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491 real scenes from 126 films. Watch a full scene, then take the phrases people actually use for speaking.

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5 minB2
“There's a lot of things I haven't told you, Jack.”

Santa Tours the Village · The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two 2020 · Ch. 6/20

  • Travel & hotels
  • Storytelling
  • 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 minB2
“It's horrific and it's… And it's beautiful at the same time.”

Just Look Up vs Don't Look Up · Don't Look Up 2021 · Ch. 23/25

  • Speeches
  • Arguments
  • Warning
2 minC1
“Julian and I, we burn the midnight oil night after night.”

After Hours in Chambers · National Theatre Live: Prima Facie 2022 · Ch. 7/22

  • Office chat
  • Monologues
  • Explaining
5 minB1
“- Whoa, Beavis. You're not gonna believe this.”

Smart Beavis and Butt-Head Warn Them · Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe 2022 · Ch. 7/22

  • Speeches
  • Warning
  • Explaining
2 minB1
“We'll do whatever just to stay alive.”

The 'Stay Alive' Travel Montage · The Secret Life of Walter Mitty 2013 · Ch. 16/16

  • Storytelling
  • Travel & hotels
  • Promising
5 minB2
“See, money doesn't just buy you a better life, better food, better cars, better pussy.”

Jordan Belfort Introduces Himself · The Wolf of Wall Street 2013 · Ch. 1/30

  • Monologues
  • Storytelling
  • Confessing
3 minC1
“The rest died of disease or despair.”

Abolitionists Show MPs a Slave Ship · Amazing Grace 2006 · Ch. 10/18

  • Speeches
  • Persuasion
  • Confessing
5 minC1
“These are outstanding. I mean, there's such a sense of texture and composition.”

Leo Discovers Marietta's Photos · Whatever Works 2009 · Ch. 11/16

  • Storytelling
  • Small talk
  • Complimenting
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
“If you're going to be prudish, we'll never get the book written.”

Lucy Writes Captain Gregg's Memoir · The Ghost and Mrs. Muir 1947 · Ch. 9/18

  • Arguments
  • Storytelling
  • 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 minC1
“This time you are fighting for your very existence, against the most devilish idea ever created by a human brain.”

Theo's Speech About Total War · The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp 1943 · Ch. 29/30

  • Arguments
  • Speeches
  • Persuading
3 minB2
“To us, it was better than Citibank.”

The Idlewild Airport Crew · GoodFellas 1990 · Ch. 5/28

  • Storytelling
  • Crime scenes
  • Explaining
4 minB2
“You got a long way to go too.”

Dagny Meets Dr. Akston at the Diner · Atlas Shrugged: Part I 2011 · Ch. 16/16

  • Investigation
  • Speeches
  • Asking
6 minA2
“I don't want any toys left behind. A moving buddy.”

Toy Story Opening Western Play · Toy Story 1995 · Ch. 1/6

  • Speeches
  • Parties
  • Warning
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
3 minB2
“Because Barbie can be anything, women can be anything.”

Barbie Rewrites the Doll Story · Barbie 2023 · Ch. 1/26

  • Storytelling
  • Monologues
  • Explaining
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
5 minA2
“I don't let it run my life.”

Mr. Cohen Teaches Second Grade · Front of the Class 2008 · Ch. 12/17

  • Speeches
  • Explaining
  • Warning
5 minC1
“...there is something terribly wrong with this country, isn't there?”

V Hijacks the Emergency Broadcast · V for Vendetta 2006 · Ch. 4/25

  • Speeches
  • Persuading
  • Warning
4 minC1
“This is my fucking way. This is how I win.”

Howard Bets Everything on KG · Uncut Gems 2019 · Ch. 12/14

  • Arguments
  • Persuasion
  • Persuading