Total Phrases- 4535
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Out-positive / Concern url

After a friend has just been robbed

  1. Are you alright?
  2. Get a hold of yourself.
  3. It’s not the end of the world.
  4. You can’t blame yourself.
  5. You’re shaking like a leaf.
  6. You’re as white as a ghost.
  7. It’s not your day.
  8. You’re as stiff as a board.
  9. It’s not something you could have been prepared for.
  10. It totally came out of the blue and took you completely by surprised.
  11. Day by day, this is something that you will gradually recover from.
  12. Take it from me, in a little while this will recede into the background of everything else in your life.
  13. I find your story absolutely heartbreaking.

After a friend has just been robbed

Out-positive / Concern
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Out-positive / Agreement url

If they closed 3rd Street to traffic the stores on that block would do more business.

  1. I think you’re onto something.
  2. I guess you’re right.
  3. That’s certainly an idea that’s worth trying.
  4. That sounds like a good idea to me.
  5. That make’s sense.
  6. I think they should give it a shot.
  7. Likewise!

If they closed 3rd Street to traffic the stores on that block would do more business.

Out-positive / Agreement
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Out-negative / Anger url

You have gone too far

  1. I think you’ve gone just a little bit too far this time.
  2. You’re in big trouble.
  3. Are you threatening me?
  4. Now that was a cheap shot.
  5. You’re down right nasty.
  6. Aren’t you carrying this a bit too far?
  7. Who the heck do you think you are?
  8. Stop that hanky-panky.
  9. Don’t you have a shred of decency?
  10. Is nothing sacred anymore?
  11. How can anyone in his right mind say something like what you just said.

You have gone too far

Out-negative / Anger
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Out-neutral / Advice url

Opportunity

  1. It’s a once in a lifetime chance.
  2. You won’t regret it.
  3. It’s a golden opportunity.
  4. Don’t let the opportunity slip through your fingers.
  5. When opportunity knocks, be ready to open the door.
  6. Try it, you’ll like it.
  7. Make the most of it.
  8. You can’t afford to miss it.
  9. It’s right up your alley.
  10. You don’t know what you’re missing.
  11. It’s a veritable goldmine.

Opportunity

Out-neutral / Advice
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Out-neutral / Negotiating url

We don’t agree

  1. Let’s call the whole thing off.
  2. We don’t see things eye to eye.
  3. Let’s just drop the whole thing.
  4. This is not going anywhere.
  5. It takes two to tangle.
  6. We don’t seem to be getting anywhere.
  7. My patience has worn thin.
  8. Just you wait and see.
  9. We’re just wasting our time.
  10. This is an exercise in futility.
  11. I’m not going to waste any more time talking to you about this.
  12. We come from two completely different worlds.
  13. I’ll pass on the offer, and take a rain check.
  14. I’m not sure if we’re seeing eye to eye about this.
  15. We’re talking at cross purposes.
  16. This is highway robbery!

We don’t agree

Out-neutral / Negotiating
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Out-neutral / Negotiating url

Let’s make peace-1

  1. Let’s bury the hatchet.
  2. Let’s patch things up.
  3. Let’s let bygones be bygones.
  4. I hope I didn’t say anything wrong.
  5. No harm done.
  6. Take as long as you like.
  7. I don’t take offense easily.
  8. I know you didn’t mean anything by it.
  9. I’ve bent over backwards.

Let’s make peace-1

Out-neutral / Negotiating
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Out-negative / Annoyed url

You are crazy

  1. You’re out of your mind.
  2. Your mind is twisted.
  3. What do you have, rocks in your head?
  4. What’s wrong with you?
  5. You could drive a person insane.
  6. Are you out of your mind?
  7. Have you lost your mind?
  8. You don’t know what you’re saying.
  9. What’s gotten into you?
  10. You doesn’t know if you’re coming or going.
  11. You’ve got some nerve.
  12. You don’t know what you’re talking about.
  13. You’re off the wall.
  14. You’re as crazy as a loon.
  15. That’s ridiculous.
  16. How can you justify to yourself what you are doing?
  17. You should be ashamed of yourself!
  18. How could you do such a thing?
  19. Every once in a while you need to be put in your place.
  20. I don’t see how anybody in their right mind would do something like that.

You are crazy

Out-negative / Annoyed
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Out-neutral / Advice url

Perspective-1

  1. You don’t know what’s in another person’s head until you’re standing in his shoes.
  2. It shouldn’t be taken lightly.
  3. You had it right the first time.
  4. Would that be the worst thing in the world?
  5. There’s nothing new under the sun.
  6. We’ve got our whole life ahead of us.
  7. See what a difference it makes?
  8. That’s all that matters.
  9. Don’t give it a second thought.
  10. There are exceptions to every rule.
  11. If you want my two cents, here is how I see it.

Perspective-1

Out-neutral / Advice
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In-neutral / Caution url

Someone suggests that you join them to search for something valuable that was lost in a cave

  1. I’m being very careful every step along the way.
  2. I think that I might be flirting with danger.
  3. Just hope and pray that everything’s going to work out fine.
  4. That’s like finding a needle in a haystack.
  5. Don’t you think that rushing it a bit?
  6. Frankly, I don’t think that this task has much of a chance of success.
  7. This is certainly not going to be easy.
  8. The whole situation stinks to high heaven.
  9. I know that here’s a lot at stake, but is it worth the risk?
  10. I suppose that I shouldn’t get my hopes up.
  11. I think our imaginations are running away with us, and that we shouldn't overdo it.
  12. After reviewing the situation, I’m getting cold feet.
  13. I have a feeling that this is the type of thing that they were always warning me about.
  14. I predict that nothing good is going to come from this.
  15. I just can’t take the chance.
  16. I don't want to throw caution to the wind.

Someone suggests that you join them to search for something valuable that was lost in a cave

In-neutral / Caution
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Out-neutral / Advice url

Realistic-1

  1. Try to be realistic, don’t be fooled by wishful thinking.
  2. You’re kidding yourself.
  3. You can only go so far.
  4. Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth.
  5. Life’s not fun and games.
  6. In my opinion, you’re just fooling yourself.
  7. I’m just suggesting that you should look at your options again, because in the long run, I think you’re setting yourself up for endless let downs.
  8. Try to see the situation for what it is, because it’s better if you don’t have to learn that the hard way.
  9. It’s a question you have to ask yourself.
  10. You have to be realistic.
  11. You’re living in a fool’s paradise.
  12. The reason your ideas are not more successful is that they are all half-baked.
  13. You’re spending money like it was going out of style.

Realistic-1

Out-neutral / Advice
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Out-neutral / Observation url

About Others – Positive-1

  1. He knows the ropes.
  2. He knows everything there is to know about it.
  3. He’s young at heart.
  4. He has a friend in high places.
  5. They’re rolling in dough.
  6. He’s going to take on the whole world.
  7. It’s a whole lot for him to handle, and considering what he’s been through, I think he’s holding up pretty well under the circumstances.
  8. She can take care of herself.
  9. It’s just another example of hometown boy makes good.
  10. You’ve got to give them credit.
  11. He’s a chip off the old block.
  12. They’re like two peas in a pod.
  13. He’s got money to burn.
  14. He’s in a class all by himself.
  15. He’s a man of means.
  16. He’s an upstanding citizen.

About Others – Positive-1

Out-neutral / Observation
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In-neutral / Acceptance url

Choosing an item from the menu

  1. It’s six of one or half a dozen of the other.
  2. I guess I just can’t have it both ways.
  3. At one point I have to bite the bullet.
  4. At one point you just have to fish or cut bait.

Choosing an item from the menu

In-neutral / Acceptance