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Movie English about deception

280 real scenes from 74 films. Watch a full scene, then take the phrases people actually use for deception.

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3 minB1
“I don't know why, but it's always seemed like time just stopped.”

Recounting the Night of the Shooting · The Thin Blue Line 1988 · Ch. 5/20

  • Storytelling
  • Crime scenes
  • Explaining
3 minB2
“Sir, you have no call to get snippy with me.”

Marge Questions Jerry at the Dealership · Fargo 1996 · Ch. 15/16

  • Police questioning
  • Investigation
  • Explaining
5 minB2
“It is a cry for help, intended as a private communiqué.”

Graysmith Cracks the Zodiac Cipher · Zodiac 2007 · Ch. 11/30

  • Investigation
  • Interrogations
  • Explaining
3 minB2
“I only wish it were, Walter, 'cause I still love him.”

Keyes Blames the Wrong Man · Double Indemnity 1944 · Ch. 20/21

  • Accusations
  • Investigation
  • Confessing
4 minC1
“- You're very like him, doctor. - In what way?”

Violet Talks About Her Dead Son · Suddenly, Last Summer 1959 · Ch. 4/27

  • Persuasion
  • Small talk
  • Complimenting
3 minC1
“There is no measure in the occasion that breeds, therefore the sadness is without limit.”

Don John Plots Against Claudio · Much Ado About Nothing 1993 · Ch. 5/24

  • Persuasion
  • Monologues
  • Complaining
3 minB2
“Would you mind giving me some pointers here?”

Healy Chats Up Mary at the Range · There's Something About Mary 1998 · Ch. 11/24

  • First dates
  • Small talk
  • Complimenting
3 minC1
“Show me an officer who hasn't run their story past their partner, trying to close the gaps.”

Tessa Baiting the Sergeant · National Theatre Live: Prima Facie 2022 · Ch. 8/22

  • Courtroom
  • Interrogations
  • Confronting
5 minB2
“But for the life of me, I can't figure out why.”

FBI Subpoenas Jordan's Wedding Video · The Wolf of Wall Street 2013 · Ch. 16/30

  • Investigation
  • Phone calls
  • Warning
4 minB1
“You need a little change of pace.”

Stanley Hands Over the Tickets · The Mask 1994 · Ch. 1/8

  • First dates
  • Asking for help
  • Complimenting
2 minB2
“I must say that I am rather astonished by the response time of London's finest.”

V Escapes the Jordan Tower Raid · V for Vendetta 2006 · Ch. 5/25

  • Crime scenes
  • Threats
  • 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
4 minB1
“Fucking dying isn't good for you, either, but that doesn't seem to be stopping anybody!”

Chad Rallies the College Kids · Tucker and Dale vs. Evil 2010 · Ch. 10/19

  • Arguments
  • Police questioning
  • Threatening
3 minB2
“Physical evidence can tell a clear story with a forked tongue.”

Reconstructing the Night of the Death · Knives Out 2019 · Ch. 5/14

  • Investigation
  • Interrogations
  • Explaining
3 minC2
“If you desire the spleen and will laugh yourself into stitches, follow me.”

Maria's Crew Goes to Watch Malvolio · Twelfth Night 2012 · Ch. 16/25

  • Teasing
  • Small talk
  • Thanking
3 minB1
“I don't even know what protocol means.”

Calloway Tells Anna Harry Is Alive · The Third Man 1949 · Ch. 15/17

  • Interrogations
  • Police questioning
  • Explaining
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
“Why did you have to wake me? I only just got to sleep.”

Lolita Wakes Humbert With a Prank · Lolita 1962 · Ch. 19/30

  • Teasing
  • Travel & hotels
  • Complaining
3 minC1
“No, Mr. Green, communism is just a red herring.”

Wadsworth Reveals He's the Killer · Clue 1985 · Ch. 16/17

  • Accusations
  • Investigation
  • Explaining
3 minB2
“It's the details that sell your story.”

Holdaway Teaches the Commode Story · Reservoir Dogs 1992 · Ch. 18/22

  • Storytelling
  • Investigation
  • Explaining
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
3 minB1
“He tried to make love to me, and I shot him.”

Leslie Confesses After the Shooting · The Letter 1940 · Ch. 1/15

  • Crime scenes
  • Confessing
  • Comforting
4 minB2
“That chap is Jesse James. They've led him into an ambush. It's not at all cricket.”

How Vole Met Mrs French · Witness for the Prosecution 1957 · Ch. 5/27

  • Courtroom
  • Small talk
  • Explaining
5 minC1
“It's just that every now and then, Mother Nature throws somebody a dirty curve.”

Joe Invents a Mental Block · Some Like It Hot 1959 · Ch. 14/19

  • First dates
  • Travel & hotels
  • Explaining