Synopses & Reviews
Phrasebook in hand, bus ticket secured, you discover the bus driver shares your passion for Monet and
fromage. He invited you to meet his family over a long lunch - another language-inspired success.
-extensive two-way dictionary & user-friendly sentence builder
-pronunciation for every word
-how to have fun with the French: food, wine and romance
-traveling basics: transport, health and shopping
-useful culinary dictionary for exploring gourmet options
Review
"...Lonely Planet phrase books have long taken a hip, streetwise approach."--Atlanta Journal-Constitution, May 27, 2004
Review
National Geographic Traveler, September 2006
'Lonely Planet Phrasebooks. Portable, pocket-size, cheap, and available for almost any country you might want to visit...'
Synopsis
Phrasebook in hand, bus ticket secured, you discover the bus driver shares your passion for Monet and fromage. He invites you to meet his family over a long lunch - another language-inspired success.
Our phrasebooks give you a comprehensive mix of practical and social words and phrases in more than 120 languages. Chat with the locals and discover their culture - a guaranteed way to enrich your travel experience.
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