If you use British English and are eating chips, what are you eating in American English?

What is the American English equivalent of the British English expression "touch wood"?

The word "garbage" is often used in American English to refer to household waste. What is the British English equivalent?

Which of the following words is typical of British English?

What is the American English equivalent of the British English expression "flogging a dead horse"?

What is the American English word for the British English word "pavement"? 

In Britain, political candidates "stand for election". What would be the American English equivalent?