French Phrase Books
If you’re travelling to Paris, or anywhere in France for that matter, you’ll probably need a good French phrase book, so we’ve done some research for you and found the following ten books that all get good reviews:
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1000 French Words
Contains colour illustrations and scenes that help children learn 1,000 vital French words. |
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Correct Your French Blunders: How To Avoid 99% Of The Common Mistakes Made By Learners Of French
Tired of making the same old mistakes of switching your genders, confusing your tenses, and mixing up your idioms? Break the bad habits that leave everybody you talk to scratching their head. Correct Your French Blunders warns you of hundreds of typical errors learners make and explains the reasons behind the mistakes, so you can correct yourself in the future. Correct Your French Blunders offers exercises covering all parts of grammar and wraps it all up with review passages to check that you are blunder-free. Soon, biting your nails will be your only bad habit! |
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French (Eyewitness Travel Guide Phrase Books)
These pocket dictionaries give business and vacation travelers everything they need for a smooth, successful trip. Organized by subject, the traveler can quickly find the vocabulary relevant to the situation, whether transportation, hotels, meals, shopping, post offices and banks, sports, or health care, accompanied by a pronunciation guide. At the end of each phrase book is a 2,000-word mini-dictionary. Fully updated from the original editions to reflect currency changes such as the Euro and new vocabulary such as e-tickets. |
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French Faux Amis: The Combined Book
Faux amis (or “false friends”) are French words that look and sound like English words but have entirely different meanings than what you expect, causing potential misunderstandings and awkward situations. French Faux Amis: The Combined Book will help you avoid these embarrassing misunderstandings. It’s written in conversational language and it’s easy and fun to read. You’ll learn how each French word differs from the English one and see it used correctly in example sentences. And you’ll find that you’ll learn most of these faux amis without having to consciously memorize them, simply because they are so interesting. |
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French For Your Trip
“Berlitz For Your Trip” effortlessly teaches all the essential common French phrases you’ll need to know before your trip, in a no-stress, all audio, completely portable format. Ideal for learning on-the-go, users can listen to the CD in the car or load it onto their iPod for train or plane journeys. In just one hour, you’ll learn to meet and greet, order food, pay for purchases, ask for directions and much more. The accompanying booklet includes all of the language from the programme including phonetics and translations as well as grammar references. |
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French Key Words And Expressions: The Combined Book
This combined book of key words and expressions gives you the absolutely essential words you’ll need to know to navigate everyday French conversation. For example, it would be difficult to get through a single day in France without hearing each of the words truc, bise and Pardon! at least once. Well, these words are all here in this book, and lots more, like défense de, foutu, fichu, drôle de, en liquide, and et alors? The use of each is discussed and illustrated with examples. After reading this book, you’ll not only recognize these key words if you hear or read them, but you’ll also be able to use them correctly yourself. This book will be a pleasure for you. It’s one of those rare finds, a book that is both very useful and fun to read! |
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French Phrase Book & CD
This lightweight, portable pack features a phrase book from the bestselling Berlitz range plus a CD providing you with the key phrases to get the most out of your trip. The English to French phrase book features over 8,000 everyday phrases in French that every traveller needs to speak confidently, plus a menu reader and culture tips to help you understand the country you are visiting. Full-colour photographs throughout help explain visually the currency, cash machines, ticket machines, motoring signs & much more. The CD features more than 3,000 key travel survival words and phrases so you can hear and practise the language. It is compatible with PC, iPod and MP3 devices. |
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French Visual Phrase Book + CD (EW Travel Guide Phrase Books)
Combining the best of DK’s visual and audio approaches to learning languages, the Eyewitness Travel Visual Phrasebooks with CDs teach the phrases that are essential for navigating successfully in a foreign country. |
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Lonely Planet French Phrasebook And Audio CD
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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The World’s Wackiest French Joke Book: 500 Puns Guaranteed To Give You Deja-Eww!
This zany joke-fest makes mastering French vocabulary riotous good fun for your kids ages 10 and up as well as the young at heart. The World’s Wackiest French Joke Book features 500 groan-worthy puns and clever turns of phrase, along with 18 screwball line drawings and fascinating culture notes. What is long and green and attends Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry? |
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