Vocabulary
108 words in 6 themes, grouped by situation rather than alphabetically, because that is how you will need to reach for them.
18 words
Greetings and courtesy
The words you will use in the first minute of every conversation.
18 words
In a cafe
Ordering, receiving and paying, in about twenty words.
18 words
Food on a menu
Enough to read a menu and avoid the thing you did not want.
18 words
Numbers one to twenty
Fifteen words to memorise. Everything above that is assembly.
18 words
Getting around
Asking the way, and understanding the answer.
18 words
People and family
The nouns that turn a conversation from transactional into personal.