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A p
account bill/account pants/trousers trousers
airplane aeroplane pantyhose/nylons tights
anyplace/anywhere anywhere parking lot car park ...____.

apartment flat pavement road surface

pedestrian crossing zebra crossing
B
(potato) chips crisps
bathrobe dressing gown
public school state school
bathtub bath
purse handbag
bill banknote
billion=thousand million billion=million million R
busy (phone) engaged (phone) railroad railway
rest room toilet/cloakroom
c
cab taxi s
call/phone ring up/phone sales clerk/sales girl shop assistant
can tin schedule timetable
candy sweets shorts (underwear) pants
check bill (restaurant) sidewalk pavement
closet wardrobe stand in line queue
connect (telephone) put through store, shop shop
cookie biscuit subway underground
corn sweetcorn, maize
T
crazy mad
truck lorry. van
D two weeks fortnight/two weeks
desk clerk receptionist
V
dessert pudding/dessert/sweet
vacation holiday(s)
downtown (city) centre
vacuum (v.) hoover
drapes curtains
vacuum cleaner hoover
drug store/pharmacy chemist's (shop)
vest waistcoat
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duplex semi-detached
w
E
with or without (milk/cream in black or white
eggplant aubergine
coffee)
elevator lift
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y
F
yard garden
fall autumn
faucet tap z .___.
first floor, second floor, etc ground floor. first floor, etc (pronounced. "zee") (pronounced, "zed")
flashlight torch zero nought
French fries chips zip code postcode
front desk (hotel) reception
G
garbage/trash rubbish Grammar
garbage can dustbin/bin
gas petrol He just went out./ He has just gone out.
gas station petrol station/garage He has just gone out.
grade class/year
I Hello, is this Steve? Hello, is that Steve?
intermission interval
intersection crossroads Do you have a car?/ Have you got a car?
Have you got a car?

janitor caretaker/porter
Spelling
K
kerosene paraffin aluminum aluminium
L analyze analyse
lawyer/attorney solicitor center centre ...__J
line queue check cheque
lost and found lost property col or colour
honor honour
M
jewelry jewellery
mail post
practice(n,v) practice(n)
make a reservation book
practise(v)
motorcycle motorbike/motorcycle
program programme
movie film
realize realise
movie house/theater cinema
tire tyre
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N trave(l)ler traveller
news-stand newsagent
0 Expressions with prepositions and particles
office (doctor's/dentist's) surgery
different from/than different from/to
one-way (ticket) single (ticket)
live on X street live i.o. X street
overalls dungarees
on a team i.o. a team
on the weekend at the weekend
Monday through Friday Monday 1.Q Friday

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