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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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3 minC1
“I'm just an ordinary guy with nothing to lose.”

Lester Blackmails His Bosses · American Beauty 1999 · Ch. 9/14

  • Criticism & layoffs
  • Negotiation
  • Threatening
5 minC1
“It cost me $450 to tear it out of Cooley.”

Hildy Sells Her Scoop for $450 · His Girl Friday 1940 · Ch. 11/18

  • Phone calls
  • Office chat
  • Bargaining
3 minC1
“How do I know? Because my little man tells me.”

Keyes Busts Garlopis's Fake Claim · Double Indemnity 1944 · Ch. 3/21

  • Interrogations
  • Office chat
  • Confronting
2 minB1
“Let's get out of here before this thing blows.”

Mike Stalls on a Broken Boiler · Win Win 2011 · Ch. 2/19

  • Office chat
  • Small talk
  • Complaining
3 minB2
“That's the past you're looking at.”

Hockstader Shows Off the Million · Suddenly, Last Summer 1959 · Ch. 13/27

  • Negotiation
  • Office chat
  • Explaining
3 minB2
“We are an experiment in human nature.”

Tony Wilson Refuses the Buyout · 24 Hour Party People 2002 · Ch. 10/10

  • Negotiation
  • Saying no
  • Explaining
3 minB2
“Why did you do this? Tell me why and then maybe I'll be able to believe in you.”

Rupert Pupkin's TV Debut · The King of Comedy 1982 · Ch. 20/21

  • Monologues
  • Negotiation
  • Confronting
3 minB2
“Harry Fabian is in my way.”

Philip Withdraws from the Partnership · Night and the City 1950 · Ch. 13/19

  • Negotiation
  • Arguments
  • Persuading
3 minB2
“Honest? As honest as the day is long.”

Rick Refuses Victor's Plea · Casablanca 1943 · Ch. 14/20

  • Asking for help
  • Negotiation
  • Saying no
3 minC1
“I just think it's really important to remember who you're talking to, Dave.”

Mickey and Matthew's Dinner Standoff · The Gentlemen 2020 · Ch. 2/15

  • Negotiation
  • Threats
  • Threatening
3 minB2
“We gotta get out of here. This place is a freak show.”

Scientists Leak the Apocalypse Warning · Don't Look Up 2021 · Ch. 5/25

  • Meetings
  • Talking to the boss
  • Warning
3 minB2
“- It's hard to believe this species mastered interstellar travel.”

Beavis & Butt-Head Mistaken for Aliens · Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe 2022 · Ch. 18/22

  • Negotiation
  • Interrogations
  • Confronting
5 minB2
“Nobody knows if a stock is gonna go up, down, sideways, or in fucking circles.”

Jordan's First Lunch with Mark Hanna · The Wolf of Wall Street 2013 · Ch. 2/30

  • Office chat
  • Talking to the boss
  • Persuading
3 minB2
“No fear! And even if there's a second Flood, this house shall always stand on solid foundations.”

Candy and Barbara See Their New House · The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp 1943 · Ch. 22/30

  • Small talk
  • Office chat
  • Promising
2 minB2
“Can't afford to fall behind.”

Rearden Offers to Build the Bridge · Atlas Shrugged: Part I 2011 · Ch. 11/16

  • Negotiation
  • Meetings
  • Complimenting
5 minB2
“All I want is a chance.”

Brad Asks for a Chance · Front of the Class 2008 · Ch. 1/17

  • Job interview
  • Explaining
  • Asking
3 minB2
“The problem is that he knows us better than we know ourselves.”

Finch Explains the Pattern · V for Vendetta 2006 · Ch. 23/25

  • Meetings
  • Investigation
  • Explaining
3 minB1
“I feel like it's the first day of football tryouts. I mean, I wish it was tomorrow already.”

Jake's First Day on the Job · Training Day 2001 · Ch. 1/23

  • Comforting a friend
  • Talking to the boss
  • Warning
5 minB2
“People everywhere are always messing with my stuff.”

President Business Reveals the Kragle · The Lego Movie 2014 · Ch. 7/22

  • Talking to the boss
  • Threats
  • Threatening
3 minB2
“When somebody takes a shit on you, you don't reschedule.”

Hanssen Dumps His Tail · Breach 2007 · Ch. 16/20

  • Talking to the boss
  • Investigation
  • Explaining
3 minB1
“This is the place where dreams are made Or destroyed”

Owen Hires Duncan at the Water Park · The Way Way Back 2013 · Ch. 10/18

  • Office chat
  • Talking to the boss
  • Explaining
4 minB2
“My agent told me it was dead as a doornail.”

Joe Pitches Bases Loaded at Paramount · Sunset Boulevard 1950 · Ch. 2/19

  • Job interview
  • Meetings
  • Asking
3 minB2
“Not when millions of people are out of work.”

Matuschek Turns on Kralik · The Shop Around the Corner 1940 · Ch. 7/19

  • Talking to the boss
  • Criticism & layoffs
  • Complaining
2 minB2
“This system will demonstrate what lies in store.”

The Demo Fails Spectacularly · Auto Focus 2002 · Ch. 7/16

  • Criticism & layoffs
  • Meetings
  • Confronting