4 minB2“No need for mine. If did give you a name it mightn't be the right one, might it?”Sir Wilfrid Buys the Letters · Witness for the Prosecution 1957 · Ch. 24/27
- Negotiation
- Investigation
- Bargaining
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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3 minB1“Use that for now. That'll be all right, no-one will know.”The Lamb Is Sent Back · Boiling Point 2021 · Ch. 11/13
- Ordering food
- Office chat
- Complaining
3 minB2“No exceptions. They're gonna have to wait.”The FAA Morning Briefing · United 93 2006 · Ch. 2/17
- Meetings
- Travel & hotels
- Explaining
3 minB2“Chad's a smart kid with the world ahead of him, and it's our job to give him the runway.”Frank Reassures an Angry Parent · Bad Education 2019 · Ch. 1/18
- Office chat
- Parents & kids
- Complaining
4 minB2“I was not... I never was a heroin addict.”Lipsky Asks Wallace About Heroin · The End of the Tour 2015 · Ch. 15/17
- Job interview
- Interrogations
- Confronting
5 minB2“We are in the business of developing people's dreams, not damning them.”Buddy Orders Guy to Bury the Story · Swimming with Sharks 1994 · Ch. 9/16
- Talking to the boss
- Criticism & layoffs
- Complaining
3 minB2“With all respect, sir, you have no right to order me to shoot down my own men...”Mireau Orders Fire on His Own Men · Paths of Glory 1957 · Ch. 6/17
- Talking to the boss
- Threats
- Saying no
4 minB2“What about the men that are fighting for our country and our land?”Hawkeye Pitches a Football Team · M*A*S*H 1970 · Ch. 17/22
- Office chat
- Phone calls
- Explaining
3 minC1“It ends when you decide and we both drink and find out who is right and who is dead.”Battle of Wits · The Princess Bride 1987 · Ch. 5/3
- Negotiation
- Arguments
- Threatening
3 minB2“This is what drives life at college. "Are you having sex or aren't you?"”Facebook Launches Relationship Status · The Social Network 2010 · Ch. 8/23
- Office chat
- Explaining
- Persuading
4 minB2“The girl's a stenographer. Boys like Tony don't marry stenographers.”The Kirbys Disapprove of Alice · You Can't Take It with You 1938 · Ch. 6/27
- Office chat
- Proposals
- Complaining
4 minB2“- Every adult citizen of Morlaw, is a lawyer.”Neal Gets Trapped in Morlaw · Interstate 60 2002 · Ch. 19/22
- Negotiation
- Accusations
- Persuading
4 minB1“If you got a cold, you go to a Turkish bath. Spend the night. Sweat it out.”Baxter Swaps His Apartment Nights · The Apartment 1960 · Ch. 1/15
- Phone calls
- Talking to the boss
- Bargaining
2 minB2“You look like you're movin' in slow motion.”Kurt Warner's Arena Football Debut · American Underdog 2021 · Ch. 14/27
- Criticism & layoffs
- Suggesting
- Teasing
5 minB2“You're the most wonderful person I've ever met.”Joel Disappears Off the Map · Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 2004 · Ch. 14/20
- Office chat
- Explaining
- Complaining
3 minB2“No, buddy, you look like a shrink-wrapped Rolls Royce.”H Meets the Fortico Crew · Wrath of Man 2021 · Ch. 2/13
- Office chat
- Small talk
- Teasing
3 minB2“You belong here with your own breed”Slowik Sees Through Margot · The Menu 2022 · Ch. 10/13
- Office chat
- Interrogations
- Confessing
4 minB2“A royal visit is like a swan on a lake.”The Royal Staff Take Over Downton · Downton Abbey 2019 · Ch. 7/22
- Office chat
- Family dinners
- Complaining
4 minB2“You should have seen your face just now. You shit a brick.”Brad Offers David a Job · We're the Millers 2013 · Ch. 3/21
- Negotiation
- Threats
- Persuading
4 minB1“You're in a jungle somewhere, beating yourself to death with some magical finish line.”Michael Hustles for a Comeback · Arthur the King 2024 · Ch. 2/19
- Family dinners
- Negotiation
- Persuading
2 minC1“It's a weapon of mass genocide.”The GAC Debates the H-Bomb · Oppenheimer 2023 · Ch. 17/28
- Meetings
- Persuasion
- Explaining
5 minB2“this place, these people, that's all I have.”Blue Shirt Guy Goes Viral · Free Guy 2021 · Ch. 9/13
- Office chat
- Teasing
- Complaining
3 minC1“General Turgidson, I find this very difficult to understand.”The President Learns About Plan R · Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1964 · Ch. 5/20
- Meetings
- Talking to the boss
- Explaining
3 minB2“They can Wag their damn tongues off. I'll blush all the way to the bank.”Bruhl and Anderson Team Up · Deathtrap 1982 · Ch. 24/30
- Negotiation
- Persuading
- Bargaining