1. What do the following words have in common?

TIN

LIFT

TORCH

BRACES 

 

2. What do the following phrases have in common?

 

PLAY DATE

BED DOWN

CROSS OVER

TAKE UP SPACE

 

Answers:

 

1. They are British equivalents for American English:

 

TIN - CAN

LIFT - ELEVATOR

TORCH - FLASHLIGHT

BRACES - SUSPENDERS

 

2. Each of the words can be preceded by DOUBLE:

 

DOUBLE PLAY

                  DATE

                  BED

                  DOWN

                  CROSS

                  OVER

                  TAKE

                  UP

                  SPACE

 

Credit:

2: Adam Shapiro