The document compares American and British English vocabulary for 15 terms. It lists the American English term alongside the equivalent British English term and provides a definition for context. Some key differences highlighted include drapes vs curtains, elevator vs lift, movie vs film, apartment vs flat, drug store vs chemist's, bar vs pub, garbage vs rubbish, traffic circle vs roundabout, potato chips vs crisps, flashlight vs torch, pants vs trousers, tap vs spigot, vest vs waistcoat, post vs mail, and pantyhose vs tights.
The document compares American and British English vocabulary for 15 terms. It lists the American English term alongside the equivalent British English term and provides a definition for context. Some key differences highlighted include drapes vs curtains, elevator vs lift, movie vs film, apartment vs flat, drug store vs chemist's, bar vs pub, garbage vs rubbish, traffic circle vs roundabout, potato chips vs crisps, flashlight vs torch, pants vs trousers, tap vs spigot, vest vs waistcoat, post vs mail, and pantyhose vs tights.
The document compares American and British English vocabulary for 15 terms. It lists the American English term alongside the equivalent British English term and provides a definition for context. Some key differences highlighted include drapes vs curtains, elevator vs lift, movie vs film, apartment vs flat, drug store vs chemist's, bar vs pub, garbage vs rubbish, traffic circle vs roundabout, potato chips vs crisps, flashlight vs torch, pants vs trousers, tap vs spigot, vest vs waistcoat, post vs mail, and pantyhose vs tights.
Definition American English British English 1. the way in which a garment or drapes curtains fabric hangs. 2. a platform or compartment elevator lift housed in a shaft for raising and lowering people or things to different floors or levels. 3. a story or event recorded by a Movie Film camera as a set of moving images and shown in a theater or on television; a motion picture. 4. a suite of rooms forming one apartment flat residence, typically in a building containing a number of these. 5. a retail store where medicines and drug store chemist’s miscellaneous articles are sold 6. a counter across which alcoholic bar pub drinks or refreshments are served. 7. wasted or spoiled food and other garbage rubbish refuse, as from a kitchen or household. 8. a road junction at which traffic traffic circle roundabout moves in one direction round a central island to reach one of the roads converging on it. 9. a thin slice of food (typically potato chips crisps potato) made crisp by being fried, baked, or dried and eaten as a snack. 10. a battery-operated portable light. flashlight torch 11. a piece of underwear covering the pants trousers area between the waist and the tops of the legs. 12. a device by which a flow of tap spigot liquid or gas from a pipe or container can be controlled. 13. a garment worn on the upper part vest waistcoat of the body for a particular purpose or activity. 14. letters and packages sent from post mail one person to another through the post office 15. a one-piece, skintight garment pantyhose tights worn by women, combining panties and stockings. Mendoza, Carla T. Garcia, Kayle Anderson D.
Roleplay Script
Carla: I'd like to hang the drapes, what do you think is nice?
Kayle: Yes, I think it’s nicer if you’re going to hang the curtains Carla: