Adriennes acclaimed "Gimmick" approach offers both the beginner and the seasoned traveler a fast and effective route to this lexicon by teaching language <em>as it is actually spoken</em>. Adriennes vocabulary lists are contemporary, practical, and uncensored -- youll find words here that arent in any other language book -- and they group together families of words, which makes expanding your vocabulary painless. For the more advanced student, access to the <em>Gimmick</em>s expansive array of colloquial expressions will add an impossible-to-fake native fluency. Whether youre trying to learn the rudiments ("My name is Steve"), travel with globe-trotting panache ("The Louvre has many paintings by Monet"), or get out of a prickly situation ("May I call my lawyer?"), Adrienne and the <em>Gimmick</em> will show you the way.