Real English.One scene at a time.

“I don't think my heart can handle any more today.”

Norman Meets the Pregnant Temp · Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Vows We Have Made 2021 · Ch. 5/18

• Job interview
• Office chat
• Warning

“I took the liberty of feeling the bone. It's perfectly sound.”

Willoughby Rescues Marianne · Sense and Sensibility 1995 · Ch. 9/27

• First dates
• Small talk
• Thanking

“Said, the Frontier was a safety valve for civilization.”

Cody Explains the Frontier Theory · Interstate 60 2002 · Ch. 15/22

• Storytelling
• Travel & hotels
• Explaining

“I wouldn't be inside if it wasn't for him.”

Mr. Orange Briefs Holdaway · Reservoir Dogs 1992 · Ch. 17/22

• Investigation
• Storytelling
• Explaining

“The Holocene has been one of the most stable periods in our planet's great history.”

The Holocene Was Our Eden · David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet 2020 · Ch. 3/10

• Monologues
• Storytelling
• Explaining

“I'll make him an offer he can't refuse.”

Michael Warns Fredo · The Godfather 1972 · Ch. 8/9

• Negotiation
• Arguments
• Threatening

“I found a picture of you that is outrageous.”

Playing the Tape From 1994 · Blue Jay 2016 · Ch. 8/18

• Small talk
• Storytelling
• Teasing

“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

“You're your own woman. The world's your oyster.”

Mary's Tipsy Talk With Joe · Another Year 2010 · Ch. 13/25

• Parties
• Small talk
• Complaining

“What about the men that are fighting for our country and our land?”

Hawkeye Pitches a Football Team · M*A*S*H 1970 · Ch. 17/22

• Office chat
• Phone calls
• Explaining

“I can make him do anything I please.”

Frank Crashes Ben's Place · Blue Velvet 1986 · Ch. 6/9

• Parties
• Threats
• Threatening

“You sort of fell off the face of the Earth there.”

Walter Finally Asks Cheryl Out · The Secret Life of Walter Mitty 2013 · Ch. 15/16

• Confessing feelings
• First dates
• Confessing