phrase book

noun

1. a small book containing everyday phrases and sentences and their equivalents in a foreign language, written especially for travelers.

phrase book

noun

1. a book containing frequently used expressions and their equivalents in a foreign language, esp for the use of tourists

Word History and Origins

Origin of phrase book¹

First recorded in 1585–95

Example Sentences

Her little phrase book seemed pitifully inadequate for the great things in her mind.

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"My luggage," he said firmly, laying one hand upon the pile, and waving the phrase book.

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"Easiest thing in the world to get on in a foreign country with a phrase book and your wits," he remarked to himself.

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Presently Esau, getting impatient, suggested in a loud voice that we should ask him some questions out of Bennetts Phrase-book.

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Since we talk in phrases as well as in words every home needs a phrase book as well as a dictionary.

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