Total Phrases- 4513
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Out-positive / Friendship url

Saying hello-2

  1. What have you been doing with yourself lately?
  2. To what do we owe the honor of your visit?
  3. I was just this minute thinking of you.
  4. I have not stopped thinking about you.
  5. I was just thinking about you.
  6. How’s it going?
  7. Make yourself at home.
  8. Let’s make up for lost time.
  9. Top of the day to you.
  10. To what do we owe this honor?
  11. So, we finally meet.
  12. It's great seeing you again.

Saying hello-2

Out-positive / Friendship
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In-positive / Determination url

General during battle

  1. We’ll see what we can do to rectify the situation.
  2. Never, never, never give up.
  3. I’m a stubborn man.
  4. You’ve got to be tough as leather.
  5. Don’t give up the ship.
  6. That’s an order.
  7. Might makes right.
  8. I have no choice but to take matters in my own hands.
  9. If the enemy breaches our last line of defense, will we have to defend our position with all we've got.
  10. I’ve just begun to fight.
  11. I’ll take my chances.
  12. I’ll guard it with my life.
  13. I’m determined to go through with the plan.
  14. This is the moment of truth that will test our mettle, to see what stuff we are really made of.
  15. It’s now or never.
  16. It’s above and beyond the call of duty.
  17. We shall overcome.
  18. We’ve crossed the point of no return.

General during battle

In-positive / Determination
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Out-positive / Agreement url

Do you mind if I take the car to shop for food?

  1. That’s fine with me.
  2. By all means.
  3. Be my guest.
  4. That’s cool with me.
  5. I don’t mind at all.

Do you mind if I take the car to shop for food?

Out-positive / Agreement
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Out-positive / Encouragement url

For a friend who just published his first book

  1. That’s a positive start.
  2. What a great accomplishment!
  3. You’re on a roll.
  4. More power to you.
  5. Sock it to me.
  6. Your off and running.
  7. I’m glad that it worked out.
  8. You do what you do very well.
  9. You did much more than you realize.
  10. That’s a step in the right direction.
  11. You’re doing a great job.
  12. It turns out that you accomplished more than you even realized.

For a friend who just published his first book

Out-positive / Encouragement
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Out-neutral / Advice url

Accept it-1

  1. Come to terms with it.
  2. You can’t always get what you want.
  3. I don’t think you have a choice.
  4. You’d better get used to it.
  5. It’s a change for the best.
  6. You can’t make it last forever.
  7. Put it in the past.
  8. You did it of your own free will.
  9. It’s out of your hands now.
  10. Let’s face it.
  11. You have to put up with it.
  12. You got off lucky this time.
  13. No use crying over spilled milk.
  14. You can’t have your cake and eat it too.
  15. Different strokes for different folks.
  16. The message is direct, clear, and in your face.
  17. You made your bed, now lie in it.
  18. Life has its twists and turns.

Accept it-1

Out-neutral / Advice
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Out-neutral / Advice url

Protect yourself

  1. My advice to you is just try to save your own skin.
  2. Look out for number one.
  3. Don’t do this to yourself.
  4. Run for your life.
  5. Your luck can’t hold out forever.
  6. If you don’t watch out for yourself, who will?
  7. It’s a dog eat dog world, and your first obligation is to protect yourself.
  8. Make sure you take your medicine religiously.
  9. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
  10. Don’t let them stab you in the back.

Protect yourself

Out-neutral / Advice
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In-negative / Desperation url

Lost in the forest

  1. I’ve run out of steam.
  2. The situation is so grim.
  3. The situation was so dangerous that I thought it was curtains.
  4. I’m worried to death.
  5. I can’t cope with it.
  6. I’m scared to death.
  7. Time is running out.
  8. It’s all a nightmare.
  9. I’m never going to make it.
  10. I’m reaching the end of my rope.
  11. I was up the creek without a paddle.

Lost in the forest

In-negative / Desperation
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In-neutral / Acceptance url

Not catching a fish

  1. Kiss this one goodbye.
  2. It’s not like I have much of a choice.
  3. I’ll be darned if I can help it.
  4. That’s the way it is.
  5. It’s not that bad.
  6. There’s not much I can do about it now.
  7. I’m going to let bygones be bygones.

Not catching a fish

In-neutral / Acceptance
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In-positive / Hope url

When your candidate is elected

  1. Maybe there’s hope for us yet.
  2. It could turn things around.
  3. Things are looking up.
  4. It’s the wave of the future.
  5. That’s a good sign.
  6. I hope to heaven that what you’re telling me is true.
  7. It took a long time to happen, but it was worth waiting for.
  8. At times we didn’t think it would be successful, but now it might be a dream come true.
  9. The best is yet to come.

When your candidate is elected

In-positive / Hope
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Out-neutral / Advice url

Caution-1

  1. Look before you leap.
  2. You’ve got to take it with a grain of salt.
  3. Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.
  4. Don’t quit your day job.
  5. I wouldn’t touch that with a ten foot pole.
  6. It’s going to be harder and take longer than you anticipate.
  7. That's better left unsaid.
  8. There’s many a slip between the cup and the lip.
  9. Take a closer look.
  10. I wouldn’t do that if I were you.
  11. Don’t take chances.
  12. You’re going to be sorry.
  13. Curiosity killed the cat.
  14. You should know better than that.
  15. He’s all bark and no bite.
  16. Better to be safe than sorry.
  17. Even though he’s well intentioned, he ends up doing a lot of damage anyway.
  18. The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
  19. Let's keep on the safe side.
  20. That is vastly overrated.

Caution-1

Out-neutral / Advice
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Out-positive / Encouragement url

To a friend, both of you considering starting a business together

  1. This is a golden opportunity to make the most of the situation for the long haul.
  2. Success is sometimes a long drawn-out process.
  3. Let’s take one step at a time, and climb one mountain at a time.
  4. As they say, it’s not the mountain in front of us that makes us hesitate, but the pebble in our shoe.
  5. At any rate it’s worth a try.
  6. Now we’re cooking with gas.
  7. The rest is up to us.
  8. There’s no harm in trying.
  9. Let’s put our mind to it, and there’s nothing we can’t do.
  10. I think we’re onto something.
  11. This work is tailored to our needs and abilities.
  12. It will happen before you know it.

To a friend, both of you considering starting a business together

Out-positive / Encouragement
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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

Out-neutral / Negotiating