British and American English

British                                     American


Autumn                                      Fall

barrister                                   attorney

beeper,                                     pager beeper

bill (restaurant)                          check

biscuit                                        cookie

block of flats                              apartment building

boot (of car)                               trunk

caravan                                       trailer

chemist's shop                             drugstore

chips                                           French fries

chocolate bar                              candy bar

the cinema                                  the movies

crisps                                         potato chips

crossroads                                  intersection

cupboard                                    closet

driving licence                            driver's license

dummy (for baby)                        pacifier

dustbin                                         ashcan, garbage can, trashcan

dustman                                        garbage collector

engine                                            motor

estate agent                                    realtor

film                                                  movie

flat                                                  apartment

flat tyre                                              flat

ground floor                                      first floor

handbag                                             purse

hight street                                          main street

holiday                                                vacation

jam                                                       jelly

jeans                                                    blue jeans

lift                                                         elevator

lorry                                                       truck

luggage                                                   baggage

mad                                                        crazy

main road                                                highway

 maths                                                     math

mobile (phone)                                        cellphone

motorbike                                                motorcycle

motorway                                                 freeway

pavement                                                 sidewalk

pet hate                                                     pet peeve

petrol                                                        gasoline

 pocket money                                          allowance

post                                                            mail

postbox                                                       mailbox

postcode                                                     zip code

postman                                                       mailman, mail carrier

pub                                                               bar

public toilet                                                    rest room

puncture                                                        flat

railway                                                          railroad

return (ticket)                                                 round-trip

reverse charge                                               call collect

rubber                                                           eraser

rubbish                                                          garbage, trash

rubbish-bin                                                     garbage can, trashcan

shop                                                               store

single (ticket)                                                   one-way

sweets                                                             candy

taxi                                                                   cab

timetable                                                            schedule

tin                                                                       can

toll motorway                                                      turnpike

torch                                                                    flashlight

trousers                                                               pants, trousers

tube (train)                                                            subway

underground (train)                                                subway

van                                                                         truck

wallet                                                                     billfold

wellington boots                                                     rubbers

windscreen                                                             windshield

zip                                                                           zipper

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Could you provide some examples to show the meaning of each word?

Appearances are deceptive! Don´t you think?

Let´s pay attention to the following words!

actually   ----------currently

exit ----------------success

attend ---------------assist ---------------answer

sensible -------------sensitive

pretend --------------expect

carpet ----------------folder

relevant........................important

parents.........................relatives

marks/ grades...............notes

To know more about this issue you can visit:
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Could you provide some examples please?

DO & MAKE

 DO    (business - homework - a job- the shopping- something- somebody a favor- sports- an exercise- good- harm- one´s best)
  
 MAKE  (a trip-an investment- a copy- the bed- a decision- an appointment-a phone call- an offer-a promise- money- a mistake-progress- friends-a profit- a suggestion- a proposal- a comment- an effort- an attempt- a law-an excuse- a guess- a statement )

Could you please write down some examples?  In the past, present and future!!!

How many words.......?

Could you provide an example to show the meaning of each word?

Could you include all these words in a story?

"UP"

Now this is very interesting, wonder who came up with this.........................

No wonder why English speaking people are so confused.
Make sure you read the whole thing!

This two-letter word in English has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that word
is 'UP.' It is listed in the dictionary as an [adv], [prep], [adj], [n] or [v].

It's easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP?

At a meeting, why does a topic come UP? Why do we speak UP, and why are the officers UP for

election and why is it UP to the secretary to write UP a report? We call UP our friends,

brighten UP a room, polish UP the silver, warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen.. We

lock UP the house and fix UP the old car.

At other times this little word has real special meaning. People stir UP trouble, line UP for

tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UP excuses.

To be dressed is one thing but to be dressed UP is special.

And this UP is confusing: A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP.

We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night. We seem to be pretty mixed

UP about UP !

To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP, look UP the word UP in the dictionary.. In a desk-sized

dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4 of the page and can add UP to about thirty definitions

If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways UP is used. It will take UP a lot of your

time, but if you don't give UP, you may wind UP with a hundred or

more.

When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP .

When the sun comes out we say it is clearing UP.

When it rains, it soaks UP the earth. When it does not rain for awhile, things dry UP. One could go on & on,

but I'll wrap it UP, for now .........my time is UP !

So it is UP to you if you are going to shut UP or speak UP!