Total Phrases- 4535
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Out-negative / Anger url

I see that you are bad

  1. What do you take me for?
  2. Do you take me for a fool?
  3. Don’t play me for a fool.
  4. You’re as spoiled as a rotten egg.
  5. Have you got something up your sleeve?
  6. I don’t like what’s going down.
  7. The whole situation makes me sick to my stomach.
  8. You’re an accident looking for a place to happen.
  9. You rub me the wrong way.
  10. You’re a disgrace to humanity.
  11. You should be ashamed of yourself!
  12. You are down right pathetic.
  13. I had the feeling you’re up to something.
  14. You’re lying through your teeth.
  15. That’s a bald faced lie.
  16. I bet your plan is the stab me in the back when I’m not expecting it.
  17. How can anyone in his right mind do something like what you just did.

I see that you are bad

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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

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Out-positive / Agreement url

Can I have your second scoop of ice cream?

  1. The rest is more than enough for me.
  2. No problem.
  3. I don’t mind at all.
  4. That’s fine by me.
  5. It’s my pleasure.
  6. Be my guest.

Can I have your second scoop of ice cream?

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Out-neutral / Advice url

Others - Care for them

  1. Give her what she needs.
  2. You’re holding him back.
  3. Treat him with kid gloves.
  4. Break it to him gently.
  5. Share and share alike.
  6. Give him a second chance.

Others - Care for them

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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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In-positive / Surprise url

A friend leaves town without telling anyone

  1. He’s vanished into thin air.
  2. He suddenly disappeared off the face of the earth.
  3. It happened in a way that we least expected.
  4. I’m in a state of shock.
  5. You’ve got to be kidding me.
  6. I had a sneaking suspicion that this was going to happen.
  7. I would never have suspected that.
  8. Woah, I am shocked.

A friend leaves town without telling anyone

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Out-neutral / Advice url

Restraint-2

  1. Don’t let the cat out of the bag.
  2. Don’t make matters worse.
  3. Keep it under your hat.
  4. Get a hold of yourself.
  5. Just try not to go overboard doing it, both in terms of time and money.
  6. Get control of yourself.
  7. Button your lip.
  8. Try and get a hold of yourself.
  9. I know that may feel good to speak your mind and get things off your chest, but sometimes it’s better just to bite your tongue.

Restraint-2

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Out-neutral / Observation url

About Others – Neutral-2

  1. She’s covered from head to toe.
  2. You can’t begrudge him for it.
  3. She won’t take no for an answer.
  4. I can’t say I blame him.
  5. You don’t hold a candle to her.
  6. He’ll do it if he knows what’s good for him.
  7. He really did it this time.
  8. This isn’t like them.
  9. They’re as different as night and day.
  10. They haven’t exactly been beating down my door.
  11. It’s raining cats and dogs.

About Others – Neutral-2

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Out-positive / Agreement url

What do you think of our making a budget to keep track of our expenses?

  1. You took the words right out of my mouth.
  2. I think that it makes a lot of sense.
  3. It would certainly be a step in the right direction.
  4. That’s exactly what I’ve been thinking.
  5. You’re probably right.
  6. I agree that this is what we need right now.
  7. Great minds think alike.
  8. Yes that makes sense, that stands to reason.

What do you think of our making a budget to keep track of our expenses?

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In-negative / Doubt url

Looking for keys that were lost in the park

  1. It’s like looking for a needle in a haystack.
  2. Maybe we’ve been looking in the wrong place.
  3. Maybe we’re barking up the wrong tree.
  4. I think we’re wasting our time.
  5. Sometimes you just have to know when to call it quits.
  6. Let’s just call the whole thing off.
  7. After all this effort, I no longer know if I’m coming or going.
  8. I’m totally tuckered out.
  9. I think it’s a lost cause.
  10. Let’s do something else for a while and just keep my eyes open for it.

Looking for keys that were lost in the park

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In-negative / Confusion url

To someone explaining calculus

  1. I haven’t the foggiest/slightest/vaguest idea of what you’re talking about.
  2. I can’t make heads or tails of it.
  3. I don’t understand.
  4. Whatever do you mean?
  5. You’ve got me stumped.
  6. I don’t know what to make of it.
  7. It doesn’t make any sense.
  8. How could that possibly be?
  9. It’s Greek to me.

To someone explaining calculus

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Out-neutral / Negotiating url

You are wrong

  1. That’s where you’re wrong.
  2. I should think not.
  3. That’s out of the question.
  4. That’s not so.
  5. If you think I’m going to go along with you on that, you have another guess coming.
  6. You had your chance.
  7. You just wait and see.
  8. I wouldn’t be so sure of that.
  9. That doesn’t even come close.
  10. You’re sadly mistaken.
  11. You couldn’t fool me for a minute.
  12. You are way off base.
  13. Nothing could be further from the truth.
  14. That option is just not in the realm of possibility.
  15. That choice is just out of the question.

You are wrong