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English Cultural Competence (Subject) / American and British English (Lesson)

some common US words with their British equivalents

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  • gasoline petrol
  • truck lorry
  • baggage luggage
  • blow-out puncture
  • sidewalk pavement
  • line queue
  • vacation holiday
  • trunk (of a car) boot
  • hood (of a car) bonnet
  • cab taxi
  • Advertisement
  • freeway motorway
  • round trip return
  • railway car railway carriage
  • engineer (on train) engine driver
  • baby carriage pram
  • antenna aerial
  • elevator lift
  • eraser rubber
  • apartment flat
  • closet wardrobe
  • drapes curtains
  • faucet tap
  • kerosene paraffin
  • Scotch tape sellotape
  • yard garden
  • cookie biscuit
  • candy sweets
  • garbage rubbish
  • diaper nappy
  • panti-hose tights
  • Advertisement
  • fall autumm
  • semester term