phrase book
a small book containing everyday phrases and sentences and their equivalents in a foreign language, written especially for travelers.
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How to use phrase book in a sentence
Her little phrase book seemed pitifully inadequate for the great things in her mind.
The Amazing Interlude | Mary Roberts Rinehart"My luggage," he said firmly, laying one hand upon the pile, and waving the phrase book.
A Maker of History | E. Phillips Oppenheim"Easiest thing in the world to get on in a foreign country with a phrase book and your wits," he remarked to himself.
A Maker of History | E. Phillips OppenheimPresently Esau, getting impatient, suggested in a loud voice that we should ask him some questions out of Bennetts Phrase-book.
Three in Norway | James Arthur LeesSince we talk in phrases as well as in words every home needs a phrase book as well as a dictionary.
Putnam's Phrase Book | Edwin Hamlin Carr
British Dictionary definitions for phrase book
a book containing frequently used expressions and their equivalents in a foreign language, esp for the use of tourists
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