Total Phrases- 4535
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Out-positive / Encouragement url

For a friend who just published his first book

  1. That’s a positive start.
  2. What a great accomplishment!
  3. You’re on a roll.
  4. More power to you.
  5. Sock it to me.
  6. Your off and running.
  7. I’m glad that it worked out.
  8. You do what you do very well.
  9. You did much more than you realize.
  10. That’s a step in the right direction.
  11. You’re doing a great job.
  12. It turns out that you accomplished more than you even realized.

For a friend who just published his first book

Out-positive / Encouragement
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Out-positive / Concern url

To a friend who is trying to decide whether to marry their boyfriend

  1. How do you feel about it?
  2. So what did you finally decide?
  3. Are you having second thoughts?
  4. You’re such a worry-wart.
  5. You look puzzled.
  6. You’re a scaredy cat.
  7. In your investigation, did you come up with anything?
  8. Perhaps you should consider being a little bit more flexible.
  9. You can’t be too careful.
  10. Why are you fighting it?
  11. Look before you leap.
  12. He who hesitates is lost.
  13. Perhaps you shouldn't be too judgmental.
  14. Have an open mind.
  15. I have some information, does it ring a bell?
  16. Don’t let yourself get rushed into it.
  17. Look before you leap.

To a friend who is trying to decide whether to marry their boyfriend

Out-positive / Concern
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In-positive / Determination url

Therapist with patient

  1. Where there’s a will, there’s a way.
  2. This is an opportunity of a lifetime.
  3. I’m going to tell it to you straight, even if it means bursting your balloon.
  4. Rome wasn’t built in a day.
  5. There’s nothing that we can’t do if we put our minds to it.
  6. Let’s not give up before we start.
  7. There are so many false starts, but it’s important that we don’t give up hope.
  8. There’s more than one way to skin a cat.
  9. It doesn’t have to be that way.
  10. Unfortunately we often have to learn the hard way.
  11. Let’s start tying up loose ends.
  12. All beginnings are hard.
  13. Often just when we think it will be clear sailing from here on in, POW – something unexpected comes from out of the blue to blow our well laid plans to smithereens, and suddenly it’s back to the drawing board, forcing us to rethink the whole thing through from start to finish, from soup to nuts.

Therapist with patient

In-positive / Determination
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Out-neutral / Negotiating url

You’re not negotiating well-2

  1. Did that ever occur to you?
  2. I was afraid you’d do that.
  3. You’re making a mountain out of a molehill.
  4. Don’t keep harping on it.
  5. Why did you bring it up in the first place?
  6. That’s a cop out.
  7. We’re finally talking about something important, and I’d appreciate it if you didn’t change the subject.
  8. Who asked you?
  9. That’s the oldest trick in the book.
  10. You let the cat out of the bag.
  11. You cried wolf once too often.
  12. If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.
  13. Come on, spill the beans.
  14. You act like someone with a chip on his shoulder.
  15. You can’t pull the wool over my eyes.
  16. You’re acting like you have a chip on your shoulder.
  17. You give me no choice but to do what I feel is my obligation to do.

You’re not negotiating well-2

Out-neutral / Negotiating
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In-negative / Disappointment url

Getting a speeding ticket

  1. I have no one to blame but myself.
  2. I need that like a hole in the head.
  3. That’s what I was afraid of.
  4. That’s the last thing I wanted.
  5. What a shame!
  6. That’s just my luck.
  7. It happens to the best of us.
  8. But I don’t have to like it, do I?

Getting a speeding ticket

In-negative / Disappointment
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In-negative / Desperation url

Losing a bundle in an investment scam

  1. I always seem to fall into the same trap.
  2. I’m in deep trouble.
  3. When am I going to stop making the same mistake over and over again?
  4. It scared the living daylights out of me.
  5. I could have kicked myself.
  6. I could just kill myself.
  7. I'm shaken to the core.
  8. The thing that pains me so much is that the disaster was so unnecessary and so avoidable.
  9. Sometimes the things that I feared the most, turn out to be the least of my worries.
  10. I'm pulling my hair out.

Losing a bundle in an investment scam

In-negative / Desperation
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Out-positive / Encouragement url

To a High School student who won the science fair

  1. You’re a real expert.
  2. That needed out of the box thinking, and you rose to the occasion.
  3. You should be proud of the fact that you did it all by yourself, with almost no help from anyone else.
  4. You just scratched the surface of what you can accomplish.
  5. I guess you’re curious about what makes things tick.
  6. It’s right up your alley.

To a High School student who won the science fair

Out-positive / Encouragement
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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-negative / Explaining url

Not doing work assignment on time

  1. I bit off more than I could chew.
  2. I didn’t accomplish as much as I thought I would.
  3. I took my best shot.
  4. That’s the best that I can do.
  5. It took me longer than I thought it would.
  6. I’ve been under a lot of pressure lately.
  7. I was sure I could do more in the time that I had.
  8. The whole thing blew up in my face.
  9. I promise to do better next time.
  10. I don’t know how to answer your question.
  11. It totally slipped my mind.
  12. I knew there was something I forgot to do.
  13. I have no excuse.

Not doing work assignment on time

In-negative / Explaining
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Out-negative / Push away url

Don’t push me

  1. Don’t rush me.
  2. Don’t pressure me, I’m going to get around to it in my own sweet time.
  3. I will do whatever I want to do in my own back yard.
  4. Don’t put pressure on me.
  5. Who do you think I am anyway?
  6. It’s a free country.
  7. Don’t play games with me.
  8. Don’t stand in my way.
  9. Don’t give me the third degree.

Don’t push me

Out-negative / Push away
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In-positive / Surprise url

A friend wins a big prize

  1. That’s a nice surprise.
  2. It’s like something out of a movie.
  3. You’re pulling my leg.
  4. Now how do you like that?
  5. I was so surprised when it happened.
  6. Get a load of this.
  7. Good heavens!
  8. Well blow me down.
  9. So what do you know?

A friend wins a big prize

In-positive / Surprise
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In-neutral / Caution url

Invited to a party the night before an exam

  1. I’m dead set against it.
  2. Am I making a big mistake?
  3. I have a funny feeling that I’ve been through this before.
  4. All that glitters is not gold.
  5. I don’t know if I’ll should do this on such short notice.
  6. I can easily see where this is heading.
  7. It’s a waste of time.
  8. I should know better than that.
  9. Have I taken leave of my senses?
  10. Is it worth it?
  11. I’ve learned my lesson before, and I promised myself that I wouldn’t repeat that mistake again.
  12. That's not for now.

Invited to a party the night before an exam

In-neutral / Caution