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British-American
Glossary
Smoothing transatlantic
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Index
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| racecourse |
racetrack |
| racing car |
race car |
| rag-and-bone
man |
ragman |
| railway |
railroad |
| railway carriage/coach |
railroad
car, passenger car |
| railway
crossing |
grade
crossing, railroad crossing |
| railway line |
railroad track |
| railway station |
railroad
station, train station, depot |
| rallying
(motor sport) |
rally
racing |
| randy [slang] |
horny
[slang], lustful |
| rasher (of bacon) |
slice |
| ratty
[colloq.] |
irritable, touchy |
| Rawplug™ |
plastic
wall anchor to give screws grip on walls; other U.S. equivalents include
the molly
bolt & toggle bolt |
| reafforestation |
reforestation |
| rear light (on
vehicle) |
taillight |
| reception (hotel, etc.) |
front desk |
| receptionist |
(front) desk clerk |
| recess |
temporary
cessation of work, especially in Parliament |
| reckon
(think, guess) |
figure |
| recorded delivery |
certified mail |
| Red Indian
[now
politically incorrect] |
American Indian, Native American |
| redundant |
out of work, unemployed |
| reel (of film, tape, cotton, etc.) |
roll, spool |
| refuse collector |
garbage man, trash man |
| registered post |
certified mail |
| register
office, registry office |
marriage clerk's office |
| remand
centre/home/school |
reformatory, reform school |
| Remembrance
Day/Sunday |
British
equivalent of Veteran Day |
| removal/removals
firm/service |
movers |
| removal/removals
lorry/van |
moving
van |
| repeat
prescription (medical) |
additional
prescription allowing more of a medicine previously prescribed, and
usually without the patient having to see the doctor all over again |
| resident |
overnight hotel guest |
| residential
area/district |
residential section, uptown |
| restaurant bill |
check |
| rest
room |
relaxation room |
| return ticket |
round trip ticket |
| reverse charge call
(n.) |
collect call |
| reverse
phone call charges (v.) |
call
collect |
| reversing
lights (on vehicle) |
backup
lights |
| revise (re-read study notes or
textbooks) |
review |
| Righto!
Right-oh! Righty-ho! |
Sure
thing! |
| rile
(annoy or agitate; stir up sediment in liquid) |
roil
(common AmE variant of 'rile') |
| ring off
(end a phone call) |
hang up |
| ring road |
bypass encircling
city or town |
| ring someone up |
call someone on the
telephone |
| ring-pull
(on drink can) |
pull-tab |
| rise
(pay increase) |
raise |
| rising damp |
ground-moisture penetration in wall |
| roadworks |
road work |
| rock |
hard, cylindrical stick of peppermint candy |
| roger
[slang] (have sex with) |
ball,
hump,
screw [all slang] |
| Roller
[colloq.] |
Rolls Royce car |
| roller
blind |
(window)
shade |
| rot
[slang] |
baloney
[colloq.], foolish nonsense |
| rota |
(duty) roster |
| rotter |
cad; objectionable, unpleasant
person |
| round
brackets |
parentheses |
| round something (prep.) |
around something |
| roundabout (type of road junction) |
rotary, traffic circle |
| rowing-boat |
rowboat |
| rubber |
eraser |
| rubber johnny,
johnny [both slang] |
rubber
[slang], condom, sheath |
| rubbish
(n.) |
garbage,
trash; baloney
[colloq.], nonsense |
| rubbish (v.)
[colloq.] |
criticize severely; reject as worthless |
| rubbish
tip |
garbage
dump |
| rucksack |
backpack |
| ruddy
[colloq.] |
damned, darned
[colloq.] |
| rug |
thick wool coverlet or blanket |
| rugger
[colloq.] |
rugby
football |
| run
a new car in |
break
in a new car's engine by not driving
too fast for the first 1,000 miles or so |
| rum,
rummy (adj.) [colloq.] |
strange,
odd, queer |
| runner beans |
string beans |
| rusticate |
expel or suspend from school or college |
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