British English American English

anti-clockwise counter-clockwise

articulated lorry trailer truck

autumn autumn, fall

barrister attorney

bill (restaurant) bill, check

biscuit cookie

block of flats apartment building

bonnet (clothing) hat

bonnet (car) hood

boot trunk

caravan trailer

car park parking lot

chemist's shop drugstore, pharmacy

chest of drawers dresser, chest of drawers, bureau

chips fries, French fries

the cinema the movies

clothes peg clothespin

coffin coffin, casket

crisps potato chips

crossroads intersection; crossroads (rural)

cupboard cupboard (in kitchen); closet (for clothes etc)

diversion detour

drawing-pin thumbtack

drink-driving drunk driving

driving licence driver's license

dual carriageway divided highway

dummy (for baby) pacifier

dustbin garbage can, trash can

dustman garbage collector

engine engine, motor

estate agent real estate agent

estate car station wagon

film film, movie

flat apartment, flat, studio

flat tyre flat tire

flyover overpass

gearbox (car) transmission

gear-lever gearshift

Girl Guide Girl Scout

ground floor ground/first floor

handbag handbag, purse, shoulder bag

high street main street

holiday vacation

hood (car) convertible top

jam jam, preserves

jug jug, pitcher

juggernaut 18-wheeler

lift elevator

lorry truck, semi, tractor

mad crazy, insane

main road highway

maize corn

maths math

motorbike motorcycle

motorway freeway, expressway

motorway highway, freeway, expressway, interstate highway, interstate

nappy diaper

naughts and crosses tic-tack-toe

pants, underpants underpants, drawers

pavement sidewalk

pet hate pet peeve

petrol gas, gasoline

The Plough Big Dipper

pocket money allowance

post mail

postbox mailbox

postcode zip code

postman mailman, mail carrier, letter carrier

pub bar

public toilet rest room, public bathroom

railway railroad

return (ticket) round-trip

reverse charge collect call

ring road beltway, freeway/highway loop

road surface pavement, blacktop

roundabout traffic circle, roundabout

rubber eraser

rubbish garbage, trash

rubbish-bin garbage can, trashcan

saloon (car) sedan

shop shop, store

silencer (car) muffler

single (ticket) one-way
solicitor lawyer, attorney

spanner wrench

sweets candy

taxi taxi, taxi cab

tea towel dish towel

telly (informal), TV television, TV

third-party insurance liability insurance

timetable schedule

tin can

toll motorway toll road, turnpike

torch flashlight

trousers pants, trousers

tube (train) subway

underground (train) subway

vest undershirt

waistcoat vest

wallet wallet, billfold

wellington boots rubber boots, rain boots

whisky whisky/whiskey

windscreen windshield

zip zipper
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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

national holiday,
bank holiday
federal holiday
barrister, solicitor lawyer, attorney
base rate prime rate
to bath to bathe
beetroot beet
bill (in restaurants) check (in restaurants)
bin, dustbin garbage can/trash can
biro ball-point pen
biscuit cookie
bonnet hood
boot trunk
braces suspenders
(round) brackets parentheses

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
clothes peg clothespin
colour color
cooker stove
(bathing) costume swimsuit
cosy cozy
cot (baby) crib
cotton wool cotton ball
courgette zucchini
crisps potato chips
crossroad (in the country) 
crossroads
intersection (town and country)
résumé
curriculum vitae (CV) curriculum vitae
(depending on the professional field)

dinner jacket tux, tuxedo

directory enquiries directory assistance
diversion detour
double cream heavy cream
draught draft
draughts checkers
drawing pin thumb tack
dressing gown (bath) robe
drink driving drunk driving
driving licence driver's license
dummy pacifier
duvet comforter

earth wire ground wire

engaged busy
enquiry inquiry
everywhere everyplace, everywhere
expiry date expiration date

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
apartment
flat
(flat: used for apartment on one 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

garden yard
gear lever gear shift
Gents Men's Room
goods train freight train
ground floor ground floor, first floor
first floor second floor

harbour harbor
headmaster, headteacher principal
to hire to rent
hire purchase installment plan
hockey field hockey
holiday vacation
hoover vacuum cleaner
humour humor

icing sugar powdered sugar

indicator turn signal
inverted commas, quotation marks quotation marks

jacket potato baked potato

jewellery jewelery
Joe Bloggs John Doe
jumble sale yard sale
jumper sweater

kilometre kilometer

ladybird ladybug
to lay the table to set the table
letter box mail box
lift elevator
litre liter
lorry truck
lost property lost and found

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

nappy diaper
national insurance number social security number
neighbour neighbor
note bill
notice board bulletin board
number plate license plate

a pack of cards a deck of cards

a packet of cigarettes a package of cigarettes
pants underpants
paraffin kerosene/kerosine
pavement sidewalk
pedestrian crossing crosswalk
pepper bell pepper
petrol gas
phone box phone booth
plane airplane
polo neck turtle neck
post mail
post code zip code
postman mailman
pram, pushchair baby carriage, baby buggy, stoller
prawn shrimp
primary school elementary school
 grade school
programme program

to queue to line up
quid buck

railway railroad
reception front desk
to ring to call
road way pavement
roundabout traffic circle, rotary
rucksack backpack
rubber eraser
rubbish garbage

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
stock inventory
subway underpass
sultana raisin
sweet shop candy store

tap faucet
taxi cab
term semester
theatre theater
timetable schedule
tin can
toilet, loo bathroom, rest room
town centre downtown, city center
torch flashlight
trainers sneakers
tram streetcar
travelled traveled
trolley cart
trousers pants
tyre tire

underground, tube subway

underlay carpet pad
undertaker mortician

vest undershirt

waistcoat vest
wallet billfold
wardrobe closet
to wash wash up
wing fender

year grade

zebra crossing crosswalk

zip zipper