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10. British English - American English


British English
American English
A
accelerator
gas pedal, accelerator
aerial (TV, radio)
antenna, aerial
Alsatian
German shepherd
American Indian
Native American
anorak
jacket, parka
at the weekend
on the weekend
aubergine
eggplant
B
bank holiday
national holiday, federal holiday
barrister, solicitor
lawyer, attorney
base rate
prime rate
to bath
to bathe
beetroot
beet
bill
check
bin, dustbin
garbage can/trash can
biro
ball-point pen
biscuit
cookie
bonnet
hood
boot
trunk
braces
suspenders
(round) brackets
parentheses
C
candy floss
cotton candy
car park
parking lot
caravan
trailer
caretaker
janitor
catalogue
catalog
centre
center
chemist's shop
drugstore, pharmacy
chips
French fries
city centre
downtown, city center
cloakroom
checkroom, coatroom

curriculum vitae (CV)
résumé
curriculum vitae
D
dinner jacket
tux, tuxedo
directory enquiries
directory assistance
diversion
detour
double cream
heavy cream

driving licence
driver's license
dummy
pacifier
duvet
comforter
E
earth wire
ground wire
engaged
busy
enquiry
inquiry
everywhere
everyplace, everywhere
expiry date
expiration date
F
fancy dress
costumes
Father Christmas
Santa Claus
favourite
favorite
to fill in
to fill out
film
film, movie
fire brigade
fire department
first floor
second floor
fish-fingers
fish-sticks
flannel
face cloth, wash cloth
flat
apartment
(flat: apartment with a single floor)
flavour
flavor
football
soccer
fortnight
two weeks
fringe
bangs
from Monday to Friday
from Monday to Friday
from Monday through Friday (Friday included)
full stop
period
G
garden
yard
gear lever
gear shift
Gents
Men's Room
goods train
freight train
ground floor
first floor, ground floor (in public buildings)
H
harbour
harbor
headmaster, headteacher
principal
to hire
to rent
hire purchase
installment plan
hockey
field hockey
holiday
vacation
hoover
vacuum cleaner
humour
humor
I
icing sugar
powdered sugar
indicator
blinker, turn signal
inverted commas, quotation marks
quotation marks
J
jacket potato
baked potato
jewellery
jewelery
Joe Bloggs
Joe Blow
jumble sale
yard sale
jumper
sweater
K
kilometre
kilometer
L
ladybird
ladybug
to lay the table
to set the table
letterbox, postbox
mailbox
lift
elevator
litre
liter
lorry
truck
lost property
lost and found
M
mackintosh
raincoat
managing director
CEO (chief executive officer)
mashed potato
mashed potatoes
match
game
maths
math
mobile (phone)
cellphone
motorbike
motorcycle
motorway
freeway, highway, expressway, interstate
mum
mom

British English
American English
N
nappy
diaper
national insurance number
social security number
neighbour
neighbor
note
bill
notice board
bulletin board
number plate
license plate
P
a pack of cards
a deck of cards
a packet of cigarettes
a pack of cigarettes
pants
underpants
paraffin
kerosene/kerosine
pavement
sidewalk
pedestrian crossing
crosswalk

postman
mailman
pram, pushchair
baby carriage, baby buggy, stoller
prawn
shrimp
primary school
elementary school
grade school
programme
program
Q
to queue
to line up
quid
buck
R
railway
railroad
reception
front desk
to ring
to call
road way
pavement
roundabout
traffic circle, rotary
rucksack
backpack
rubber
eraser
rubbish
garbage
S
share
stock
shop
store
shop assistant
sales clerk
sick
nauseated
single ticket
one-way ticket
Sorry.
Excuse me.
spanner
wrench
sports day
fields day
public school
private school

T
tap
faucet
taxi
cab
term
semester
theatre
theater
timetable
schedule
tin
can
toilet, loo
bathroom, rest room
town centre
downtown, city center

trousers
pants
tyre
tire
U
underground, tube
subway
underlay
carpet pad
undertaker
mortician
V
vest
undershirt
W
waistcoat
vest
wallet
billfold
wardrobe
closet
to wash
wash up
wing
fender
Y
year
grade
Z
zebra crossing
crosswalk
zip
zipper



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