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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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2 minB2
“That's nothing. That's nothing. That's not a mandate.”

The Nonvoting Majority Argument · Slacker 1990 · Ch. 5/22

  • Small talk
  • Arguments
  • Persuading
4 minB2
“You created me. I didn't create some loser alter ego to make me feel better.”

Jack Confronts Tyler on the Roof · Fight Club 1999 · Ch. 19/19

  • Arguments
  • Threats
  • Confronting
2 minB2
“It's good I was able to check my reflexes.”

Dreyfus Takes Over the Case · A Shot in the Dark 1964 · Ch. 3/12

  • Criticism & layoffs
  • Investigation
  • Promising
2 minB2
“Patients are here because they can't think.”

Doctor Fights to Delay the Surgery · Suddenly, Last Summer 1959 · Ch. 20/27

  • Negotiation
  • Arguments
  • Confronting
4 minB2
“If you know something that may help the doctor, for God's sake tell it to me.”

Parris Demands the Truth From Abigail · The Crucible 2014 · Ch. 1/29

  • Interrogations
  • Accusations
  • Confronting
3 minC1
“Because you don t know what it is to be without power”

A Talk of Power Over Tea · Enola Holmes 2020 · Ch. 6/12

  • Small talk
  • Persuasion
  • Persuading
3 minB2
“But somehow I'm not in the mood for a holiday just now.”

Harry Makes Phil His Silent Partner · Night and the City 1950 · Ch. 10/19

  • Negotiation
  • Persuading
  • Promising
3 minB2
“...and the prevailing wind happens to be from Vichy.”

Strasser Debates What to Do With Laszlo · Casablanca 1943 · Ch. 12/20

  • Small talk
  • Arguments
  • Confessing
2 minB1
“steal a kingdom and you're a statesman.”

Jafar Offers Aladdin a Deal · Aladdin 2019 · Ch. 6/24

  • Persuasion
  • Interrogations
  • Persuading
2 minC1
“And I would just reiterate that if anything happens to me, I do have my insurance policy in place.”

Dry Eye Warns His Host · The Gentlemen 2020 · Ch. 13/15

  • Negotiation
  • Threats
  • Threatening
4 minC1
“So that's the pretty little bow they're putting around this line of bullshit.”

Kate Exposes the Comet Conspiracy · Don't Look Up 2021 · Ch. 18/25

  • Speeches
  • Courtroom
  • Confronting
4 minC1
“There is blood in the water, and I let the witness swim on.”

Ensler Corners the Witness · National Theatre Live: Prima Facie 2022 · Ch. 2/22

  • Courtroom
  • Interrogations
  • Confronting
3 minB2
“- It's hard to believe this species mastered interstellar travel.”

Beavis & Butt-Head Mistaken for Aliens · Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe 2022 · Ch. 18/22

  • Negotiation
  • Interrogations
  • Confronting
5 minB2
“There is no such thing as bad publicity, sweetheart.”

Forbes Profiles Jordan Belfort · The Wolf of Wall Street 2013 · Ch. 8/30

  • Job interview
  • Office chat
  • Complaining
4 minC1
“His enemy is my enemy.”

Pitt Warns a Friend Over Cards · Amazing Grace 2006 · Ch. 12/18

  • Speeches
  • Negotiation
  • Threatening
3 minB1
“This hydrant better not come back on again, or there's going to be hell to pay!”

Fire Hydrant Soaks a Car · Do the Right Thing 1989 · Ch. 5/20

  • Police questioning
  • Threats
  • Threatening
4 minB1
“- Any luck? - Not a hope. She's halfway to London by now.”

The Home Guard Exercise Turns Real · The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp 1943 · Ch. 2/30

  • Speeches
  • Investigation
  • Explaining
3 minB2
“If I was gonna break your balls, I'd say, "Go get your shine box."”

Billy Taunts Tommy at the Welcome Party · GoodFellas 1990 · Ch. 13/28

  • Parties
  • Arguments
  • Teasing
7 minB2
“In one legal move he cut her out completely”

Miles Welcomes the Group to His Island · Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery 2022 · Ch. 2/8

  • Parties
  • Small talk
  • Complimenting
3 minB2
“Ask yourself what it is sometime.”

D'Anconia Warns Rearden at a Party · Atlas Shrugged: Part I 2011 · Ch. 8/16

  • Parties
  • Small talk
  • Warning
4 minB2
“And he does not need three chairs. He's not three Englishmen!”

Fielding Visits Sick Aziz · A Passage to India 1984 · Ch. 6/19

  • At the doctor
  • Arguments
  • Confronting
4 minC1
“Like we have to always be extraordinary.”

Gloria's Monologue About Women · Barbie 2023 · Ch. 21/26

  • Speeches
  • Monologues
  • Explaining
4 minB2
“He's the only one who's napping.”

Arguing the Plan Against Niko · The Mask 1994 · Ch. 2/8

  • Threats
  • Arguments
  • Warning
3 minB2
“Sutler can no longer trust you, can he, Mr. Creedy?”

V Recruits Creedy to Kill Sutler · V for Vendetta 2006 · Ch. 22/25

  • Negotiation
  • Investigation
  • Persuading