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British English A-Z US English US English A-Z British English
basin
big wheel
biscuits
bonnet
boot
braces
candyfloss
car park
chest (set) of drawers
chips
cinema
crisps
crossroads
current account
drawing-pin
drink-driving
dustbin
engaged
film
fish fingers
flannel
flat
frying-pan
funfair
ground floor
handbag
jug
jumper
kerb
ladder
lift
lorry
mackintosh
main road
minced beef
motorway
nail varnish
nappies
page
pants
pavement
petrol
plait
plaster
porridge
postcode
pram
public school
*sink
Ferris wheel cookies hood trunk suspenders cotton candy parking lot bureau French fries movie theater chips
intersection checking account thumbtack drunk driving trashcan busy movie fish sticks washcloth apartment skillet carnival first floor purse pitcher sweater curb run elevator truck slicker highway ground beef freeway/ turnpike nail polish diapers bellboy panties sidewalk gas braid band-aid oatmeal zip code baby buggy private school
apartment baby buggy band-aid bathroom bellboy braid bureau busy can candy apple carnival checking account chips
cookies cotton candy curb
diapers drunk driving elevator eraser Ferris wheel fish sticks flashlight free time freeway / turnpike French fries garbage garters gas ground beef first floor highway hood intersection knapsack motorway exit movie
movie theater moving van nail polish oatmeal pants panty hose parking lot pitcher private school purse
ramp 1
report card
flat pram plaster
toilet page plait office engaged tin toffee apple funfair current account crisps
biscuits candyfloss kerb nappies drink-driving lift
rubber big wheel fish fingers torch spare time motorway chips rubbish suspenders petrol minced beef ground floor main road bonnet crossroads rucksack ramp film cinema removal van nail varnish porridge knickers tights car park jug public school handbag slip road school report
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removal van
!rubber
rubbish
rucksack
saloon car
school report
Sellotape
shares
spare time
suspenders (used
to hold up ladies
stockings)
tights
tin
toffee apple
toilet
torch
trousers
vest
wellies / wellingtons
windscreen
zip
student moving van eraser garbage knapsack sedan report card Scotch tape stocks free time garters
panty hose can candy apple bathroom flashlight pants undershirt rubber boots windshield zipper
rubber rubber boots run
Scotch tape sedan sidewalk
*sink skillet slicker stocks student suspenders sweater thumbtack toilet trashcan truck trunk undershirt washcloth windshield zip code zipper
condom wellies / Wellingtons ladder
Sellotape saloon car pavement basin frying-pan mackintosh shares pupil braces jumper drawing-pin toilet (but the loo not the room)
dustbin lorry boot vest flannel windscreen postcode zip Notes:
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- When used to talk about roads and motorways Someone I know took over 4 hours to complete a 25 minute drive, because he didn't know what his sat nav system meant when it said "Take the ramp" Another huge difference that causes great confusion is writing the date When you write the date in numbers British and American English differ To write the date 7th of September 2007 a Brit would write dd/mm/yy (07/09/07) and an American would write mm/dd/yy (09/07/07) This often causes great confusion It's better to write the date in full (7th September 2007 or September 7th 2007) It also looks nicer
! - watch out! These words could prove embarrassing
!Note - *if the sink is in the kitchen - it's a sink, but if it's in the bathroom it's a basin