Spanish is the official language of twenty countries, and you are probably planning on visiting one of these.

From ordering tapas in Madrid to making new friends in Costa del Sol, it helps to speak some of the native tongue. Rick Steves, bestselling author of travel guides to Europe, offers well-tested phrases and key words to cover every situation a traveler is likely to encounter. This handy guide provides key phrases for use in everyday circumstances, complete with phonetic spelling, an English-Spanish and Spanish-English dictionary, the latest information on European currency and rail transportation, and even a tear-out cheat sheet for continued language practice as you wait in line at the Guggenheim Bilbao. Informative, concise, and practical, Rick Steves' Spanish Phrase Book and Dictionary is an essential item for any traveler's mochila.

"Children will learn more than 200 helpful phrases and expressions for everyday use of a foreign language" Cf. Our choice, 2000.

The PhraseBook for Writing Papers and Research gives you a bank of over 5000 words and phrases to help you write, present and publish in English. Phrases are divided into around 30 main sections, such as Introducing a Study, Arguing For and Against, Reviewing other Work, Summarizing and Conclusions. Writing Help sections give advice on university and research writing, helping you to avoid many common errors in English. Main chapters include Style, Spelling, Punctuation, Grammar, Vocabulary, Numbers and Time. The 4th edition also includes a University and Research Thesaurus to help you improve your academic vocabulary, as well as a Glossary of University and Research Terminology. The PhraseBook is used in more than 30 countries in subjects ranging from Medicine, Engineering, Science and Technology to Law, Business and Economics, Geography, History, Sociology, Psychology, Language and Education. Over 5000 words and phrases to help you write, present and publish in English Written by PhD authors Specially designed for non-native speakers Suitable for university and research writing from student to researcher and faculty level Includes most frequent words in academic English Exercises for individual and classroom use British and American English "This material, prepared by experienced editors, is certainly very useful" Photosynthetica Example phrases Introducing your work The study will begin by outlining... This study addresses a number of issues... The following section sets out... ...to examine the research problem in detail ...to shed light on a number of problem areas in current theory The paper presented here is based in part on an earlier study Arguing for and against This becomes clear when one examines... This lends weight to the argument that... Support for this interpretation comes from... While it may well be valid that..., this study argues the importance of... A serious drawback of this approach is... One of the prime failings of this theory or explanation is... Reviewing other work X takes little or no account of... There is little evidence to suggest that... The study offers only cursory examination of... X gives a detailed if not always tenable analysis of... The authors' claim that...is not well founded. X's explanation is not implausible, if not entirely satisfactory. Analysis and explanation If, for the sake of argument, we assume... One of the most obvious consequences of...is... Although it may well be true that..., it is important not to overlook... It is important to distinguish carefully between... The extent to which this reflects...is unclear. A more plausible explanation for or of...would... The reason for...is unknown, but...has been suggested by X as a possible factor. Summary and conclusions Concluding this section, we can say that... Chapter X draws together the main findings of the paper. A number of key issues have been addressed in this study. This study has highlighted a number of problem areas in existing theory. While the initial findings are promising, further research is necessary. The results of this study suggest a number of new avenues for research.

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This multi-purpose English-Russian phrasebook has every chance to become a powerful tool for making friendly contacts among Russian-speaking people. Being cozily conventional, it still has a special savor. Apart from just being helpful when you face the problem of expressing a thought in the foreign language, it will also make your speech stylish and unobtrusively impressive. Despite their utmost efficiency, all the phrases are absolutely understandable for any kind of an interlocutor and far from being phonetically challenging to you. To make enunciating them even easier, we have provided a simple but complex transcription for each phrase. Whatever the purpose and the subject of your conversation is, whoever you are talking to, all you have to do is just find the necessary section according to the situation and make maximum use of the expressions offered to you. The book contains the following parts: Arranging a Meeting Ending a Conversation & Changing the Subject Deflecting a Question Apologizing Words to Start with Provoking a Conversation Agreeing Disagreeing Thank you! The Most Common Topics for Discussion Asking for Information Telephone Conversations Video Chat Inviting Giving Presents At the Cinema or Theatre Finishing a Conversation The Most Common Personal Questions Typical Conversations Miscellaneous Phrases for Better Conversations Sharing the Latest News Weather Greeting Your Interlocutor Navigating a City At a Hotel Beauty Service Purchasing Local SIM Card and Getting on Internet Telephone, Mail, Internet connection Cars, Computers and Other Devices Laundry, Reparation of Clothes, Photocopying and Other Kinds of Service Sightseeing Eating Out Smoking Shopping Food Hobbies, Sports Work and Education Describing a Person Personality Expressing Your Feelings and Emotions Receiving Guests Paying Visits Special Occasions, Congratulations, Wishes, Toasts Health Matters Police Matters & Legal Issues Emergency Situations Language and Understanding Pages in Social Networks,Sharing Photo &Video Jokes Saying Good Bye Time and Date Numerals Enjoy the carefree communication!