Real English.One scene at a time.

“There is a reasonable doubt in my mind.”

Juror 8 Reenacts the Old Man's Walk · 12 Angry Men 1957 · Ch. 11/17

• Courtroom
• Investigation
• Confronting

“They'd throw you in jail for a thousand years each!”

Butch and Sundance Try to Enlist · Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969 · Ch. 7/12

• Persuasion
• Negotiation
• Saying no

“This is what you're paying for.”

A Staff Member Shoots Himself at Dinner · The Menu 2022 · Ch. 8/13

• Parties
• Threats
• Threatening

“It's my dog. I'm taking him home.”

Michael Vows to Take Arthur Home · Arthur the King 2024 · Ch. 17/19

• At the doctor
• Goodbyes & funerals
• Explaining

“I for one am really gonna miss her. I miss her already.”

Warren at Helen's Funeral Reception · About Schmidt 2002 · Ch. 5/16

• Goodbyes & funerals
• Comforting a friend
• Comforting

“Nobody starts to fight foul till he sees he can't win any other way.”

Officers Interrogate Ulan Prisoners · The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp 1943 · Ch. 17/30

• Interrogations
• Office chat
• Explaining

“There's a mighty warrior inside of you.”

Ian's Sixteenth Birthday Morning · Onward 2020 · Ch. 1/16

• Siblings
• Teasing
• Suggesting

“Every action is a positive action.”

Oblique Strategy Cards on the Street · Slacker 1990 · Ch. 18/22

• Small talk
• Storytelling
• Suggesting

“I think he found me.”

Wilberforce Tells Richard He Found God · Amazing Grace 2006 · Ch. 2/18

• Confessing feelings
• Monologues
• Confessing

“If you're going to be prudish, we'll never get the book written.”

Lucy Writes Captain Gregg's Memoir · The Ghost and Mrs. Muir 1947 · Ch. 9/18

• Arguments
• Storytelling
• Complaining

“Have you ever written about yourself?”

Lee Meets Anna at the Bar · Can You Ever Forgive Me? 2018 · Ch. 7/14

• Small talk
• Comforting a friend
• Complimenting

“Give me excess of it that, surfeiting, the appetite may sicken and so die.”

Orsino's Speech on Music and Love · Twelfth Night 2012 · Ch. 1/25

• Monologues
• Speeches
• Confessing love