PHRASE BOOK Definition & Meaning

phrase book

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

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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First recorded in 1585–95

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TV producers didn’t want to hear about how language mastery was about far more than parroting phrase books.

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He had brought a German phrase book with him.

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It’s a multilingual phrase book with terms that will help you communicate your dietary restrictions to 96 percent of the world’s population.

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And my phrase book in his back pocket.

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It has saved them the trouble of rummaging through phrase books or gesticulating to ask for directions or get their point across.

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