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In France a plain merci means no thank you, un café is an espresso, and the bill never comes until you ask. The French phrases that fix those traps, all free.
In Germany a bare 'danke' means no, the bill never comes unasked, and an unstamped ticket costs 60 euros. Eight tourist traps fixed with free German phrases.
italianUn caffè is an espresso, un latte is a glass of milk, and the bill only comes when you ask. The Italian café habits that trip up tourists, with the phrases to fix them.
japaneseSumimasen does three jobs, the bill arrives with the food, and the small dish you did not order is a seat charge. The Japanese restaurant and train habits that surprise first-time visitors.
koreanLeave a tip in Korea and it gets handed back. Ask for 'coffee' and you get a question. The Korean phrases that fix eight tourist traps, free in the Trip Kit.
polishProszę (PROH-sheh) means please, here you are or you're welcome, depending on who says it and when. How Poles use it in shops and cafés, and the dziękuję trap that costs tourists their change.
spanishIn Spain the bread on your table is a line on the bill, and the bill only comes when you ask. The Spanish phrases that fix both, free in the Spanish Trip Kit.
swiss germanIn Swiss German a bare Merci means no thanks, En Kafi comes with a pot of cream, and the bill never arrives until you ask. The free phrases that fix each trap.
spaced repetitionQuizlet retired its Long-Term Learning spaced repetition in 2020. Here's what its Learn mode does instead, why it differs from Anki, and free alternatives.
spanishYou need about 1,000 Spanish words for daily conversation and 4,000 for fluency. See the word count for every CEFR level and test how many you already know.