Total Phrases- 4535
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In-neutral / Acceptance url

Buying a car

  1. I dropped a bundle on it, but I’m glad I bought it.
  2. The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
  3. How can I resist?
  4. I might as well.
  5. You never get something for nothing.
  6. It’s growing on me.
  7. It’s the best that I can do.

Buying a car

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Out-neutral / Negotiating url

Try to negotiate correctly & fairly-2

  1. Don’t beat around the bush.
  2. You’re playing hard to get.
  3. I’m going to hold you to it.
  4. By the look in your eyes you look as if your mind is a thousand miles away.
  5. You’re putting words in my mouth.
  6. Don’t hold it over my head.
  7. You’re stretching it a bit.
  8. Is there something you’re not telling me?
  9. Face up to it.
  10. Would you slow down, I can’t get a word in edge wise.

Try to negotiate correctly & fairly-2

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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

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In-positive / Remembering url

Remembering an event from the past

  1. It’ll never be the same as it was back then.
  2. That’s history now.
  3. That was a night to remember.
  4. I guess you had to have been there.
  5. I’ve burnt a lot of bridges behind me.
  6. I miss those times long gone.
  7. The joy that I felt when I got married was off the charts.
  8. Then it happened, and the rest is history.

Remembering an event from the past

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Out-positive / Agreement url

Do you mind if I take the car to shop for food?

  1. That’s fine with me.
  2. By all means.
  3. Be my guest.
  4. That’s cool with me.
  5. I don’t mind at all.

Do you mind if I take the car to shop for food?

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In-negative / Disappointment url

Dropping out of Law School

  1. I didn’t accomplish as much as I thought I would.
  2. So far I haven’t seen much progress.
  3. I’m batting zero.
  4. It’s nobody’s fault but my own.
  5. It’s not going anywhere, so why continue?
  6. I’m dropping out before it gets any worse.
  7. With my track record, I don’t think I have much of a choice.
  8. I’m a bit disappointed in my performance.
  9. I fully expected that I could have done better than I did.
  10. I just wasn’t good enough.
  11. It was just beyond my reach.
  12. It’s been an unmitigated disaster.

Dropping out of Law School

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Out-positive / Agreement url

If I get another junk phone call, I think I’ll scream

  1. I think that would be a totally appropriate and natural response.
  2. That’s totally understandable.
  3. I don’t blame you.
  4. I know the feeling.
  5. I feel exactly the same way.
  6. Same here.
  7. I fully understand that.

If I get another junk phone call, I think I’ll scream

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In-negative / Desperation url

Being charge with tax evasion

  1. I’m up the creek without a paddle.
  2. I never thought it would come to this.
  3. I’ve reached the end of my rope.
  4. I’ve become a laughing stock.
  5. I’ve been crazy with worry.
  6. My back is up against the wall.
  7. What have I gotten myself into?
  8. I suspect that it’s going to get worse before it gets better.
  9. I feel like I’m fraying around the edges.
  10. I feel like I’ve been through the mill.
  11. What have I gotten myself into?

Being charge with tax evasion

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Out-neutral / Negotiating url

Try to see my viewpoint-2

  1. That’s fairly obvious.
  2. I didn’t expect what happened any more than you.
  3. It’s about time that you came around to seeing things from my point of view.
  4. You know that as well as I do.
  5. Take my word for it.
  6. Give me the benefit of the doubt.
  7. I’ve told you the same thing time and time again.
  8. Try to be open minded.
  9. Correct me if I’m wrong.
  10. You know what I mean?
  11. Now let’s just assume this for the sake of argument.
  12. Let the facts speak for themselves.
  13. That's as clear as day.

Try to see my viewpoint-2

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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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In-negative / Doubt url

To friend who claims he knows how to win the lottery

  1. The chances of that happening are pretty close to zero.
  2. How do you figure that?
  3. You don’t say?
  4. Don’t count on it.
  5. You can’t mean that.
  6. It doesn’t work that way.
  7. That’s what they all say.
  8. How can you be so cock-sure of yourself?
  9. It’s all in your head.
  10. It’s not very likely to happen that way.
  11. It’s about time you started being realistic.
  12. Wake up and smell the coffee.

To friend who claims he knows how to win the lottery

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In-negative / Explaining url

Apartment is a mess

  1. I can only do what I can do.
  2. I try not the pay attention to these things.
  3. What difference does it make anyway?
  4. There’s a method to the madness.
  5. I’m getting nowhere fast.
  6. I’m on a tight schedule, and it just doesn’t leave me time for these things.
  7. I’m strapped for time.
  8. You can understand, can’t you?
  9. In the large scheme of things, it doesn’t really matter, does it?
  10. I just have a different set of priorities than you do.
  11. I haven’t gotten around to it yet.
  12. Out of sight, out of mind.
  13. At least I know where everything is.

Apartment is a mess