Total Phrases- 956

Scenes of Out-positive

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Out-positive / Concern url

To a friend who is very depressed

  1. Don’t go bonkers on me.
  2. What’s wrong now?
  3. What’s on your mind?
  4. I hate seeing you like this.
  5. You look like you’re carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders.
  6. What are you so edgy about?
  7. Has the cat got your tongue?
  8. It’s good for you to get out once in a while.
  9. It seems as if you don’t know whether you’re coming or going.
  10. I’ll do anything I can.
  11. How can I ease your burden?
  12. I won’t be judgmental.
  13. I'm on your side.
  14. What’s come over you?
  15. Perhaps there are some things that I can take off your hands.
  16. Take things one day at a time.
  17. There’s light at the end of the tunnel.
  18. Take each day as it comes.
  19. Always know that I’m here for you.
  20. Sometimes it’s darkest just before the dawn.
  21. Let me know if there’s anything I can do to help.
  22. Pull yourself together.
  23. Hold on tight, it will be alright.

To a friend who is very depressed

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Out-positive / Friendship url

After not seeing someone for a while

  1. I was just thinking about you.
  2. We have a lot of catching up to do.
  3. Let’s pick it up where we left off.
  4. Long time no see.
  5. Where have you been hiding yourself, it seems like you dropped off the face of the earth.
  6. It’s been a while, hasn’t it?
  7. Welcome back, it’s so good to see you.
  8. I haven’t stopped thinking about you since the last time we got together.
  9. It seems like you’ve been gone forever.
  10. Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
  11. I missed you.
  12. How have you been doing, stranger?

After not seeing someone for a while

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Out-positive / Apology url

After a boss tells a worker that management won’t let him give the worker an expected raise

  1. I only wish I could have done more.
  2. I did the best I could.
  3. I’m sorry, my hands are tied.
  4. It might not make any sense to you, but that’s what they decided, and I hope you understand.
  5. I’m sorry that it’s not the answer you hoped for.
  6. My apologies that it took me longer to get the answer than I thought it would.
  7. I hope that we’ll be able to give you a better answer next time.
  8. I’m hoping this is something you can live with for the time being.
  9. I was told to explain to you that it’s due to circumstances beyond their control.
  10. Please give us a chance to make it up to you next time.

After a boss tells a worker that management won’t let him give the worker an expected raise

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Out-positive / Friendship url

Hot talk

  1. You’re hot stuff.
  2. You’re cute as a button.
  3. You’re a real knock-out.
  4. Your eyes are as blue as the sky.
  5. I could hug you to death.
  6. You’re a sweetie pie.
  7. I’m going to sweep you off your feet.

Hot talk

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Out-positive / Concern url

To a friend whose new job is harder than he expected

  1. How’s this working out for you?
  2. Perhaps you got more than you bargained for.
  3. Your old job is a hard act to follow.
  4. You have to give it time for the dust to settle, to see if it works out.
  5. Things sometimes get worse before they get better.
  6. This is a chance for you to show your mettle.
  7. Rise to the challenge!

To a friend whose new job is harder than he expected

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Out-positive / Friendship url

Stating commitment-3

  1. We’re in this together.
  2. You’re the apple of my eye.
  3. I don’t know what I’d do without you.
  4. Stick with me.
  5. You’re a person after my own heart.
  6. We understand each other.
  7. You’re the love of my life.
  8. I think the world of you.
  9. It’s a test of the strength of our love.
  10. You’re the only one for me.
  11. We’ve been through a lot together, and it’s really brought us closer together.
  12. The first time I saw you, it was love at first sight.

Stating commitment-3

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Out-positive / Encouragement url

For a friend who is depressed

  1. I never promised you a rose garden.
  2. You’re putting up a brave front.
  3. It can’t be as bad as all that.
  4. You have to look at the bright side.
  5. Don’t be too hard on yourself.
  6. Alright, get it out of your system.
  7. I know how you feel.
  8. It’s a step in the right direction.
  9. I think you can figure this out for yourself.
  10. With a bit of luck and hard work it will all work out fine in the end.
  11. You have to look yourself in the eye and ask yourself plain and simple, with all your abilities, what’s holding you back from fulfilling more of your potential?
  12. It looks worse than it really is.
  13. Don’t you worry, you will be fine.
  14. Do the best you can.
  15. What’s eating you?
  16. You have your whole life ahead of you.

For a friend who is depressed

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Out-positive / Friendship url

Saying it’s no trouble

  1. It’s no trouble at all.
  2. I would have done the same thing for you.
  3. It’s no bother, it’s not out of my way, I’m going in that direction anyway.
  4. Don’t mention it.
  5. It’s the least that I could do.
  6. The pleasure’s all mine.
  7. Believe me, it comes from the heart.
  8. I’m happy I could help.
  9. You are most welcome.
  10. I’ll leave that up to you.

Saying it’s no trouble

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Out-positive / Encouragement url

For a friend who’s hesitant about eating an exotic food for the first time

  1. What are you waiting for?
  2. Try it, you’ll like it.
  3. Don’t worry about a thing.
  4. Put yourself at ease.
  5. There’s nothing to worry about.
  6. I assure you whole-heartedly that you won’t regret it.
  7. You’ll see soon enough that your fears are unfounded.
  8. It all goes into the same stomach.
  9. Forewarned is forearmed.

For a friend who’s hesitant about eating an exotic food for the first time

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Out-positive / Agreement url

I think that Bill Jones, who is running for Mayor, will make a better Mayor.

  1. You could make a case for that.
  2. I think you might have a point.
  3. I couldn't agree with you more.
  4. That makes the two of us.
  5. That's my sentiments exactly.
  6. I have a sneaking suspicion that you may be right.
  7. That's as plain as day.
  8. I'm with you.
  9. What you're saying has the ring of truth.
  10. I’ll take your word for it.

I think that Bill Jones, who is running for Mayor, will make a better Mayor.

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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

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Out-positive / Concern url

After a friend just found out he’s been fired from his job

  1. My heart goes out to you.
  2. Tomorrow is another day.
  3. There’s always hope.
  4. Things are tough all over.
  5. I’m sorry to hear that.
  6. That’s a crying shame.
  7. I know what this means to you.
  8. I’m sure you’ll recover from this, slowly but surely.
  9. Who knows, perhaps in the long run this could be the best thing that ever happened to you.
  10. You look down in the dumps.
  11. I don’t envy you.

After a friend just found out he’s been fired from his job