Whether preparing for a vacation or a business trip, The Pocket Idiot's Guide(tm) to French Phrases, Second Edition, provides travelers with all the phrases they need (and none they don't) to communicate with native French speakers. In addition to giving readers phrases to help them travel, shop, dine, sightsee, bank, mail, and conduct business, this revised edition includes a new chapter on dealing with emergencies and two additional chapters on grammar.

French is spoken by more than 125 million people and in over 43 countries around the world

France is the world's top tourist destination, and French is the second most frequently taught language in the world

French is the foreign language spoken by our largest trading partner (Canada)