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966 real scenes from 152 films. Watch a full scene, then take the phrases people actually use for social.

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2 minB2
“You don't need me to tell you that marriage is a novel, not a short story.”

Mary Talks About Her Marriages · Downton Abbey: A New Era 2022 · Ch. 9/18

  • Storytelling
  • Small talk
  • Confessing
5 minB1
“Man, who would've guessed a bee pun would be the thing to put us over the top?”

Ralph Reads the Comments · Ralph Breaks the Internet 2018 · Ch. 16/21

  • Comforting a friend
  • Comforting
  • Warning
5 minB2
“I've just been in a very bad mood for 40 years.”

Come Sit by Me · Steel Magnolias 1989 · Ch. 10/16

  • Parties
  • Small talk
  • Complaining
4 minB2
“And kindness is not a survival skill.”

Fink Teaches the Gosling · The Wild Robot 2024 · Ch. 3/15

  • Asking for help
  • Explaining
  • Warning
4 minB2
“It flattens you out. I mean, you are done.”

Dinner Guests Compare Medications · Silver Linings Playbook 2012 · Ch. 7/23

  • Parties
  • Family dinners
  • Confessing
3 minB1
“No, we just thought we'd drop in uninvited for the weekend.”

Rupert and Rita Crash Jerry's House · The King of Comedy 1982 · Ch. 11/21

  • Small talk
  • Parties
  • Explaining
2 minB2
“You are a sight for sore eyes.”

Dom and Yas Scam Jules's Mums · Rye Lane 2023 · Ch. 12/16

  • Asking for help
  • Small talk
  • Inviting
2 minB2
“He hath borne himself beyond the promise of his age, doing in the figure of a lamb the feats of a lion!”

Beatrice and Benedick's Merry War · Much Ado About Nothing 1993 · Ch. 1/24

  • Small talk
  • Teasing
  • Explaining
5 minB2
“I, on the other hand, grew up in the East End of London, and all I ever wanted to do was blow the bloody doors off.”

Hiring Divers for the Gesture · The Trip 2011 · Ch. 19/20

  • Small talk
  • Storytelling
  • Explaining
3 minB1
“The devil has the people by the throat.”

Annina Asks Rick About Renault · Casablanca 1943 · Ch. 13/20

  • Asking for help
  • Asking
  • Suggesting
3 minB1
“I don't know. Let's face it, Dom. I'm in a slump.”

Dom Gives Ted a Pep Talk · There's Something About Mary 1998 · Ch. 5/24

  • Comforting a friend
  • Small talk
  • Comforting
5 minB1
“You are the future of Agrabah.”

Aladdin's Last Wish Frees the Genie · Aladdin 2019 · Ch. 24/24

  • Apologies
  • Comforting a friend
  • Thanking
3 minB2
“"Christmas isn't about where you are but who you're with."”

Kate Confesses to a Stranger · The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two 2020 · Ch. 15/20

  • Comforting a friend
  • Confessing
  • Comforting
5 minB1
“I just want to speak from the heart.”

Walter Searches a Greenland Pub · The Secret Life of Walter Mitty 2013 · Ch. 8/16

  • Small talk
  • Parties
  • Asking
5 minB2
“Then I grew up. And grew foolish.”

Wilberforce Visits John Newton · Amazing Grace 2006 · Ch. 5/18

  • Asking for help
  • Speeches
  • Persuading
5 minB1
“It must be terrible to lose someone very dear to you in a foreign country.”

Candy's Night Drive With Angela · The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp 1943 · Ch. 27/30

  • Small talk
  • Office chat
  • Comforting
9 minB2
“I never email anything that I wouldn t want to see on the front page of The Times”

Blanc Grills the Disruptors · Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery 2022 · Ch. 8/8

  • Accusations
  • Parties
  • Confronting
3 minB2
“My only consolation is that Mrs Turton will soon be retired to a villa in Tunbridge Wells.”

The Bridge Party at the Club · A Passage to India 1984 · Ch. 2/19

  • Parties
  • Arguments
  • Complaining
4 minB2
“Well, we just took patriarchy and you know, made a patriarchy.”

The Kens Build a Patriarchy · Barbie 2023 · Ch. 23/26

  • Arguments
  • Parties
  • Explaining
3 minB1
“Fife. You know what to do.”

Peter Calls Sydney for a Man-Date · I Love You, Man 2009 · Ch. 6/19

  • Phone calls
  • Small talk
  • Inviting
3 minB1
“There you go. Please don't tell me that you hate eggs and bacon.”

Dale Explains How He Saved Allison · Tucker and Dale vs. Evil 2010 · Ch. 6/19

  • Small talk
  • Comforting a friend
  • Explaining
4 minC1
“Infirmity, that decays the wise, doth ever make a better fool.”

Feste Proves Olivia a Fool · Twelfth Night 2012 · Ch. 4/25

  • Teasing
  • Arguments
  • Confronting
5 minB2
“Sounds to me like he was a duplicitous shit.”

Mary Confesses Her Old Love · Another Year 2010 · Ch. 7/25

  • Comforting a friend
  • Parties
  • Confessing
5 minB2
“I have to find it. I can't remember her hands.”

Hillary Pushes CC Away · Beaches 1988 · Ch. 26/30

  • Arguments
  • Comforting a friend
  • Saying no