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| ad | advert | apartment | flat | |
| bakery | cake shop | bangs | fringe | |
| bathroom | WC | beach | seaside | |
| billfold | wallet | bus | coach | |
| cab | taxi | can | tin | |
| candy | sweets | check | bill | |
| cigarette | cleaning lady | charwoman | ||
| corn | maize | cut class or play hookey | bunk off OR skive | |
| diapers | nappies | drug store | chemist's | |
| elevator | lift | faucet | tap | |
| fender | wing | flashlight | torch | |
| french fries | chips | garbage or trash | rubbish | |
| gas pedal | accelerator | gasoline | petrol | |
| highway | motorway | ladybug | ladybird | |
| license plate | number plate | liquor store | off-licence | |
| monkey wrench | spanner | movie | film | |
| outlet | point | oven | cooker | |
| pacifier | dummy | pants | trousers | |
| parakeet | budgie (parrot) | parking lot | car park | |
| pavement | road surface | pimples | spots | |
| potato chips | crisps | principal | head | |
| purse | handbag | railroad | railway | |
| retiree | pensioner | savings account | deposit account | |
| sidewalk | pavement | soccer | football | |
| stockings or pantyhose | tights | store | shop | |
| streetcar | tram | subway | underground or tube | |
| suspenders | braces | teacher | schoolmaster | |
| telegram | wire | the Big Dipper | the Plough | |
| trailer | caravan | truck | lorry | |
| trunk | boot | tuxedo | dinner jacket | |
| TV | telly (also TV) | underwear | pants | |
| vacation | holiday | vegetable store or vegetable stand | greengrocer's | |
| vest | waistcoat | windshield | windscreen | |
| yard | garden | Do you know any other?
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