3 minB1“Let me hug my new little daughter.”Billy's Dad Shows Old Photos · Buffalo '66 1998 · Ch. 6/15
- Family dinners
- Parents & kids
- Complimenting
Theme
Movie English about memory
141 real scenes from 51 films. Watch a full scene, then take the phrases people actually use for memory.
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2 minB1“I've not slept with the sound of the sea since I left Ireland.”The First Night at Windward House · The Uninvited 1944 · Ch. 8/28
- Small talk
- Goodbyes & funerals
- Explaining
5 minC1“His whole story from the start was two hours late.”Why the Story Was Two Hours Late · The Thin Blue Line 1988 · Ch. 10/20
- Courtroom
- Investigation
- Explaining
3 minB1“Are you kidding me? Out of the gate? This is not happening!”Riley Introduces Herself and Cries · Inside Out 2015 · Ch. 4/6
- Small talk
- Storytelling
- Explaining
5 minB1“it steals the joy of having them today.”Shane's Mom Interrogates Oliver · Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Vows We Have Made 2021 · Ch. 15/18
- Parents & kids
- Confronting
- Teasing
5 minB1“I knew it was a great mistake for a man like me to fall in love.”Gatsby Refuses to Let the Past Go · The Great Gatsby 2013 · Ch. 12/18
- Comforting a friend
- Arguments
- Comforting
4 minB2“If you're here to steal something, you've come to the wrong place.”The Old Anarchist Talks Revolution · Slacker 1990 · Ch. 15/22
- Storytelling
- Small talk
- Explaining
4 minB1“But together, you get this great repartee, all the actors at the top of their game, and great chemistry.”The Cast Revisits the Jellyfish · Friends: The Reunion 2021 · Ch. 7/25
- Storytelling
- Small talk
- Complimenting
4 minB2“Truth is the one thing I have never resisted.”The Doctor Hypnotizes Catherine · Suddenly, Last Summer 1959 · Ch. 22/27
- At the doctor
- Interrogations
- Persuading
3 minB1“I wish I didn't love you so much.”Ilsa Explains Why She Left Rick · Casablanca 1943 · Ch. 17/20
- Breakups
- Getting back together
- Explaining
3 minB2“Thank you, Martha, but I wouldn't dream of taking it.”Gregg Dictates His Last Chapter · The Ghost and Mrs. Muir 1947 · Ch. 10/18
- Comforting a friend
- Saying no
- Comforting
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
3 minB1“And work stuff's kinda up in the air.”Jim Breaks Down in the Old House · Blue Jay 2016 · Ch. 4/18
- Arguments
- Interrogations
- Confronting
4 minB2“Not another word until we've finished our pink champagne.”Charlotte and Humbert Dance · Lolita 1962 · Ch. 6/30
- Confessing feelings
- Proposals
- Complimenting
3 minB2“I am big. It's the pictures that got small.”Norma Desmond: The Pictures Got Small · Sunset Boulevard 1950 · Ch. 4/19
- Accusations
- Monologues
- Complaining
5 minB2“To this day my father will tell you he helped me make them posters, but he didn't.”The Night Doug's Mother Left · The Town 2010 · Ch. 9/20
- Storytelling
- Investigation
- Explaining
3 minB1“You didn't come on to me at all.”Joel Meets Clementine on the Beach · Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 2004 · Ch. 18/20
- First dates
- Parties
- Confessing love
3 minB1“I don't need your pity, she's-too-good-for-me crap.”Billy Runs into His Childhood Crush · Buffalo '66 1998 · Ch. 13/15
- Small talk
- Couple fights
- Complaining
3 minB2“How glad this house must be to be lived in again.”Stella Revisits Her Childhood Home · The Uninvited 1944 · Ch. 13/28
- Renting
- Small talk
- Explaining
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 minB1“And when you touch them, we can't change them back.”Sadness Nearly Touches a Core Memory · Inside Out 2015 · Ch. 2/6
- Comforting a friend
- Warning
- Comforting
3 minB2“Sacred spaces have a way of turning into the lost and found.”Oliver Gives Shane a Wedding Watch · Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Vows We Have Made 2021 · Ch. 18/18
- Parties
- Promising
- Complimenting
4 minC1“In my younger and more vulnerable years...”Nick Begins His Story · The Great Gatsby 2013 · Ch. 1/18
- Storytelling
- At the doctor
- Explaining
4 minB2“It was a situation that we couldn't -- we couldn't do anything about it.”Were Ross and Rachel on a Break? · Friends: The Reunion 2021 · Ch. 24/25
- Storytelling
- Parties
- Explaining