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The BG-Map
English (British) - American Dictionary
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Compiled by Mark Glicksman
with the Assistance of Crinan Alexander, The Royal Botanical Garden, Edinburgh and Malcolm Manners, Citrus Institute
in Florida, and with Additional Suggestions by Iona Dawson (IULM University, Milan), Lowell Whitney, and Ron Peeples |
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Part 1
UK-US - Cars and Driving:
UK
US
aerial antenna
("aerial" used regionally
in the past but has
faded from use)
bonnet hood
boot
trunk
car park parking lot
car silencer muffler
cats eyes reflectors
(embedded in road)
clock odometer
demister defroster
diversion detour
dual carriageway divided highway
flyover overpass
full lights high beams
gear box transmission
gear lever gear shift
hire car rental car
indicators turn signals
lights dipped low beams
motorway freeway (Western
U.S.)
expressway (Eastern U.S.)
Interstate See Notes
orbital beltway (Eastern
U.S.)
petrol gasoline
gas
propeller shaft drive shaft
recovery towing
roundabout circle
rotary (New England)
top up fill up
top off See Notes
transmission power train
turning left left turn
turning right right turn
unmade road dirt road, unpaved road
van
minibus See Notes
wind screen windshield
window heater defroster
wing
fender
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Part 2
US-UK - Cars and Driving:
US
UK
antenna aerial
beltway (Eastern U.S.) orbital
circle, traffic circle roundabout
defroster window heater
demister
detour (noun) diversion
dirt road unmade road
divided highway dual carriageway
drive shaft propeller shaft
expressway motorway
(Eastern U.S.)
fender wing
fill up top up See Notes
four lane road dual carriageway
freeway (Western U.S.) motorway See Notes
gas
petrol
gasoline
gear shift gear lever
high beams full lights
hood
bonnet
Interstate motorway
left turn turning left
low beams lights dipped
minibus van See Notes
muffler car silencer
odometer clock
overpass flyover
parking lot car park
power train transmission
reflectors cats eyes
(embedded in road)
rental car hire car
right turn turning right
rotary (New England) roundabout
top off top up
towing recovery
transmission gear box
trunk boot
turn signals indicators
unpaved road unmade road
windshield wind screen
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Part 3
UK-US - Food:
UK
US
aubergine eggplant
banger sausage
chips french
fries
conserves preserves
courgettes zucchini
zucchini squash
crisps potato
chips
fish fingers fish sticks
jacket potato baked potato
jam
jelly
jelly jello
mince ground
meat
hamburger
porridge oatmeal
pudding dessert
sweet dessert
tinned canned
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Part 4
US-UK - Food:
US
UK
appetizers starters
baked potato jacket potato
canned (in metal) tinned
dessert sweet
pudding
eggplant aubergine
fish sticks fish fingers
french fries chips
ground meat mince
hamburger mince
jello jelly
jelly jam
oatmeal porridge
potato chips crisps
preserves conserves
sausage banger (slang)
zucchini courgettes
zucchini squash
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Part 5
UK-US - Others:
UK
US
aerial antenna
anticlockwise counterclockwise
autumn fall
("autumn" is used,
but only informal
or poetic language)
baggage reclaim baggage claim
(airport)
bill
check
(restaurant) See Notes
bin liner trash bag
bookings reservations
(verb - to book) (verb - to reserve as
in restaurant, hotel)
botanic garden botanical garden
braces suspenders
cashback (noun) rebate, cash back
charity non-profit organization
not-for-profit
cheap inexpensive
(not necessarily in a
negative light)
chemists pharmacy, drug store
cinema movie theater,
theater
"clued up" "clued in"
coach bus
coach (railway) car (railroad)
"come to that" "for that matter"
cot
crib (for a baby)
cuttings clippings
(as in news clippings)
DIY
do it yourself
dodgy tricky,
chancy
dummy pacifier
dustbin trash can
engaged busy (as in
telephone)
fee (for schooling) tuition
fit (verb) equip, fit out
fittings fixtures
fix (verb - as in set
"fix a date")
flat
apartment
football soccer
frock dress
(noun)
gents men's
room
headmaster principal
hide (noun) blind
(noun - as in duck blind)
hire (hire a car) rent (rent a car)
holiday vacation
homely homey (pleasant)
hoover (noun and verb) vacuum (noun and verb)
vacuum cleaner (noun)
ill
sick
in future in the future
in hospital in the hospital
See Notes
"join the train" "get on the train"
lie in sleep in
lift
elevator
laundrette laundromat
lorry truck
marquee tent See Notes
maths math
momentarily for a short time
(but not "in a second")
nappies diapers
nil
nothing, zero
note
bill
(currency) See Notes
on stream on line
open day open house
post
mail See Notes
queue line
(noun as in "bus queue"
verb as in "queue up")
railway railroad
read
(verb - "read a study
subject in college")
redundancy (verb - to layoff (verb - to lay off)
removal (as in removal moving
van)
return round trip
(as in round trip ticket)
rise (noun - in salary) raise
roll neck polo neck
rucksack backpack
sack (verb - from fire
employment)
secateurs pruners or clippers
shoddy cheap
shopping trolley shopping cart
snooker pool (pocket
billiards)
sport sports
solicitor lawyer
attorney See Notes
"sorry" "excuse me",
"pardon me"
stand (for election) run (for election)
starters appetizers
suspenders garter
swear word curse word
subway underpass
tariffs rates, prices
tarmac asphalt
(tarmac is used in U.S.
only in airport context)
tea towel dish towel
dish cloth See Notes
telephone box telephone booth
tender (noun or verb) bid
(as in bid for a building
contract)
to let for rent
to trade (as in "a by trade
toilet restroom
torch flashlight
trainers sneakers
treble triple
trousers pants
trolley cart
torch flashlight
tube
subway
tuition for (noun as study of
in "tuition for the
flute")
underground subway
valve vacuum
tube
vest
undershirt
waistcoat vest
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Part 6
US-UK - Others:
US
UK
antenna aerial
apartment flat
asphalt tarmac
attorney solicitor See Notes
backpack rucksack
baggage claim (airport) baggage reclaim
bid (as in bid for a tender (noun or verb)
bill (as in currency) note See Notes
blind (noun - as in hide
duck blind)
botanical garden botanic garden
busy (as in telephone) engaged
by trade (as in "a to trade
carpenter by trade")
bus
coach
car (railroad) coach (railway)
cart (noun) trolley
cheap shoddy
check (in a restaurant) bill See Notes
clippings (as in news cuttings
clippings)
"clued in" "clued up"
counterclockwise anticlockwise
crib (for a baby) cot
curse word swear word
diapers nappies
dish cloth, dish towel tea towel See Notes
dress (noun) frock
drug store chemists
elevator lift
equip, fit out (verb) fit
"excuse me" "sorry"
fall
autumn
fire
sack
(verb - from employment)
fixtures fittings
(as in plumbing)
flashlight torch
for rent to let
"for that matter" "come to that"
garter suspenders
"get on the train" "join the train"
homey (pleasant) homely
in the future in future
in the hospital in hospital See Notes
inexpensive cheap
(not necessarily
in a negative light)
layoff redundancy
(verb - to
(verb - to lay off) make redundant)
laundromat laundrette
lawyer solicitor
See Notes
line
queue
(noun as in "bus line"
and verb as in
"line up")
mail
post
math
maths
men's room gents
movie theater cinema
moving removal
(as in moving van)
nothing nil
non-profit organization charity
on line on stream
(as in "forthcoming")
open house open day
pacifier dummy
pants trousers
"pardon me" "sorry"
pharmacy chemists
polo neck roll neck
pool
snooker
(pocket billiards)
principal headmaster
(school)
pruners secateurs
(or clippers)
railroad railway
raise (in salary) rise
rates, prices tariffs
rebate (noun) cashback
rent (rent a car) hire (hire a car)
reservations bookings
(verb - to reserve (verb - to book)
as in restaurant,
hotel)
restroom toilet
round trip return (return ticket)
(as in round
trip ticket)
run (for election) stand (for election)
set (verb - as in fix
"set a date")
shopping cart shopping trolley
sick
ill
sleep in lie in
sneakers trainers
soccer football
sports sport
study read
(verb - as in
"study a subject
in college")
study of tuition for
(noun as in "study
of the flute")
subway tube
underground
suspenders braces
telephone booth telephone box
tent
marquee See Notes
tuition fee
trash bag bin liner
trash can dustbin
tricky (chancy) dodgy
triple treble
truck lorry
underpass subway
undershirt vest
vacation holiday
vacuum (noun and verb) hoover
vacuum cleaner(noun)
vacuum tube valve
vest
waistcoat
zero
nil
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