Total Phrases- 4535
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Out-neutral / Negotiating url

Try to negotiate correctly & fairly-1

  1. Somehow you’re making me feel guilty about what we both know took place out of the blue.
  2. Come on, out with it, spill the beans, and fess-up, because to tell you the truth I expected it all along.
  3. Please, hear me out!
  4. You couldn’t possibly object.
  5. Give me a fighting chance.
  6. You owe me that much.
  7. You just don’t want to admit it.
  8. Come on, be real!
  9. Please do your utmost to pay attention, and keep your mind on the subject.
  10. Let me be the judge of that.
  11. Be straight with me.
  12. Are you trying to pull the wool over my eyes?

Try to negotiate correctly & fairly-1

Out-neutral / Negotiating
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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

In-positive / Confidence
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Out-neutral / Advice url

Lighten up

  1. Don’t work so hard.
  2. Do it the easy way.
  3. Lighten up.
  4. Don’t take it so seriously.
  5. Why make things more complicated than they really are?
  6. Take the easy way out.

Lighten up

Out-neutral / Advice
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Out-neutral / Advice url

Others - Protect yourself-1

  1. You’ve got to watch him like a hawk.
  2. You’ve over estimated him.
  3. Appearances can be deceiving.
  4. Beauty is only skin deep.
  5. Don’t let him out of your sight.
  6. She’s as slippery as an eel.
  7. If you want my advice, I’d say just drop him like a hot potato.
  8. He’ll take you to the cleaners.
  9. Let him make the first move.
  10. She’s got you in the palm of her hand.
  11. He’s not the sharpest tool in the shed.
  12. He’s out to lunch.
  13. Sometimes he acts like a bull in a china shop.

Others - Protect yourself-1

Out-neutral / Advice
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Out-neutral / Advice url

Priorities

  1. First things first.
  2. Don’t put the cart before the horse.
  3. Just stick to business.
  4. Don’t waste your time.
  5. I think you’re cutting off your nose to spite your face.
  6. Put your best foot forward.
  7. Don’t let yourself get sidetracked.

Priorities

Out-neutral / Advice
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Out-positive / Agreement url

If parents hugged their kids more, the kids would feel more loved.

  1. You hit the nail on the head.
  2. That goes without saying.
  3. Now that’s a very good idea.
  4. That’s exactly what I’ve been trying to say.
  5. Now you’re talking!
  6. That could very well be.
  7. You might say that.
  8. I’m inclined to agree with your way of looking at things.
  9. I bet you’re right.
  10. That’s the truest thing you ever said.
  11. That’s hard to beat.

If parents hugged their kids more, the kids would feel more loved.

Out-positive / Agreement
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Out-positive / Encouragement url

To a friend who just scored the winning shot of a basketball game

  1. I think you’ve been doing your homework.
  2. You’ve done it again.
  3. You saved the day.
  4. I’ve really got to hand it to you.
  5. That’s my man.
  6. You’ve got the magic touch.
  7. It’s your lucky day.
  8. Your timing was perfect.
  9. The opportunity landed in your lap, and you made the most of it.
  10. Way to go!
  11. Attaboy!

To a friend who just scored the winning shot of a basketball game

Out-positive / Encouragement
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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

In-negative / Doubt
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In-negative / Explaining url

Refusing to lie on a tax return to save money

  1. What did you expect me to do?
  2. That’s not my style.
  3. Why should I take the risk?
  4. I do what I have to do.
  5. I’m doing it just to be on the safe side.
  6. It’s taking all my will power to resist.
  7. I was holding on by a thread.
  8. I think it's the best thing to do.
  9. My hands are tied.
  10. It’s out of my hands.
  11. I’m conflicted about it.
  12. I shudder when I think of the downside of doing this.
  13. I’d rather play it safe.
  14. It's the right thing to do.
  15. I just can’t take the chance.
  16. The risks far outweigh the benefits.
  17. The way I look at it, I really don’t have much of a choice.
  18. I can’t see myself doing that.

Refusing to lie on a tax return to save money

In-negative / Explaining
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Out-negative / Push away url

I don’t want to do it

  1. That’s the last thing I want.
  2. I’m not crazy about it.
  3. I’m not in the mood.
  4. No thank you.
  5. Thanks but no thanks.
  6. That gives me the creeps.
  7. I wouldn’t do that for all the money in the world.
  8. For me it’s just a big turnoff.
  9. Do your own dirty work.
  10. That’s not my problem.
  11. That’s not my cup of tea.
  12. I’m not going to stoop so low as to do something like that.
  13. That’s of no concern to me.
  14. It doesn’t float my boat.
  15. I don’t feel like it.

I don’t want to do it

Out-negative / Push away
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Out-neutral / Advice url

Flexible

  1. It’s best just to roll with it punches.
  2. Now let’s switch gears.
  3. Don’t get bogged down.
  4. That’s the way to learn how to do things like that.
  5. You’re as young as you feel.
  6. Pick up where you left off.
  7. Variety is the spice of life.
  8. When in Rome, do as the Roman’s do.
  9. Give it another shot.
  10. What have you got to lose?
  11. Let's play it by ear.

Flexible

Out-neutral / Advice
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Out-neutral / Negotiating url

You’re not negotiating well-2

  1. Did that ever occur to you?
  2. I was afraid you’d do that.
  3. You’re making a mountain out of a molehill.
  4. Don’t keep harping on it.
  5. Why did you bring it up in the first place?
  6. That’s a cop out.
  7. We’re finally talking about something important, and I’d appreciate it if you didn’t change the subject.
  8. Who asked you?
  9. That’s the oldest trick in the book.
  10. You let the cat out of the bag.
  11. You cried wolf once too often.
  12. If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.
  13. Come on, spill the beans.
  14. You act like someone with a chip on his shoulder.
  15. You can’t pull the wool over my eyes.
  16. You’re acting like you have a chip on your shoulder.
  17. You give me no choice but to do what I feel is my obligation to do.

You’re not negotiating well-2

Out-neutral / Negotiating