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1. You're visiting Berlin with a friend and while in a bar you think you hear someone mention that they want to give you a "gift". You're pleasantly excited, but your friend urges you to leave immediately. What does the German "gift" translate to in English?
2. How embarrassing! You're a woman in Paris in desperate need of new undergarments. Unfortunately, everyone seems so confused when you ask for "bras". What have you been asking for?
3. You're in Pamplona, Spain, and you pull a child out of the path of a rampaging bull. In a flurry of Spanish, you think you hear the child's mother call you "bizarra". How rude! You just saved her child and how she's calling you bizarre? What did the mother really mean?
4. You're traveling through beautiful Rome and want to spend the night in a hotel. You find a suitable place and approach the front desk. Unfortunately, the manager doesn't speak English. This guy must really be interested in photography: he keeps mentioning a "camera". What is he referring to?
5. You're in Mexico City, starting to feel pretty confident with your Spanish speaking abilities. You trip and fall in front of a crowd. You're humiliated... you brush yourself off and turn to your friend saying "Estoy muy embarazada!" Your friend gasps and urges you to sit down. What did you accidentally just tell her?
6. You're an American visiting a friend on a dreary day in London. You speak English so no chance for misunderstandings here! You and your friend are heading out for a walk and she asks you to hand her a mackintosh. Wait, what? What do you need to grab?
7. You have just met a new friend in Lyon. After introductions, your new friend calls you "formidable". Everyone else smiles, but you're a little taken aback. You've done nothing but be nice and friendly. Why would this new friend find you intimidating and fear-inspiring? Are you right to be offended? What does "formidable" mean in French?
8. You're visiting Bologna while on a health kick. Only natural foods for you from now on. You're trying to explain this to your very patient waiter. You search for the words... ah! You can only have food "senza preservativo". Your waiter walks away in a daze as you pat yourself on the back for your excellent Italian skills. What did you just say you wanted?
9. You're heading out of the Frankfurt airport with 3 friends. Unfortunately, the plane is delayed and the airline gives you a hotel voucher. Once you're in the hotel room, you discover that there's only enough sleeping room for 3 of your group. Where are you going to sleep? Quick, better call the front desk and ask for a "cot". As you're picking up the phone, your German speaking friend stops you... what were you about to request?
10. Well, you're back in the US heading home to South Carolina. While passing through the Boston airport, a vendor asks you if you want a grinder. As it turns out, this word means very different things to people from the north and the south in the US. What are these two different meanings?
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