ENGLISH - AMERICAN
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English American
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A
aerial (radio/TV) antenna
alsation German shepherd/police dog
Anglepoise lamp Swing-arm/Architect's lamp
anorak parka
articulated lorry tractor trailor truck/semi
athelete (a keen one) jock
aubergine eggplant
autumn fall
B
bank holiday legal holiday
bank note bill
bap hamburger bun
bat (ping pong) paddle
bath bathtub
bath (v.) bathe
beefburger hamburger
bespoke/made to measure custom made
big dipper roller coaster
bill check (restaurant)
bill/account account
billion=million million billion=thousand million
biscuit (sweet) cookie
biscuit (unsweetened) cracker
black or white?
(milk/cream in coffee) with or without?
black treacle molasses
blackleg scab
blind (window) shade
block of flats apartment house/building
bomb (success) bomb (disaster)
bonnet (car) hood
book (v.) make reservation
boot (car) trunk/rear deck
bootlace/shoelace shoestring
bottom drawer hope chest
bowler/hard hat derby
box room lumber room
braces suspenders
break (school) recess
bridge roll hotdog bun
briefs shorts (jockey shorts)
broad bean lima bean (similar)
butter bean white lima bean
butter muslin/cheese cloth cheese cloth
English American
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C
candy floss cotton candy
car park parking lot
caravan trailer
caretaker/porter janitor
catapult slingshot
cattle grid Texas gate
centre (city/business) downtown
centre reservation median strip/divider
chairman (business) president
chemist druggist
chemist's shop pharmacy/drug store
chest of drawers dresser/bureau
chicory endive
chips french fries
chocolate/sweets candy
cinema movie house/theater
class/form (school) grade
cloakroom check room
cloakroom attendant hat check girl
clothes peg clothes pin
collar stiffener collar stay
collar stud collar button
conscription draft
condom rubber
convoy caravan
cooker stove
corn flour corn starch
corporation city/municipal government
cot/crib baby bed/crib
cotton thread
cotton reel spool
cotton wool cotton batting/absorbent cotton
courgettes zucchini
court shoe pump
cow gum rubber cement
cream cracker soda cracker
crisps chips (potato)
cul-de-sac dead end
cupboard closet
curtains drapes
D
desiccated (coconut) shredded
diamante rhinestone
directory enquiries directory assistance
district precinct
diversion detour
drain (indoor) sewer pipe/soil pipe
English American
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draper drygoods store
draught excluder weather stripping
draughts checkers
drawing pin thumb tack
dress circle mezzanine/loge
dressing gown bathrobe
driver (train) engineer
dual carriageway divided highway
dummy pacifier
dungarees overalls
dustbin/bin garbage can/ash can/trash can
dynamo generator
E
earth wire/earth ground wire
eiderdown comforter
elastoplast band-aid
endive chicory
estate agent realtor
estate car station wagon
F
face flannel wash cloth
fag cigarette/private school gofer
faggot (normally fried) pork and liver meatball
fair (fun) carnival
filling station gas station
film movie
first floor second floor
fish slice pancake spatula/turner
fitted carpet wall to wall
flat apartment
flex electric cord/wire
flyover overpass
football/soccer soccer
fortnight two weeks
foyer lobby/foyer
full-stop (punc.) period
funny bone crazy bone
G
gallery (theatre) balcony
gangway aisle
gaol jail
garden yard
gear lever gear shift
geyser (gas) water heater
goods truck (railway) freight truck
English American
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goose pimples goose bumps
gramophone/record player phonograph/record player
green fingers green thumb
green pepper/capsicum bell pepper/green pepper/sweet pepper
grill (v.) broil
guard (train) conductor
gym shoes/plimsolls/tennis shoes sneakers/tennis shoes
H
haberdashery notions
hair grip/kirby grip bobbie pin
hair slide barrette
handbag purse/pocket book
hardware housewares
headmaster/mistress principal
hire purchase time payment/installment plan
holiday vacation
homely - pleasant homely - ugly
homosexual fag/faggot/gay
hoover (n.) vacuum cleaner
hoover (v.) vacuum
housing estate sub-division
I
ice/sorbet sherbet
iced lolly popsicle
icing sugar powdered sugar/confectioner's sugar
identification parade line-up
immersion heater (electric) water heater
interval intermission
ironmonger hardware store
J
jab (injection) shot
jam jelly/jam
jelly jello
joint (meat) roast
jug pitcher
jumper/sweater/pullover sweater/pullover
K
kiosk (telephone/cigarette) booth (telephone)
kipper smoked herring
knock up to awaken someone
knock up (tennis) warm up
knuckle duster brass knuckles
English American
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L
label tag
larder pantry
laundrette laundromat
lavatory/toilet/w.c. toilet/john/bathroom
lay-by pull-off
leader:
1. leading article in newspaper editorial
2. 1st violin in orchestra concert master
left luggage office baggage room
let lease/rent
level crossing (railway) grade crossing
lift elevator
limited (company) incorporated
liver sausage liverwurst
lodger roomer
lorry truck
lost property lost and found
lounge suite business suit
M
mackintosh raincoat
Marathon (candy) Snickers
marrow squash (similar)
Mars Bar (candy) Milky Way
Meccano (tradename) erector set
Medium wave (radio) AM radio
methylated spirits denatured alcohol
mileometer odometer
Milky Way (candy) Three Muskateers
mince (meat) hamburger
mincer meat grinder
moped motorbike
motorway freeway/throughway/super highway
N
nappy diaper
neat (drink) straight
net curtains sheers/under drapes
newsagent news dealer/news stand
nought zero
noughts and crosses tic-tac-toe
number plate license plate
English American
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O
off licence/wine merchant liquor store
off-side lane right-hand land nearest center
of road - in UK
oven gloves/cloth pot holders/gloves
overtake (vehicle) pass
P
pack (of cards) deck
packed lunch sack lunch
pantechnicon moving van
pants shorts (underwear)
paraffin kerosene
parcel package
pavement/footpath sidewalk
pelican crossing cross-walk
pelmet valence
pen knife pocket knife
personal call person-to-person
perspex plexiglas
petrol gas(oline)
pillar box mail box/mail drop
plaster band-aid
plus-fours knickers
point/power point outlet/socket
Polos (candy - fruit version) Life Savers
post mail
postal code zip code
postman mailman
postponement raincheck
pram baby carriage/baby buggy
pregnant (to make) knock up
press studs snaps
prison penitentiary
prostitute/tart/whore tramp/call girl/hooker/street walker
public convenience restroom/toilet/comfort station
public school/private school private school
pudding dessert
purse change purse/small wallet (womens)
pushchair stroller
put down/entered (goods bought) charged
put through (telephone) connect
Q
quay wharf/pier
queue (n.) line
queue (v.) stand in line/line up
English American
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R
rasher (bacon) slice
rawlplug mollybolt
reception (hotel) front desk
receptionist desk clerk
return ticket round trip ticket
reverse charges call collect
reversing lights back up lights
ring up call/phone
road surface pavement
robin (small red-breasted bird, robin (large red-breasted bird,
symbol of Christmas) symbol - first sign of Spring)
roof/hood (car) top
roundabout traffic circle
rubber eraser
rubbish garbage/trash
S
saloon (car) sedan
sausage roll pig in a blanket
scribbling pad/block scratch pad
sellotape scotch tape
semi-detached duplex
semolina cream of wheat
service flats apartment hotel
settee love seat
shop assistant sales clerk/sales girl
shop walker floor walker
sideboard buffet
sideboards (hair) sideburns
silencer (car) muffler
single ticket one way ticket
sitting room/living room/
lounge/drawing room living room
skipping rope jump rope
skirting board baseboard/mopboard
sledge/toboggan sled
sleeping car pullman/sleeper
smalls (washing) underwear
Smarties (candy) M&Ms/Reeses Pieces
sofa davenport/couch
solicitor lawyer/attorney
sorbet sherbet
spanner monkey wrench
spirits (drink) liquor
spring onion scallion (similar)
staff (academic) faculty
stalls (theatre) orchestra seats
stand (for public office) run
English American
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standard lamp floor lamp
state school public school
sticking plaster adhesive tape
stone (fruit) pit
sultana raisin
sump (car) oil pan
surgery (doctor's/dentist's) office
surgical spirit rubbing alcohol
suspender belt garter belt
suspenders garters
swede turnip/rutabaga
sweet shop/confectioner candy store
sweets/chocolate candy
Swiss roll jelly roll
T
tadpole pollywog/tadpole
take-away take-out
tap faucet
tarmac black top
tea trolley tea cart
telegram wire
term (academic - 3 in a year) semester (2 in a year)
tights panty hose/nylons
time-table schedule
tin can
tip (n. and v.) dump
Topic (candy) Mars Bar
torch flashlight
traffic lights stop lights/traffic signals/
stop signals
transport cafe truck stop
trousers pants/slacks
truncheon (police) night stick
trunk call long distance
tube/underground subway
turn-ups (trousers) cuffs (pants)
U
Undergraduates:
1st year freshman
2nd year sophomore
3rd year junior
4th year senior
unit trust mutual fund
upper circle first balcony
English American
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V
valve (radio) tube
van delivery truck
van (car type) panel truck
vest undershirt
VHF (radio) FM radio
Video VCR
visually position eyeball (v.)
W
waistcoat vest
wallet billfold
wardrobe closet
wash up do the dishes
wash your hands wash up
Welsh dresser hutch
windcheater windbreaker
windscreen windshield
wing/mudguard (car) fender
Woolworths dime store/five and ten
Z
zebra crossing pedestrian crossing
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