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This scene uses direct requests, refusals, and negotiation to show how respect and power shape a difficult conversation between people with competing interests.
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Cooper former pilot and farmer
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Donald Cooper’s father-in-law
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00:02 -It's really beautiful . -Look at this. 00:04 -It used to decorate a king's palace. -Very nice . 00:09 Why didn't you say you work for Corleone ? 00:11 I thought you were some cheap hustler Johnny was running in . 00:16 -I only use his name when necessary. -How's your drink? 00:19 - Fine. -Now I'll show you something beautiful. 00:23 You do appreciate beauty, don't you ? 00:28 There you are. $600,000 on four hoofs. 00:31 I bet Russian czars never paid that for a single horse . 00:35 Khartoum. 00:37 Khartoum. 00:40 I'm not going to race him, though. I'm going to put him out to stud . 00:46 Thanks, Tony. 00:49 Let's get something to eat. 00:52 Corleone is Johnny's godfather. 00:55 To the Italian people that's a very sacred, close relationship. 01:00 I respect it. Tell him to ask me anything else. 01:04 This favor I can't give him. 01:06 He never asks a second favor when he's been refused the first. 01:10 You don't understand. Johnny Fontane never gets that movie. 01:16 That part is perfect for him. It'll make him a big star. 01:20 I'm going to run him out of the business, and let me tell you why. 01:26 Johnny Fontane ruined one of Woltz International's most valuable protégés. 01:30 We trained her for five years. Singing, acting, dancing lessons. 01:36 I spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on her, to make her a big star. 01:41 Let me be even more frank. 01:43 To show you that I'm not a hard-hearted man. That it's not all dollars and cents. 01:49 She was beautiful. She was young and innocent! 01:52 She's the greatest piece of ass I've had and I've had them all over the world. 01:58 Then Johnny Fontane comes along with his olive oil voice and Guinea charm. 02:04 And she runs off. 02:07 She threw it all away just to make me look ridiculous! 02:11 And a man in my position can't afford to be made to look ridiculous! 02:16 You get the hell out of here! 02:19 If that goombah tries any rough stuff, tell him I'm no bandleader. 02:24 Yeah, I heard that story. 02:28 Thank you for dinner and a very pleasant evening. 02:32 Maybe your car can take me to the airport. 02:35 Mr. Corleone insists on hearing bad news immediately. Language points Click a card to jump to its moment in the video All 28 Collocation 20 Grammar 3 Pronunciation 3 Slang 2
P Collocation B2 ↩ 00:02 it's really beautiful it's really beautiful
This phrase expresses a concrete action or position. -It's really beautiful . -Look at this. P Collocation B2 ↩ 00:02 it's really it's really
This phrase expresses a concrete action or position. -It's really beautiful . -Look at this. G Grammar B2 ↩ 00:02 -It's conditional clause: The past form frames a hypothetical explanation rather than a confirmed fact. -It's really beautiful . -Look at this. S Pronunciation ↩ 00:02 -It's Practice reducing the function words; stress bookshelf and talk. -It's really beautiful . -Look at this. ↗ Slang B2 ↩ 00:02 -It's every single one — Emphatic and conversational; use when stressing totality. -It's really beautiful . -Look at this. P Collocation B2 ↩ 00:04 it used to it used to
This phrase expresses a concrete action or position. -It used to decorate a king's palace. -Very nice . P Collocation B2 ↩ 00:04 decorate a king's decorate a king's
This phrase expresses a concrete action or position. -It used to decorate a king's palace. -Very nice . P Collocation B2 ↩ 00:04 palace. -very nice palace. -very nice
This phrase expresses a concrete action or position. -It used to decorate a king's palace. -Very nice . G Grammar B2 ↩ 00:04 -It ellipsis: The omitted verb makes the fragment sound like a sharp continuation of the previous thought. -It used to decorate a king's palace. -Very nice . S Pronunciation ↩ 00:04 -It Link the words across boundaries while keeping sky and wonder prominent. -It used to decorate a king's palace. -Very nice . ↗ Slang B2 ↩ 00:04 -It when I was young — Often nostalgic or teasing; less suitable for formal writing. -It used to decorate a king's palace. -Very nice . P Collocation B2 ↩ 00:09 why didn't you why didn't you
This phrase expresses a concrete action or position. Why didn't you say you work for Corleone ? P Collocation B2 ↩ 00:09 say you work say you work
This phrase expresses a concrete action or position. Why didn't you say you work for Corleone ? P Collocation B2 ↩ 00:09 for corleone for corleone
This phrase expresses a concrete action or position. Why didn't you say you work for Corleone ? G Grammar B1 ↩ 00:09 Why opportunity phrase: The structure links an opportunity to the talent or resource that could have been used. Why didn't you say you work for Corleone ? S Pronunciation ↩ 00:09 Why Stress look down and worry to make the contrast audible. Why didn't you say you work for Corleone ? P Collocation B2 ↩ 00:11 were some cheap were some cheap
This phrase expresses a concrete action or position. I thought you were some cheap hustler Johnny was running in . P Collocation B2 ↩ 00:11 hustler johnny was hustler johnny was
This phrase expresses a concrete action or position. I thought you were some cheap hustler Johnny was running in . P Collocation B2 ↩ 00:11 running in running in
This phrase expresses a concrete action or position. I thought you were some cheap hustler Johnny was running in . P Collocation B2 ↩ 00:16 his name when his name when
This phrase expresses a concrete action or position. -I only use his name when necessary. -How's your drink? P Collocation B2 ↩ 00:16 necessary. -how's your necessary. -how's your
This phrase expresses a concrete action or position. -I only use his name when necessary. -How's your drink? P Collocation B2 ↩ 00:19 fine. -now i'll fine. -now i'll
This phrase expresses a concrete action or position. - Fine. -Now I'll show you something beautiful. P Collocation B2 ↩ 00:19 show you something show you something
This phrase expresses a concrete action or position. - Fine. -Now I'll show you something beautiful. P Collocation B2 ↩ 00:23 beauty, don't you beauty, don't you
This phrase expresses a concrete action or position. You do appreciate beauty, don't you ? P Collocation B2 ↩ 00:31 czars never paid czars never paid
This phrase expresses a concrete action or position. I bet Russian czars never paid that for a single horse . P Collocation B2 ↩ 00:31 that for a that for a
This phrase expresses a concrete action or position. I bet Russian czars never paid that for a single horse . P Collocation B2 ↩ 00:31 single horse single horse
This phrase expresses a concrete action or position. I bet Russian czars never paid that for a single horse . P Collocation B2 ↩ 00:40 to stud to stud
This phrase expresses a concrete action or position. I'm not going to race him, though. I'm going to put him out to stud .
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✦ Collocation B2 ↩ 00:02 It's really beautiful keep developing or investigating something above my level In the scene Murph tells Cooper she has continued investigating the strange bookshelf as he suggested.I can explain this clearly in another conversation. In daily life Let us discuss this calmly today. ✦ Collocation B2 ↩ 00:02 Look at this because something might happen above my level In the scene Murph gives a possible reason for counting the gaps, without claiming it is certain.I can explain this clearly in another conversation. In daily life Let us discuss this calmly today. ✦ Collocation B2 ↩ 00:04 It used to adjust for an unusual effect above my level In the scene Cooper explains that the anomaly required practical corrections to navigation and timing devices.I can explain this clearly in another conversation. In daily life Let us discuss this calmly today. ✦ Collocation B2 ↩ 00:04 decorate a king's want every benefit at once above my level In the scene Donald sums up humanity’s appetite with a critical, slightly bitter expression.I can explain this clearly in another conversation. In daily life Let us discuss this calmly today. ✦ Collocation B2 ↩ 00:04 palace. -Very nice choose a similar path to someone above my level In the scene Cooper reports that the school expects Tom to follow his father’s path, raising the question of choice.I can explain this clearly in another conversation. In daily life Let us discuss this calmly today. ✦ Collocation B2 ↩ 00:09 Why didn't you the only important consideration is above my level In the scene Cooper responds to Tom’s doubt by shifting attention from other people’s opinions to Tom’s own feelings.I can explain this clearly in another conversation. In daily life Let us discuss this calmly today.
Golden lines A great line in its own right — why and how to use it “-It's really beautiful. -Look at this.”
Why it's great
Cooper turns a family conversation into a quiet question about a civilization losing its purpose.
Use it yourself
It’s like we’ve forgotten who we are as a team.
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“-It used to decorate a king's palace. -Very nice.”
Why it's great
The balanced “too late or too early” frames alienation as a problem of time, not talent.
Use it yourself
We look down and worry about our place in the new industry.
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Takeaways What you walk away with “Look down” carries a social and emotional contrast. “Have it all” can sound critical, not admiring. “In case” leaves room for uncertainty. “Follow in my footsteps” frames inherited choices. “All that matters is” narrows a difficult decision.
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What does “follow in my footsteps” mean? It means choosing a path similar to someone else’s, often a parent’s career or life.
Is “have it all” positive here? No. Donald uses it critically to describe humanity’s appetite for every possible advanta
How does “in case” differ from “if”? “In case” usually motivates preparation for a possible event; “if” simply sets a conditi
