French phrases for situations where hesitation costs time: aidez-moi s'il vous plaît, appelez la police, appelez une ambulance, c'est une urgence. Plus describing what happened and answering the operator.
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French vocabulary for finding somewhere to live: loyer, locataire, propriétaire, bail, caution, studio, meublé. Covers reading a listing, understanding a lease and the paperwork a French landlord expects.
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French academic vocabulary for studying at a French university: université, étudiant, professeur, cours, campus, semestre, diplôme, bourse. Covers lectures and essays plus enrolment, deadlines and campus admin.
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French phrases for the phone, where there is no body language to help: puis-je parler à…?, c'est de la part de qui?, j'appelle au sujet de ma commande. Covers messages, transfers and customer service calls.
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French phrases for a medical appointment abroad: j'ai besoin de voir un médecin, je voudrais prendre rendez-vous, je ne me sens pas bien, j'ai mal à. Plus understanding a diagnosis and the prescription that follows.
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French vocabulary for life online: publier, fil d'actualité, aimer, partager, commentaire, s'abonner, abonné. Plus the abbreviations filling comment threads and the internet slang no textbook covers.
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French phrases for professional email, where conventions are stricter than in English: Madame, Monsieur, je vous écris pour vous informer, veuillez trouver ci-joint. Plus requests, follow-ups and polite refusals.
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French words and phrases pulled from films and series people actually watch: Dix pour cent, Les Choristes, La Haine, Engrenages, Le Bazar de la Charité. Each with the context of the scene it appears in.
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French words learners regularly get wrong — beaucoup, croissant, restaurant, heure, oeuf, oeil, fille, famille — grouped by the sound causing the trouble: silent endings, nasal vowels and disappearing liaisons.
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Whole French sentences from conversations that actually happen: salut comment ça va, je vais bien merci, enchanté, à plus tard, bonne journée. Ready to use as they stand, each with a translation and its context.
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Spanish vocabulary for looking after an animal: la mascota, el cachorro, el hámster, el loro, la tortuga, la raza. Plus feeding, grooming and daily care, and the words for describing a symptom to a vet and understanding the treatment.
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Spanish vocabulary for building and renovating: la renovación, la reparación, remodelar, el contratista, el albañil, el arquitecto. Covers tools and materials, and how to explain a job or buy the right thing in a hardware shop.
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Spanish vocabulary for music: la canción, el cantante, la banda, el concierto, la guitarra, el piano, la batería. Covers genres and instruments plus everything around a live show, from tickets and the queue to the encore.
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Spanish vocabulary for building a company: la empresa emergente, el emprendedor, el fundador, el cofundador, el inversor, la financiación. Covers pitching and metrics, hiring and growth — the words used in a first investor meeting.
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Spanish vocabulary for talking about mental health properly: la ansiedad, la depresión, el estrés, el agotamiento, la terapia, el terapeuta. Plus the wording that keeps a difficult conversation respectful rather than clinical.
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Spanish vocabulary for environmental topics: el cambio climático, el calentamiento global, el medio ambiente, la contaminación, la sostenibilidad. Covers recycling and waste, renewable energy and the terms used in news reports.
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Spanish vocabulary for getting around by road: el coche, el conductor, el motor, el neumático, el volante, el freno, plus road signs and traffic rules and the phrases used at a petrol station or a car rental desk.
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Spanish vocabulary for everyday technology: el teléfono inteligente, el portátil, la tableta, el cargador, la batería, la pantalla, el teclado. Plus apps and accounts and the words for describing a fault or changing a setting.
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Spanish phrases for situations where hesitation costs time: ¡ayúdeme por favor!, ¡llame a la policía!, ¡llame a una ambulancia!, es una emergencia. Plus describing what happened and where, and the questions an operator asks first.
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Spanish vocabulary for renting abroad: alquiler, inquilino, propietario, contrato de arrendamiento, depósito, estudio. Covers reading a listing, understanding a lease and the questions worth asking before anything is signed.
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Spanish academic vocabulary for studying at a Spanish-speaking university: universidad, profesor, clase, semestre, título, beca. Covers following a lecture, structuring an essay, and handling enrolment, deadlines and coursework.
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Spanish phrases for the phone, where there is no body language to fall back on: ¿puedo hablar con…?, ¿quién llama por favor?, llamo por mi pedido. Covers transfers, leaving a message and working through a customer service call.
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Spanish phrases for a medical appointment abroad, from necesito ver a un médico and quisiera pedir una cita to describing exactly where it hurts and for how long. Includes understanding the diagnosis and the prescription that follows.
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Spanish vocabulary for life online: publicación, muro, me gusta, compartir, comentario, seguidor and the verbs for posting, following and unfollowing. Plus the abbreviations and slang that fill comment threads and private chats.
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