phrase book
noun
: a book containing idiomatic expressions of a foreign language and their translation
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My phrase book would need to be close at hand.
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Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Dec. 2022
The Tradition and Transitions Project, a partnership between Memorial University in St. Johns, Newfoundland and the Nunatsiavut Government, helped foster the development of an Inuttitut phrase book which was later developed into the Inuttut Kautamât uKauset mobile app.
—Cassandra Brooklyn, Ars Technica, 1 Aug. 2020
In cool, shaded interiors, bookshelves are packed with Stefan Zweig and Arabic phrase books.
—Antonia Quirke, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Aug. 2019
Baldwin’s interest coincided with a growing interest in the language among members of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma, which produced its first unpublished Myaamia phrase book in 1997.
—Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 19 Apr. 2017
Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Dec. 2022
The Tradition and Transitions Project, a partnership between Memorial University in St. Johns, Newfoundland and the Nunatsiavut Government, helped foster the development of an Inuttitut phrase book which was later developed into the Inuttut Kautamât uKauset mobile app.
—Cassandra Brooklyn, Ars Technica, 1 Aug. 2020
In cool, shaded interiors, bookshelves are packed with Stefan Zweig and Arabic phrase books.
—Antonia Quirke, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Aug. 2019
Baldwin’s interest coincided with a growing interest in the language among members of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma, which produced its first unpublished Myaamia phrase book in 1997.
—Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 19 Apr. 2017
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