Total Phrases- 4535
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Out-neutral url

Patience-2

  1. Don’t make a snap decision.
  2. Rome wasn’t built in a day.
  3. She just needs time.
  4. Sleep on it.
  5. Sit tight!
  6. It takes time.
  7. Be patient and cool your heels, because I fully expect that she’ll come around eventually.
  8. Keep your shirt on.
  9. We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it.

Patience-2

Out-neutral
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Out-positive / Concern url

After a friend has just been robbed

  1. Are you alright?
  2. Get a hold of yourself.
  3. It’s not the end of the world.
  4. You can’t blame yourself.
  5. You’re shaking like a leaf.
  6. You’re as white as a ghost.
  7. It’s not your day.
  8. You’re as stiff as a board.
  9. It’s not something you could have been prepared for.
  10. It totally came out of the blue and took you completely by surprised.
  11. Day by day, this is something that you will gradually recover from.
  12. Take it from me, in a little while this will recede into the background of everything else in your life.
  13. I find your story absolutely heartbreaking.

After a friend has just been robbed

Out-positive / Concern
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In-positive / Determination url

Head of a political party

  1. The reason most people do not accomplish more is that they do not attempt more.
  2. We still have a ways to go.
  3. The show must go on.
  4. We have our work cut out for us.
  5. We have an image to uphold.
  6. You have to cut through the red tape.
  7. It’s time to shift into high gear.
  8. My lips are sealed.
  9. There’s nothing that stick-to-itive-ness can’t accomplish.
  10. It’ll happen before you know it.
  11. You ain’t seen nothing yet.
  12. Greatness is within our reach.

Head of a political party

In-positive / Determination
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In-neutral / Acceptance url

Raining on the day of the picnic

  1. Life has its ups and downs.
  2. It was a chance we had to take.
  3. It’s just one of those things.
  4. Life is full of surprises.
  5. Whatever happens it will be for the best.
  6. What does that matter?
  7. There’s not much we can do about it.
  8. Perhaps it’s really a blessing in disguise.

Raining on the day of the picnic

In-neutral / Acceptance
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Out-negative / Annoyed url

You are lying-1

  1. You’re lying through your teeth.
  2. You’re as phony as a two dollar bill.
  3. Don’t start with that whole song and dance.
  4. You’re full of hot air.
  5. Just cut the bull.
  6. Don’t hand me that baloney.
  7. It’s a pack of lies.
  8. You speak with fork tongue.
  9. I have a sneaking suspicion that you’re withholding from me a very important piece of information.
  10. That’s utter nonsense.
  11. Don’t give me that crap.
  12. Cut the baloney.
  13. Oh give me a break, will you?
  14. I smell a rat.
  15. Do you expect me to believe that?
  16. Oh, give me a break!

You are lying-1

Out-negative / Annoyed
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In-positive / Determination url

Writer writing a novel

  1. This is one of the hardest things I’ve ever done.
  2. I’m going to do it slowly, getting my feet wet gradually step by step.
  3. I’ve been meaning to do this for a long time.
  4. I’ll hit the ground running.
  5. Now I really have to buckle down and get to work.
  6. Ready or not here I come.
  7. Another day and I’m up at the crack of dawn.
  8. I’ve paid my dues.
  9. Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
  10. I feel like I have boundless energy.
  11. I’m making progress, slowly but surely.
  12. I want to put some finishing touches on it before I wrap it up.

Writer writing a novel

In-positive / Determination
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In-neutral / Acceptance url

Losing money in the stock market

  1. It happens to the best of us.
  2. Life goes on.
  3. You can’t turn back the hands of time.
  4. Let the chips fall where they may.
  5. You can’t take it with you.
  6. Money isn’t everything.
  7. That’s the way the cookie crumbles.
  8. This too will pass.
  9. Easy come, easy go.
  10. I’ll take full responsibility for it.
  11. It was bound to happen.
  12. We live and learn.

Losing money in the stock market

In-neutral / Acceptance
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Out-neutral / Advice url

Be open-minded about other people

  1. He’s a cut above.
  2. I’m sure he’d be glad to do what you want.
  3. He has a mind of his own.
  4. She’s a tough cookie, but if you have patience, she’s something worth waiting for.
  5. I must admit, that even though it may not appear that way at first glance, that there’s a certain logic to what he’s saying.
  6. Don’t pass judgement.
  7. Two heads are better than one.
  8. If you can’t beat them, join them.
  9. She’s giving you every chance under the sun.
  10. I’m sure he didn’t mean anything by it.

Be open-minded about other people

Out-neutral / Advice
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In-neutral / Acceptance url

Finding a parking place 5 blocks from the restaurant

  1. This is a good place as any.
  2. It’s certainly not what we hoped for, but it’s better than nothing.
  3. I think we don’t have much of a choice.
  4. That’s good enough for me.
  5. That’s to be expected.
  6. That’s just the way it’s going to have to be then.

Finding a parking place 5 blocks from the restaurant

In-neutral / Acceptance
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In-positive / Hope url

The score is tied towards the end of a baseball game

  1. I can hardly wait.
  2. We’ll see.
  3. That’s not such a long time to wait.
  4. It will be cause for a celebration.
  5. I wouldn’t miss this for the world.
  6. Victory and success feel so tantalizingly close, that I can almost taste it.
  7. Cross your fingers.
  8. I’m counting on it.
  9. Even if the news isn’t what we’re hoping for, better luck next time.
  10. I can’t stand the suspense, and the sooner we find out the better.
  11. It looks like we might have a winner very soon.

The score is tied towards the end of a baseball game

In-positive / Hope
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Out-neutral / Negotiating url

Let’s make peace-1

  1. Let’s bury the hatchet.
  2. Let’s patch things up.
  3. Let’s let bygones be bygones.
  4. I hope I didn’t say anything wrong.
  5. No harm done.
  6. Take as long as you like.
  7. I don’t take offense easily.
  8. I know you didn’t mean anything by it.
  9. I’ve bent over backwards.

Let’s make peace-1

Out-neutral / Negotiating
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In-negative / Explaining url

Feeling depressed

  1. Things have gotten completely out of control.
  2. I’m not feeling well now, but hopefully I’ll feel a lot better in the near future.
  3. I’ve been better.
  4. I have to figure it out for myself.
  5. You’re catching me at a bad time.
  6. I’m having a tough time.
  7. Recently I’ve been bouncing around like a yo-yo.
  8. I’ve had my ups and downs.
  9. I'm not myself.
  10. I have a lot on my mind.
  11. I never said it was going to be any different from the way it turned out.
  12. I never saw myself that way before.
  13. I feel like a bundle of nerves.
  14. I feel like a bump on a log.
  15. If you only knew what I’ve been through.
  16. I’ve been feeling under the weather.
  17. What I've been through has really knocked the stuffing out of me.
  18. Whenever I’m nervous, I tend to clam up.
  19. After a while, I just ran out of steam.

Feeling depressed

In-negative / Explaining