Total Phrases- 4535
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In-neutral / Acceptance url

Remembering the night the car broke down

  1. I would just as soon forget the whole thing.
  2. That’s ancient history.
  3. That’s the way the story goes.
  4. It’s water under the bridge.
  5. That’s water over the dam.
  6. You learn from experience.
  7. The best that I can say is that it could have ended up much worse.
  8. I’m thinking about it a lot.
  9. How soon we forget.
  10. How time flies

Remembering the night the car broke down

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-positive / Determination url

Director of a Broadway musical

  1. This is one of the most important things we’ve ever done.
  2. Let’s get going without delay!
  3. Give me a half of chance, and I’ll show you what I can accomplish.
  4. Let’s get the ball rolling.
  5. Let’s get the show on the road.
  6. The show must go on.

Director of a Broadway musical

In-positive / Determination
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In-negative / Doubt url

To broker who says that stock market cannot go down

  1. Let’s just wait and see what happens.
  2. Hope springs eternal.
  3. Do you really believe that what you don’t know can’t hurt you?
  4. You’d be surprised what can actually happen.
  5. Do you believe everything you see and everything you hear?
  6. I doesn’t ring true.
  7. That’s the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard of in my life.
  8. That’s not true, not by a long shot!
  9. Don’t keep your head in the sand.
  10. You’re a flake.
  11. Frankly, I think that you’re mistaken.
  12. That’s news to me.
  13. You’d be surprised.
  14. That’s what you think.
  15. I don’t believe that for a minute.
  16. Anyone who believes that should have their head examined.
  17. Do you believe everything you read?
  18. OK, so know I know where you stand.

To broker who says that stock market cannot go down

In-negative / Doubt
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In-neutral / Acceptance url

Finding that the pet parakeet passed away

  1. Here today, gone tomorrow.
  2. It’s a fact of life.
  3. These things don’t last forever.
  4. There’s nothing that I can do about it.
  5. It’s all for the best.
  6. You know how it is.
  7. Some good came of it.
  8. There’s a proper time for everything.
  9. It’s only natural.
  10. Nature takes its course.

Finding that the pet parakeet passed away

In-neutral / Acceptance
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Out-neutral / Negotiating url

Express your viewpoint

  1. Speak now or forever hold your peace.
  2. You go right ahead.
  3. Speak for yourself.
  4. Shoot from the hip.
  5. Why didn’t you say something?
  6. Put your money where your mouth is.
  7. That’s your opinion.
  8. You can talk to your heart’s content.
  9. Cat got your tongue?
  10. Judge for yourself.
  11. You’re a free agent.
  12. If you’ve get something to say, say it.
  13. Run it by me again.
  14. Come on, out with it.

Express your viewpoint

Out-neutral / Negotiating
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Out-neutral / Advice url

Calm down

  1. You’re too up tight.
  2. Loosen up.
  3. Don’t get hot under the collar.
  4. Don’t take leave of your senses.
  5. Don’t let your imagination run away with itself.
  6. Get a handle on it.
  7. Don’t blow your cool.
  8. Don’t be so hard on yourself.
  9. Don’t worry, you’ll get over it.
  10. Stop feeling sorry for yourself!
  11. Don’t mope around.
  12. Try and catch your breath.
  13. You shouldn’t go around like a chicken with its head cut off.
  14. Don’t worry about it, it was a freak occurrence, and chances are it’ll never happen again.
  15. Take a deep breath, and try to pull yourself together.

Calm down

Out-neutral / Advice
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Out-positive / Agreement url

Would you like to go for a walk in the park?

  1. I’m ready whenever you are.
  2. That sounds like a great idea.
  3. Sounds good to me.
  4. Now is as good a time as any.
  5. There’s nothing I’d like better.
  6. Yes indeed.
  7. All righty!
  8. Now is as good a time as any.
  9. I’m ready, willing, and able.

Would you like to go for a walk in the park?

Out-positive / Agreement
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Out-neutral / Advice url

Don’t worry

  1. Don’t be a worry-wart.
  2. Don’t worry about it.
  3. Put it out of your mind.
  4. Don’t sit around moping, and get on with your life.
  5. I wouldn’t worry about it if I were you.
  6. You should look at the bright side of things, and not always be filled with doom and gloom.
  7. His bark is worse than his bite.

Don’t worry

Out-neutral / Advice
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In-negative / Explaining url

Throwing out a bag of laundry by mistake

  1. How was I supposed to know?
  2. What did I do this time?
  3. That never would have occurred to me.
  4. I wish I had known.
  5. I had no way of knowing.
  6. OK, I’m not perfect.
  7. I apologize profusely.
  8. It was totally unintentional.
  9. There’s nothing I can do about it now.
  10. My humble apologies.
  11. Sorry about that.
  12. If I knew what I was doing, I certainly wouldn’t have done it.
  13. I certainly didn’t do it on purpose.
  14. They looked so similar that I had no way of knowing.
  15. It came as a surprise to me.
  16. I’m awfully sorry.
  17. How was I supposed to know that?

Throwing out a bag of laundry by mistake

In-negative / Explaining
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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 / 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

In-positive / Confidence