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How smart people say "I need a minute"

Three natural English lines for How smart people say "I need a minute", each heard in a film, with tone notes.

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Hana: Don't talk. My brain is closed. Come back next year.

Theo: Next year, it's only two colors.

Hana: Give me a second. Okay. I choose coral.

Theo: Perfect. Only eleven more choices to go.

1 Give me a second.

Tone Casual and quick

Use it for a very short pause.

Give me a second.

Heard in My Fellow Americans (1996)

2 Let me think.

Tone Calm and thoughtful

Good when someone asks you a question.

Let me think.

Heard in Enola Holmes (2020)

3 I need a minute.

Tone Honest and serious

Use it when your feelings are strong.

I need a minute.

Heard in Christmas at the Drive-In (2022)

Film lines are short quotes used for language teaching. The dialogue belongs to its rightsholders. Hana and Theo are animated characters made with Google Flow.

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