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One of the biggest obstacles you face when learning a new language is the fear of embarrassment when you mispronounce a word or phrase - which inevitably those new to Japanese will do. This title presents a system that eliminates your common Japanese pronunciation mistakes.

The perfect phrasebook when you want to know just enough to enjoy yourself abroad

Your ideal companion for traveling--especially if you are a first-timer with little or no foreign language experience--Just Enough Portuguese packs all the punch of bigger references into a concise, user-friendly format. This handy, pocket-size guide covers everything from days, months, currencies, and clothing sizes to food, shelter, and medical assistance.

The essential terms you need to communicate with the nation's 8-plus million Haitian Creole speakers

If you are travelling to Haiti to help with the relief effort or to aid in its rebuilding, Haitian Creole Phrasebook is your must-have resource. In addition to featuring content specifically related to relief and rebuilding, this book also covers the basic topics such as introducing yourself, asking for directions, giving instructions, or asking for information. A separate section is devoted to key words and phrases related to relief efforts from communicating with...

This authoritative and highly browsable guide provides an enlightening account of the meaning and history of Latin words and phrases that have entered the English language. Readers will find over 1000 phrases, sayings, mottoes, and proverbs, translated with examples of usage and fascinating citations and explanations of their first occurrence. A detailed A-Z appendix lists all Latin authors from Augustine to Virgil, together with details of their life and work. A thematic index offers immediate access to the maxims and phrases relating to such topics as death, betrayal, gossip, love, and...

Traveling in a foreign country such as Russia suddenly becomes a lot more exciting when you can engage in elegant small talk with the locals. Russian Phrases For Dummies is your handy guide to everyday words and phrases you can start using immediately to make your visit more rewarding and a whole lot easier.

This user-friendly phrasebook will jump-start your comprehension and have you speaking basic Russian in no time. Its quick-and-easy approach gives you language fundamentals up front, the Words to Know section helps you find the right word fast, and the easy-to-use pronunciation...

A concise, portable guide for communicating in Arabic

Today, Arabic is spoken in more than 20 countries, and more than one billion people study Arabic for religious reasons. This practical guide offers help on basic Arabic words and phrases and eases communication with Arabic speakers. Written as a companion to Arabic For Dummies, this book provides readers with the tools to converse with others in Modern Standard Arabic on a basic level. It uses real-world phrases extensively to illustrate grammatical concepts and provide opportunities to practice newfound skills.

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Covers subjects such as everyday phrases, hotels and travelling around. This work uses a simple system of imitated pronunciation.

This phrase book has been compiled by experts to meet the general needs of tourists and business travellers. Arranged under headings such as hotels, driving and so forth, the selection of words and phrases is supported by a 1800-line mini-dictionary. There is also an extensive menu guide listing approximately 600 dishes or methods of cooking and presentation. Typical replies to questions you may ask during your journey and the signs or instructions you may see or hear, are shown in tinted boxes. In the main text, the pronunciation of Greek words and phrases is imitated in English sound...

This phrase book has been compiled by a team of language experts to provide all the key vocabulary you need to survive in the 14 main European countries. Each language section begins with a guide to pronunciation and special grammatical points, followed by general words and phrases (greetings, numbers, days of the week and more, and features on communications, hotels, shopping and eating out. Finally, a menu guide supplies core vocabulary for everyday foods and beverages as well as regional specialties.

This phrase book has been compiled by experts to meet the general needs of tourists and business travellers. Arranged under headings such as hotels, driving and so forth, the selection of useful words and phrases is supported by a 2000-line mini-dictionary. By cross-reference to this, additional phrases may be formed. There is also an extensive menu guide listing approximately 500 dishes or methods of cooking and presentation.

Deals with subjects such as everyday phrases, hotels and travelling around. This work uses a simple system of imitated pronunciation.

Hundreds of useful phrases at your fingertips

Speak Chinese - instantly

Traveling to China but don't know Chinese? Taking Chinese at school but need to kick up your conversation skills? Don't worry This handy little phrasebook will have you speaking Chinese in no time.

Discover how to

• Get directions, shop, and eat out
• Talk numbers, dates, time, and money
• Chat about family and work
• Discuss sports and the weather
• Deal with problems and emergencies

This convenient dictionary and phrasebook contains 2,500 dictionary entries, a pronunciation guide, concise grammar section, and all the essential language a traveler needs.

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Next time you're traveling or just chattin' in Russia with your friends, drop the textbook formality and bust out with expressions they never teach you in school, including:

- Cool slang
- Funny insults
- Explicit sex terms
- Raw swear words

Dirty Russian teaches the casual expressions heard every day on the streets of Russia:

What's up?
kak de-LA?

I really gotta piss.
mnye O-chen NA-do pos-SAT.

Damn, you fine
blin, nu ti i shi-KAR-nii

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Next time you're traveling or just chattin' in Greek with your friends, drop the textbook formality and bust out with expressions they never teach you in school, including:

- cool slang
- funny insults
- explicit sex terms
- raw swear words

Dirty Greek teaches the casual expressions heard every day on the streets of Greece:

What's up? Tee YEE-neh-teh?
I'm wasted. EE-meh gol.
Dude, she's crazy hot. FEE-leh EE-neh treh-LOH moo-NEE.
That girl is...

"Kudos (Greek), encomiums (Latin), and accolades (French) to the authors for their enlightening and amusing lexicon, a testament that English is the most cheerfully democratic and hospitable language ever cobbled together."-Richard Lederer, author of The Miracle of Language From angst to zydeco, the ultimate guide to foreign terms and phrases This handy, practical, and browsable A-to-Z reference tells you all you need to know to understand, pronounce, and appreciate the nearly 2,000 foreign words and phrases commonly used by speakers and writers of English. The Browser's Dictionary covers a...

It's amazing how 100 key words and phrases provide instant communication

Do you want to speak simple Vietnamese but are too busy to study it? Are you visiting Vietnam for a short time and want a Vietnamese phrase book to help you communicate? If so, this is the book for you--it's the quickest and easiest way to learn Vietnamese. It's tiny 0.4 x 4.1 x 5.9 inches size makes it incredibly convenient to travel with but without losing the most essential content for communication.

The idea of Instant Vietnamese is simple--learn 100 words and phrases and say 1,000 things. The...

Making Out in Korean is a fun, accessible and thorough Korean phrasebook and guide to the Korean language as it's really spoken.

Nan neoga joa michigesseo Uri tto mannalkka?--(I'm crazy about you Shall we meet again?) Answer this correctly in Korean and you may be going on a hot date. Incorrectly, and you could be hurting someone's feelings or getting a slap Korean classes and textbooks tend to spend a lot of time rehearsing for the same fictitious scenarios but chances are while in Korea you will spend a lot more time trying to make new friends or start new...

Making Out in Japanese is a fun, accessible and thorough Japanese phrase book and guide to the Japanese language as it's really spoken.

Sugoku suki Mata aeru?--(I'm crazy about you Shall we meet again?) Answer this correctly in Japanese and you may be going on a hot date. Incorrectly, and you could be hurting someone's feelings or getting a slap Japanese classes and textbooks tend to spend a lot of time rehearsing for the same fictitious scenarios but chances are while in Japan you will spend a lot more time trying to make new friends or start new...