends call me Shelly.”Marcone Explains His Football Plan · The Last Boy Scout 1991 · Ch. 15/20
- Police questioning
- Investigation
- Confronting
3 minB1“But it's an ideal house for delirium tremens.”The Plan to Rescue Stella · The Uninvited 1944 · Ch. 26/28
- Investigation
- Suggesting
- Persuading
5 minB2“Very convenient that the driver happened to have bushy hair.”Mrs. Miller Changes Her Story · The Thin Blue Line 1988 · Ch. 11/20
- Courtroom
- Investigation
- Explaining
3 minB1“With all due respect, Jerry, I don't want you mucking this up.”Marge Follows a Name · Fargo 1996 · Ch. 11/16
- Investigation
- Arguments
- Asking
4 minC1“They got a word for everything, these guys. Hmm. Except "rape."”Sipe's Six Percent Estimate · Spotlight 2015 · Ch. 10/21
- Meetings
- Investigation
- Explaining
5 minB2“Cooperation, that's us, at all costs.”The Informant Describes Leigh Allen · Zodiac 2007 · Ch. 16/30
- Police questioning
- Investigation
- Explaining
4 minB1“They create a sacred space for the bride and groom that the rest of us can't enter.”Finding Fred and the Wedding Canopy · Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Vows We Have Made 2021 · Ch. 10/18
- Investigation
- Small talk
- Explaining
3 minB1“There is much here that does not meet the eye.”Clouseau Investigates the Pistol Pen · A Shot in the Dark 1964 · Ch. 1/12
- Crime scenes
- Investigation
- Confronting
5 minB2“There is a reasonable doubt in my mind.”Juror 8 Reenacts the Old Man's Walk · 12 Angry Men 1957 · Ch. 11/17
- Courtroom
- Investigation
- Confronting
3 minB2“The problem is that he knows us better than we know ourselves.”Finch Explains the Pattern · V for Vendetta 2006 · Ch. 23/25
- Meetings
- Investigation
- Explaining
3 minB2“Physical evidence can tell a clear story with a forked tongue.”Reconstructing the Night of the Death · Knives Out 2019 · Ch. 5/14
- Investigation
- Interrogations
- Explaining
3 minB2“As soon as I get to the bottom of this, I'll get the next plane.”Calloway Confiscates Anna's Papers · The Third Man 1949 · Ch. 7/17
- Police questioning
- Investigation
- Warning
3 minC1“And why the hell would you hand a new division to a guy who's retiring in two months, especially if he's under investigation?”Kate Reveals Hanssen Is a Traitor · Breach 2007 · Ch. 9/20
- Investigation
- Accusations
- Explaining