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WHAT DO YOU CALL:

1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks? creek

2. The thing you push around the grocery store? shopping cart / cart

3. A metal container to carry a meal in? lunchbox

4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in? frying pan / skillet

5. The piece of furniture that seats three people? couch / sofa / chesterfield

6. The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof? drain / eave / gutter

7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening? porch (front) / deck (back)

8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages? pop

9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup? pancakes / pannekoeks / crèpes (in descending order of thickness)

10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself? sub (cold cuts) / hoagie (meatballs or big chunks of cooked meat, with sauce)

11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach? swimming trunks / swimsuit /swimming shorts

12. Shoes worn for sports? runners / sneakers

13. Putting a room in order? cleaning up / tidying up

14. A flying insect that glows in the dark? firefly

15. The little insect that curls up into a ball? wood-bug / pill-bug

16. The children's playground equipment where one kid sits on one side and goes up while the other sits on the other side and goes down? teeter-totter / see-saw / catapult ;-)

17. How do you eat your pizza? hands (or if it too hot/gooey, lifting up the plate, pushing a bit over the side and biting it off)

18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff? garage sale / yard sale

19. What's the evening meal? dinner / supper

20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are? basement

21. A window covering on rollers that pulls down? blind / shade

22. A new, limited access, multi-lane road? highway (has stoplights) / freeway (no stoplights)

23. Heavy garments worn for work? overalls / coveralls

24. The highest grade of gasoline? premium / high-test / too fucking expensive

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