Oh how we laughed and cried when Colin Firth tried to woo his non English speaking Portuguese lady in Love Actually.

Because we know there’s nothing worse than going to a foreign country and not being able to speak the lingo.

Yes, shouting and making wild gestures to show what you mean will land you nicely with a fat lip or prison sentence (depending on the gestures) but it often does nothing to help the cause.

We can also bet you haven’t got the time or inclination to sit in a language school like Mr Firth and learn the language either which is why we absolutely love Lastminute’s new solution - a number of phrase books for your mobile phone.

All you have to do to get tell that Italian/Greek/French/Spanish/German bloke that he looks like Brad Pitt is download the software from Coolgorilla, pick out the correct phrase from the 300 provided, put your phone close to his hear and wait for it to parrot it out, complete with an authentic accent.

Oh and Colin it's also available in Portuguese for when you want to tell your Love Actually interest that you are leaving her for us – well its not something you would really learn in a lesson now is it?