Total Phrases- 4535
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In-positive / Determination url

Husband and wife trying to work things out

  1. This a golden opportunity.
  2. Let’s take care of this right now.
  3. Time to switch gears.
  4. We’ve put it off long enough.
  5. Let’s see what we can do about it.
  6. Let’s start the ball rolling.
  7. Where there’s a will there’s a way.
  8. Onwards and upwards.
  9. We still have a long way to go.
  10. There’s one way to find out.
  11. I think the time has come for us to turn over a new leaf.
  12. Let’s give it our best shot.
  13. First things first.
  14. There's nothing that we can't do.
  15. We can work it out.
  16. There's a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
  17. Give me space, I need a little bit more breathing room.
  18. Let's give it time.
  19. Where does that leave us?
  20. We need to make up for lost time.
  21. If we're really open and honest with each other, and both speak from the heart, without being afraid or defensive, perhaps we can really bring out into the open any issues that are bothering us, and get to the bottom of what's getting in the way of our getting closer.

Husband and wife trying to work things out

In-positive / Determination
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Out-neutral / Observation url

General-2

  1. Now you see it now you don’t.
  2. Who knows what evil lurk in the minds of men?
  3. One thing leads to another.
  4. It’s not all fun and games.
  5. The tree grows as the twig is bent.
  6. It’s a drop in the bucket.
  7. It’s happened once and it will happen again.
  8. It’s not always so cut and dry.
  9. You can’t live with them and you can’t live without them.
  10. Some people never learn.

General-2

Out-neutral / Observation
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Out-negative / Push away url

I won’t do it

  1. I don’t feel like it.
  2. It’s not my cup of tea.
  3. I will do no such thing.
  4. It just isn’t for me.
  5. I need that like a hole in the head.
  6. Leave me out of it.
  7. I don’t have time for that nonsense.
  8. That’s none of your business.
  9. That’s out of the question.
  10. Under no circumstances!
  11. Not on your life.
  12. Nothing doing.

I won’t do it

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

Shopping for clothes for camp

  1. You’ll be out of here so fast your head will spin.
  2. We’re getting our money’s worth.
  3. That was a productive use of our time.
  4. I’ve got it all under control.
  5. I’m going to have to ride shotgun on this task to make sure it gets done.
  6. Now this certainly seems like a worthwhile endeavor.

Shopping for clothes for camp

In-positive / Confidence
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In-negative / Desperation url

Lost in the forest

  1. I’ve run out of steam.
  2. The situation is so grim.
  3. The situation was so dangerous that I thought it was curtains.
  4. I’m worried to death.
  5. I can’t cope with it.
  6. I’m scared to death.
  7. Time is running out.
  8. It’s all a nightmare.
  9. I’m never going to make it.
  10. I’m reaching the end of my rope.
  11. I was up the creek without a paddle.

Lost in the forest

In-negative / Desperation
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In-positive / Realizing url

Realizing that the maid has been stealing money

  1. There’s no way around it.
  2. I hate to admit it.
  3. It slipped out of her mouth and she showed his true colors.
  4. I now see her as she really is.
  5. I’ve had a hunch for the longest time.
  6. It’s finally out in the clear for everyone to see.
  7. She finally let the cat out of the bag and told us what really happened.
  8. I heard it through the grape vine.
  9. I suspected as much.
  10. I should have known.
  11. I know it sounds far-fetched, but I kid you not.
  12. Perhaps I should have seen that coming.
  13. In retrospect, I was blind as a bat.

Realizing that the maid has been stealing money

In-positive / Realizing
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In-negative / Explaining url

Being late for work

  1. I’ve had one of those days.
  2. I lost all track of time.
  3. Everything that could go wrong did go wrong.
  4. It’s a long story.
  5. It’s just not my day.
  6. I’ve been burning the candle at both ends.
  7. It was just one thing after another.
  8. Before I knew it, more time had passed than I had anticipated.
  9. It’s the last thing in the world that I thought was going to happen.
  10. I have no excuse for myself.
  11. I just don't have any sense of time.

Being late for work

In-negative / Explaining
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In-neutral / Caution url

A friend giving you investment advice

  1. It’s a tough world out there.
  2. It might be worth investigating.
  3. I don’t think I should press my luck.
  4. I’m going to have to play it by ear.
  5. There’s something fishy going on here.
  6. I can just put two and two together.
  7. I feel I should just leave it well enough alone.
  8. A little birdie is whispering to me to look before I leap.
  9. I could be leaving myself wide open.
  10. I find it all hard to believe.
  11. It seems too good to be true.
  12. I shouldn’t put all my eggs in one basket.
  13. Tell me, why is it worth the risk?
  14. There might be a fly in the ointment.
  15. If you're wrong, it could all blow sky high, and I'd be the one holding the bag.
  16. That’s all pie in the sky.

A friend giving you investment advice

In-neutral / Caution
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In-neutral / Caution url

Thinking of dating someone from the wrong side of the tracks

  1. I feel that persion might be a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
  2. Assumptions can be deceptive.
  3. I don’t know where this is all heading.
  4. If you ask me I think I should just call the whole thing off.
  5. I think that could be like opening up a Pandora’s box.
  6. That might be wishful thinking.
  7. Curiosity killed the cat.
  8. Where there’s smoke there’s fire.
  9. I have a funny feeling that I should drop it like a hot potato if I know what’s good for me.
  10. Am I seeing the world with rose colored glasses?

Thinking of dating someone from the wrong side of the tracks

In-neutral / Caution
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Out-neutral / Negotiating url

Let’s work things out-2

  1. May I offer a suggestion?
  2. One hand washes the other.
  3. That’s why we’re here.
  4. What do we have to lose?
  5. One for all and all for one.
  6. I’m saying this for your ears and your ears only, and I hope it doesn’t go beyond the two of us: mum’s the word.
  7. No strings attached.
  8. It’s a two way street.
  9. That’s no big deal.
  10. You know very well that I take this very seriously and that I can be trusted to keep under wraps what you just told me in confidence.
  11. It will all sink in eventually, when this is all behind us.
  12. We can work it out.

Let’s work things out-2

Out-neutral / Negotiating
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Out-positive / Encouragement url

For a friend who won the race for State Senator against a more popular candidate

  1. You came out smelling like a rose.
  2. I don’t know how you pulled this one off, but I’m impressed.
  3. You sure have come a long way.
  4. You handled it like a pro.
  5. You’re one of a kind.
  6. We’ve been behind you all the way.
  7. Your speech was spoken like a true diplomat.
  8. Apparently you made quite an impression.

For a friend who won the race for State Senator against a more popular candidate

Out-positive / Encouragement
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Out-positive / Concern url

To a friend who just lost a lot of their money in the stock market

  1. I’m sorry it didn’t pan out.
  2. I think your nest-egg was your security blanket, and now you’ll just have to pick up the pieces and go on from here.
  3. This puts you in a terrible position.
  4. I don’t envy you.
  5. That’s such a shame.
  6. You look like you’ve seen a ghost.
  7. You might have to start over from square one.
  8. You’ll need all the help that you can get.
  9. After such an experience, it might turn out that you’ll never be the same.
  10. You shouldn’t have put all your eggs in one basket.
  11. It’s written all over your face.
  12. You’re lucky that it wasn’t much worse than it was.

To a friend who just lost a lot of their money in the stock market

Out-positive / Concern