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Movie English about growth & identity

903 real scenes from 146 films. Watch a full scene, then take the phrases people actually use for growth & identity.

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2 minB2
“Oh, Jesus H Christ! That kid is tough as nails.”

Dale and Tucker Find the Truth · Tucker and Dale vs. Evil 2010 · Ch. 19/19

  • Investigation
  • Threats
  • Explaining
3 minC2
“A sentence is but a cheveril glove to a good wit.”

Feste Spars With Viola About Words · Twelfth Night 2012 · Ch. 14/25

  • Teasing
  • Small talk
  • Explaining
3 minB2
“One minute, you're the most special person in the universe.”

Lord Business Releases the Kragle · The Lego Movie 2014 · Ch. 18/22

  • Speeches
  • Threats
  • Threatening
3 minB2
“I just want to let go of us before "us" gets bad.”

John Breaks Up With CC · Beaches 1988 · Ch. 17/30

  • Breakups
  • Couple fights
  • Confessing
3 minB1
“That's why I'm so sad 'cause you won't give me any jelly beans.”

Jelly Beans and the Screaming Boy · Blue Jay 2016 · Ch. 5/18

  • Small talk
  • Storytelling
  • Explaining
3 minB2
“You hear it before you see it.”

Ice Missiles Hit the Dawn Wall · The Dawn Wall 2017 · Ch. 11/24

  • Threats
  • Asking for help
  • Warning
2 minB1
“Now, that is a cruel twist of fate.”

Mario Meets Toad in Mushroom Kingdom · The Super Mario Bros. Movie 2023 · Ch. 5/14

  • Small talk
  • Asking for help
  • Explaining
2 minB1
“they don't call your friend "Wreck-It" for nothing.”

Calhoun Explains the Turbo Warning · Wreck-It Ralph 2012 · Ch. 12/19

  • Interrogations
  • Storytelling
  • Explaining
3 minB1
“Nothing will ever be all right.”

Lolita Makes Humbert Promise · Lolita 1962 · Ch. 21/30

  • Comforting a friend
  • Goodbyes & funerals
  • Comforting
3 minB2
“Guys, what happens in the tube stays in the tube.”

The Water Slide Legend Debate · The Way Way Back 2013 · Ch. 7/18

  • Office chat
  • Storytelling
  • Teasing
2 minB1
“I know where they're going. We can still save them.”

Laurel Asks the Manticore for Help · Onward 2020 · Ch. 7/16

  • Asking for help
  • Phone calls
  • Asking
4 minB1
“Tell him without me, he wouldn't have any job, because without me, there wouldn't be any Paramount Studio.”

Norma Desmond Returns to Paramount · Sunset Boulevard 1950 · Ch. 13/19

  • Talking to the boss
  • Persuasion
  • Complaining
3 minB2
“Uh, if she's bad looking, I've had enough bad news for today and if she's lovely, it'll just make it more difficult.”

Kralik's Blind Date Is Miss Novak · The Shop Around the Corner 1940 · Ch. 11/19

  • First dates
  • Asking
  • Suggesting
2 minC1
“Jew and Nazi are not friends.”

Elsa Pretends to Be Inge · Jojo Rabbit 2019 · Ch. 16/18

  • Accusations
  • Speeches
  • Confronting
2 minB1
“I saw you looking at me from the street.”

Harry Knocks on Adam's Door · All of Us Strangers 2023 · Ch. 1/15

  • First dates
  • Small talk
  • Inviting
3 minB2
“Just don't swallow everything he feeds you whole.”

Dad Rants About Affirmative Action · American History X 1998 · Ch. 16/17

  • Family dinners
  • Parents & kids
  • Persuading
3 minB1
“Where have you been all my life?”

Bob Crane's New Video Camera · Auto Focus 2002 · Ch. 5/16

  • Parties
  • Office chat
  • Complimenting
2 minB2
“Of course. It's the best opera yet written.”

Salieri Explains the Emperor's Yawns · Amadeus 1984 · Ch. 19/25

  • Office chat
  • Criticism & layoffs
  • Explaining
2 minB2
“Chipper, isn't he? An hour ago, he had one foot on the gallows and the other on a banana peel.”

Vole Is Found Not Guilty · Witness for the Prosecution 1957 · Ch. 26/27

  • Courtroom
  • Thanking
  • Warning
4 minB2
“There's no coordination between what NORAD has and what we have.”

The FAA Shuts Down US Airspace · United 93 2006 · Ch. 14/17

  • Meetings
  • Phone calls
  • Warning
5 minB2
“Oh, I tell you, my dear, this is the only way to travel.”

Sugar's Weakness for Sax Players · Some Like It Hot 1959 · Ch. 8/19

  • Parties
  • Travel & hotels
  • Confessing
2 minB2
“All right? A real journalist can turn any assignment into a story.”

Rachel Interviews School Officials · Bad Education 2019 · Ch. 2/18

  • Office chat
  • Talking to the boss
  • Explaining
3 minB1
“No, sorry, I cannot. This is our hypothermia smoking tour of the Midwest.”

Wallace Calls Lipsky's Girlfriend · The End of the Tour 2015 · Ch. 10/17

  • Phone calls
  • Teasing
  • Complaining
4 minB2
“You're the one who's vulnerable in this situation right now.”

Doug Tells Claire She Has a Card · The Town 2010 · Ch. 7/20

  • Asking for help
  • Small talk
  • Warning