Slip Road - the exit off a highway
Squiffy - Pear-shaped, strange or funny weird
Loo - Bathroom or toilet
Coach - BusLift - Elevator
Squash - Fruit juice
Footpath - Trail or path
Bap - Bun
Queue - A line, people or cars waiting
Nappy - Diaper
Bonnet - Hood of a car
Windscreen - Windshield
Pudding - Any dessert
Dummy - Pacifier
Close - Cul-de-sac 0r dead-end
Poorly - sick, not feeling well
Verge - Shoulder, on the side of a road
Rubbish - Specifically garbage, also generally for anything bad
Lay By - Pull over spot from highway to rest, use phone, etc.
Torch - Flashlight
Lorry - Semi-truck
Fag - Cigarette
Pavement - Sidewalk
Boot - Trunk of a car
Bitter - Popular type of beer found in pubs
Pub Crawl - Bar hop
Football Pitch - Soccer Field
Pants - Underwear
Petrol - GasolineWellies - Rain boots
There are many more. Check out www.english2american.com for a whole dictionary full of words we use differently.
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I was confused at first by squash---couldn't figure out why a whole row in the grocery was devoted to a vegetable.
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