[Sentence Starters] A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
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โ I'm afraid I must inform you of an extremely unfortunate event. โ
โ If you have ever lost someone very important to you, then you already know how it feels. If you haven't, you cannot possibly imagine it. โ
โ Every family has its secrets, doors left unopened. โ
โ It's not too late to see a film about a happy little elf. โ
โ Your left side is the good one. โ
โ I'm sorry, I don't speak 'monkey'. โ
โ I must say, you're a gloomy looking bunch. Why so glum? โ
โ Do you work out? You look good. Healthy, I mean. โ
โ Can't you stay for a brief imbibement? A glass of port? Sanka? โ
โ I trust you've had your tetanus shots. Polio, smallpox, typhoid, malaria. โ
โ I don't know if you've ever noticed this, but first impressions are often entirely wrong. โย
โ 'Pasta puttanesca'. That's Italian for 'very few ingredients', you know. โ
โ That's not a pot... It's a spittoon. โ
โ Do you think anything will ever feel like home again? โ
โ I've been contemplating our situation and I realize that I've been a bit standoffish, shall we say? โ
โ There's always something. โ
โ Bite the head off that elf. โ
โ I don't mean to rush you. โ
โ Can't we discuss this like reasonable men? โ
โ I'm going to get you. No matter where you go, no matter what you do, I'll find you. โ
โ You are so deceased. โย
โ Do you remember me? I don't suppose so, you were just a little baby at the time. โ
โ What a firm grip! Like a Burmese python! โ
โ You look so much like your dear mother. โ
โ Oh, did I mention we're going to Peru? โ
โ We may have one or two things here that aren't in books. โ
โ Do you know snakes are more afraid of you than you are of them? โ
โ I may know better than anyone what you're going through. โ
โ We'll be among people who understand us. People who are like us. โ
โ Alas, my mission is not to weave happy endings where they do not occur. โ
โ Well, I am a fan, if I may gush. โ
โ I've been bitten forty three... seven hundred times. Mostly on the face. โ
โ There is no good moment, of course, for a notorious villain to arrive. โ
โ Everything happens for a reason. โ
โ Children are strange and foreign to me. I never really was one. I know that they are an important part of, the, uh, ecosystem. โ
โ You have a wonderful gift for storytelling! โย
โ It is a curious thing, the death of a loved one. โ
โ I do feel somewhat responsible for this tragedy. โ
โ You know what I'm thinking? I'm thinking, 'who woke me up at nine in the morning for this?' โ
โ I'm sorry, it's so chilly in here. Sometimes it gets so cold I can hardly stand it! โ
โ Grammar is the greatest joy in life, don't you find? โ
โ I never cook anything hot. I'm afraid that the stove will burst into flames. โ
โ Come away from the fridge, if it falls it will crush you flat. โ
โ Would you like to see some pictures? โ
โ I don't like the way I look in that picture. โ
โ He was eaten by leeches. โ
โ Oh, God I hate it here. โ
โ I'm terrified of realtors. โ
โ We gotta get her out of the house. โ
โ The black plague! Is it the black plague?! โ
โ Why, without your good grammar, the whole darn shootin' match could go arse over tea kettle. โ
โ He's just a boy barely out of his OshKosh B'Gosh. โ
โ Why didn't I wait an hour before swimming? Why? Why? Why?! โ
โ I'm as lonely as a gull on a rock. โ
โ Would... you come to my house for dinner this evening? โ
โ You better tie your hair up. โ
โ Ever read any books on sailing? ย โ
โ It is one thing to do something in theory, another to do it in practice. โ
โ There are good people and bad people in the world. The ones who start the fires and the ones put them out. โ
โ We're sinking, sinking, sinking! Doomed, doomed! โ
โ I'll go away. I'll dye my hair, I'll change my name. โ
โ I suppose I don't have to kill you. โ
โ Well. We've done all we can do. โ
โ You will not devour this boy's head today! โ
โ You have proven yourself to be an exceptionally capable guardian. โ
โ Don't try to get on my good side. โ
โ Hey, marriage is no picnic. You gotta work at it. โ
โ You should know by now that you can't have everything you want. โ
โ You're going to help me get what I want... tonight. โ
โ These things don't just happen. โ
โ No one ever listens to children. โ
โ What do you think? Too diabolical? Give me some feedback! โ
โ If you do anything to me, you're just sinking to my level. โ
โ ____ was captured for crimes too numerous to mention. โ
โ Before we leave, perhaps there's time for... one last stop. โ
โ At times, the world can seem an unfriendly and sinister place, but believe us when we say there is much more good in it than bad. โ










