3 minC1“Well, old man, you've gotten off cheap.”Porter Reviews Sidney's Will · Deathtrap 1982 · Ch. 20/30
- Office chat
- Meetings
- Suggesting
Situation
English for Meetings
137 real scenes from 56 films. Watch a full scene, then take the phrases people actually use for meetings.
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4 minB2“I m from Canada for Christ s sake”Margaret Announces a Fake Engagement · The Proposal 2009 · Ch. 2/14
- Meetings
- Criticism & layoffs
- Confessing
5 minB2“Mr Tyson owns the sugar cane, you own the formula for the plastics, and I'm supposed to be offered up as a human sacrifice on the altar of industrial progress, is that it?”David Confronts Linus Over the Merger · Sabrina 1954 · Ch. 5/18
- Meetings
- Negotiation
- Confronting
5 minC1“This is ridiculous. You'd think they'd wanna get ahead of this.”The Newsroom Finalizes the Story · Spotlight 2015 · Ch. 21/21
- Meetings
- Office chat
- Explaining
5 minC1“"I'm not sick. I am insane. But that will not stop the game.”Riverside Investigators Compare Notes · Zodiac 2007 · Ch. 15/30
- Meetings
- Investigation
- Confronting
3 minB2“- She's unsinkable. - She can't float.”Andrews: She's Going to Sink · A Night to Remember 1958 · Ch. 7/14
- Meetings
- Explaining
- Warning
4 minB2“I know all about you.”Gatsby's Lunch with a Gambler · The Great Gatsby 2013 · Ch. 6/18
- Meetings
- Small talk
- Complimenting
5 minB2“I just want to wish you everything I couldn't give you.”Walter Meets Bruce Baldwin · His Girl Friday 1940 · Ch. 3/18
- Meetings
- Teasing
- Persuading
5 minB2“Yeah, to get into a nightclub you have to dress like a hairdresser.”Tony Wilson Names the Factory · 24 Hour Party People 2002 · Ch. 1/10
- Negotiation
- Meetings
- Bargaining
4 minB2“You pulled me out of a meeting where I had to tell my team we lost eight billion in funding.”The Astronomers Call Dr. Oglethorpe · Don't Look Up 2021 · Ch. 2/25
- Phone calls
- Meetings
- Explaining
4 minB1“- No jail is going to hold those two for long.”Governor Pardons the Wrong Inmates · Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe 2022 · Ch. 16/22
- Speeches
- Meetings
- Explaining
3 minC1“Without the protection of neutral flags, 80 percent of the British slave trade will be finished overnight.”The Neutral Flag Trick · Amazing Grace 2006 · Ch. 15/18
- Meetings
- Speeches
- Explaining
2 minB2“Divide our losses by 10 and multiply the enemy's by 20.”War Starts at Midnight · The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp 1943 · Ch. 1/30
- Meetings
- Speeches
- Explaining
3 minB2“It's not in the public interest to let one man destroy an entire industry.”Businessmen Plot Against Rearden · Atlas Shrugged: Part I 2011 · Ch. 4/16
- Meetings
- Suggesting
- Explaining
2 minB2“Ladies, don't go out any more than you can help, and don't talk before your servants.”Fielding Resigns from the Club · A Passage to India 1984 · Ch. 11/19
- Meetings
- Speeches
- Confronting
4 minB2“I don’t think that things should go back to the way that they were.”Barbie Says Maybe She's Not Barbie · Barbie 2023 · Ch. 26/26
- Meetings
- Apologies
- Apologizing
2 minB2“Keep talking like that, we'll lose our party status.”V Hijacks Deitrich's Live Show · V for Vendetta 2006 · Ch. 17/25
- Speeches
- Meetings
- Explaining
3 minB1“You have literally raised me from the dead.”Waking Dr. Mann on a Frozen World · Interstellar 2014 · Ch. 9/13
- Meetings
- Storytelling
- Explaining
3 minB1“You must embrace what is special about you!”Cuckoo Land Gets Raided · The Lego Movie 2014 · Ch. 12/22
- Arguments
- Meetings
- Suggesting
2 minB1“Have you been in my briefcase?”Hanssen's DIA Meeting Cut Short · Breach 2007 · Ch. 15/20
- Meetings
- Talking to the boss
- Explaining
4 minB2“My agent told me it was dead as a doornail.”Joe Pitches Bases Loaded at Paramount · Sunset Boulevard 1950 · Ch. 2/19
- Job interview
- Meetings
- Asking
3 minB2“- You go too fast. - Do you have it?”Mozart's Last Dictation · Amadeus 1984 · Ch. 25/25
- Meetings
- Explaining
- Asking
3 minB2“No exceptions. They're gonna have to wait.”The FAA Morning Briefing · United 93 2006 · Ch. 2/17
- Meetings
- Travel & hotels
- Explaining
3 minB2“And in light of that, they're opting not to press charges or involve the police.”The Board's Quiet Settlement With Pam · Bad Education 2019 · Ch. 10/18
- Meetings
- Criticism & layoffs
- Confronting