5 minB1Get over yourself“Look, if this time can be spent convincing you to do anything else with your life, to getting out while you are still whole, it is time well spent.”Guy Explains Why He Loves Movies · Swimming with Sharks 1994 · Ch. 8/16Job interviewTalking to the bossConfronting
4 minB2bust one's ass“What's that got to do with anything?”Who Gets the Watergate Story · All the President's Men 1976 · Ch. 3/18Office chatArgumentsPersuading
3 minB2off the radar“There's nothing free in this world, Jake.”Alonzo Gets the Green Light · Training Day 2001 · Ch. 12/23NegotiationPhone callsWarning
5 minB2take a shot“That man is a prisoner of war, Doctor. So are you, sweetheart, but you don't know it.”Trapper Bets Hot Lips Isn't Blonde · M*A*S*H 1970 · Ch. 13/22Office chatTeasingComplimenting
5 minB1get through to“And I need someone who can get through to him.”Will Meets Sean Maguire · Good Will Hunting 1997 · Ch. 5/21Asking for helpOffice chatPersuading
5 minB2non-vital“I just wanted to inform you all reluctantly, that...”Ted Announces LIFE's Last Issue · The Secret Life of Walter Mitty 2013 · Ch. 4/16MeetingsCriticism & layoffsExplaining
3 minB2doubling the voices“- You go too fast. - Do you have it?”Mozart's Last Dictation · Amadeus 1984 · Ch. 25/25MeetingsExplainingAsking
2 minB2drop the charges“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. 7/12PersuasionNegotiationSaying no
5 minC1beat the bushes“"I'm not sick. I am insane. But that will not stop the game.”Riverside Investigators Compare Notes · Zodiac 2007 · Ch. 15/30MeetingsInvestigationConfronting
2 minB2a state of emergency“The airplane crews need to be rested, or we'll never get them out of here.”Gander Declares a State of Emergency · Come from Away 2021 · Ch. 3/22MeetingsTravel & hotelsExplaining
2 minB2hard-line position“That is how you create an unbalanced economy.”Rearden Refuses to Stop Production · Atlas Shrugged: Part I 2011 · Ch. 10/16MeetingsNegotiationSaying no
2 minB2a pillar of the community“She doesn't give a shit about him. You can't let her do that.”Mike Weighs Giving Cindy an Exit · Win Win 2011 · Ch. 15/19NegotiationSuggestingPersuading