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England and America are two countries
divided by a common language.
- George Bernard Shaw
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| I started this English/American phrase book/dictionary
in 1995 and have been adding to it occasionally. Can anyone come up with
some new words or phrases? |
Back to my page
Most recent entries are in bold
| ENGLISH |
AMERICAN |
|
Accelerate
rapidly
|
Smoke
tires
|
| Adjustable
spanner |
Monkey
wrench |
|
Aerial
|
Antenna
|
|
Aeroplanes
|
Airplanes
|
|
Alsatian
|
German
shepherd
|
| Aluminium
(al-yoo-MIN-yum) |
Aluminum
(a-LOO-minum) |
|
Anadin
|
Anacin
|
| Argy-bargy |
Lively
discussion |
|
Articulated
lorry
|
Trailer
truck
|
| Athletics
Director |
Athletic
Director |
|
Aubergine
|
Eggplant
|
|
Autumn
|
Fall
|
|
Avocado
pear
|
Avocado
|
| Badge |
Button |
|
Bad
review of a show
|
Bomb
|
| Bangers |
Hot
dogs |
|
Bar
of chocolate
|
Candy
bar
|
|
Barman/barmaid
|
Bartender
|
|
Bath
|
Bathtub
|
|
Become
pregnant
|
Get
knocked up
|
|
Billion
= A million million
|
Billion
= A thousand million
|
|
Biro
|
Ballpoint
pen
|
|
Biscuit
(not sweet)
|
Cracker
|
|
Biscuit
(sweet)
|
Cookie
|
|
Bleeper
|
Beeper
|
|
Blinkers
|
Blinders
|
|
Boiled
sweets
|
Hard
candy
|
|
Bollocks
(rude)
|
Balls
|
|
Bomb
|
Good
review of a show
|
|
Bonnet
(of a car)
|
Hood
|
|
Boot
(of a car)
|
Trunk
|
|
Braces
|
Suspenders
|
|
Brackets
|
Parentheses
|
|
Bread bin
|
Bread box
|
|
Brick
|
Good hearted person
|
|
Broad
bean
|
Lima
bean
|
|
Brolly
|
Umbrella
|
| Building
Society |
Savings
& Loan |
| Bulldog
clip |
Binder
clip |
|
Buoy
(pronounced “boy”)
|
Buoy
(pronounced “Boo-eee”)
|
| Busker |
Panhandler
who plays music |
|
Butter
muslin
|
Cheese
cloth
|
|
Candy
floss
|
Cotton
candy
|
|
Canteen
|
Cafeteria
|
|
Car
park
|
Parking
lot
|
|
Chaise longue
|
Chaise lounge
|
|
Chemist
|
Drugstore
|
|
Cheques
|
Checks
|
|
Chips
|
French
fries
|
|
Chiropodist
|
Podiatrist
|
|
Cigarette
end
|
Cigarette
butt
|
|
Cinema
|
Theatre
|
|
City
centre
|
Downtown
|
|
Clothes
peg
|
Clothes
pin
|
|
Conservative
Party
|
Republican
Party
|
|
Cot
|
Crib
|
|
Counterfoil
|
Check
stub
|
| Counterpane |
Bedspread |
|
Courgette
|
Zucchini
|
|
Coving
|
Crown molding
|
|
Cupboard
|
Closet
|
|
Current account
|
Checking account
|
|
Curriculum
Vitae
|
Resumé
|
|
Darts
|
Paper
airplanes
|
|
Desiccated
coconut
|
Shredded
coconut
|
| Dinner
jacket |
Tuxedo |
|
Directory
enquiries
|
Directory
assistance
|
|
Diversion
|
Detour
|
|
Draughts
|
Checkers
|
|
Drawing
pin
|
Thumb
tack
|
|
Dress
circle
|
Mezzanine
|
|
Dressing
gown
|
Bathrobe
|
|
Dual
carriageway
|
Divided
highway
|
|
Dummy
|
Pacifier
|
|
Edgeways
|
Edgewise
|
|
Eiderdown
|
Comforter
|
|
Engaged
|
Busy
signal
|
|
Enquiry
|
Inquiry
|
|
Estate
car
|
Station
wagon
|
|
Ex-directory
|
Unlisted
|
|
Exclamation
mark
|
Exclamation
point
|
|
Exhaust
pipe
|
Muffler
|
|
Expiry
date
|
Expiration
date
|
|
Extension (on house)
|
Addition
|
|
Fag
|
Cigarette
|
| Father
Christmas |
Santa
Claus |
|
Film
|
Movie
|
|
Fish
slice
|
Spatula
|
|
Flannel
|
Wash
cloth
|
|
Flat
|
Apartment
|
|
Flex
|
Cable
|
|
Football
|
Soccer
|
| Franked
mail |
Metered
mail |
|
Fringe
|
Bangs
|
| Fruit
machines |
Slots |
|
Full
stop
|
Period
|
|
Garden
|
Yard
|
|
Gateau
|
Cake
|
|
Give
a V-sign
|
Give
the finger
|
| Gobstopper |
Jawbreaker |
|
Goods train
|
Freight train
|
|
Goose
pimples
|
Goose
bumps
|
|
Green
fingers
|
Green
thumb
|
|
Green
pepper
|
Bell
pepper
|
|
Grill
|
Broil
|
|
Ground
floor
|
First
floor
|
|
Guillotine
|
Paper
chopper
|
|
Hair
grip
|
Bobby
pin
|
|
Headmaster
|
Principal
|
Hen party
|
Bridal
shower
|
|
Highway
|
Freeway
|
|
Hire
car
|
Rental
car
|
|
Homely
= Pleasant
|
Homely
= Ugly
|
|
Hoover
|
Vacuum
cleaner
|
| Hots
up |
Heats
up |
|
Hundreds
and thousands
|
Sprinkles
|
|
Ice
Cream Cornet
|
Ice
Cream Cone
|
|
Ice
Lolly
|
Popsicle
|
|
Icing
|
Frosting
|
|
Interval
|
Intermission
|
|
Inverted
commas
|
Quotation
marks
|
|
Jab
|
Shot
|
|
Jacket
potato
|
Baked
potato
|
|
Jam
doughnut
|
Jelly
doughnut
|
| Jumper |
Sweater |
|
Kipper
|
Smoked
herring
|
|
Knock
someone up
|
Visit
someone
|
|
Labour
Party
|
Democratic
Party
|
| Ladder
(in tights) |
Run
(in pantyhose) |
|
Ladybird
|
Ladybug
|
|
Larder
|
Pantry
|
|
Lavatory
|
Toilet
|
|
Layby
|
Rest area
|
|
Let
|
Lease
|
| Level
crossing |
Railroad
crossing |
|
Lift
|
Ride
|
|
Lift
|
Elevator
|
|
Lilo
|
Pool airbed
|
|
Limited
|
Incorporated
|
|
Loo
|
John
|
|
Lorry
|
Truck
|
| Mark |
Grade |
|
Maths
|
Math
|
|
Mileometer
|
Odometer
|
|
Mince
|
Ground
beef
|
|
Motorway
|
Freeway
|
|
Move
house
|
Move
|
|
Nail
Varnish
|
Nail
Polish
|
|
Nappies
|
Diapers
|
|
Neat
|
Straight
up
|
|
No
bid (in Bridge)
|
Pass
|
|
Note
(money)
|
Bill
|
|
Nought
|
Zero
|
|
Noughts
and crosses
|
Tic-tac-toe
|
|
Number
plate
|
License
plate
|
|
Oblique
|
Slash
|
|
Off
Licence
|
Liquor
Store
|
|
Oil
of Ulay
|
Oil
of Olay
|
|
Oven
|
Stove
|
|
Pack
of cards
|
Deck
of cards
|
|
Pants
|
Panties
|
|
Paraffin
|
Kerosene
|
|
Parcel
|
Package
|
|
Patience
|
Solitaire
|
|
Pavement
|
Sidewalk
|
|
Pay
rise
|
Pay
raise
|
| Pecker
(keep your pecker up) |
Spirits
(keep your spirits up) |
|
Petrol
|
Gas
|
|
Pillar
box
|
Mail
box
|
|
Pint
of beer
|
Mug
of beer
|
|
Pip
|
Seed
|
| Pips |
Beeps
you hear before the BBC News |
|
Plait
|
Braid
|
| Plaster |
Band
Aid |
|
Polo
neck
|
Turtle
neck
|
|
Pong
|
Stink
|
|
Post
|
Mail
|
|
p&p (postage and packing)
|
s&h (shipping and handling)
|
|
Potato
crisps
|
Potato
chips
|
|
Power
cut
|
Black
out
|
|
Pram
|
Baby
carrier
|
|
Pub
|
Bar
|
|
Public
school
|
Private
school
|
|
Pudding
|
Dessert
|
Pull |
Steep
ascent |
|
Quay
(pronounced “key”)
|
Wharf
|
|
Queue
|
Line
|
| Railway
lines |
Railroad
tracks |
|
Randy
|
Horny
|
|
Read
(a subject)
|
Major
in (a subject)
|
|
Relations
|
Relatives
|
|
Removal van
|
Moving van
|
|
Repeat (pronounced REE-peat)
|
Rerun (of a show)
|
|
Return
|
Round
trip
|
|
Reverse
the charges
|
Call
collect
|
| Revise
(for a test) |
Review |
|
Ring
someone
|
Call
someone
|
| Row
(rhyming with "cow") |
Verbal
fight (argument) |
|
Rubber
|
Eraser
|
|
Rubbers
|
Goloshes
|
|
Rubbish
|
Garbage
|
|
Sack
|
Fire
|
|
Scales
|
Scale
|
|
Scheme (e.g. dental scheme)
|
Plan (dental plan)
|
|
Sellotape
|
Scotch tape
|
|
Semi-detached
|
Duplex
|
|
Sideboard
|
Buffet
|
|
Sideboards
|
Sideburns
|
|
Sitting
room
|
Living
room
|
|
Sixth
former
|
High
school senior
|
| Skip |
Dumpster |
|
Skipping
rope
|
Jump
rope
|
|
Skirting Board
|
Baseboard
|
|
Skive
|
Evade work
|
|
Sledge
|
Sled
|
|
Slide
|
Barrette
|
|
Slimming
|
Dieting
|
|
Soccer
|
Football
|
|
Solicitor
|
Lawyer
|
| Sorted |
Sorted
out |
|
Spanner
|
Wrench
|
|
Spirits
|
Liquor
|
|
Sponge
bag
|
Shaving
kit
|
|
Spots
|
Zits
|
|
Sports
jacket
|
Sport
coat
|
|
Stag
party
|
Bachelor
party>
|
|
Stammer
|
Stutter
|
|
Starling
|
European starling
|
|
State
school
|
Public
school
|
| Stone |
Pit |
| Stroppy
(get in a strop) |
Have
a bad attitude |
|
Sultana
|
Raisin
|
|
Sunshine
roof
|
Sunroof
|
|
Surname
|
Last
name
|
|
Suspender
belt
|
Garter
belt
|
| Talk
to |
Visit
with |
|
Tap
|
Faucet
|
|
Tea
towel
|
Dish
towel
|
|
Telephone
kiosk
|
Telephone
booth
|
|
Telly
|
T.V./Television
|
|
Term
|
Semester
|
|
Tick
|
Check
|
|
Tights
|
Pantyhose
|
|
Tin
|
Can
|
| Tin
foil |
Aluminum
wrap |
|
Tip
|
Dump
|
|
Torch
|
Flashlight
|
|
Trainers
|
Sneakers
|
|
Trousers
|
Pants
|
|
Trunk
call
|
Long
distance call
|
|
Turf
accountant (bookie)
|
Betting
shop
|
|
Tyre
|
Tire
|
|
Unit
trust
|
Mutual
fund
|
|
Vest
|
Undershirt
|
|
W.C.
|
Bathroom
|
|
Waistcoat
|
Vest
|
|
Wash
hands
|
Wash
up
|
|
Wash
up
|
Do
dishes
|
| Way
out |
Exit |
|
Wellies
|
Goloshes
|
|
Welsh
dresser
|
Hutch
|
| Whinge |
Whine |
|
Windscreen
|
Windshield
|
|
Write
off (a car)
|
Total
(a car)
|
|
Zed
|
Zee
|
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