English for Speaking

“The chance factor in life is mind-boggling.”

Boris on a Year of Marriage · Whatever Works 2009 · Ch. 8/16

• Monologues
• Storytelling
• Complaining

“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

“It was with this hand that Cain iced his brother.”

Radio Raheem's Love and Hate Speech · Do the Right Thing 1989 · Ch. 10/20

• Storytelling
• Monologues
• Explaining

“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

“But we lived alone. We owned the joint.”

Henry Does Easy Time in Prison · GoodFellas 1990 · Ch. 18/28

• Courtroom
• Storytelling
• Explaining

“you would, indeed, have been throwing yourself away.”

She Was Persuaded Eight Years Ago · Persuasion 2007 · Ch. 2/7

• Persuasion
• Breakups
• Persuading

“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

“Like we have to always be extraordinary.”

Gloria's Monologue About Women · Barbie 2023 · Ch. 21/26

• Speeches
• Monologues
• Explaining

“I don't believe I have to be loyal to one side or the other.”

Juror 8 Questions the Knife · 12 Angry Men 1957 · Ch. 10/17

• Courtroom
• Persuasion
• Confronting

“...and what I am is a man in a mask.”

V Introduces Himself to Evey · V for Vendetta 2006 · Ch. 2/25

• Speeches
• Monologues
• Inviting

“Brand gave up on us. I'm still trying to solve this.”

Cooper Chooses Home Over the Mission · Interstellar 2014 · Ch. 11/13

• Negotiation
• Persuasion
• Persuading

“And it takes a wolf to catch a wolf.”

Alonzo Explains Wolves and Sheep · Training Day 2001 · Ch. 8/23

• Arguments
• Speeches
• Explaining

“Making their master happy was the tribe's very reason for existence.”

Minions Can't Keep a Boss · Minions 2015 · Ch. 1/14

• Storytelling
• Monologues
• Explaining

“I know that sounds like a cat poster, but it's true.”

Ghost Vitruvius Reveals the Truth · The Lego Movie 2014 · Ch. 19/22

• Speeches
• Comforting a friend
• Persuading

“They had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock.”

Harry's Cuckoo Clock Speech · The Third Man 1949 · Ch. 17/17

• Negotiation
• Persuasion
• Persuading

“This loop pitch, it's like walking around the block to cross the street.”

Tommy Solves the Ridiculous Loop · The Dawn Wall 2017 · Ch. 19/24

• Storytelling
• Explaining
• Complaining

“I'm very good at what I do. Probably the best I know.”

Ralph's Opening Monologue · Wreck-It Ralph 2012 · Ch. 1/19

• Monologues
• Complaining
• Explaining

“your supreme selfishness is our gain.”

Aron Hallucinates a Morning Show · 127 Hours 2010 · Ch. 4/5

• Monologues
• Storytelling
• Explaining

“They got a line and if you cross it, they fuck you up.”

Eddie Tells the Elois Story · Reservoir Dogs 1992 · Ch. 20/22

• Storytelling
• Office chat
• Teasing

“I am big. It's the pictures that got small.”

Norma Desmond: The Pictures Got Small · Sunset Boulevard 1950 · Ch. 4/19

• Accusations
• Monologues
• Complaining

“It's time to burn some books.”

Captain K Addresses the Jungvolk · Jojo Rabbit 2019 · Ch. 1/18

• Speeches
• Explaining
• Warning

“All right, listen up. We need to open our eyes.”

Derek's Garage Rally Speech · American History X 1998 · Ch. 6/17

• Speeches
• Persuasion
• Persuading

“Can you recall no melody of mine?”

Salieri Begins His Confession · Amadeus 1984 · Ch. 1/25

• Interrogations
• Monologues
• Confessing

“Whether it is theory or actual fact, however, you will decide for yourselves.”

Sir Wilfrid Calls Leonard Vole · Witness for the Prosecution 1957 · Ch. 21/27

• Courtroom
• Speeches
• Explaining