American - English Dictionary
| 1st floor |
ground floor |
| 2nd floor |
1st floor |
| 2 weeks |
fortnight |
| # |
number |
| # (phone keypad) |
pound key |
| acclimate |
acclimatise |
| biscuit |
similar to a scone but savoury & no raisins |
| blacktop |
ashphalt |
| bouy, pronounced 'boo-ee' |
bouy, pronounced 'boy'
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| broil |
grill |
| candy |
sweets |
| car rental |
car hire |
| check (money) |
cheque, pronounced the same |
| checking account (banking) |
current account
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| chips |
crisps |
| closet |
wardrobe
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| cookies |
biscuits |
| crib |
cot |
| cuffs (pants) |
turnups (trousers) |
| curb (roadside) |
kerb |
| datebook |
diary |
| diaper |
nappy |
| downtown |
business district or old town |
| drapes |
curtains |
| egg plant |
aubergine |
| elevator |
lift |
| fall |
autumn |
| fawcett |
tap |
| fender (car) |
bumper |
| flashlight |
torch |
| freeway |
motorway |
| gas |
petrol |
| Grits |
a thick maze based 'porridge' like dish - see below |
| hood (car) |
bonnet |
| lanai |
roofed or covered porch |
| lifevest |
lifejacket |
| line |
queue |
| normalcy |
normality |
| pacifier |
dummy |
| pants |
trousers |
| parking lot |
car park |
| pavement |
road |
| potato chips |
crisps |
| route, pronounced 'rout' |
route, pronounced 'root' |
| sedan (car) |
saloon |
| seniors (people) |
OAPs, pensioners, senior citizens |
| seeing eye dog |
guide dog |
| sidewalk |
pavement |
| shopping cart |
shopping trolley |
| shopping mall |
shopping centre |
| sod |
turf |
| soda |
soft drink such as Pepsi |
| stroller |
buggy |
| sneakers |
trainers |
| suspenders |
braces |
| tony |
posh, upmarket |
| train station |
railway station |
| trunk (car) |
boot |
| vacation |
holiday |
| vest |
waistcoat |
| windshield (car) |
windscreen |
| zucchini |
courgettes |
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NB -Americans generally don't understand when we say things like 'double B' when spelling out a word or 'double
4' when giving out numbers - you will only be understood if you say 'BB' or '44'. For instance, Abbey, we
would say, a, double b, e, y - in the US you should say a,b,b,e,y.
DATES - dates in the US (and some parts of Canada) are written 'backwards' to our way of thinking. So the
21st April 2010, 21/4/2010, would be written 04/21/2010.
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Grits
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