3 minB1“If you get an Oscar, I get the left foot.”Joe and Betty Write the Script Together · Sunset Boulevard 1950 · Ch. 15/19
- Office chat
- Storytelling
- Persuading
Situation
English for Work
555 real scenes from 115 films. Watch a full scene, then take the phrases people actually use for work.
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5 minB2“Listen, if someone is really your friend he comes after dinner.”Kralik Reveals His Pen Pal · The Shop Around the Corner 1940 · Ch. 6/19
- Office chat
- Confessing feelings
- Confessing
3 minB1“Bob, people don't change unless they want to.”Bob Asks His Agent for Work · Auto Focus 2002 · Ch. 14/16
- Talking to the boss
- Asking for help
- Asking
4 minB2“Money simply slips through his fingers. It's ridiculous.”Constanze Brings Mozart's Originals · Amadeus 1984 · Ch. 10/25
- Asking for help
- Negotiation
- Asking
3 minB2“We didn't make them do these things. Once they did, they're fair game.”Woodward and Bernstein Name Haldeman · All the President's Men 1976 · Ch. 17/18
- Investigation
- Talking to the boss
- Saying no
3 minB1“You're a better chef than he ever was.”Before Service at the Restaurant · Boiling Point 2021 · Ch. 4/13
- Office chat
- Meetings
- Explaining
3 minB2“No, it's a no-shit hijack. It's Boston.”A Real Hijacking During the Exercise · United 93 2006 · Ch. 4/17
- Meetings
- Phone calls
- Explaining
3 minB2“And in light of that, they're opting not to press charges or involve the police.”The Board's Quiet Settlement With Pam · Bad Education 2019 · Ch. 10/18
- Meetings
- Criticism & layoffs
- Confronting
4 minB2“Our gain is their loss.”Guy's First Day as Buddy's Assistant · Swimming with Sharks 1994 · Ch. 3/16
- Talking to the boss
- Phone calls
- Warning
4 minB2“It's out of the question, George. Absolutely out of the question.”Broulard Pitches the Anthill Offensive · Paths of Glory 1957 · Ch. 1/17
- Negotiation
- Suggesting
- Persuading
3 minB2“If this guy knew the clowns who were operating on him, I think he'd faint. [John ] I think he has.”Trapper John Arrives at the 4077th · M*A*S*H 1970 · Ch. 5/22
- Office chat
- Small talk
- Teasing
4 minB2“Well, darkness is the absence of light, and the stupidity in that instance was the absence of me.”The Winklevosses Meet President Summers · The Social Network 2010 · Ch. 15/23
- Meetings
- Negotiation
- Complaining
3 minB1“I don't want any part of this, Dad.”Tony Quits the Family Business · You Can't Take It with You 1938 · Ch. 25/27
- Parents & kids
- Talking to the boss
- Saying no
5 minB1“Just because I wear a uniform, that doesn't make me a Girl Scout.”Baxter Asks Fran Out at the Party · The Apartment 1960 · Ch. 6/15
- Parties
- Office chat
- Inviting
2 minB1“You don't trust your team or my playbook.”Kurt Confronts His College Coach · American Underdog 2021 · Ch. 5/27
- Talking to the boss
- Criticism & layoffs
- Confronting
3 minB2“The two guards being killed was necessary.”H Confronts the Inside Man · Wrath of Man 2021 · Ch. 12/13
- Interrogations
- Negotiation
- Confessing
5 minB2“I know when my parents-in-law have been paid a compliment.”The Royal Butler Takes Over · Downton Abbey 2019 · Ch. 3/22
- Meetings
- Office chat
- Explaining
2 minC1“Einstein's opened the door, now we are peering through, seeing a world inside our world.”Bohr Sends Oppenheimer to Göttingen · Oppenheimer 2023 · Ch. 1/28
- Job interview
- Suggesting
- Explaining
7 minB2“Well, here's the thing. When I said that, I was lying.”Antwan Dismisses Millie's Lawsuit · Free Guy 2021 · Ch. 5/13
- Office chat
- First dates
- Confessing
3 minC1“It requires only the will to do so.”Strangelove's Doomsday Machine · Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1964 · Ch. 11/20
- Meetings
- Monologues
- Explaining
3 minB2“She's probably down there with her radar picking up your blips.”Myra Urges Sidney to Call Anderson · Deathtrap 1982 · Ch. 4/30
- Marriage trouble
- Criticism & layoffs
- Suggesting
5 minB2“Mr Tyson owns the sugar cane, you own the formula for the plastics, and I'm supposed to be offered up as a human sacrifice on the altar of industrial progress, is that it?”David Confronts Linus Over the Merger · Sabrina 1954 · Ch. 5/18
- Meetings
- Negotiation
- Confronting
4 minC1“They got a word for everything, these guys. Hmm. Except "rape."”Sipe's Six Percent Estimate · Spotlight 2015 · Ch. 10/21
- Meetings
- Investigation
- Explaining
3 minB1“I don't think my heart can handle any more today.”Norman Meets the Pregnant Temp · Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Vows We Have Made 2021 · Ch. 5/18
- Job interview
- Office chat
- Warning