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Index
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tab
[colloq.] (as in 'pick up the tab');
short for 'pull-tab' |
bill (e.g. in restaurant);
ring-pull (on drink can) |
| table
(v.) (put on a back burner)
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shelve |
| table
napkin |
serviette |
| tacky [slang]
(shabby, tasteless, lacking in style) |
naff
[slang] |
| tailgate
(n.) (on truck) |
tailboard (on lorry) |
| tailgate
(v.), tailgating (n.) |
drive
too close to the vehicle in front |
| taillight (on
vehicle) |
rear light |
| take
a bath |
have
a bath ('take'
also common) |
| take
a pee [colloq.] |
have
a pee, have a slash [slang], urinate |
| take
a rain check on something |
postpone
accepting a kindness or invitation until later |
| take
a shower |
have
a shower ('take'
also common) |
| take
something with a grain of salt |
take
something with a pinch of salt |
| takeout
(food) |
takeaway |
| tank top |
vest |
| tarp
(heavy waterproof sheet used as covering) |
tarpaulin |
| tavern |
pub,
public house; tavern [old fashioned] |
| taxi stand |
taxi rank |
| tea
cart/wagon |
tea
trolley |
| teakettle |
kettle |
| Technical
Sergeant (U.S. Air Force) |
Chief
Technician (Royal Air Force) |
| teddy
(one-piece undergarment for a woman) |
camiknickers
(i.e. camisole + knickers) |
| telephone booth |
telephone box,
telephone kiosk |
| telephone
operator (at a telephone exchange only) |
telephonist
(at a switchboard or telephone exchange) |
| teller (bank) |
cashier,
bank cashier |
| Texas
gate (vehicle pass) |
cattle
grid (grid over a ditch to allow vehicles
but not sheep or cattle to pass) |
| that figures |
that's likely (or
reasonable) |
| There you go! |
Here
you are! |
| Thermos bottle |
vacuum flask |
| third floor/story |
second
floor/storey |
| thread |
cotton
(on a reel) |
| through,
thru (as in 'Monday thru Friday') |
up
to and including |
| thumbtack |
drawing
pin |
| ticker |
tape
machine (for receiving telegraphic messages) |
| ticket
counter |
ticket
office |
| ticket
sales clerk |
booking
clerk |
| ticket scalper |
ticket
tout |
| ticket taker |
ticket
collector |
| tick-tack-toe
(game) |
noughts and crosses |
| tidbit |
titbit |
| time out |
time off, time to spare |
| toggle bolt |
Rawplug™
(plastic anchor giving screws grip on walls) |
| toilet kit |
sponge
bag |
| towel rack |
towel
rail |
| town
house |
terraced
house |
| traffic circle (type of road junction) |
roundabout |
| traffic
light/signal |
traffic
lights |
| track
(railroad track) |
line
(railway line) |
| track 1 (of a
train or railroad station) |
platform 1 (of a railway station) |
| track and field |
athletics |
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tractor-trailer |
articulated
lorry, juggernaut |
| trailer
(mobile home) |
caravan |
| trailer
camping |
caravanning |
| trailer
park |
caravan
site |
| train
station |
railway station |
| tramp
[slang] |
scrubber,
tart [both slang], loose woman or prostitute |
| trash |
rubbish |
| trash
can/barrel |
dustbin |
| trash man |
dustman,
rubbish collector, refuse collector [formal] |
| traveling
salesman |
commercial
traveller |
| triangle
(geometry) |
set
square |
| truck |
lorry,
truck |
| truck stop |
transport café |
| trunk
(car) |
boot |
tube;
tube, the [colloq.] |
radio
valve;
the box, the telly [both colloq.], TV |
| turfman |
horse
racing devotee or punter |
| turn signal
(on vehicle) |
indicator,
blinker |
| turnpike |
tollroad (motorway
type) |
| turpentine |
white
spirit, turpentine, turps [colloq.] |
| turtleneck
(sweater) |
polo neck
(jumper) |
| tuxedo |
dinner
jacket |
| two weeks |
a
fortnight
(from Old English: 'fourteen nights') |
| two-family house |
semi-detached
house |
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