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A
AMERICAN ENGLISH
an airplane
aluminum
anesthesiologist
an apartment
an appetizer (before the meal)
an appointment
archeology
(to) awaken someone
BRITISH ENGLISH
an aeroplane
aluminium
anaesthetist
a flat
a starter
an engagement
archaeology
(to) knock up
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B
AMERICAN ENGLISH
a babysitter
baby buggy/carriage
bad manners
baked potato
the bathroom
a Band-Aid
a bank teller
a barrette
a baseboard
a bedspread
bell boy (hotel)
bill (money)
billion
bleachers
boob tube (TV)
to book
braces (for teeth)
built-in
bumper to bumper (traffic)
bus
busy (phone)
BRITISH ENGLISH
a child-minder
pram (perambulator)
bad form
jacket potato
the loo, toilet
an Elastoplast / a plaster
a cashier
a hairslide
a skirting board
a duvet
page
note
trillion / milliard
terrace
goggle-box
to make reservations
brace
in-built
nose to tail
coach
engaged
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C
AMERICAN ENGLISH
to call (on the phone)
a can of peas
candy
catnip
catalog
cents
Chapstick
a check
checkers (game)
chips
cigarette
clipping (e.g., from a newspaper)
closet (bedroom)
clothespin
a collect call
color
come by
a cookie
a cop, an officer
corn
corn starch
corn on the cob
cotton candy
a commercial
a cracker, or cookie
cream of wheat
a crib (baby bed)
a cross walk
a crossing guard
a cupcake
a curb
BRITISH ENGLISH
to ring
a tin of peas
sweets
cat mint
catalogue
pence
lip balm
a cheque / bill (restaurant)
draughts
crisps
fag
cutting
wardrobe
peg
a reverse charge call
colour
pop round
a biscuit
a copper
maize
corn flour
maize cob
candy floss
an advertisment
a biscuit
semolina
a cot
a zebra crossing
a lollipop man / lady
a fairy cake
a kerb
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D
AMERICAN ENGLISH
deck of cards
delayed (late)
department
department head
dessert
a detour
a diaper
a dollar bill
a druggist
drunk
a duplex
BRITISH ENGLISH
pack of cards
held up
faculty
consultant
afters
a diversion
a nappy
a note
a chemist
pissed
a semi-detached house
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E
AMERICAN ENGLISH
an eggplant
an electric cord
an elevator
the emergency room
endive
an eraser
expensive
extension cord (electric)
BRITISH ENGLISH
an aubergine
a flex
a lift
the casualty
chicory
a rubber
dear
extension lead
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F
AMERICAN ENGLISH
faculty
faucet
favorite
financial aid, scholarship
fire department
first floor (building)
flagpole
a flashlight
a flight attendant
a flirt
font, typeface
freeway
freezer
French fries
G
AMERICAN ENGLISH
game
garage sale
garbage man, trash man
garter belt
gasoline / gas
gear shift
German Shepard/police dog
green thumb
gizzards
golashes, rain boots
good many, large number
glove compartment
glue
grandfather clock
graduate
granola
gray
BRITISH ENGLISH
staff
tap
favourite
bursary
fire brigade
ground floor
flagstaff
a torch
an airhostess
a tart
fount
motorway, carriageway
cold store
chips
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BRITISH ENGLISH
match
boot sale
dustman
suspenders
petrol
gear lever
Alsatian
green fingers
offal
wellingtons, wellies
good few
facia pocket
gum
long-case clock
pass out
muesli
grey
ground beef
gum
gutter
minced meat
glue or paste
gully
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H
AMERICAN ENGLISH
hamburger bun
to handle, touch
hardware store
headlights (car)
hem and haw (speech)
high school
honor
hood (of a car)
horn (of a car)
hospital emergency room
house (one story)
humor
hungry
insane
intermission
BRITISH ENGLISH
bap
to fondle
ironmonger
headlamps
m and r
grammar school
honour
bonnet
hooter
casualty
bungalow
humour
peckish
mad
interval
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J
AMERICAN ENGLISH
jail
janitor
jello / gelatin dessert
jelly
jewelry
BRITISH ENGLISH
gaol
caretaker
jelly
jam
jewellery
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K-L
AMERICAN ENGLISH
kerosene
kindergarten
to kiss (passionately)
to knock up (slang term)
ladybug
laid off (job)
law offices
lawyer, attorney
leash (for a dog)
leather
legal age
library card
license plate
a line (of people)
linens
BRITISH ENGLISH
paraffin
infant's school
to snog
to make pregnant
ladybird
made redundant
chambers
barrister, solicitor / pleader
lead
hide
full age
library ticket
number plate
queue
muslins
living room
liquor store
lunch box
lounge
off Licence, offy
piece-tin
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M
AMERICAN ENGLISH
mail
mailbox
mail carrier
maneuver
to make reservations
math
memo or voucher
menopause
mirror
molasses
mold
monkey wrench
movie
movie theater
BRITISH ENGLISH
post
postbox
postman, posty
manoeuvre
to book
maths
chit
the maenopause
glass
treacle
mould
spanner
film / picture
cinema
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N-O
AMERICAN ENGLISH
napkin
nominate
notebook
nudist
oatmeal
on/off ramp
oven
overalls
overhead expense
overpass (bridge)
BRITISH ENGLISH
serviette
adopt
jotter
naturist
porridge
slip road
cooker
dungarees
on-cost
flyover
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P
AMERICAN ENGLISH
pacifier (baby)
package
pajamas
panties
pants
paper towel
parade
parking lot
peanuts
peek-a-boo
a period (punctuation)
BRITISH ENGLISH
dummy
bundle
pyjamas
knickers
trousers
kitchen towel, kitchen paper
carnival
car park
monkey nuts
peep-bo
a full stop
pharmacist
pickles
picnic basket
pie crust
pine cone
pitcher
plastic wrap
Plexiglas
a police officer
Popsicle
postage meter
potato chips
principal
private school
public library
public school
purse
R-S
AMERICAN ENGLISH
raincoat
raisin
realtor
to rent
repair
robe
rubber boots
S-curve (road)
sand box
Santa Claus
security deposit
scrambled eggs
shampoo
shopping cart
sidewalk
Sir
a slash (punctuation)
slipcovers
sneakers
soccer
solitaire
spelled
squash
station wagon
steering wheel
stingy
stroller
chemist
pickled cucumbers
picnic hamper
pastry base
fir apple
jug
clingfilm
perspex
a copper
ice lolly
franking machine
crisps
headmaster
public school
lending library
state school
handbag
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BRITISH ENGLISH
mackintosh / mack
sultana
estate agent
to hire
mend
dressing gown
gum boots
double bend
sand pit
Father Christmas
key money
buttered eggs
hair wash
trolley
pavement / footway
Squire, Guv'nor
an oblique
loose covers
trainers, plimsolls, pumps
football
patience
spelt
marrow
estate car
driving wheel
mean
pram, pushchair
studio apartment
styrofoam
suspenders
sweater
T
AMERICAN ENGLISH
take-out (food)
talk show
telephone
telephone booth
tip, gratuity
tissue / kleenex
toll free (phone)
traffic jam
transmission
thread
thumb tack
tic tac toe
tire
toothpick
tract housing
trailor
trash
trash bag
trash can
truck
trunk (of a car)
turn signals
tux / tuxedo
two weeks
U-Z
AMERICAN ENGLISH
umbrella
undershirt
underwear
vacation
vest
waken or rouse
wall to wall carpeting
wallet (a man's)
wallet (a woman's)
a washcloth
a water heater
wheel chair
window screen
bedsitter
polystyrene
braces
pullover, jumper
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BRITISH ENGLISH
take-away
chat show
blower
call box
dash
paper handkerchief
free phone
tailback
gear box
cotton
drawing pin
naughts and crosses
tyre
cocktail stick
housing estate
caravan
rubbish
bin liner
bin, dustbin (the one outside)
lorry
boot
flashers
dinner jacket
fortnight
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BRITISH ENGLISH
brolly
vest
pants, knickers
holiday
waistcoat
knock up
fitted carpet
notecase
purse
a flannel
a geyser
invalid chair
flyscreen
windshield
yard
zee (the letter Z)
zip code
zucchini
windscreen
garden
zed
post code
courgette
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