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British/North American Vocabulary

British/North American Vocabulary

Date: Sep 12 2007

Topic: Vocabulary

Author: hoda61

Lesson

 

British

CanadianAmerican
anywhere anywhereanyplace
autumn autumn/fallfall
barrister lawyerattorney
beeper, pagerpagerbeeper
bill (restaurant)billcheck
biscuit cookiecookie
block of flatsapartment blockapartment building
bonnet hoodhood
boot (of car) trunk (of car) trunk (of automobile)
car carautomobile
caravan trailertrailer
chemist drugstoredrugstore
chest of drawersdresserbureau
chipsFrench fries/chipsFrench fries
chocolate barchocolate barcandy bar
the cinema moviesthe movies
clothes pegclothes pegclothespin
coffincoffincasket
condom condomrubber
crisps potato chipspotato chips
crossroads intersectionintersection
cupboard cupboardcloset
cutlerycutlerysilverware
diversion diversion, detourdetour
drawing-pin thumbtackthumbtack
driving licencedriver's licencedriver's license
dummy (for babies) sootherpacifier
dustbin garbage can, trash canashcan, garbage can, trashcan
dustman garbagemangarbage collector
engine enginemotor
estate agent real estate agentrealtor
film moviemovie
flat apartmentapartment
flat tyre flat tireflat
flyover overpassoverpass
galoshesgaloshestoe rubbers
gear-lever gearshiftgearshift
Girl GuideGirl GuideGirl Scout
ground floor ground floor, main floorfirst floor
handbag handbagpurse
holiday holidayvacation
jamjamjelly
jeansjeansblue jeans
jug jugpitcher
lift elevatorelevator
lorry trucktruck
luggageluggagebaggage
mad crazycrazy
main road main road, main thoroughfarehighway
maize corncorn
maths mathmath
mobile (phone)cellular phonecellular
motorbikemotorbike, motorcyclemotorcycle
motorway highway, thoroughfarefreeway, expressway
motorway freewayfreeway
napkinserviette, table napkinnapkin
nappy diaperdiaper
naughts and crossestick-tack-toetic-tack-toe
pants shortsshorts
pavement sidewalk, pavementsidewalk
petrol gas, gasolinegas, gasoline
The PloughBig DipperBig Dipper
pocket moneypocket moneyallowance
post mail, postmail
postbox mailbox, post-boxmailbox
postcodepostal codezip code
postman mailman, letter carriermailman
pub bar, pubbar
public toilet bathroomrest room
puncture flatflat
railway railwayrailroad
return (ticket) returnround-trip
reverse charge collect call, reverse the chargescall collect
ring roadring roadbeltway
road surface road surface, asphaltpavement
roundabout roundabouttraffic circle
rubber erasereraser
rubbish garbage, trash, refusegarbage, trash
rubbish-bin garbage can, trashcangarbage can, trashcan
saloon (car) sedan (car)sedan (automobile)
shop shop, storestore
single (ticket) one-way (ticket)one-way
solicitor lawyerattorney
somewhere somewheresomeplace
spanner wrenchwrench
spiritsspiritshard liquor
sweets candy, sweetscandy
tap (indoors) tap (indoorsfaucet
tap (outdoors) tap (outdoors)spigot
taxi taxicab
tea-towel dish-towel dish-towel
telly, TVTVTV
third-party insurancethird-party insuranceliability insurance
timetable scheduleschedule
tin tin cancan
toll motorway toll highwayturnpike
torch flashlightflashlight
trousers pantspants
tube (train) subway, metro  subway
underground (train) subway, metrosubway
underpants shortsshorts
van trucktruck
vest undershirtundershirt
waistcoat vestvest
wallet walletbillfold
wellington boots rubber bootsrubbers
whiskywhisky, scotchwhiskey, scotch
windscreen windshield windshield
zip zipper zipper

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dkattleya

dkattleya

Indonesia

good to now them, thanks

03:19 AM Mar 04 2011 |

majid_jjs

majid_jjs

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

great job

08:20 AM Jul 30 2008 |

waelhaddad12

United Arab Emirates

best  of  luck  to  all

 

02:10 AM Apr 10 2008 |

hoda61

hoda61

Morocco

nerio

thx for ComplementWink

02:21 PM Oct 10 2007 |

Nerio

Peru

anywhere anywhereanyplace autumn autumn/fallfall barrister lawyerattorney beeper, pagerpagerbeeperbill (restaurant)billcheckbiscuit cookiecookie block of flatsapartment blockapartment building

09:26 PM Oct 09 2007 |

hoda61

hoda61

Morocco

Im lucky08

realy im lucky by ur answerKiss

thx

02:39 PM Sep 15 2007 |

im_lucky08

im_lucky08

Philippines

very informative hoda61! Smile

04:59 PM Sep 14 2007 |

hoda61

hoda61

Morocco

Mophid  thx for reading Smile

01:49 PM Sep 14 2007 |

Mophid

Mophid

United States

Much higher than great

Thank you mate!

10:37 PM Sep 13 2007 |

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