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46 chapters · from 23 films
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2 minB1
“Looks like the game's gone cuckoo, like my nana.”

Fix-It Felix Jr. Breaks Down · Wreck-It Ralph 2012 · Ch. 5/19

  • Criticism & layoffs
  • Speeches
  • Explaining
3 minB1
“And there's a little hope sneaking into the building.”

Kurt's Arena Football Debut · American Underdog 2021 · Ch. 15/27

  • Criticism & layoffs
  • Talking to the boss
  • Explaining
5 minB1
“What you do after working hours is your own business.”

Matuschek Learns of the Affair · The Shop Around the Corner 1940 · Ch. 10/19

  • Criticism & layoffs
  • Investigation
  • Confronting
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
3 minB1
“Hey, look, this is nothing to laugh at.”

Inmates Forced to Read Aloud · Bad Boys 1983 · Ch. 5/9

  • Criticism & layoffs
  • Teasing
  • Warning
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
“If Maria Gambrelli is not a murderer, and I say she is not, you are sending an innocent girl to the guillotine.”

Dreyfus Banishes Clouseau to Martinique · A Shot in the Dark 1964 · Ch. 9/12

  • Criticism & layoffs
  • Investigation
  • Threatening
4 minB2
“Do you mean to tell me, general Turgidson, you will be unable to recall the aircraft?”

No Way to Recall the Bombers · Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1964 · Ch. 6/20

  • Meetings
  • Criticism & layoffs
  • Confronting
3 minB1
“Aren't you supposed to be at the retirement place with her getting the piano moved in?”

The Office Learns It's Acquired · The Secret Life of Walter Mitty 2013 · Ch. 2/16

  • Office chat
  • Criticism & layoffs
  • Asking
3 minB2
“I didn't fire you because I feel threatened. No. I fired you because you're lazy, entitled, incompetent.”

Margaret Fires Bob · The Proposal 2009 · Ch. 1/14

  • Criticism & layoffs
  • Talking to the boss
  • Threatening
5 minB2
“I feel I'm pushing a rock uphill.”

Carson Returns as Butler · Downton Abbey 2019 · Ch. 4/22

  • Criticism & layoffs
  • Office chat
  • Asking
3 minB2
“So, I think maybe it is time that we talked about your value in this workplace.”

Frank Demotes Jenny and Sweet-Talks Her · Bad Education 2019 · Ch. 13/18

  • Talking to the boss
  • Criticism & layoffs
  • Threatening