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American-British
Glossary
Smoothing transatlantic
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Index
of Americanisms |
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B C D E
F G H
I J
K L M N
O P Q
R S T
U V W
X Y Z
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American
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| race car |
racing car |
| racetrack |
racecourse |
| radio |
wireless,
radio |
| raffle |
tombola |
| ragman |
rag-and-bone
man |
| ragweed |
stickweed |
| railroad |
railway |
| railroad
car |
railway
carriage, coach |
| railroad
station |
railway station |
| railroad tie |
sleeper |
| railroad track |
railway line |
| rain check |
postponed
sports event replacement ticket;
offer or request to do or get something at a later time than was
originally intended |
| raise
(n.) |
pay
or salary rise |
| rally
racing |
rallying |
| ranch house |
bungalow |
| reforestation |
reafforestation |
| realtor, real estate agent/broker |
estate agent |
| receivables
(in accounting) |
debtors |
| recess |
break
(e.g. between school classes);
adjournment (e.g. in court proceedings) |
| reform school,
reformatory |
remand
centre/home/school |
| rent
(out) |
let
(out), rent (out) |
| rental car |
hire
car, rental car |
| report card |
school
report |
resident
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boarder (boarding
school pupil);
houseman (new hospital doctor gaining on-the-job
experience and still undergoing training) |
| residential
section |
residential
area/district |
| resume,
résumé |
curriculum
vitae (CV) |
| restroom
[euph.] |
cloakroom
[euph.] (esp. in public building), toilet, (public) convenience, WC |
| retiree |
OAP (old-age pensioner) |
| review (re-read study notes or
textbooks) |
revise |
| ride
(n.) (a free ride in someone else's car) |
lift
(as in 'I'll give you a lift to the station') |
| ring
stand (in chemistry lab) |
clamp
stand |
| rink |
ice
rink |
| road work |
roadworks |
| roast
(n.) (large piece of oven-cooked meat) |
joint |
| (Rocky)
mountain oysters |
testicles
of a sheep or bull served up as a delicacy |
| roil
(annoy or agitate; stir up [sediment in] liquid) |
rile |
| roller coaster |
big
dipper |
roomer
(person who pays for a room and board
in
somebody else's house) |
lodger |
| rooster
(adult male chicken) |
cock |
| robe |
dressing
gown |
| roster
(work-sharing schedule) |
rota |
| rotary
(type of road junction) |
roundabout |
rough time
(as in 'he's been having a rough time lately') |
bad
patch [colloq.]
(as in 'he's been going through a bad patch lately') |
| round trip
ticket |
return
ticket |
| row
house |
terraced
house |
| rowboat |
rowing-boat |
| rubber
[slang] (condom) |
rubber johnny,
johnny [both slang],
French letter [colloq.], sheath |
| rubber band |
elastic
band, rubber band |
| rubber
boots |
wellington
boots, wellingtons, wellies [colloq.] |
| rubbers |
galoshes |
| rubbing
alcohol |
surgical spirit |
| rummage
sale |
jumble
sale |
| run
(n.) (in stockings and pantyhose) |
ladder
(in stockings and tights) |
| run
(v.) (as in 'he ran for public office') |
stand
(e.g. 'she stood for re-election') |
| rutabaga |
swede (vegetable) |
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