1st year undergraduate

freshman (undergraduate)

2nd year (school)

sophomore (undergraduate)

3rd year (school)

junior (undergraduate)

4th year (school)

senior (undergraduate)

999 (help)

911 (help)

aerial (radio/TV)

antenna

allotment

community garden

alsation

German shepherd/ police dog

angry

mad/angry

anorak

parka

articulated lorry

trailer truck

aubergine

eggplant

autumn

fall

bank holiday

legal holiday

banknote

bill

bap

hamburger bun

bat

ping pong paddle

bath (noun)

bathtub

bath (verb)

bathe (verb)

bespoke/made to measure

custom made

big dipper

roller coaster

bill

check (restaurant)

bill/account

account

billion = million million

billion = thousand million

biscuit (sweet)

cookie

biscuit (unsweetened)

cracker

black or white?

with or without? (milk/cream in coffee)

black or white? (in coffee/tea)

cream or sugar? (in coffee/tea)

black treacle

molasses

blackleg

scab

blind (window)

shade (window)

block of flats

apartment house

blue jeans

dungarees/jeans

bomb (success)

bomb (disaster)

bonnet (car)

hood (car)

book

make reservation

boot (car)

trunk (car)

bootlace/shoelace

shoestring

bottom drawer

hope chest

bowler/hard hat

derby

box room

lumber room

braces

suspenders

brainstorm

muddled (mind)

break (school)

recess

bridge roll

hotdog bun

briefs

shorts/jockey shorts

brilliant

nice

brilliant idea

brainstorm (noun)

broad bean

lima bean

butter muslin/cheese cloth

cheese cloth

candy floss

cotton candy

car park

parking lot

caravan

trailer/camper/mobile home/recreation vehicle

caretaker/porter

janitor

catapult

slingshot

cattle grid

Texas gate

central reservation

median strip/divider (road)

centre (city/business)

down town

chairman

president (business)

chemist

druggist

chemist's shop

drugstore/pharmacy

chest of drawers

bureau/dresser

chicory

endive

chintzy

chintz-sprigged material

chips

French fries

chocolate/sweets

candy

cinema

movie house/theatre

cloakroom

coat check/hat check

cloakroom attendant

hat check attendant

clothes peg

clothes pin

collar stiffener

collar stay

collar stud

collar button

conscription

draft

contraceptive

rubber

convoy

caravan

cooker

stove

cornflour

corn starch

corporation

city/municipal government

cot/crib

baby bed/crib

cotton

thread

cotton reel

spool

cotton wool

cotton balls/absorbent cotton

courgettes

zucchini

courtshoe

pump

cow gum

rubber cement

cream cracker

soda cracker

crisps

chips (potato)

cul-de-sac

dead-end

cupboard

closet

curtains

drapes

desiccated (as iin coconut)

shredded (as in coconut)

detached (housing)

one-family house

diamante'

rhinestone

directory enquiries

information/directory assistance

district

precinct

diversion

detour

drain (indoor)

sewer pipe/soil pipe

draper

drygoods store

draught excluder

weather stripping

draughts

checkers

drawing pin

thumbtack

dress circle

mezzanine/loge

dressing gown

bathrobe

dual carriageway

divided highway

dummy

pacifier

dungarees

overalls

dustbin/bin

garbage can/ash can/ trash can

dynamo

generator

earth wire/earth

ground wire

eiderdown

comforter

endive

chicory

Esq./Mr

Mr.

estate agent

Realtor/real estate agent

estate car

station wagon

face flannel

washcloth

fair (fun)

carnival

fete

fair (fun)

fiddly

tricky (to do)

filling station

gas station

film

movie

first floor

second floor

fish slice

spatula/pancake turner

fitted carpet/wall to wall

wall to wall

flat

apartment/unit

flex

electric cord/wire

fly-over

overpass

football/soccer

soccer

fortnight

two weeks

foyer

lobby/foyer

full-stop

period (punctuation)

gallery

balcony (theater)

gangway

aisle

gaol

jail

garden

yard

gear lever

gear shift

geyser

water heater (gas)

gobsmacked

dumbstruck/amazed

goods truck (railway)

freight truck (railway)

goose pimples

goose bumps

gramophone/record player

phonograph/record player

green fingers

green thumb

green pepper

bell pepper

grill (verb)

broil

ground floor

first floor

guard (railway)

conductor

gym shoes/plimsolls/ tennis shoes/trainers

sneakers/tennis shoes

haberdashery

notions

hair grip/kirby grip

bobbie pin

hairslide

barette

handbag

purse/pocket book

hardware

housewares

headmaster/mistress

principal

hire purchase

time payment/instalment plan

holiday

vacation

homely-pleasant

homely-ugly

hoover (noun)

vacuum cleaner

hoover (verb)

vacuum (verb)

housing estate

sub-division

ice/sorbet

sherbet

iced lolly

popsicle

icing sugar

powdered sugar/ confectioner's sugar

identification parade

line-up

immersion heater (electric)

water heater (electric)

interval

intermission

ironmonger

hardware store

jab

shot (injection)

jeans

dungarees

joint (meat)

roast

jug

pitcher

jumper/sweater/pullover

sweater/pullover

kiosk (telephone/cigarette)

booth (telephone)

kipper

smoked herring

knock up (tennis)

warm up (tennis)

knock up (verb)

wake up (verb)

label

tag

larder

pantry

lavatory/toilet/w.c./loo

toilet/john/bathroom/rest room

lay-by

rest area/pull-off (road)

leader: (1) leading article in newspaper/
(2)1st violin in orchestra

(1) editorial
(2) concert master

leader (1st violinist)

concert master

leader (newspaper)

editorial

left luggage office

baggage room

let

lease/rent

lift

elevator

limited (company)

incorporated

liver sausage

liverwurst

lodger

roomer

loo

rest room

lorry

truck

lost property

lost and found

lounge suite

business suit

mackintosh

raincoat

mad

crazy

make pregnant/put in the family way

knock up

marrow (similar)

squash (similar)

methylated spirits

denatured alcohol

mileometer

odometer

mince

hamburger meat

mincer

meat grinder

moped

motorbike

motorbike/motorcycle

motorcycle

motorway

freeway/super highway

nappy

diaper

neat (drink)

straight (drink)

newsagent

newsdealer/news stand

nought

zero

noughts and crosses

tic-tac-toe

number plate

licence plate

off licence/wine merchant

liquor store

shoddy/cheap

chintzy

oven gloves/cloth

pot holders/gloves

overtake/pass (vehicle)

pass (vehicle, etc.)

pack

deck (cards)

pantechnicon/removal van

moving van

pants

shorts (underwear)

paraffin

kerosene

parcel

package

pavement/footpath

sidewalk

pelmet

valence

personal call

person-to-person

petrol

gas

pillar box

mail box/mail drop

plus-fours

knickers

point/power point

outlet/socket

post (noun and verb)

mail (noun and verb)

postal code

zip code

postman

mail carrier

postponement

raincheck

pram (perambulator)

baby carriage/baby buggy

press studs

snaps

prison

penitentiary

public convenience (outdoors)

rest room/toilet/ comfort station/ladies or men’s room

public school/private school

private schoo/

pudding/dessert

dessert

purse

change purse

pushchair

stroller

put down/entered (goods bought)

charged (goods bought)

put through (telephone)

connect (telephone)

quay

wharf/pier

queue (noun)

line (noun)

queue (verb)

stand in line/line up

rasher (bacon)

slice (bacon)

reception (hotel)

front desk (hotel)

receptionist

desk clerk

removal van

moving van

return ticket

round trip ticket

reverse charges

call collect

reversing lights

back-up lights

ring up/phone

call/phone

road

pavement

robin (small red-breasted bird, symbol of Christmas)

robin (large red-breastedbird, symbol of 1st day of spring)

roof/hood

top (car)

roundabout/island (road)

traffic circle

rubber/india rubber

eraser

rubbish

garbage/trash

saloon car

sedan

scribbling pad/block

scratch pad

sellotape

scotch tape/cellophane

semi-detached

duplex

semolina

cream of wheat

service flats

apartment hotel

settee

love seat

settle up

pay

shop assistant

sales clerk

shopwalker

floorwalker

sideboard

buffet

sideboards

sideburns

silencer

muffler

single ticket

one way ticket

sitting room/lounge/ drawing room/living room

living room

skipping rope

jump rope

skirting board

baseboard

sledge/toboggan

sled

sleeping car

pullman/sleeper

smalls (washing)

underwear (washing)

sofa

davenport/couch

solicitor

lawyer/attorney

spanner

monkeywrench/wrench

spirits (drink)

liquor

spring onion (similar)

scallion

staff (academic)

faculty

stalls (theatre)

orchestra seats

stand (for public office)

run (for public office)

standard lamp

floor lamp

state school

public school

sticking plaster

adhesive tape

stone (fruit)

pit (fruit)

sultana

raisin

sump (car)

oilpan (car)

surgery (doctor’s/dentist’s)

office (doctor's/dentist's)

surgical spirit

rubbing alcohol

suspender belt

garter belt

suspenders

garters

swede

rutabaga/turnip

sweets/chocolate

candy

sweetshop/confectioner

candy store

Swiss roll

jelly roll

tadpole

pollywog

tap

faucet

tea trolley

teacart

teat (baby’s bottle)

nipple (baby’s bottle)

telegram

wire

term (academic -three in a year)

semester (school-two in a year)

tights

pantie hose

time-table

schedule

tin

can

tip (noun and verb)

dump (noun & verb)

toilet/cloakroom (indoors)

restroom

torch/flashlight

flashlight

traffic lights

stop lights/traffic signals/stop signals

trolley (shopping)

shopping cart

trousers/slacks

pants/slacks

truncheon

nightstick

trunk call

long distance

tube/underground

subway

turn-ups (trousers)

cuffs (pants)

unit trust

mutual fund

upper cirle

first balcony

valve (radio)

tube

van

delivery truck

vest

undershirt

visually position

eyeball (verb)

waistcoat

vest

wallet

billfold

wardrobe

closet (hanging clothes)

wash up

dishes, do the

wash your hands

wash up

washing up liquid

dish detergent

washing up powder

laundry detergent

wellies

boots

Welsh dresser

hutch

windcheater

windbreaker

windscreen

windshield

wing mirror

rearview mirror

wing/mudguard

fender

winker/indicator

blinker (car)

wonky

broken/twisted

Woolworths

dime store/five and ten

zebra crossing

crosswalk

zed (letter z)

zee (letter z)