3 minB1“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
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English for Storytelling
215 real scenes from 80 films. Watch a full scene, then take the phrases people actually use for storytelling.
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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
3 minB2“To us, it was better than Citibank.”The Idlewild Airport Crew · GoodFellas 1990 · Ch. 5/28
- Storytelling
- Crime scenes
- Explaining
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
3 minB2“Because Barbie can be anything, women can be anything.”Barbie Rewrites the Doll Story · Barbie 2023 · Ch. 1/26
- Storytelling
- Monologues
- Explaining
2 minB1“He used to say artists used lies to tell the truth...”Evey Tells V Her Story · V for Vendetta 2006 · Ch. 11/25
- Storytelling
- Confessing
- Explaining
4 minB2“He's remarkable. He's the best of us.”Choosing the Next Home for Humanity · Interstellar 2014 · Ch. 5/13
- Office chat
- Storytelling
- Explaining
5 minB1“There's a green light on your ass.”Alonzo's Smiles and Cries Speech · Training Day 2001 · Ch. 6/23
- Threats
- Storytelling
- Threatening
4 minB2“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
2 minB1“but, uh, I don't think you're supposed to be here.”Emmet Touches the Piece of Resistance · The Lego Movie 2014 · Ch. 3/22
- Persuasion
- Storytelling
- Explaining
2 minB2“I go through life thinking everyone's watching me. Are they?”CC and Hillary Grow Up by Letter · Beaches 1988 · Ch. 3/30
- Comforting a friend
- Storytelling
- Complaining
3 minB2“At the end of every chapter you are left guessing what he'll be up to next.”Kurtz Feeds Martins a Cover Story · The Third Man 1949 · Ch. 3/17
- Investigation
- Storytelling
- Explaining
3 minB1“That's why I'm so sad 'cause you won't give me any jelly beans.”Jelly Beans and the Screaming Boy · Blue Jay 2016 · Ch. 5/18
- Small talk
- Storytelling
- Explaining
5 minB2“You just started to fall apart a little bit there.”Tommy Climbs in a Circle · The Dawn Wall 2017 · Ch. 18/24
- Comforting a friend
- Storytelling
- Comforting
2 minB1“they don't call your friend "Wreck-It" for nothing.”Calhoun Explains the Turbo Warning · Wreck-It Ralph 2012 · Ch. 12/19
- Interrogations
- Storytelling
- Explaining
3 minB2“Guys, what happens in the tube stays in the tube.”The Water Slide Legend Debate · The Way Way Back 2013 · Ch. 7/18
- Office chat
- Storytelling
- Teasing
3 minB2“We had no money. And the price of his silence was that we work for him for nothing. We were slaves.”Wadsworth Explains Why He Gathered Them · Clue 1985 · Ch. 6/17
- Investigation
- Storytelling
- Explaining
3 minB2“your supreme selfishness is our gain.”Aron Hallucinates a Morning Show · 127 Hours 2010 · Ch. 4/5
- Monologues
- Storytelling
- Explaining
3 minB1“We got the prettiest place on earth.”Hushpuppy Describes the Bathtub · Beasts of the Southern Wild 2012 · Ch. 1/4
- Monologues
- Storytelling
- Explaining
4 minB2“Panic hits me like a bucket of water.”Freddy Tells the Men's Room Story · Reservoir Dogs 1992 · Ch. 19/22
- Storytelling
- Crime scenes
- Explaining
4 minB2“Never let another writer read your material. He may steal it.”Norma Makes Joe Read Salome · Sunset Boulevard 1950 · Ch. 5/19
- Storytelling
- Complimenting
- Asking
5 minB2“Do not let her put you in a brain prison.”Elsa Tells Jojo a Tall Tale · Jojo Rabbit 2019 · Ch. 11/18
- Storytelling
- Explaining
- Warning
3 minB1“The Lakers are a flare-up, a fluke.”Derek Tells His Prison Story · American History X 1998 · Ch. 14/17
- Small talk
- Storytelling
- Teasing
4 minB2“First,I must get the death Mass,and then...”Salieri's Plan to Kill Mozart · Amadeus 1984 · Ch. 20/25
- Monologues
- Storytelling
- Confessing