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
Theme
Movie English about power
418 real scenes from 94 films. Watch a full scene, then take the phrases people actually use for power.
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4 minB1“- It's obvious someone got to her. - Not enough proof.”Librarian Recants to Woodward · All the President's Men 1976 · Ch. 4/18
- Phone calls
- Investigation
- Confronting
5 minB2“You are here to protect my interests and to serve my needs.”Buddy Berates Guy Over Sweet'N Low · Swimming with Sharks 1994 · Ch. 4/16
- Criticism & layoffs
- Talking to the boss
- Threatening
4 minB2“It's out of the question, George. Absolutely out of the question.”Broulard Pitches the Anthill Offensive · Paths of Glory 1957 · Ch. 1/17
- Negotiation
- Suggesting
- Persuading
3 minB2“This isn't a hospital! It's an insane asylum!”Hot Lips Confronts Colonel Blake · M*A*S*H 1970 · Ch. 14/22
- Talking to the boss
- Arguments
- Complaining
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
4 minB2“I feel that I have blood on my hands.”Oppenheimer Meets President Truman · Oppenheimer 2023 · Ch. 20/28
- Talking to the boss
- Meetings
- Confessing
2 minB2“Well, sure. But the trick is to keep asking.”Pete Pressures Robby Over Drinks · Spotlight 2015 · Ch. 18/21
- Negotiation
- Persuading
- Warning
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
4 minC1“There are wheels within wheels in this village, and fires within fires!”Proctor Clashes With Parris · The Crucible 2014 · Ch. 5/29
- Arguments
- Meetings
- Complaining
4 minB1“We have the same title, yet are never described the same way.”Jafar Manipulates the Sultan · Aladdin 2019 · Ch. 4/24
- Persuasion
- Arguments
- Persuading
3 minC1“And that, sir, is with my blessing what you are paying for.”Mickey Pitches His Weed Empire · The Gentlemen 2020 · Ch. 3/15
- Negotiation
- Meetings
- Persuading
4 minB2“A comet, bigger than the asteroid that destroyed the dinosaurs, is headed directly at Earth.”BASH Confirms the Comet · Don't Look Up 2021 · Ch. 6/25
- Meetings
- Explaining
- Warning
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
2 minB2“Gentlemen, you have had four hours. You had better have results. Mr. Creedy.”Sutler's Cabinet Spins the Explosion · V for Vendetta 2006 · Ch. 3/25
- Meetings
- Explaining
- Threatening
4 minB2“That is the second time you pointed a gun at me.”Alonzo Shields Jake From His Crew · Training Day 2001 · Ch. 16/23
- Threats
- Accusations
- Threatening
4 minB2“We can't seem to figure out what the puzzle is supposed to look like.”Deep Throat Says Follow the Money · All the President's Men 1976 · Ch. 5/18
- Investigation
- Explaining
- Warning
5 minC1“You gotta give action to get action.”An Apology Becomes a Power Play · Swimming with Sharks 1994 · Ch. 7/16
- Negotiation
- Apologies
- Persuading
4 minC1“Now, how can you understand that and allow these men to be shot tomorrow?”Dax Bargains for the Condemned Men · Paths of Glory 1957 · Ch. 15/17
- Talking to the boss
- Negotiation
- Persuading
3 minB2“Relax. They're falling around like dead flies.”The Football Game Turns Into a Brawl · M*A*S*H 1970 · Ch. 21/22
- Arguments
- Teasing
- Complaining
2 minB2“Unless it's a coincidence, I think this is us.”Mark Crashes Harvard's Network · The Social Network 2010 · Ch. 3/23
- Investigation
- Phone calls
- Explaining
2 minB2“You have just the rights that I give you.”Condon Quits Los Alamos · Oppenheimer 2023 · Ch. 13/28
- Arguments
- Talking to the boss
- Confronting
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 minB2“I just want to wish you everything I couldn't give you.”Walter Meets Bruce Baldwin · His Girl Friday 1940 · Ch. 3/18
- Meetings
- Teasing
- Persuading