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Movie English about power & money

908 real scenes from 131 films. Watch a full scene, then take the phrases people actually use for power & money.

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5 minB1
“You're always fucking late. You'd be late for your own fucking funeral.”

Jimmy Scolds the Crew After the Heist · GoodFellas 1990 · Ch. 22/28

  • Crime scenes
  • Arguments
  • Warning
3 minB2
“He needs us just as much as we need him.”

Dagny Defies James Over Rearden Metal · Atlas Shrugged: Part I 2011 · Ch. 1/16

  • Meetings
  • Arguments
  • Complaining
2 minB2
“Keep talking like that, we'll lose our party status.”

V Hijacks Deitrich's Live Show · V for Vendetta 2006 · Ch. 17/25

  • Speeches
  • Meetings
  • Explaining
3 minB2
“Close the door. It's going to be loud.”

Alonzo Questions a Man in the Bathtub · Training Day 2001 · Ch. 20/23

  • Interrogations
  • Threats
  • Threatening
3 minB1
“You are not the only composer in Vienna.”

Mozart Refuses the Committee · Amadeus 1984 · Ch. 9/25

  • Talking to the boss
  • Marriage trouble
  • Saying no
4 minC1
“Where did the Washington Post suddenly get the monopoly on wisdom?”

Bradlee Doubts the Watergate Story · All the President's Men 1976 · Ch. 8/18

  • Talking to the boss
  • Meetings
  • Confronting
4 minB1
“Start making funeral arrangements, because you are dead in this town.”

Guy Learns the Rules of Show Business · Swimming with Sharks 1994 · Ch. 5/16

  • Talking to the boss
  • Phone calls
  • Explaining
3 minB2
“This is Harvard, where you don't plant stories and you don't sue people.”

The Winklevosses Debate Suing Mark · The Social Network 2010 · Ch. 9/23

  • Arguments
  • Accusations
  • Confronting
5 minB1
“Everybody over at our place does just what he wants to do.”

Poppins Becomes a Lily of the Field · You Can't Take It with You 1938 · Ch. 2/27

  • Office chat
  • Negotiation
  • Inviting
5 minB2
“Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.”

Downton Prepares for the Royal Visit · Downton Abbey 2019 · Ch. 2/22

  • Office chat
  • Small talk
  • Teasing
3 minC1
“The power you're about to reveal will forever outlive the Nazis.”

Bohr Warns of the Aftermath · Oppenheimer 2023 · Ch. 16/28

  • Speeches
  • Meetings
  • Warning
3 minC1
“Sidney, nobody gives a shit who did what or who they did it to.”

Clifford Talks Sidney Into Deathtrap · Deathtrap 1982 · Ch. 23/30

  • Persuasion
  • Interrogations
  • Persuading
3 minC1
“You don't know the half of it. Trust me.”

Garabedian Reveals the Sealed Documents · Spotlight 2015 · Ch. 15/21

  • Investigation
  • Courtroom
  • Explaining
5 minC1
“I say anything the governor says is a tissue of lies.”

Walter Bribes the Governor's Messenger · His Girl Friday 1940 · Ch. 12/18

  • Interrogations
  • Negotiation
  • Confronting
3 minB2
“To work for my husband, you must start off on the right foot.”

Harry Gets the Club Rules · Night and the City 1950 · Ch. 3/19

  • Office chat
  • Small talk
  • Teasing
3 minB2
“They're not gonna dial themselves. Okay?”

Jordan Hypes Steve Madden · The Wolf of Wall Street 2013 · Ch. 14/30

  • Speeches
  • Persuasion
  • Persuading
3 minB1
“People like my father could never understand, but I was a part of something.”

Young Henry Gets Beaten and Recruited · GoodFellas 1990 · Ch. 2/28

  • Parents & kids
  • Threats
  • Confronting
3 minB2
“You'd be surprised how quickly things get done when you do some actual work...”

Owen Kellogg Resigns from Taggart · Atlas Shrugged: Part I 2011 · Ch. 5/16

  • Talking to the boss
  • Negotiation
  • Saying no
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 minB2
“The world is a better place without him.”

Alonzo Justifies Killing Roger · Training Day 2001 · Ch. 17/23

  • Speeches
  • Talking to the boss
  • Persuading
5 minB2
“There are just as many notes as I required,neither more nor less.”

Too Many Notes, Mozart · Amadeus 1984 · Ch. 7/25

  • Talking to the boss
  • Criticism & layoffs
  • Confronting
4 minB2
“A lot of people are watching me. They know I know a lot.”

The Bookkeeper Talks About the Money · All the President's Men 1976 · Ch. 11/18

  • Investigation
  • Asking
  • Confessing
5 minB1
“There is no such word as "unreachable" for this office.”

Buddy Rages Over the Word Unreachable · Swimming with Sharks 1994 · Ch. 6/16

  • Criticism & layoffs
  • Talking to the boss
  • Threatening
4 minB2
“Well, darkness is the absence of light, and the stupidity in that instance was the absence of me.”

The Winklevosses Meet President Summers · The Social Network 2010 · Ch. 15/23

  • Meetings
  • Negotiation
  • Complaining