|
American
|
British
|
| anyway |
anyroad (slang) |
| apartment |
flat |
| baby carriage |
pram |
| baked potato |
jacket potato |
| balcony |
gallery |
| bar or tavern |
pub |
| barrette |
hair slide |
| basement |
cellar |
| bathroom,
restroom |
loo,
toilet |
| biscuit |
scone |
| breakfast |
brekkie (slang) |
| brilliant |
brill (slang) |
| bus (Greyhound Type) |
coach |
| call |
ring or bell |
| can (of food) |
tin |
| candy |
sweets |
| car hood |
car bonnet |
| car trunk |
car boot |
| car
fender |
wing |
| carbonated |
fizzy |
| cheek |
nerve |
| chips |
crisps |
| cigarette |
fag (slang) |
| college |
university |
| cookies |
biscuits |
| cup of tea |
cuppa (slang) |
| delivery trucks or semi
trucks |
lorry |
| dessert |
sweet |
| diaper |
nappy |
| dish detergent |
washing-up liquid |
| drapes |
curtains |
| eggplant |
aubergine |
| eggs "over easy" |
eggs "turned" |
| elevator |
lift |
| eraser |
rubber |
| fabulous |
fab (slang) |
| face cloth |
flannel |
| fanny pack |
bum bag |
| faucet |
tap |
First
Floor
Second Floor
Third Floor
and so on |
Ground
Floor
First Floor
Second Floor
and so on |
| flashlight |
torch |
| foolish |
daft |
| for real |
straight up |
| french
fries |
chips |
| friend |
mate |
| garbage can |
dustbin |
| garbage collectors |
dustmen |
| gas
|
petrol |
| ground (electrical) |
earth |
| guy |
bloke or chap (slang) |
| highway
or freeway |
motorway |
| jam butty/jam sandwich |
highway patrol car (from orange reflective strip along side) |
| jello |
jelly |
| jelly |
jam |
| journal |
diary |
| jumper |
pinafore dress |
| ketchup |
tomato sauce |
| kiss |
snog (slang) |
| knickers |
panties |
| laid off |
made redundant |
| laundry detergent |
soap powder |
| lemon-lime soda such
as Sprite or 7-up |
lemonade (carbonated lemon only) |
| line
(as in standing in line) |
queue |
| living Room |
lounge or
front room |
| mail
box |
post
box |
| marked crosswalk |
zebra crossing |
| money |
brass (slang) |
| movie |
film |
| movie theatre |
cinema or
picture house |
| muffler |
exhaust |
| nap |
kip (slang) |
| napkin |
serviette |
| outlet |
power
point/socket |
| overalls |
dungarees |
| overpass |
flyover |
| pacifier |
dummy |
| pants |
trousers |
| parking lot |
car park |
| phone
booth |
telephone
box or call box |
| phone me |
give us a bell (slang) |
| apron |
pinny |
| policeman |
bobby or
copper (slang) |
| popsicle |
ice lolly |
| pumps |
heeled shoes |
| purse |
handbag |
| rain boots |
wellies |
| raincoat |
mac or macintosh |
| roundtrip |
return |
| sandwich |
sarnie (slang) |
| sedan |
saloon |
| shopping cart |
trolley |
| sidewalk |
path
or pavement |
| sneakers |
trainers |
| speed bump |
sleeping policeman
striped zebra
hump (in Oxford) |
| stereo |
hi-fi |
| stroller |
pushchair |
| subway |
underground |
| supper |
tea time or tea |
| sweater |
jumper |
| sweater vest |
tank top |
| swimsuit |
swimming costume or
cozie |
| take out (from a restaurant) |
take away |
| tank top |
vest |
| television
or TV |
telly
or goggle box (slang) |
| thank you |
ta or cheers |
| toilet roll |
loo roll (slang) |
| traffic
circle or circle drive |
round-a-bout |
| trailer |
caravan |
| trailer park |
caravan site |
| trash |
rubbish |
| trash can |
dust bin |
| trolley |
tram |
| two
weeks |
fortnight |
| umbrella |
brolly |
| underwear |
pants |
| vacation |
holiday |
| vest |
waistcoat |
| windshield |
windscreen |
| complainer |
whinger |
| wrench |
spanner |
| yard |
garden |
| yield (driving) |
give way |
| zucchini |
courgette |
