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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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4 minB2
“You were the stranger, the destroyer.”

Catherine Confronts Aunt Violet · Suddenly, Last Summer 1959 · Ch. 19/27

  • Accusations
  • Arguments
  • Confronting
4 minB2
“Witchery's a hanging error, a hanging like they done in Boston two year ago!”

Abigail Threatens the Girls · The Crucible 2014 · Ch. 3/29

  • Threats
  • Accusations
  • Threatening
3 minB2
“Harry Fabian is in my way.”

Philip Withdraws from the Partnership · Night and the City 1950 · Ch. 13/19

  • Negotiation
  • Arguments
  • Persuading
3 minB2
“I stick my neck out for nobody.”

Strasser Interrogates Rick · Casablanca 1943 · Ch. 4/20

  • Interrogations
  • Police questioning
  • Confronting
4 minB1
“He's been pretending the entire time.”

Jafar Exposes Aladdin · Aladdin 2019 · Ch. 21/24

  • Threats
  • Accusations
  • Threatening
2 minC1
“And I want you to join me on this cinematic journey, 'cause it is cinema, Ray.”

Fletcher Pitches His Story to Ray · The Gentlemen 2020 · Ch. 1/15

  • Negotiation
  • Storytelling
  • Persuading
4 minB2
“Tell me about it and then tell me why you're telling me about it.”

The Scientists Brief President Orlean · Don't Look Up 2021 · Ch. 4/25

  • Meetings
  • Talking to the boss
  • Explaining
2 minC1
“How they hate me.”

Up to the Witness Stand · National Theatre Live: Prima Facie 2022 · Ch. 18/22

  • Courtroom
  • Monologues
  • Explaining
5 minB2
“We are here to make money. Everybody on point.”

New Issue Day at Stratton Oakmont · The Wolf of Wall Street 2013 · Ch. 13/30

  • Criticism & layoffs
  • Office chat
  • Threatening
2 minC1
“Mr Speaker! I believe the abolitionists are coming at us at a side wind.”

Abolitionists Come at a Side Wind · Amazing Grace 2006 · Ch. 16/18

  • Speeches
  • Warning
  • Explaining
2 minB1
“I'm not kicking you. You're kicking yourself out.”

Buggin Out Wants Brothers on the Wall · Do the Right Thing 1989 · Ch. 4/20

  • Arguments
  • Accusations
  • Confronting
2 minB2
“We don't use the same methods that I hear you use on your prisoners,”

The Brigadier Interrogates Prisoners · The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp 1943 · Ch. 18/30

  • Interrogations
  • Threats
  • Confronting
3 minB1
“You got some nerve standing me up.”

Karen Blasts Henry for Standing Her Up · GoodFellas 1990 · Ch. 9/28

  • First dates
  • Couple fights
  • Confronting
6 minB2
“We all got to that line and crossed it.”

Miles's Disruption Dinner Speech · Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery 2022 · Ch. 3/8

  • Parties
  • Arguments
  • Confronting
3 minB2
“It's not in the public interest to let one man destroy an entire industry.”

Businessmen Plot Against Rearden · Atlas Shrugged: Part I 2011 · Ch. 4/16

  • Meetings
  • Suggesting
  • Explaining
3 minB2
“My only consolation is that Mrs Turton will soon be retired to a villa in Tunbridge Wells.”

The Bridge Party at the Club · A Passage to India 1984 · Ch. 2/19

  • Parties
  • Arguments
  • Complaining
4 minB2
“Well, we just took patriarchy and you know, made a patriarchy.”

The Kens Build a Patriarchy · Barbie 2023 · Ch. 23/26

  • Arguments
  • Parties
  • Explaining
5 minC1
“...there is something terribly wrong with this country, isn't there?”

V Hijacks the Emergency Broadcast · V for Vendetta 2006 · Ch. 4/25

  • Speeches
  • Persuading
  • Warning
2 minB2
“I firebombed the bowling alley, killed three people.”

New Inmates Arrive in the Cell Block · Bad Boys 1983 · Ch. 2/9

  • Small talk
  • Threats
  • Confessing
2 minB2
“To be truly effective, a good narcotics agent must know and love narcotics.”

Alonzo Forces Jake to Smoke · Training Day 2001 · Ch. 4/23

  • Talking to the boss
  • Threats
  • Persuading
4 minB2
“Why do you come to me? Why do I deserve this generosity?”

Vito Refuses Sollozzo's Deal · The Godfather 1972 · Ch. 3/9

  • Negotiation
  • Meetings
  • Saying no
5 minB1
“You stole my dream! I was going to conquer England someday!”

Scarlet Confronts the Minions · Minions 2015 · Ch. 9/14

  • Accusations
  • Arguments
  • Confronting
2 minB1
“Let's take extra care to follow the instructions, or you'll be put to sleep.”

Emmet Follows the Instructions · The Lego Movie 2014 · Ch. 1/22

  • Monologues
  • Warning
  • Explaining
2 minB2
“What makes you think you're worthy of fighting alongside the greatest army in the world?”

Peach Bargains with Cranky Kong · The Super Mario Bros. Movie 2023 · Ch. 10/14

  • Negotiation
  • Persuading
  • Promising