Total Phrases- 4535
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In-positive / Confidence url

Predicting that the stock market with go up

  1. I’d put my money on it.
  2. I just know it.
  3. I’m as sure as I can be.
  4. It’s going to happen sooner than you think.
  5. As far as I’m concerned, it’s true beyond a shadow of a doubt.
  6. That’s the way I see it.
  7. You can be sure of it.
  8. You better believe it.
  9. You can be sure of that.
  10. You mark my words.
  11. There’s no doubt about it.
  12. I’d lay odds on it.
  13. You bet your life.
  14. Believe you me!
  15. I know what I’m talking about.
  16. You can bank on it.

Predicting that the stock market with go up

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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 / Acceptance url

Taking bad tasting medicine

  1. It all goes into the same stomach.
  2. Life’s not a bowl of cherries.
  3. Is that so terrible?
  4. It could be worse.
  5. It’s not all that bad.
  6. You have to take the good with the bad.

Taking bad tasting medicine

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In-positive / Confidence url

Suggesting a new sales strategy at work

  1. You bet your bottom dollar.
  2. I’m going to hit it out of the ballpark.
  3. I know what’s at stake.
  4. You can count on it.
  5. The sky’s the limit.
  6. There’s plenty more where that came from.
  7. It’s working like a charm.
  8. There’s no question about it.
  9. It’s going to knock your socks off.
  10. Take it from me.
  11. With any luck at all we’ll be able to get to the next level.
  12. I’m going to knock it out of the park.
  13. When you look at my plan you'll see that it all adds up.
  14. I knew it right off the bat.
  15. I’m firing on all cylinders.
  16. Things are really starting to click.

Suggesting a new sales strategy at work

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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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In-positive / Confidence url

After an appendix operation

  1. I feel like a new man.
  2. I know I’m on the road to recovery.
  3. I feel better than ever.
  4. Don’t worry about me.
  5. I’ll be fine.
  6. I get by with a little help from my friends.
  7. I’m not out of the woods yet, but I’m fully confident that I will be in no time at all.
  8. I’m patient and hopeful that it will all be for the best.
  9. I should be alright.
  10. It didn't make any sense not to do it.

After an appendix operation

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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

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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 / Disappointment url

Entrepreneur folding company

  1. It doesn’t seem to be getting off the ground.
  2. This is the end of the line.
  3. I’m washing my hands of the whole thing.
  4. It’s going to be rough, but it’s better than the alternative.
  5. We spent all that money and effort on our plans, and look where it got us – nowhere.
  6. I’m not exactly overjoyed.
  7. It wasn’t for a lack of effort.
  8. I think I can speak for all of us that I’m just sick about what happened.
  9. Frankly, perhaps I’m just chicken to go see what happens if we continue It would be throwing good money after bad.
  10. We put our best into it, but it seems that it just wasn’t enough.
  11. Sometimes one just has to call it quits.
  12. It turned out that it was little, too late.

Entrepreneur folding company

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In-negative / Doubt url

A skeptical Investor questioning an entrepreneur about startup

  1. When you get right down to it, it seems that there’s more going on than meets the eye.
  2. How can you be so sure of that?
  3. That raises yet another question.
  4. That’s the 64,000 dollar question.
  5. If you re-examine the whole situation, you’ll find that’s not the case at all.
  6. There’s more to it than meets the eye.
  7. You don’t have a shred of evidence.
  8. You don’t know what you’re saying.
  9. You never know how it’s going to turn out.
  10. I have no idea what you’re talking about.
  11. It leaves a lot to be desired.
  12. What you are describing sounds like a pipe-dream.
  13. What are you trying to accomplish?
  14. After what you’ve told me, I’m more skeptical than ever.
  15. That’s just the other side of the same coin.
  16. The bottom line is that, as far as I'm concerned, when it comes to knowing if it's a good decision or not, the jury is still out.
  17. You can take it any way you like.

A skeptical Investor questioning an entrepreneur about startup

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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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Out-neutral / Negotiating url

I don’t understand your point

  1. That doesn’t make any sense to me.
  2. That has nothing to do with it.
  3. I don’t know what you’re talking about.
  4. Where are you coming from?
  5. You’d have to be a fool to think that.
  6. Anyone with half a brain knows that.
  7. That’s a little hard to swallow.
  8. That's neither here nor there.
  9. You’re being simple minded.
  10. I’m not convinced.
  11. What does that have to do with the price of tea in China?
  12. That’s out of the question.
  13. We don't see eye to eye.
  14. Do expect me to take that seriously.

I don’t understand your point