American English to British English
apartment building - block of flats
ATM - cashpoint/cash machine
attendance, take - register, take the
bachelorette party - hen do
barf (verb) - chunder (verb)
bathrobe/robe - dressing gown
bathroom/restroom - loo (slang)
bathroom/washroom - toilet/bathroom
bell pepper - pepper/sweet pepper
blood sausage/boudin noir - black pudding
broil (verb) - grill (verb)
checking account - current account
co-education/co-ed - mixed school
coach class - economy class
cotton swab/Q-tip - cotton bud
counterclockwise - anticlockwise
CPA (Certified Public Accountant) - Chartered Accountant
crosswalk - zebra crossing
exclamation point - exclamation mark
faculty member - academic staff
first floor - ground floor
fish sticks - fish fingers
flan (=sweet soft food) - flan (=fruit cake, not sweet)
freeway/highway - motorway
furnace - central heating boiler
garbage collector - binman
green onion/scallion - spring onion
grocery store - grocery shop
ground beef - minced meat
ground/grounded - earth/earthed
high beam (car) - full beam (car)
high school - secondary school
intersection - crossroads
jungle gym - climbing frame
kindergarten - preschool/nursery school
liquor store - off license
median strip - central reservation
mom and pop store - family business
movies, the - cinema, the
paper towel - kitchen roll
public holiday - bank holiday
quotation marks - inverted commas
rappel (verb, climbing) - abseil (verb, climbing)
round-trip ticket - return ticket
rubber boots - wellington boots/wellies
rummage sale - jumble sale
second floor - first floor
sidewalk (=pavement is concrete/tarmac road) - pavement (=road for pedestrians)
silverware/flatware - cutlery
soda/pop/coke/tonic - fizzy drink
special election - by-election
study (verb) - read (verb)
subway/metro - underground/tube
sweater vest - sleeveless jumper/slipover
table (= verb – delay) - table (= verb – suggest)
teachers' lounge - staffroom
thong (=shoe) - thong (=underwear)
tic-tac-toe - noughts and crosses
traffic circle/rotary - roundabout
trailer park - caravan park
transportation - transport
vacationers - holidaymakers