Get the local phrases you will actually use

Give me the phrases I will actually need.

**By situation, in the order they come up:**
1. **Arrival** — transport, directions, being asked something at a counter
2. **Accommodation** — checking in, a problem with the room, storing bags
3. **Eating** — ordering, ***asking what is in something***, paying, splitting
4. **Shopping** — asking for, asking the price, asking if there is another size or kind
5. **Trouble** — ***lost, ill, something stolen, asking for help.*** **These matter most and get learned least**

**Per phrase:** ***the phrase, how to say it, and what I will likely hear back.*** **A phrase I can say but not understand the answer to is a trap** — include the two or three likely replies.

**Also:**
- **The five phrases to learn if I learn nothing else**
- ***What to have written down rather than spoken*** — an address, a dietary requirement, a medical note. **Handing over paper works when pronunciation does not**
- ***Where politeness level matters*** and what the safe default is
- **A gesture or word that means something different there**, if you are confident

⚠️ ***If you are not confident of a phrase or its pronunciation, say so rather than giving it.*** **A confidently wrong phrase in an emergency is worse than none.** ***For allergies or medical needs, say to have it written by a native speaker and confirmed.***