British to American / American to British

Use the following drop-down list to find the American English equivalent of these British Expressions.

--- aerial angry anywhere autumn bank note barrister, solicitor biscuit bonnet boot braces caretaker chemist's chips the cinema condom constable cooker corn, wheat cot cotton crash crossroads curtains draughts drawing-pin dual carriageway dummy dust-bin, rubbish-bin dustbin, rubbish-bin dustman dynamo engine engine driver film flat flyover garden gear-lever graduate grill ground floor gumshoes, wellington boots gymshoes, tennis-shoes handbag hoarding holiday hoover ill interval jersey, jumper, pullover, sweater jug lift lorry luggage mackintosch, raincoat mad main road maize maths mean motorway nappy nasty nowhere nursing home oculltist, optician off-license paraffin pavement peep petrol post postbox postman potato crisps pram pub public toilet puncture push-chair queue railway railway carriage reel of cotton return (ticket) reverse charges rise (in salary) road surface roudabout rubber rubbish saloon (car) sellotape shop silencer single (ticket) somewhere spanner staff (of a university) sump sweet sweets tap tap (outdoors) taxi tea-towel term tights timetable tin toll motorway torch tramp trousers turn-ups underground railway underpants verge (of road) waistcoat wardrobe wash your hands windscreen wing zip

American to British

Use the following drop-down list to find the British English equivalent of these American English words.

--- antenna alumnus anyplace apartment attorney baby carriage bar bill billboard blow-out broiler cab call collect can candy checkers closet cookie corn crazy crib cuffs dessert diaper dish-towel divided highway drapes elevator drug store engineer (train) eraser faculty fall faucet fender first floor flashlight freeway french fries garbage, trash garbage can garbage collector gasoline gear-shift generator highway hobo hood (on a car) intermission intersection janitor kerosene line liquor store mad mail mailbox mailman, mail carrier math mean motor movie the movies muffler noplace oil-pan one-way optometrist overpass pacifier panti-hose pants patrolman pavement peek pitcher pocketbook, purse potato chips private hospital purse railroad raincoat raise realtor rest room round trip rubber rubbers schedule Scotch tape sedan semester shorts shoulder (of road) sick sidewalk sneakers someplace spigot spool of thread stingy store stove stroller subway suspenders sweater thread thumbtack traffic circle trash trashcan truck trunk (on a car) turnpike undershirt vacation vacuum cleaner vest wash up wheat windshield wreck wrench yard zipper

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