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British-American
Glossary
Smoothing transatlantic
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Index
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| daddy
longlegs [colloq.] |
crane
fly |
| daft |
foolish, crazy |
| dame |
a lady who has been knighted |
| damn all |
nothing at all |
| damp squib,
a |
something unimpressive (underwhelming) |
| Darby
and Joan |
your
average, happily married elderly couple |
| Darby
and Joan's club |
social
club for the elderly |
| Dash it (all)! |
Damn
it (all)! |
| Davenport |
type of ornamental writing-desk |
| day return
(ticket) |
heavily
discounted round-trip ticket valid one day only, sometimes with
restrictions on rush-hour usage |
| dead on (as in 'dead
on 6 o'clock') |
exactly |
| debtors
(in accounting) |
accounts
receivable, receivables |
| demerara |
a kind of
rough, light-brown cane sugar |
| demon
drink, the [humorous] |
demon
alcohol, the |
| dental
surgery |
dentist's
office |
| depot |
bus or truck parking; storehouse for goods |
| detached house |
one-family house |
| dialling code |
area code |
| dialling tone |
dial tone |
| diary (for planning purposes) |
appointment book,
date book |
| dibs
[slang] |
money, dough
[slang] |
| dick
(see also clever dick) |
stupid
man |
| different to
(informal
variant of 'different from') |
different than
(or 'different from') |
| digs [colloq.] |
temporary lodgings other than hotel |
| dinky [colloq.] |
small
and charming or cute |
| dinner jacket |
tuxedo |
| dinner service, dinner set |
complete set of matching
plates, dishes, bowls, cups and saucers for serving meals to a number of people |
| dip (v.) |
to lower a vehicle's headlight beam |
| direct
debit (banking) |
automatic
draft |
| directory enquiries (telephone) |
directory assistance |
| discount
voucher |
rain
check |
| dishy [colloq.] |
sexually attractive, sexy looking |
| dispatch-rider |
messenger |
| district (in a town) |
section |
| diversion (on road) |
detour |
| do a bunk
[slang] |
play
hooky [colloq.], abscond, slip away in a hurry when one is expected or
obliged to stay |
| do
porridge
[slang] |
serve
time (prison term) |
| dodgy [colloq.]
(as in 'dodgy practices') |
artful, cunning |
| dole,
the (as in 'he's on the dole') |
money
paid to jobless person; unemployment benefits |
| do the washing up |
do/wash the dishes |
| doctor qualified but
training as specialist |
resident |
| doctor's surgery |
doctor's office |
| dormitory |
multiple-bed room at boarding school |
| dormitory
town |
bedroom
community |
| dosh
[slang] |
jack
[slang], money |
| doss (v.)
[slang] |
sleep rough or in cheap lodgings |
| doss-house
[slang] |
cheap lodging house for vagrants |
| dotty
[colloq.] |
feebleminded, absurd, eccentric |
| double Dutch |
incomprehensible talk |
| double-glazed windows,
double glazing |
double-pane windows |
| doughnut |
donut |
| downmarket |
common and cheap |
| draining
board (dish-drying surface next to sink) |
drainboard |
| drainpipe |
downspout |
| drapery,
draper's (shop) |
dry
goods store |
| draught
excluder |
weather-stripping |
| draughts (board game) |
checkers |
| drawing pin |
thumbtack |
| drawing
room [formal] (originally 'withdrawing room') |
living room |
| dress circle (in
theatre) |
first balcony,
mezzanine |
| dresser |
tall
piece of (usually kitchen) furniture with drawers or closets in bottom
half and shelves on top |
| dressing gown |
robe |
| dressing table
(chest of drawers with mirror on top) |
dresser |
| drink-driver/driving |
drunken driver/driving |
| drip
[med.] (as in 'he was put on a drip') |
drip feed |
| drip-mat (put under a
glass) |
coaster |
| drive
(n.) |
driveway |
| driving licence |
driver's
license |
| driving
test |
driver's
test |
| dry up |
dry the dishes |
| drop a clanger
[slang] |
make a mistake or blunder |
| dual carriageway |
divided highway |
| duff
up
[slang] |
beat
up, thrash |
| dummy
(baby's comforter) |
pacifier |
| dumper (type of lorry) |
dump truck |
dungarees
(jeans or tough denim trousers with cloth
covering chest and straps over shoulders) |
overalls |
| dustbin |
trash
can/barrel, garbage can/barrel |
| duster |
dust cloth |
| dustman |
trash
collector, garbage collector |
| duvet |
thick, soft quilt with detachable cover;
comforter |
| dynamo |
mechanical generator (e.g. on a
bicycle) |
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