VOCABULARY
American English vs British English
airplane - aeroplane; anyplace - anywhere; apartment - flat; area code - dialing code; attorney, lawyer - barrister, solicitor; busy - engaged (phone); cab - taxi;
call collect -reverse the charge; can - tin; candy - sweet; check - bill;
coin-purse - purse; cookie, cracker - biscuit; corn - sweet corn, maize; crib - cot;
crazy - mad; cuffs - turn-ups; diaper - nappy; doctor’s office - doctor’s surgery;
dumb - stupid; elevator - lift; eraser - rubber; fall - autumn; faucet - tap;
first floor - ground floor; second floor - first floor; flashlight - torch;
flat tire - puncture; french fries - chips; garbage, trash - rubbish;
garbage can - dustbin; gasoline - petrol; gear shift - gear level;
highway, freeway - main road, motorway; hood - bonnet (on a car);
intersection - crossroads; mad angry; mail - post; mean - nasty; movie - film;
one-way ticket - single ticket;
pants - trousers; pavement - road surface; pitcher - jug; potato chips - crisps;
railroad - railway; raise - rise (in salary); rest room - public toilet;
round trip - return journey (ticket); schedule - time table; sidewalk - pavement;
sneakers - trainers; stand in line - queue; stingy - mean(op of generous);
store - shop; subway - underground; truck - van, lorry; trunk - boot (of a car);
two weeks - fortnight; vacation - holiday; windshield - windscreen; zee - zed (letter “z”); zipper - zip.