Total Phrases- 4535
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Out-neutral / Negotiating url

I will win

  1. I got you right where I want you.
  2. It’s my way or the highway.
  3. Finders keeper losers weepers.
  4. Eat your heart out.
  5. The last laugh will be on you.
  6. I read you like a book.
  7. I’ve got the upper hand.
  8. My, my, my, said the spider to the fly.

I will win

Out-neutral / Negotiating
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In-positive / Hope url

Graduating from college

  1. Now I’ve got a whole new outlook on life.
  2. It’s an opportunity of a lifetime.
  3. It’s my big break.
  4. It’s opening up a whole new world.
  5. I’ll be much better off.
  6. It’s a great way of life.
  7. The sky’s the limit.
  8. I’ve been waiting a long time for this, and today’s the day.
  9. We put a lot of work into it, and now it looks like the effort will bear fruit.
  10. I feel like I have a new lease on life.
  11. It’s something I have to live for.
  12. I have a new lease on life.
  13. I’ve been looking forward to this moment for a long time.
  14. Things are looking up.

Graduating from college

In-positive / Hope
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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

We don’t agree

  1. Let’s call the whole thing off.
  2. We don’t see things eye to eye.
  3. Let’s just drop the whole thing.
  4. This is not going anywhere.
  5. It takes two to tangle.
  6. We don’t seem to be getting anywhere.
  7. My patience has worn thin.
  8. Just you wait and see.
  9. We’re just wasting our time.
  10. This is an exercise in futility.
  11. I’m not going to waste any more time talking to you about this.
  12. We come from two completely different worlds.
  13. I’ll pass on the offer, and take a rain check.
  14. I’m not sure if we’re seeing eye to eye about this.
  15. We’re talking at cross purposes.
  16. This is highway robbery!

We don’t agree

Out-neutral / Negotiating
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In-positive / Amazed url

General Amazement Situations

  1. I can’t believe how hot it is.
  2. Where is everybody?
  3. My goodness!
  4. Now that’s a good question.
  5. That must have cost you a pretty penny.
  6. He’s growing like a weed.
  7. The phone’s been ringing off the hook.
  8. Have I got a story to tell you!
  9. You don’t know the half of it.
  10. You’d never guess in a million years.
  11. It’s like he has eyes in the back of his head.
  12. Look at it come down, it’s raining cats and dogs.
  13. I can’t believe how cold it is.
  14. It boggles the mind just to imagine the possibilities.
  15. He’s the spitting image of him.
  16. What's your secret sauce?

General Amazement Situations

In-positive / Amazed
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Out-negative / Annoyed url

You are wrong-2

  1. This is highway robbery.
  2. I think you owe me an apology.
  3. I think what you are doing stinks.
  4. You’ve got it backwards.
  5. You’ve got some nerve.
  6. How could you even think of doing this?
  7. There’s no excuse for it.
  8. That was uncalled for.
  9. I ought to pity you.
  10. That was uncalled for!
  11. You don’t know what you’re talking about.

You are wrong-2

Out-negative / Annoyed
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Out-neutral / Advice url

Accept it-2

  1. You brought it on yourself.
  2. Start facing the facts.
  3. Profit from the experience.
  4. You have to make the best of it.
  5. Put the entire situation behind you.
  6. You can’t have everything.
  7. It the shoe fits wear it.
  8. Just accept it on face value.
  9. There’s nothing you can do about it.
  10. Forgive and forget.
  11. You asked for it.
  12. We can try to do things differently in the future, but it’s too late now to change what already happened.
  13. When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
  14. Try to make the best of a bad situation.
  15. Better luck next time.

Accept it-2

Out-neutral / Advice
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Out-neutral / Negotiating url

Don’t let your attitude interfere

  1. Don’t be a stickler for details.
  2. Don’t get all huffy.
  3. Don’t make a federal case out of it.
  4. Please get to the point, and don’t beat around the bush.
  5. Don’t make such a big production of it.
  6. You can’t pass judgment.
  7. You are blowing things out of proportion.
  8. You’re as stubborn as a mule.

Don’t let your attitude interfere

Out-neutral / Negotiating
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Out-neutral / Negotiating url

Let’s pause & cool it off for now

  1. I think we should leave it well enough alone.
  2. It doesn’t matter.
  3. Let’s just call it a day.
  4. Let’s leave it at that for now.
  5. You don’t have to decide right away, because the offer is always open.
  6. Let’s change the subject.
  7. The less said about it, the better.
  8. Let’s leave it at that.
  9. Let’s sleep on it.
  10. Let’s just call it quits for now, OK?

Let’s pause & cool it off for now

Out-neutral / Negotiating
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In-negative / Doubt url

To a friend who won’t leave the house at 2AM

  1. Can’t you take a hint?
  2. Don’t overstay your welcome.
  3. Sometimes it’s best just to call it a day.
  4. All good things must come to an end.
  5. There’s a time for everything.
  6. Too much of a good thing is not good.
  7. I can’t wait around all night for you to make up your mind.
  8. Don’t let the door hit you on your way out.

To a friend who won’t leave the house at 2AM

In-negative / Doubt
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In-neutral / Caution url

A publisher given a story that might be libelous

  1. I just can’t chance it.
  2. I’m going to treat it with kid gloves.
  3. It could blow sky high.
  4. Let’s not rush into things.
  5. I may be sitting on a time bomb.
  6. One option is for is for me to just wait it out.
  7. I’m waiting for the other shoe to drop.
  8. It’s best if I wait until the whole thing blows over.
  9. I just don’t feel like bucking the system.
  10. I’m inclined to just tiptoe around the whole situation.
  11. I think if I got involved in any way I would be playing with fire.
  12. My gut feeling is that I should just leave it well enough alone.
  13. The fact that no one else wants to do it is not a good sign.
  14. I don't know the person involved from a hole in the wall, and I think I should regard that as a warning signal.

A publisher given a story that might be libelous

In-neutral / Caution
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In-positive / Relief url

Surviving after being lost in the desert for 3 days.

  1. I was on my last legs, and I didn’t think I could hold out much longer, when I was miraculously saved in the nick of time.
  2. I got through by the skin of my teeth.
  3. I don’t know how I did it.
  4. I got in just under the wire.
  5. At the end if was touch and go, and I was wondering if I was going to make it.
  6. Home, sweet, home.
  7. Things are finally getting back to normal.
  8. I was on my last legs.

Surviving after being lost in the desert for 3 days.

In-positive / Relief