3 minB2“My name is Raymond Smith.”Raymond Smith Knocks on the Wrong Door · The Gentlemen 2020 · Ch. 7/15
- Threats
- Persuasion
- Persuading
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English for Speaking
492 real scenes from 127 films. Watch a full scene, then take the phrases people actually use for speaking.
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5 minB2“I don't have a problem with it. I don't care if you putt from the rough.”Will Drives His Therapists Crazy · Good Will Hunting 1997 · Ch. 4/21
- At the doctor
- Speeches
- Teasing
6 minB1“I wouldn't touch those if I were you. They look pretty rare.”Mrs. Claus Tells Santa's Origin Story · The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two 2020 · Ch. 8/20
- Storytelling
- Explaining
5 minB1“There's something to live for!”Mark Pushes Bill Through 31 Takes · American Movie 1999 · Ch. 15/19
- Storytelling
- Office chat
- Complaining
4 minC1“So that's the pretty little bow they're putting around this line of bullshit.”Kate Exposes the Comet Conspiracy · Don't Look Up 2021 · Ch. 18/25
- Speeches
- Courtroom
- Confronting
3 minC1“He won't admit what he did, but I know he knows.”Tessa Is the One on Trial · National Theatre Live: Prima Facie 2022 · Ch. 17/22
- Courtroom
- Monologues
- Explaining
4 minB1“- No jail is going to hold those two for long.”Governor Pardons the Wrong Inmates · Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe 2022 · Ch. 16/22
- Speeches
- Meetings
- Explaining
5 minB2“The only real objection that they have is that they don't trust you guys.”Jordan Teaches the Stratton Script · The Wolf of Wall Street 2013 · Ch. 7/30
- Speeches
- Phone calls
- Persuading
2 minB2“Which is why we're too young to realise that certain things are impossible.”Pitt Asks Wilberforce to Return · Amazing Grace 2006 · Ch. 3/18
- Persuasion
- Persuading
- Asking
5 minB2“And if you throw me out and I wind up an Asian prostitute, that's gonna be on your conscience.”Boris's Runaway Tells Her Past · Whatever Works 2009 · Ch. 4/16
- Storytelling
- Arguments
- Confessing
3 minC1“They were so good at their acting that they convinced corporate America that they were smarter than anyone else.”Enron's Dabhol Plant in Ruins · Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room 2005 · Ch. 11/3
- Speeches
- Storytelling
- Persuading
3 minC1“Fall for any man who'll promise you the moon and end by taking everything you have to give.”Captain Gregg Says Goodbye to Lucy · The Ghost and Mrs. Muir 1947 · Ch. 15/18
- Goodbyes & funerals
- Monologues
- Comforting
3 minB1“The last on your dial, but first in your hearts, and that's the truth, Ruth.”Love Daddy Wakes the Block · Do the Right Thing 1989 · Ch. 1/20
- Monologues
- Speeches
- Warning
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
4 minB2“Murder was the only way everybody stayed in line.”Supper at Ma's · GoodFellas 1990 · Ch. 14/28
- Family dinners
- Storytelling
- Explaining
2 minB2“I myself would have no idea of being so easily persuaded.”Not So Easily Persuaded · Persuasion 2007 · Ch. 4/7
- Small talk
- Persuasion
- Complaining
3 minC1“In simple terms, Miss Quested, life is a wheel with many spokes.”Godbole Explains the Marabar Caves · A Passage to India 1984 · Ch. 4/19
- Small talk
- Storytelling
- Explaining
4 minB2“You have to find a way to reject men’s advances without damaging their egos.”The Barbies Plot Their Return · Barbie 2023 · Ch. 22/26
- Speeches
- Arguments
- Persuading
5 minB1“It's not easy to raise my hand and send a boy off to die...”Juror 8 Votes Not Guilty · 12 Angry Men 1957 · Ch. 2/17
- Courtroom
- Persuasion
- Confronting
3 minA2“I'm not going to give up on you, buddy.”Brad Won't Give Up on a Student · Front of the Class 2008 · Ch. 15/17
- Comforting a friend
- Persuasion
- Comforting
4 minB2“He wanted us to know the story, or at least a part of it.”The Larkhill File and the Doctor's Diary · V for Vendetta 2006 · Ch. 15/25
- Talking to the boss
- Monologues
- Warning
3 minB2“No, it's not that. It's time.”The Cost of Time · Interstellar 2014 · Ch. 6/13
- Meetings
- Persuasion
- Explaining
4 minB1“You will be treated with respect if you treat others with respect.”Daniels Welcomes the New Inmates · Bad Boys 1983 · Ch. 1/9
- Speeches
- Warning
- Explaining
4 minB2“That's why I read it, because it entertains me.”Alonzo Makes Jake Tell a Story · Training Day 2001 · Ch. 2/23
- Office chat
- Storytelling
- Asking