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[American vs. British English #4]
Fill in the blanks with the typically American or British word illustrated by the images. You may use the corpus or the dictionary (available under "Other tools") to solve the exercises.

If you are uncertain about what the images show, put the cursor over the image in question; the Norwegian word will appear.

American:
(1) A crowed. hane
(2) He kicked the front which emitted a faint hiss. dekk
(3) I just have to go to the . toalett
(4) She got into her old pink jogging suit and her . joggesko
(5) I'm at practice. fotball

British:
(6) To get there, it was a bus and a ride. trikk
(7) Three weeks later she had gone off with a long-distance driver. lastebil
(8) Many televisions have presets for colour temperature, which is basically the colour of . grå
(9) He was eating a sausage and staring in the direction of the ladies' cloakroom. rundstykke
(10) I looked down on his from my place round the grave. kiste


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