EFL teacher David Appleyard
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Smoothing and improving transatlantic communication
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AmericanAmerican term or expression BritishBritish equivalent, or explanation
quarter after (on the clock) quarter past
quarter note  (music) crotchet
quilt duvet, continental quilt
quit (give up) chuck it in, quit [both colloq.]