Total Phrases- 4535
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Out-neutral / Advice url

Open up

  1. Get it all out in the open.
  2. Just let it all out.
  3. Get it all out of your system once and for all.
  4. Don’t keep your feelings inside.
  5. Cry your heart out.
  6. Your feelings are all bottled up.

Open up

Out-neutral / Advice
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In-positive / Confidence url

To a child going in for an operation

  1. It’ll be over before you know it.
  2. It’s all going to work out.
  3. It’s going to be alright.
  4. It’ll happen before you know it.
  5. We’ll pull you through it fine.
  6. It should be smooth sailing ahead.
  7. We’re in the best of hands.
  8. You don’t have to worry about a thing.
  9. You’ll be very well taken care of.

To a child going in for an operation

In-positive / Confidence
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In-positive / Determination url

Head of a start-up

  1. We shall overcome.
  2. Let’s keep the ball rolling.
  3. There will be no exceptions.
  4. Every minute counts.
  5. Never say die.
  6. It’s not the mountain ahead that wears you out, but the grain of sand in your shoe.
  7. Let’s get to work.
  8. We have to use brute force.
  9. We can use all the help that we can get.
  10. It’s important that we do this right, and I don’t want any slip-ups.
  11. We’ll make it up as we go along.
  12. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
  13. It may be slow going but we’re making headway.
  14. We should milk it for all its worth.
  15. To make our strategy work, we have to make sure all our ducks are lined up.
  16. We're going to make it happen.
  17. There's nothing we can't do if we put our minds to it.
  18. We must have confidence in ourselves.
  19. It's up to us to make sure it happens.
  20. Let’s milk it for all it’s worth.
  21. We’re going to hit the ground running.
  22. In our struggle for success, I think we’ve finally turned the corner.
  23. Things are falling into place.

Head of a start-up

In-positive / Determination
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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-positive / Friendship url

Hot talk

  1. You’re hot stuff.
  2. You’re cute as a button.
  3. You’re a real knock-out.
  4. Your eyes are as blue as the sky.
  5. I could hug you to death.
  6. You’re a sweetie pie.
  7. I’m going to sweep you off your feet.

Hot talk

Out-positive / Friendship
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In-neutral / Acceptance url

Breaking up with someone

  1. It’s gone with the wind.
  2. It doesn’t matter.
  3. That’s the way it is.
  4. It makes good sense.
  5. Different strokes for different folks.
  6. I’ll just have to learn to live with it.
  7. It was nice while it lasted.
  8. It’s over once and for all.
  9. It’s over and done with.
  10. It’s all the same to me.
  11. It’s a little depressing, but what can I do?
  12. You take the good with the bad.
  13. To each his own.
  14. Her heart is in the right place.
  15. That’s what makes the world go round.
  16. It takes all kinds.
  17. I guess I got more out of it than I thought I had.
  18. All good things much come to an end.
  19. So much for that.
  20. I'm haunted by the fact that perhaps it didn't have to be this way, but it doesn't look like there's not much I can do about it at this point.
  21. It's a fait accompli.

Breaking up with someone

In-neutral / Acceptance
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In-neutral / Acceptance url

Someone else gets the main role in the play

  1. Live and let live.
  2. That really doesn’t surprise me.
  3. It’s over and done with.
  4. Let the better man win.
  5. That’s all the more reason to leave things the way they are and not make waves.
  6. It’s just as well.

Someone else gets the main role in the play

In-neutral / Acceptance
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In-negative / Doubt url

Someone saying he’s going on a new starvation diet

  1. It’s too high a price to pay.
  2. What gave you that idea?
  3. I just can’t picture it.
  4. You can’t believe everything you read.
  5. Boy, do you bounce from one extreme to another.
  6. I have a sneaking suspicion that you’re wasting your time.
  7. I’m sure you will, but I don’t give it much of a chance of success.
  8. The odds are against it.
  9. Where have I heard all of this before?
  10. I hope you know what you’re doing.
  11. You’ve got to take it with a grain of salt.

Someone saying he’s going on a new starvation diet

In-negative / Doubt
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In-negative / Doubt url

Police questioning thief

  1. Your story doesn’t hold water.
  2. Can you please run that by me again?
  3. That’s hard to believe.
  4. You expect me to believe that?
  5. There’s something fishy about your story.
  6. You’re lying through his teeth.
  7. What you’re tell me just doesn’t wash.
  8. Do you expect me to believe that cock and bull story?
  9. That’s nothing new.
  10. It’s too late for that.
  11. I think you’ve been up to no good.
  12. You can talk till you’re blue in the face, I just don’t buy it.

Police questioning thief

In-negative / Doubt
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In-negative / Doubt url

When a friend says he’s going to climb Mt. Everest

  1. Fat chance!
  2. You’re putting me on.
  3. You can’t be serious.
  4. Are you kidding me?
  5. Now I’ve heard everything.
  6. Are you sure you know what you’re doing?
  7. It’s a nice idea, but are you sure you’re up to it.
  8. Are you sure you’ve got what it takes?

When a friend says he’s going to climb Mt. Everest

In-negative / Doubt
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In-positive / Confidence url

Planning a birthday party for a child

  1. Don’t worry your little head about it.
  2. It’s falling into place.
  3. That’s hardly a problem.
  4. I have it all figured out.
  5. All the plans are in place.
  6. You don’t have to worry about anything.
  7. You can put all your concerns aside and look forward to something wonderful.

Planning a birthday party for a child

In-positive / Confidence
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Out-positive / Agreement url

I think we both could use another vacation

  1. I’m with you all the way.
  2. I’m on board.
  3. That sounds right-on.
  4. You can say that again.
  5. Boy, don’t I know it.
  6. You’re on.
  7. I can testify from the bottom of my heart that you are right.
  8. What you’re saying rings true.
  9. OK, sounds like a plan.
  10. OK, let’s go, I’m ready whenever you are.
  11. Awesome!

I think we both could use another vacation

Out-positive / Agreement