British American

Aerial Antenna
Advertisement Commercials
Biscuit cookie
Bag sack
autumn Fall
Motor car/car Automobile
Car park Parking lot
cashier Teller
chips Crisps
cinema Movie theatre
curtain Drapery
cutlery Silverware
dustbin Trash bin
film Movie
flat apartment
Goods train Freight train
Ground floor First floor
lift elevator
jam Jelly
luggage Baggage
Lorry Truck
Mobile phone Cell phone
maize corn
Motor way Free way/highway
manager Director
nappy Diaper
Petrol station Filling station
post Mail
Post code Zip code
petrol Gasoline
railway Rail road
pavement sidewalk
resume Curriculum vitae/bio data
shop Store
store Depot
sweet Candy
taxi Cab
torch Flash light
queue Line
tap faucet
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Chemist’s shop Drug store/pharmacy
chips French fries
City centre Down town
Cloak room Checkroom/coat room
Clothes peg clothespin
cooker stove
Bathing costume swimsuit
cosy cozy
Holiday Vacation
tram Street car
trousers Pants
underground Subway
accountant Financial controller
aeroplane Air plane
maths Math
Calling card Visiting card
Care taker janitor
Cash card ATM card
cot crib
corridor hallway
escalator elevator
hoarding billboard
lift elevator
paraffin kerosene
president Chairman/chairperson
puncture Blow out
rubbish Garbage, trash
skin Peel
spanner Wrench
stenography Short hand
housewife Homemaker
ill sick
terminus Depot, bus stop
Alsatian German shepherd
accelerator Gas pedal/accelerator
American Indian Native Indian
aubergine Egg plant
anorak jacket
Bank holiday National day/federal day
At the weekend On the weekend
Base rate Prime rate
To bath To bathe
bill check
beetroot beet
Round brackets parentheses
candy floss Cotton candy
diversion detour
Drawing pin thumbtack
Drink driving Drunk driving
Driving licence Driver’s license
Earth wire Ground wire
enquiry inquiry
Fire brigade Fire department
football soccer
fortnight Two weeks
garden yard
Gents Men’s room
Head master principal
indicator Turn signal/blinker
letterbox mailbox
mackintosh raincoat
Managing director CEO
Match game
motorbike motorcycle
motorway Freeway/highway
staff faculty
handbag purse
jug pitcher