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
Situation
English for Law & crime
425 real scenes from 89 films. Watch a full scene, then take the phrases people actually use for law & crime.
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3 minB2“I didn't know you couldn't do that.”Eduardo's Chicken Deposition Story · The Social Network 2010 · Ch. 17/23
- Courtroom
- Interrogations
- Explaining
3 minB2“Well, unless he's dumber than I think he is, he won't wait until his lease is up.”Lisa Gets Arrested at Thorwald's · Rear Window 1954 · Ch. 13/13
- Phone calls
- Investigation
- Explaining
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
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
2 minB1“They're good, Norm, but you're better than them.”Norm Brings Marge Lunch · Fargo 1996 · Ch. 8/16
- Investigation
- Police questioning
- Asking
2 minC1“Like it was totally normal to fool around with little boys.”Springfield Hearing on Sealed Records · Spotlight 2015 · Ch. 14/21
- Courtroom
- Explaining
- Confronting
5 minB2“It is a cry for help, intended as a private communiqué.”Graysmith Cracks the Zodiac Cipher · Zodiac 2007 · Ch. 11/30
- Investigation
- Interrogations
- Explaining
4 minB2“I put it to you directly, Monsieur Ballon, that it was you who murdered Miguel Ostos.”Clouseau Questions Ballon at Billiards · A Shot in the Dark 1964 · Ch. 8/12
- Interrogations
- Investigation
- Confronting
5 minB2“We burn a hot fire here; it melts down all concealment.”Proctor Refuses to Drop the Charge · The Crucible 2014 · Ch. 18/29
- Courtroom
- Interrogations
- Confronting
2 minC1“This is what it feels like. Same court, no armour.”Tessa Enters Court Without Armour · National Theatre Live: Prima Facie 2022 · Ch. 13/22
- Courtroom
- Monologues
- Explaining
3 minB2“I got to straighten out everything with Paulie or I'm dead.”Henry Interrogated, Karen Flushes Stash · GoodFellas 1990 · Ch. 27/28
- Interrogations
- Crime scenes
- Confronting
5 minB1“You can't send someone off to die on evidence like that.”Juror 8 Doubts the Eyewitness · 12 Angry Men 1957 · Ch. 17/17
- Courtroom
- Persuasion
- Persuading
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“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 minB2“You've got blood on your hands.”Locking Up the Weapons · Clue 1985 · Ch. 8/17
- Crime scenes
- Investigation
- Confronting
3 minB2“It's the details that sell your story.”Holdaway Teaches the Commode Story · Reservoir Dogs 1992 · Ch. 18/22
- Storytelling
- Investigation
- Explaining
3 minB2“You have answers for everything, don't you?”Reporters Decode the Matchbook Initials · All the President's Men 1976 · Ch. 12/18
- Investigation
- Interrogations
- Explaining
4 minB2“As for things looking bad, they don't look bad, Mr Vole, they look terrible.”Leonard Recounts the Night of the Murder · Witness for the Prosecution 1957 · Ch. 6/27
- Interrogations
- Police questioning
- Explaining
4 minB1“Heisting banks is a trade in Charlestown.”FBI Explains the Charlestown Trade · The Town 2010 · Ch. 2/20
- Investigation
- Small talk
- Explaining
2 minB2“Unless it's a coincidence, I think this is us.”Mark Crashes Harvard's Network · The Social Network 2010 · Ch. 3/23
- Investigation
- Phone calls
- Explaining
2 minB2“How far does a girl have to go before you'll notice her?”Jeff Ignores Lisa to Spy on Thorwald · Rear Window 1954 · Ch. 6/13
- Couple fights
- Investigation
- Complaining
2 minB2“That's why we're gonna frame you for the senator's murder.”Darian Follows Joe on the Case · The Last Boy Scout 1991 · Ch. 16/20
- Investigation
- Parents & kids
- Saying no
3 minB2“Grigson is known as "Dr. Death" because he always testifies that way.”Dr. Death Takes the Stand · The Thin Blue Line 1988 · Ch. 15/20
- Courtroom
- Investigation
- Explaining