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74. Translate: the Sand Hill State, Uncle Sam’s Handkerchief, Uncle
Sam’s Attic.
75. Translate: floor-plan, terraced house, service flat.
76. Explain: The United Kingdom, a home park, Yellow Pages.
77. Translate: Little Rhody, Beef Heads.
78. Explain: council housing, Father’s Day.
79. Translate: lass, ilka, littlin, geet.
80. Translate: claymore, loch, dominie, kirk.
81. Translate: high-heidyin, loon, pibroch, bairn.
82. Explain: Speech from the Throne, the party List, the Whigs.
83. Translate: The Swamp State, the Sunset State, the Jumbo State.
84. Translate: hogo, freet, insleeper, to cog.
85. Translate into Standard English: Him a go a school everyday last year,
now sometime him a go, sometime him naa go.
86. Explain: Mothercare, Home countries.
87. Translate into Standard English: carry dat book to she teacher.
88. Translate: the Home Office, garden flat, summerhouse.
89. Translate into Standard English: Don’t be troubling yourself.
90. Explain: a tower block, tied cottage.
91. Explain: hereditary right, the First Past the Post.
92. Translate into Standard English: he’d put the day astray on you.
93. Explain: a creole, Stonehenge.
94. Translate: North Star Country, the Polar Star State, the Great Land.
95. Explain: Cultural Identity, Social Role.
96. Explain: the Tories, Plaid Cymru.
97. Translate into Standard English: He’s the rest of yourself.
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