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555 real scenes from 115 films. Watch a full scene, then take the phrases people actually use for work.

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5 minB1
“We're all on the same team.”

Hartson Asks About Dissecting · Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe 2022 · Ch. 20/22

  • Meetings
  • Threats
  • Explaining
5 minB2
“I just wanted to inform you all reluctantly, that...”

Ted Announces LIFE's Last Issue · The Secret Life of Walter Mitty 2013 · Ch. 4/16

  • Meetings
  • Criticism & layoffs
  • Explaining
5 minB1
“you are now in heaven.”

Jordan Probes Swiss Bank Secrecy · The Wolf of Wall Street 2013 · Ch. 19/30

  • Negotiation
  • Travel & hotels
  • Explaining
5 minB1
“It must be terrible to lose someone very dear to you in a foreign country.”

Candy's Night Drive With Angela · The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp 1943 · Ch. 27/30

  • Small talk
  • Office chat
  • Comforting
2 minB2
“I got to go on the lam in order to get away from this guy.”

Morrie Asks Paulie for Help · GoodFellas 1990 · Ch. 7/28

  • Asking for help
  • Negotiation
  • Persuading
2 minB2
“That is how you create an unbalanced economy.”

Rearden Refuses to Stop Production · Atlas Shrugged: Part I 2011 · Ch. 10/16

  • Meetings
  • Negotiation
  • Saying no
3 minB2
“If you’re agreeable to it, we would love it if you could just get into that giant box.”

Mattel Execs Try to Box Barbie · Barbie 2023 · Ch. 13/26

  • Meetings
  • Arguments
  • Explaining
5 minB1
“And Hilarie said if we're going to talk the talk, we need to walk the walk.”

Brad Gets His First Teaching Job · Front of the Class 2008 · Ch. 11/17

  • Office chat
  • First dates
  • Explaining
2 minB2
“Gentlemen, you have had four hours. You had better have results. Mr. Creedy.”

Sutler's Cabinet Spins the Explosion · V for Vendetta 2006 · Ch. 3/25

  • Meetings
  • Explaining
  • Threatening
4 minC1
“This is not a nice position you put me in. I resent this very much.”

Howard Riggs the Opal Auction · Uncut Gems 2019 · Ch. 9/14

  • Asking for help
  • Negotiation
  • Persuading
5 minB2
“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
3 minB2
“There's nothing free in this world, Jake.”

Alonzo Gets the Green Light · Training Day 2001 · Ch. 12/23

  • Negotiation
  • Phone calls
  • Warning
4 minB2
“Will vengeance bring your son back to you?”

Vito Forgoes His Vengeance · The Godfather 1972 · Ch. 6/9

  • Negotiation
  • Threats
  • Bargaining
7 minB2
“I have no idea what's going on, or what this place is at all.”

Emmet Addresses the MasterBuilders · The Lego Movie 2014 · Ch. 11/22

  • Meetings
  • Storytelling
  • Explaining
2 minB2
“That's all I said, right? Right. Sorry.”

Eric Is Assigned to Watch Hanssen · Breach 2007 · Ch. 1/20

  • Talking to the boss
  • Investigation
  • Explaining
3 minB1
“Duncan we've got to start having faster conversations.”

Owen Offers Duncan a Job · The Way Way Back 2013 · Ch. 8/18

  • Small talk
  • Job interview
  • Teasing
2 minB2
“All cardboard, all hollow, all phony, all clone with mirrors.”

Betty Tells Joe the Nose Story · Sunset Boulevard 1950 · Ch. 16/19

  • First dates
  • Office chat
  • Teasing
6 minB2
“Mr. Kralik, it's true we're in the same room but we're not in the same planet.”

Kralik Visits a Sick Klara · The Shop Around the Corner 1940 · Ch. 15/19

  • Office chat
  • Comforting a friend
  • Teasing
2 minB2
“Get a new photo. You look like a ghost in this one.”

Officers Praise Jojo's Book on Jews · Jojo Rabbit 2019 · Ch. 15/18

  • Office chat
  • Investigation
  • Complimenting
3 minB1
“Where have you been all my life?”

Bob Crane's New Video Camera · Auto Focus 2002 · Ch. 5/16

  • Parties
  • Office chat
  • Complimenting
5 minB2
“Here again was the very voice of God.”

Salieri Reads Mozart's Manuscripts · Amadeus 1984 · Ch. 11/25

  • Asking for help
  • Negotiation
  • Bargaining
4 minC1
“Where did the Washington Post suddenly get the monopoly on wisdom?”

Bradlee Doubts the Watergate Story · All the President's Men 1976 · Ch. 8/18

  • Talking to the boss
  • Meetings
  • Confronting
3 minB1
“So you don't go and see a chef's restaurant without a look at the menu.”

A Celebrity Chef Visits the Restaurant · Boiling Point 2021 · Ch. 7/13

  • Office chat
  • Ordering food
  • Complimenting
3 minB2
“Shoot-down authority comes from the President and the President only.”

Officers Demand Shoot-Down Authority · United 93 2006 · Ch. 11/17

  • Phone calls
  • Meetings
  • Asking