Total Phrases- 4535
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In-positive / Determination url

Someone offered a bribe

  1. I’ll never do it, no matter what you say.
  2. Not if I can help it.
  3. It will never happen again.
  4. I’m going to put my foot down once and for all.
  5. I’ve made up my mind that - once and for all - I’m going to put a stop to this.
  6. I’m not going to let that happen.
  7. We’ll put a stop to that.
  8. I won’t hear of it.
  9. I won’t budge an inch.

Someone offered a bribe

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Out-neutral / Negotiating url

I find your viewpoint hard to understand-1

  1. That’s wishful thinking.
  2. That’s neither here nor there.
  3. That leads us right back to where we started.
  4. Is that too much to ask?
  5. That’s beside the point.
  6. Now that’s a horse of a different color.
  7. You’re missing the point.
  8. You’ve missed the whole point.
  9. That’s not the same thing at all.
  10. It happens to be true whether you choose to believe or not.
  11. Put it whatever way you want.
  12. I wasn’t born yesterday.

I find your viewpoint hard to understand-1

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Out-positive / Friendship url

Offering help-2

  1. Perhaps I can be of assistance.
  2. I wish I could do something for you.
  3. I’ve gone to bat for you.
  4. Take what you want to your heart’s desire.
  5. I wish you all the luck in the world.
  6. I’m doing what’s best for you.
  7. I thought you’d never ask.
  8. Don’t ever say I never did anything for you.
  9. I'm so glad you came over.
  10. Be sure to let me know if I can help.
  11. For you, I would do anything.
  12. I wish you the best of luck.
  13. I’d be more than happy to help.

Offering help-2

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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

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Out-positive / Agreement url

How about I pick you up at your house at 8pm?

  1. Take your time, I’m in no rush.
  2. That’s as good a time as any.
  3. That’s fine with me.
  4. Whatever you say.
  5. That sounds just great, I’ll look forward to it.
  6. That’s just fine and dandy.

How about I pick you up at your house at 8pm?

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In-positive / Surprise url

Seeing a magic trick

  1. That’s amazing.
  2. I can’t believe my eyes.
  3. Now you see it, now you don’t.
  4. It’s unbelievable.
  5. It’s absolutely extraordinary.
  6. I’ve never been so surprised in all my life.
  7. I’ve never seen anything like it.
  8. That’s the strangest think I’ve ever seen.
  9. I’m dumbfounded.
  10. If I hadn’t seen it with my own two eyes, I never would have believed it.
  11. Did you see what I saw?
  12. Look at that!
  13. Now you see them, now you don’t.

Seeing a magic trick

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Out-negative / Annoyed url

Don’t act innocent

  1. Don’t get cute.
  2. Don’t give me that look.
  3. Stop clowning around.
  4. Stop looking so smug.
  5. Laugh if you like.
  6. Don’t toy with me.
  7. Don’t play dumb with me.
  8. Oh it’s little miss goody two shoes.
  9. Wipe that smirk off your face.
  10. Don’t be a wise guy.
  11. Don’t you think that’s a bit much?

Don’t act innocent

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Out-neutral / Negotiating url

Try to negotiate correctly & fairly-3

  1. Don’t go back on your word.
  2. Let’s get back to basics.
  3. Give me a fair shake.
  4. I think you’re just trying to soften me up.
  5. Don’t jump to conclusions.
  6. Don’t put me on the spot.
  7. Be up front with me, and don’t go behind my back.
  8. I wouldn’t be too sure of yourself if I were you.
  9. You’d better be on the level.
  10. Don’t whittle away at me.
  11. It seems like everything I say falls on deaf ears.
  12. I’m a man of principle, and I’m not going to compromise my principles or standards to stoop and do something like that.
  13. I’m not made of money.

Try to negotiate correctly & fairly-3

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In-positive / Happiness url

At an amusement park

  1. I’ve never had so much fun in all my life.
  2. I love every minute of it.
  3. I’m having the time of my life.
  4. I’m a happy as a lark.
  5. I’m having a smashing good time.
  6. The joy from the experience will last for a while.
  7. I feel like jumping for joy.
  8. I wouldn't have missed this for the world.
  9. For me, the experience was so fantastic it was off the charts.
  10. I’m overjoyed.

At an amusement park

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Out-negative / Anger url

I’ve had enough

  1. I’ve had just about all I can take.
  2. Enough is enough.
  3. Now that’s the last straw.
  4. I think I’ve had just about enough.
  5. I’m fed up with it.
  6. I’ve had it up to here!
  7. I’ve had it.
  8. You’re getting on my nerves.
  9. You’ve been asking for it.

I’ve had enough

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In-positive / Confidence url

Looking for something

  1. Something will turn up.
  2. We’re on the right track.
  3. It was exactly where I thought it would be.
  4. Something’s going to turn up.
  5. If we’re patient and methodical, I’m sure this will have a happy ending.

Looking for something

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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