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492 real scenes from 127 films. Watch a full scene, then take the phrases people actually use for speaking.

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2 minC1
“'It is the bedrock of how you keep a society civilised.'”

Everyone Is Watching at the Party · National Theatre Live: Prima Facie 2022 · Ch. 5/22

  • Parties
  • Speeches
  • Explaining
3 minB1
“The government is about to train our schlongs.”

Beavis and Butt-Head Train for Space · Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe 2022 · Ch. 3/22

  • Speeches
  • Explaining
  • Promising
5 minB1
“Sell me this fucking pen right here.”

Sell Me This Pen · The Wolf of Wall Street 2013 · Ch. 6/30

  • Office chat
  • Persuasion
  • Explaining
2 minC1
“Mr Speaker! I believe the abolitionists are coming at us at a side wind.”

Abolitionists Come at a Side Wind · Amazing Grace 2006 · Ch. 16/18

  • Speeches
  • Warning
  • Explaining
3 minC1
“Well, I needn't tell you, sir, that in Germany the gangsters finally succeeded in putting the honest citizens in jail.”

Theo Tells Candy the Truth · The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp 1943 · Ch. 25/30

  • Storytelling
  • Comforting a friend
  • Confessing
2 minB1
“being a gangster was better than being president of the United States.”

Henry Wants to Be a Gangster · GoodFellas 1990 · Ch. 1/28

  • Storytelling
  • Explaining
  • Confessing
5 minB2
“It may have been two too many. Everyone has a breaking point.”

Juror 5 Stands Up to a Bigot · 12 Angry Men 1957 · Ch. 4/17

  • Courtroom
  • Persuasion
  • Confronting
3 minB2
“There will be no negotiation.”

V Confronts Prothero at Home · V for Vendetta 2006 · Ch. 8/25

  • Speeches
  • Threats
  • Threatening
4 minB2
“The world is a better place without him.”

Alonzo Justifies Killing Roger · Training Day 2001 · Ch. 17/23

  • Speeches
  • Talking to the boss
  • Persuading
7 minB1
“Doesn't it feel so good to be bad?”

Scarlet's Henchmen Tryout · Minions 2015 · Ch. 6/14

  • Speeches
  • Job interview
  • Persuading
2 minB1
“Let's take extra care to follow the instructions, or you'll be put to sleep.”

Emmet Follows the Instructions · The Lego Movie 2014 · Ch. 1/22

  • Monologues
  • Warning
  • Explaining
2 minB2
“The Dawn Wall has more hard pitches than every other route on El Cap combined.”

Years of Grinding on the Wall · The Dawn Wall 2017 · Ch. 13/24

  • Storytelling
  • Speeches
  • Explaining
2 minB2
“All they know is eat, kill, multiply.”

Calhoun Explains the Cy-Bug Threat · Wreck-It Ralph 2012 · Ch. 8/19

  • Speeches
  • Threats
  • Explaining
4 minB2
“It seemed to me I was hearing the voice of God.”

Salieri Hears the Voice of God · Amadeus 1984 · Ch. 4/25

  • Storytelling
  • Meetings
  • Explaining
3 minC1
“Why do we feel so empty and unhappy?”

Wallace on Why We Feel Empty · The End of the Tour 2015 · Ch. 4/17

  • Monologues
  • Explaining
  • Warning
2 minB2
“I mean, to look at him, you'd think he was a madman, which he was.”

Bob Fears the Needle · SLC Punk 1998 · Ch. 1/10

  • At the doctor
  • Storytelling
  • Explaining
3 minB2
“We see what we expect to see.”

Neal Takes the Card Test · Interstate 60 2002 · Ch. 3/22

  • At the doctor
  • Persuasion
  • Explaining
4 minB2
“I never would've put you on that field if I didn't fully believe you were a champion.”

Kurt Warner Proves Them Wrong · American Underdog 2021 · Ch. 25/27

  • Speeches
  • Explaining
  • Comforting
3 minC1
“The power you're about to reveal will forever outlive the Nazis.”

Bohr Warns of the Aftermath · Oppenheimer 2023 · Ch. 16/28

  • Speeches
  • Meetings
  • Warning
3 minB1
“How do you feel about these young punks taking over our jobs?”

Ray's Toast at the Retirement Dinner · About Schmidt 2002 · Ch. 1/16

  • Speeches
  • Parties
  • Explaining
3 minB2
“Spielberg: I really wanted my childhood to be sort of the pie-in-the-sky, Norman Rockwell American Dream.”

Spielberg Takes the Camera · Spielberg 2017 · Ch. 2/10

  • Storytelling
  • Explaining
  • Confessing
4 minB2
“The underlying order is chaos, man.”

Chaos, Cartoons and Scooby Snacks · Slacker 1990 · Ch. 19/22

  • Small talk
  • Storytelling
  • Explaining
3 minB2
“And I told the truth and got the job so...”

The Cast Recalls Their Auditions · Friends: The Reunion 2021 · Ch. 9/25

  • Job interview
  • Storytelling
  • Explaining
4 minB2
“Beggars are a social disease in this country.”

Catherine Recalls the Beach Children · Suddenly, Last Summer 1959 · Ch. 26/27

  • Storytelling
  • Interrogations
  • Explaining