Total Phrases- 4535
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In-negative / Explaining url

Feeling depressed

  1. Things have gotten completely out of control.
  2. I’m not feeling well now, but hopefully I’ll feel a lot better in the near future.
  3. I’ve been better.
  4. I have to figure it out for myself.
  5. You’re catching me at a bad time.
  6. I’m having a tough time.
  7. Recently I’ve been bouncing around like a yo-yo.
  8. I’ve had my ups and downs.
  9. I'm not myself.
  10. I have a lot on my mind.
  11. I never said it was going to be any different from the way it turned out.
  12. I never saw myself that way before.
  13. I feel like a bundle of nerves.
  14. I feel like a bump on a log.
  15. If you only knew what I’ve been through.
  16. I’ve been feeling under the weather.
  17. What I've been through has really knocked the stuffing out of me.
  18. Whenever I’m nervous, I tend to clam up.
  19. After a while, I just ran out of steam.

Feeling depressed

In-negative / Explaining
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Out-neutral / Negotiating url

Let’s work things out-3

  1. It’s easy to have 20-20 vision about things that happened in the past.
  2. We both have to admit that neither one of us saw it coming.
  3. There are no guarantees.
  4. Let’s get it out in the open.
  5. So what’s the bottom line?
  6. Now let’s get things out in the open.
  7. We both want the same thing.
  8. Let’s have the whole story out in the open.
  9. I’ll be glad to answer any questions you might have.
  10. Take all the time in the world.
  11. It doesn’t have to be that way.
  12. If that’s all right with you.
  13. Does it really matter?
  14. I’ll give it a try.

Let’s work things out-3

Out-neutral / Negotiating
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In-positive / Surprise url

A friend leaves town without telling anyone

  1. He’s vanished into thin air.
  2. He suddenly disappeared off the face of the earth.
  3. It happened in a way that we least expected.
  4. I’m in a state of shock.
  5. You’ve got to be kidding me.
  6. I had a sneaking suspicion that this was going to happen.
  7. I would never have suspected that.
  8. Woah, I am shocked.

A friend leaves town without telling anyone

In-positive / Surprise
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Out-positive / Agreement url

Feeling more self confident makes a person into a better salesman.

  1. You’re so right.
  2. Don’t I know!
  3. That’s a good point.
  4. I’ll vouch for that.
  5. That might have something to do with it.
  6. It certainly seems that way.
  7. I know what you’re trying to say.
  8. That’s as plain as day.
  9. I’ll go along with that.
  10. That could very well be.

Feeling more self confident makes a person into a better salesman.

Out-positive / Agreement
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Out-positive / Friendship url

Saying hello-1

  1. So what else is new?
  2. So we meet again.
  3. I’m so glad to see you.
  4. What’s up Doc?
  5. Well, isn’t it a small world?
  6. How goes it?
  7. Top of the morning to you.
  8. What a nice surprise!
  9. How’s everything going?
  10. What’s up?
  11. What’s new?
  12. What a pleasant surprise.

Saying hello-1

Out-positive / Friendship
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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

Out-negative / Anger
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In-positive / Amazed url

After seeing a beautiful sunset

  1. It takes my breath away.
  2. I’ve never seen anything like it!
  3. Will wonders never cease!
  4. I can’t believe my eyes.
  5. It’s mind-boggling.
  6. These things never cease to amaze me.
  7. Hold onto your hat.
  8. Will you look at this!
  9. Awesome!
  10. Do you see what I see?
  11. There’s nothing like it under the sun.
  12. That's pretty heavy stuff.
  13. I’ve never seen anything like it.

After seeing a beautiful sunset

In-positive / Amazed
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In-negative / Doubt url

To friend who claims he knows how to win the lottery

  1. The chances of that happening are pretty close to zero.
  2. How do you figure that?
  3. You don’t say?
  4. Don’t count on it.
  5. You can’t mean that.
  6. It doesn’t work that way.
  7. That’s what they all say.
  8. How can you be so cock-sure of yourself?
  9. It’s all in your head.
  10. It’s not very likely to happen that way.
  11. It’s about time you started being realistic.
  12. Wake up and smell the coffee.

To friend who claims he knows how to win the lottery

In-negative / Doubt
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In-positive / Determination url

A boxer

  1. I can take what they dish out.
  2. I’m as hard as nails.
  3. I’ve made up my mind.
  4. I won’t allow it.
  5. I jumped in with both feet.
  6. I stick to my guns.
  7. I don’t know the meaning of the word quit.
  8. I’ve taken the worst that they can dish out, and I’ve still survived.

A boxer

In-positive / Determination
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In-negative / Disappointment url

Losing money in a scam

  1. I had a sneaking suspicion that it was too good to be true.
  2. What is the world coming to?
  3. I wasn’t thinking straight.
  4. I’ll be the first to admit, what I did wasn’t too bright.
  5. Is nothing sacred?
  6. There’s something rotten in the state of Denmark.
  7. It stinks to high heaven.
  8. I should be ashamed of myself.
  9. I’m old enough to know better.
  10. It killed my appetite.
  11. How did I get into this mess?
  12. That was the straw that broke the camel’s back.
  13. I feel used, betrayed, and double-crossed.
  14. Boy, now I’m really in a pickle.
  15. They really took me to the cleaners.
  16. I’m down in the dumps.
  17. It's taken the wind out of my sails.

Losing money in a scam

In-negative / Disappointment
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In-negative / Doubt url

Being told you should convince the company president to change policy

  1. That’s like the tail wagging the dog.
  2. That’s not the way to go about doing it.
  3. I don’t think that will work out so well.
  4. He won’t go for that.
  5. It might have just the opposite from the intended effect.
  6. The effort could boomerang on our heads.
  7. He might not take it the right way.
  8. You’ve got to be kidding!
  9. It’s not worth it.

Being told you should convince the company president to change policy

In-negative / Doubt
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In-positive / Amazed url

After seeing a great magic trick

  1. That’s the most amazing thing I’ve ever seen in my whole life.
  2. I can’t believe it.
  3. At first glance, it didn’t seem in the realm of possibility.
  4. It’s enough to blow your mind.
  5. It’s like nothing I’ve ever seen.
  6. It happened right before my eyes, and I wouldn’t have believed it if I hadn’t seen it myself.
  7. It knocked my socks off.
  8. This one tops them all.
  9. Boy oh boy!
  10. That’s a show stopper.
  11. Goodness gracious!
  12. How did he do that?
  13. I don’t know how you did this.
  14. My goodness, how did that happen?

After seeing a great magic trick

In-positive / Amazed