Minimum Vocabulary for Foreign Travel
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Food

A table for two, please?
I would like __.
With / without gas.
It is too cold / hot.
This is not clean. This is dirty.
I like it. I don't like it. It is delicious.
It is good. It is very good. It is not good.
Is service included? The bill please.
The Bill: waiter / tip / bill
Meals: breakfast / lunch / dinner
Verbs: eat / drink / want
Drinks: water / milk / coffee (black/with milk/with cream/with sugar) / tea / beer (light/dark) / wine (red/white/sweet/dry) / cream / soda / juice
Foods: meat / fish / sea food / bread / vegitables / fruit / salad / cheese / soup / desert / eggs / yogurt
Meat: beef / chicken / veal / pork / lamb
Fish: salmon / tuna / trout / cod / sole / dolphine
Extras: salt / peper / sugar / ketchup / mustard / butter / salad dressing
Fruits: apple / orange / strawberry / banana / pear
Things: knife / fork / spoon / plate / glass / bowl / cup / napkin / bottle / table

Verbs & Adjectives

To be: I am ___. We are. It is ___. Is it ___?
To go: I am going. We are going.
To do / make: I do. We do.
To have: I / We (don't) have. Do you have?
To want: I / We want.
To see: I / We (Do you) see it?
To like: I / We (Do you) like it.
Would like: I / We would like.
To speak: I / We (Do you) speak.
To understand: I / We (Do you) understand.
To eat: I / We want to eat ___.
To drink: I / We want to drink ___.
To work: I / We work. I don't work.
To finish: I am finished. We are finished.
the / a / in / on / for / from / about
and / or - with / without - here / there
more / less - few / many - under / above
big / small - old / young - old / new
all / nothing - good / bad - open / closed
cheap / expensive - clean / dirty
near / far - fast / slow - hot / cold
light / dark - easy / difficult
better / worse - before / after
beautiful / ugly - fat / thin - happy / sad
People & Pets

He / She / It / We / You / They
Man / Woman
Boy / Girl
Husband / Wife
Married / Single / Divorced
Boyfriend / Girlfriend
Father / Mother
Grandfather / Grandmother
Child / Parent
Son / Daughter
Brother / Sister
Aunt / Uncle
Nephew / Nice
Cat / Dog
Children / Pets