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Out-positive / Apology url

After a boss tells a worker that management won’t let him give the worker an expected raise

  1. I only wish I could have done more.
  2. I did the best I could.
  3. I’m sorry, my hands are tied.
  4. It might not make any sense to you, but that’s what they decided, and I hope you understand.
  5. I’m sorry that it’s not the answer you hoped for.
  6. My apologies that it took me longer to get the answer than I thought it would.
  7. I hope that we’ll be able to give you a better answer next time.
  8. I’m hoping this is something you can live with for the time being.
  9. I was told to explain to you that it’s due to circumstances beyond their control.
  10. Please give us a chance to make it up to you next time.

After a boss tells a worker that management won’t let him give the worker an expected raise

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Out-neutral / Negotiating url

We are adversaries

  1. It’s every man for himself.
  2. Let’s face it, we’re on opposite sides of the fence.
  3. I’m not willing to wait.
  4. I beg to differ with you.
  5. You give me no choice.
  6. It’s a dog eat dog world.
  7. I’m just acting in my own best interest, and I expect you to do the same.
  8. May the best man win!
  9. That goes both ways.
  10. That’s for me to know and you to find out.
  11. I’m ready to play hardball.
  12. Take it or leave it.
  13. Don’t ask me any questions and I won’t tell you any lies.
  14. I’m dead set against it.
  15. I need the whole kit and caboodle.
  16. All’s fair in love and war.

We are adversaries

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Out-negative / Annoyed url

Don’t act innocent

  1. Don’t get cute.
  2. Don’t give me that look.
  3. Stop clowning around.
  4. Stop looking so smug.
  5. Laugh if you like.
  6. Don’t toy with me.
  7. Don’t play dumb with me.
  8. Oh it’s little miss goody two shoes.
  9. Wipe that smirk off your face.
  10. Don’t be a wise guy.
  11. Don’t you think that’s a bit much?

Don’t act innocent

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Out-positive / Encouragement url

To a child who finished their homework

  1. Now that didn’t take so long, did it?
  2. Good for you.
  3. That sounds just great.
  4. Perfect!
  5. That was a very admirable thing to do.
  6. Awesome!
  7. Now, that wasn’t so hard, was it?
  8. Aren’t you glad that’s over with?
  9. Don’t you admit that it looked like it was going to be much harder than it turned out to be?
  10. See what you are capable of doing when you put your mind to it?
  11. That's my girl!

To a child who finished their homework

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In-positive / Remembering url

Remembering an event from the past

  1. It’ll never be the same as it was back then.
  2. That’s history now.
  3. That was a night to remember.
  4. I guess you had to have been there.
  5. I’ve burnt a lot of bridges behind me.
  6. I miss those times long gone.
  7. The joy that I felt when I got married was off the charts.
  8. Then it happened, and the rest is history.

Remembering an event from the past

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In-negative / Disappointment url

Couple discussing ending a relationship

  1. Talk is cheap.
  2. We’re drifting farther and farther apart.
  3. We didn’t hit it off too well.
  4. I sense that there’s no room in your life for me.
  5. There’s no point in continuing.
  6. I’m just not in the mood for putting any more work in it.
  7. I just don’t see it going anywhere.
  8. I saw the handwriting on the wall.
  9. I don’t feel that we’re on the same wavelength.
  10. I think this is what’s better for both of us in the long run.
  11. This time I really put my foot in my mouth.
  12. I think we’ve hit a brick wall.
  13. You broke my heart.
  14. I feel that it’s all an exercise in futility.
  15. Where has all the time gone?
  16. I realize now that I’ve been barking up the wrong tree.
  17. It’s outlived its usefulness.
  18. Ain’t that a crying shame?

Couple discussing ending a relationship

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Out-neutral / Advice url

Improve

  1. Promise to do better.
  2. It should teach you a lesson.
  3. Act your age.
  4. Make a clean break with the past, with your old way of doing things.
  5. Act like a human being.
  6. Do what you do, but do it well.
  7. Don’t be such a nerd.
  8. Practice makes perfect.
  9. Stop playing around.
  10. Stop feeling sorry for yourself.
  11. Shape up or ship out.

Improve

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In-positive / Confidence url

After winning an election

  1. I must be doing something right.
  2. I know the ropes.
  3. That’s progress.
  4. They are behind us 100 percent.
  5. I deserve it.
  6. I like to keep tabs on things.
  7. And away we go.
  8. Everything’s coming up roses.
  9. Nothing succeeds like success.
  10. Fasten your seatbelts, because from this point on, I predict things are really going to start happening.
  11. I pulled victory out of the jaws of defeat.
  12. I’m looking forward to serving in my new position, and making a positive contribution.
  13. I knew I would win, hands down.

After winning an election

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Out-negative / Anger url

I will stop you-2

  1. Wait till I get my hands on you.
  2. See you in court.
  3. I’m going to put your lights out.
  4. I won’t let you.
  5. I’m putting you on notice.
  6. You just wait and see.
  7. Over my dead body.
  8. I won’t stand for it.
  9. I’m not going to take any guff from you.
  10. I’m not going to let you get away with that.

I will stop you-2

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Out-positive / Agreement url

What do you say about my leaving the steak in the oven another 5 minutes?

  1. That’s just the way I like it.
  2. That sounds reasonable.
  3. That sounds like a good idea to me.
  4. Whatever you say is fine with me.
  5. That would really hit the spot.
  6. That would do me just fine.
  7. That’s exactly what I had in mind.
  8. Don’t even give it a second thought.
  9. Have it your way.

What do you say about my leaving the steak in the oven another 5 minutes?

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Out-positive / Encouragement url

For a friend who was just promoted to be head of sales

  1. I always knew you had it in you.
  2. You’ll go right to the top.
  3. If you play your cards right, nothing will stand in your way, and you will be very successful.
  4. This is a big moment for you.
  5. That’s a lucky break for you.
  6. Here’s your big chance.
  7. They must think a lot of you.
  8. You’re going to do a bang-up job.
  9. More power to you.
  10. Hit the ground running.
  11. Give it your all.

For a friend who was just promoted to be head of sales

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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