Real English.One scene at a time.

“He will eat you for breakfast.”

Peach Trains Mario · The Super Mario Bros. Movie 2023 · Ch. 7/14

• Asking for help
• Asking
• Persuading

“How glad this house must be to be lived in again.”

Stella Revisits Her Childhood Home · The Uninvited 1944 · Ch. 13/28

• Renting
• Small talk
• Explaining

“I don't care how long it takes for you to get through pitch 15,”

Tommy Waits for Kevin · The Dawn Wall 2017 · Ch. 22/24

• Comforting a friend
• Storytelling
• Comforting

“Husbands should be like Kleenex, soft, strong, and disposable.”

Mr. Boddy's Body Disappears · Clue 1985 · Ch. 7/17

• Investigation
• Arguments
• Confronting

“We're not a newspaper. We're a blood sport.”

The Pig Film Blackmail · The Gentlemen 2020 · Ch. 14/15

• Threats
• Interrogations
• Threatening

“I was not... I never was a heroin addict.”

Lipsky Asks Wallace About Heroin · The End of the Tour 2015 · Ch. 15/17

• Job interview
• Interrogations
• Confronting

“First,I must get the death Mass,and then...”

Salieri's Plan to Kill Mozart · Amadeus 1984 · Ch. 20/25

• Monologues
• Storytelling
• Confessing

“You see, I thought if he was leaving me, he'd suffer, thinking that I was alone.”

Maria Gambrelli's Testimony · A Shot in the Dark 1964 · Ch. 6/12

• Interrogations
• Police questioning
• Confessing

“At some point, real character's always gonna shine through.”

Jafar Unveils Aladdin's Lie · Aladdin 2019 · Ch. 15/24

• Interrogations
• Accusations
• Confronting

“It may have been two too many. Everyone has a breaking point.”

Juror 5 Stands Up to a Bigot · 12 Angry Men 1957 · Ch. 4/17

• Courtroom
• Persuasion
• Confronting

“...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

“Anybody in the business knows when you set down in Gander, it's for an emergency.”

Planes Land Unexpectedly in Gander · Come from Away 2021 · Ch. 2/22

• Travel & hotels
• Storytelling
• Explaining