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Common Words in American and British English
| British |
American |
| baby's dummy |
pacifier |
| bill |
check |
| biro |
ball point pen |
| biscuit |
cookie |
| blackboard |
chalkboard |
| bonnet |
hood |
| braces |
suspenders |
| break |
recess |
| British summer time |
daylight saving time |
| call in |
drop by |
| campbed |
cot |
| candy floss |
cotton candy |
| caretaker |
janitor |
| cello-tape |
scotch-tape |
| catapult |
slingshot |
| cinema |
movies |
| cot |
crib |
| crisps |
potato chips |
| cupboard |
closet |
| chips |
French fries |
| drawing pin |
thumbtack |
| dustbin |
trash can |
| estate car |
station wagon |
| film |
movie |
| fig roll |
fig newton |
| first floor |
second floor |
| flannel |
wash cloth |
| flat |
apartment |
| folder |
pee-chee |
| football |
soccer |
| form |
grade |
| fringe |
bangs |
| garden |
yard |
| gear lever |
gear shift |
| grotty |
crummy |
| ground floor |
first floor |
| holiday |
vacation |
| gym shoes /trainers |
sneaker/tennis shoes |
| hairgrip |
bobby pin |
| hoarding |
bill board |
| iced lolly |
popsicle |
| ladybird |
ladybug |
| lift |
elevator |
| long jump |
broad jump |
| loo/W.C |
bathroom/restroom |
| lorry |
truck |
| luck dip |
grab bag |
| motorway |
expressway |
| noughts&crosses |
tic tac toe |
| number plate |
license plate |
| owner-occupied |
condominium |
| pavement |
sidewalk |
| Pedestrian crossing |
crosswalk |
| personal call |
person to person call |
| petrol |
gas |
| petrol station |
filling station |
| pin |
straight pin |
| plug |
outlet |
| post |
mail |
| postal code |
zip code |
| queuing |
stand in line |
| railway |
railroad |
| return ticket |
round-trip ticket |
| reverse charges |
collect call |
| reversing lights |
back-up lights |
| ring up |
call |
| rubber |
eraser |
| rubbish |
garbage |
| rucksack |
backpack |
| saloon car |
sedan |
| silencer |
muffler |
| single ticket |
one-way ticket |
| suspender belt |
garter belt |
| sweets |
candy |
| sweets/pudding |
dessert |
| take away |
to go |
| tap |
faucet |
| telephone box |
pay phone booth |
| term |
semester |
| theatre programme |
play bill |
| toilet / loo |
restroom / bathroom |
| tie pin |
tie tack |
| town centre |
down town |
| tram |
streetcar |
| trunk call |
long distance |
| tube |
subway |
| vest |
undershirt |
| waistcoat |
vet |
| wash oneself |
wash up |
| wash up |
do the dishes |
| washing up bowl |
dish pan |
| wet blanket |
party pooper |
| windcheater/anorac |
windbreaker |
| windscreen |
windshield |
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