English: a world language? Or not?

Figure out these words from the modern world.

Short answers.

1. American for 'rubber'.
2. The English term for the German word 'Handy'.
3. What US 'suspenders' are called in England.
4. What a Frenchwoman means when she says you look chic in your 'smoking'.
5. What you're buying in an Italian shop when you ask for an Eskimo.
6. What you get when you ask for a 'trombone' in a French office.
7. If someone in Japan tells you he's a 'salaryman', what does he mean?
8. What a German has when he offers to show you his 'bodybag'.
9. Why is Monday called wajintayi in Gurindji?
10. In Italian, you're an 'autostoppista'. What are you in English?

You don't need the Hungarian Phrase Book for this one. Just click the picture for answers.

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Dmitri Gheorgheni

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