| appliance | foreign | close to | 
| crowded | genuine | owner | 
| single | host family | annoyed | 
| at the most | to stand in line | to be embarrassed | 
| wardrobe | either … or | environment | 
| tube | awful | ignorant | 
| to guess | fluency | dessert | 
| happened to | to treat to | to improve | 
| engagement ring | humiliated | through | 
| especially | to provide with | previous | 
| department store | to shoplift | 
| dichtbij | buitenlands | apparaat | 
| eigenaar | echt / origineel | druk / vol | 
| geërgerd | gastgezin | enkeltje | 
| in verlegenheid gebracht | in de rij staan | hoogstens | 
| omgeving | óf … óf | kleerkast | 
| onwetend / dom | ontzaglijk | de ondergrondse | 
| toetje | spreekvaardigheid | raden | 
| verbeteren | trakteren op | toevallig (+ w.w.) / toevallig | 
| via | vernederd | verlovingsring | 
| vorig / eerder | voorzien van | vooral | 
| winkeldiefstal plegen | warenhuis |