4 minB2“some idealistic sucker who still believes in us.”Haney Confesses to the Cover-Up · My Fellow Americans 1996 · Ch. 11/13
- Interrogations
- Persuasion
- Confessing
Situation
English for Persuasion
100 real scenes from 55 films. Watch a full scene, then take the phrases people actually use for persuasion.
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3 minC1“Not in any way to excuse it, but to try and comprehend it.”Munich's Prayer for Peace · Spielberg 2017 · Ch. 15/10
- Persuasion
- Arguments
- Explaining
8 minB1“Then I guess the joke would be on me after all”The Group Debates Seeking Rescue · The Mist 2007 · Ch. 5/11
- Arguments
- Persuasion
- Persuading
4 minC1“If she isn't unapproachable and hopeless, I don't know who is.”Violet Describes Catherine's Madness · Suddenly, Last Summer 1959 · Ch. 5/27
- At the doctor
- Persuasion
- Persuading
4 minB1“No, wait, listen. We aren't normally car thieves.”Shank Offers to Make Them Viral · Ralph Breaks the Internet 2018 · Ch. 12/21
- Accusations
- Persuasion
- Explaining
3 minB2“Pat, the silver lining thing is yours.”Dr. Jones Tells Pat to Help Tiffany · Silver Linings Playbook 2012 · Ch. 9/23
- At the doctor
- Persuasion
- Confessing
4 minB1“And you re a cleverer boy than I perhaps gave you credit for”Enola Meets the Dowager · Enola Holmes 2020 · Ch. 7/12
- Interrogations
- Persuasion
- Confronting
4 minC1“There's a double meaning in that.”Hero and Ursula Trick Beatrice · Much Ado About Nothing 1993 · Ch. 13/24
- Persuasion
- Teasing
- Persuading
3 minB2“Yeah. Well. This is gonna blow that right out of the water. Listen to this.”The 7 Minute Abs Pitch · There's Something About Mary 1998 · Ch. 13/24
- Small talk
- Persuasion
- Persuading
2 minB1“steal a kingdom and you're a statesman.”Jafar Offers Aladdin a Deal · Aladdin 2019 · Ch. 6/24
- Persuasion
- Interrogations
- Persuading
3 minB2“My name is Raymond Smith.”Raymond Smith Knocks on the Wrong Door · The Gentlemen 2020 · Ch. 7/15
- Threats
- Persuasion
- Persuading
5 minC1“But you can do anything you want. You are bound by nothing.”Will and Sean on Soul Mates · Good Will Hunting 1997 · Ch. 17/21
- Job interview
- Persuasion
- Explaining
4 minB1“If I don't make money off Coven, how will I make Northwestern?”Mark Pitches Bill for 45 Grand · American Movie 1999 · Ch. 5/19
- Negotiation
- Persuasion
- Persuading
5 minC1“And we know that there is a comet because we have the data.”Randall Tells the Truth on Air · Don't Look Up 2021 · Ch. 22/25
- Speeches
- Persuasion
- Confessing
5 minB2“The only problem you're gonna have is that you didn't buy more.”Jordan Pitches a Penny Stock · The Wolf of Wall Street 2013 · Ch. 4/30
- Phone calls
- Persuasion
- Persuading
3 minC1“The rest died of disease or despair.”Abolitionists Show MPs a Slave Ship · Amazing Grace 2006 · Ch. 10/18
- Speeches
- Persuasion
- Confessing
2 minC1“Andy, in many ways, was someone we all knew didn't have a strong moral compass.”Fastow Admits Both Sides · Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room 2005 · Ch. 16/3
- Investigation
- Persuasion
- Explaining
4 minB2“Well, I don't want to be relied on.”Lucy Rents the Haunted House · The Ghost and Mrs. Muir 1947 · Ch. 3/18
- Renting
- Persuasion
- Complaining
3 minB2“You haven't got the balls to boycott me.”Buggin Out Calls for a Boycott · Do the Right Thing 1989 · Ch. 12/20
- Arguments
- Persuasion
- Persuading
5 minB2“While you men have been fighting, we women have been thinking.”Candy and Edith Argue Politics · The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp 1943 · Ch. 7/30
- Arguments
- Persuasion
- Confronting
3 minC1“The navy has its uses, no doubt, but I should be sorry to see any friend of mine belonging to it.”Sir Walter Snubs the Navy · Persuasion 2007 · Ch. 1/7
- Renting
- Persuasion
- Complaining
5 minC1“Aziz is innocent, and everything we do must be based on that.”Fielding Picks a Defence Lawyer · A Passage to India 1984 · Ch. 10/19
- Meetings
- Persuasion
- Suggesting
5 minB2“I'm more powerful than you because I'm a bigger sinner.”The Devil Proves He's a Bigger Sinner · Deconstructing Harry 1997 · Ch. 16/17
- Persuasion
- Police questioning
- Explaining
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