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Nobody puts a toilet hunt on a holiday postcard, but everybody ends up on one eventually. Here are twenty linkword hooks for the Spanish, French and Italian words, signs and small coins that stand between you and a calm afternoon.
You can order a coffee abroad, but the hotel desk still turns you to stone. These 20 linkword hooks cover check-in, room complaints, breakfast times and the delicate art of asking for a late checkout in Spanish, French and Italian.
A headache or allergy abroad is bad enough without a language scramble at the pharmacy counter. These 20 linkword hooks cover Spanish, French and Italian phrases for painkillers, prescriptions and urgent help, with calm cultural notes on green-cross pharmacies and duty pharmacists.
Foreign numbers have a habit of appearing exactly when you are hungry, late or holding up a ticket-machine queue. These 20 linkword hooks make Spanish, French and Italian prices, opening hours and travel tickets stick without a grammar drill.
Duolingo-style streaks can be fun, but they are a slow way to prepare for a weekend in Valencia, Paris or Rome. This is the grown-up case for linkword memory hooks: quick, vivid and built around the phrases you will actually use.