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
5 minB1open-and-shut case“I don't know about the rest of you, but I happen to have tickets to that ball game tonight.”Jurors Gather in the Jury Room · 12 Angry Men 1957 · Ch. 1/17CourtroomSmall talkComplaining
3 minB2hear a pin drop“I waited till I could hear a pin drop, and then came out.”Spielberg Gets His Universal Contract · Spielberg 2017 · Ch. 3/10StorytellingExplainingPromising
4 minB1get to someone“- It's obvious someone got to her. - Not enough proof.”Librarian Recants to Woodward · All the President's Men 1976 · Ch. 4/18Phone callsInvestigationConfronting
3 minB1pressing business“You're lucky I have more pressing business.”Alonzo Interrogates a Suspect · Training Day 2001 · Ch. 7/23InterrogationsThreatsThreatening
3 minB2a sight for sore eyes“Naturally, your own opinion is more informed than mine.”Hot Lips Lectures Hawkeye in the Mess · M*A*S*H 1970 · Ch. 7/22ArgumentsAccusationsComplaining
5 minC1pawn off“and you'll be servin' my kids fries at a drive through on our way to a skiing trip.”Will Shuts Down a Harvard Grad Student · Good Will Hunting 1997 · Ch. 2/21ArgumentsFirst datesConfronting
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 minB1sick and tired of“Well, man, I'm just getting sick and tired of all these fucking rules, man.”Fighting Over the Water Ration · This Is the End 2013 · Ch. 16/27ArgumentsComplainingConfronting
3 minB2doubling the voices“- You go too fast. - Do you have it?”Mozart's Last Dictation · Amadeus 1984 · Ch. 25/25MeetingsExplainingAsking
3 minB2make a big thing out of it“No, make a big thing out of it.”Harriman Hired Men to Kill Them · Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969 · Ch. 9/12InvestigationThreatsExplaining
5 minB2shed light on“"I like killing people because it is so much fun.”Zodiac's Cipher Reaches the Chronicle · Zodiac 2007 · Ch. 3/30MeetingsInvestigationExplaining