Real English.One scene at a time.

“You have answers for everything, don't you?”

Reporters Decode the Matchbook Initials · All the President's Men 1976 · Ch. 12/18

• Investigation
• Interrogations
• Explaining

“I would like you to find a good book and read it until we leave.”

Downton Races to Prepare in the Rain · Downton Abbey 2019 · Ch. 8/22

• Arguments
• Asking for help
• Complaining

“You got some nerve standing me up.”

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

• First dates
• Couple fights
• Confronting

“I don't talk to dead men.”

Alonzo Introduces Jake to the Wise Men · Training Day 2001 · Ch. 11/23

• Office chat
• Storytelling
• Explaining

“It is hardly ethical. All statements are supposed to come from me.”

Earl Williams Escapes the Jail · His Girl Friday 1940 · Ch. 10/18

• Interrogations
• Phone calls
• Explaining

“I mean, they ran this place like the navy.”

Reporters Confront Boston College · Spotlight 2015 · Ch. 16/21

• Meetings
• Accusations
• Confronting

“I'm not gonna kill you.”

Clifford Spares Sidney · Deathtrap 1982 · Ch. 30/30

• Threats
• Negotiation
• Threatening

“A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having.”

V Asks Evey to Dance · V for Vendetta 2006 · Ch. 24/25

• Parties
• Speeches
• Inviting

“You can't take it with you, Mr. Kirby. So what good is it?”

Grandpa Lectures Kirby in Jail · You Can't Take It with You 1938 · Ch. 19/27

• Interrogations
• Arguments
• Explaining

“A Russian bomb is a matter of time.”

The Target Committee Debates the Bomb · Oppenheimer 2023 · Ch. 18/28

• Meetings
• Negotiation
• Explaining

“This is Harvard, where you don't plant stories and you don't sue people.”

The Winklevosses Debate Suing Mark · The Social Network 2010 · Ch. 9/23

• Arguments
• Accusations
• Confronting

“I like it. It smells of money.”

Buddy Offers Guy the White Knight Role · Swimming with Sharks 1994 · Ch. 10/16

• Negotiation
• Talking to the boss
• Threatening