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The pictures represent
for a Brit: for an American:
1 TV aerial TV antenna
2 wardrobe closet
3 lift elevator
4 vest undershirt
5 sweets candy
6 naPPy diaper
7 pram baby carriage
8 curtains drapes
9 sellotape Scotch tape
10 lorry truck
1 I had a puncture. 6 It's in the boot.
2 Pass me the biscuits. 7 Single or return?
3 It's in the wardrobe. 8 He left the tap on.
4 Open the curtains. 9 We're leaving in the autumn.
5 We've run out of petrol. 10 I hate standing in a queue.

1 You'd take the American to the bathroom and the Brit to the kitchen.
2 Cold for the American but hot for the Brit.
3 The Brit, because people do not usually talk about needing to change their underwear
although you might well express the desire to change outer clothes.
4 One flight for the American but two for the Brit.
5 An American would be in a bank and a Brit in a cafi.
There are many other words you could add. Some might be: US eggplant (GB aubergine); US
trashcan (GB rubbish bin); US German Shepherd (dog) (GB Alsatian).

Unit 94

1 Australia 3 mosquitoes; barbecue 5 afternoon
2 journalist; university 4 business 6 adultslparents

1 flee 5 the general public
2 catch (e.g. by police) 6 plimsolls, sneakers
3 capturelobtain 7 people awaiting trial
4 man who annoys girls 8 underwear

1 She gave birth to a baby girl. 5 A glass of whisky (in theory, a small one).
2 Church-bells. 6 Yes, he is.
3 No, it isn't, it's too dreary. 7 A lake.
4 Looking after the school buildings.

1 Probably not.
2 It is in lots of small very tight plaits.
3 When you have been working or exercising very hard, for instance.
4 They improvise. In other words, they just play whatever comes into their heads, they don't
follow any music score.

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