Już 62 372 użytkowników uczy się języków obcych z Edustation.
Możesz zarejestrować się już dziś i odebrać bonus w postaci 10 monet.
Jeżeli chcesz się dowiedzieć więcej o naszym portalu - kliknij tutaj
Jeszcze nie teraz ZAREJESTRUJ SIĘlub
Zaloguj »
Porównanie słówek British vs American English
Temat: Edukacja
Do some Exercises: Słuchaj i zapisuj Tworzenie zdań Ukryte słowa
|
British English |
American English |
|
anorak |
jacket, parka |
|
aubergine |
eggplant |
|
bank holiday |
national holiday, |
|
barrister, solicitor |
lawyer, attorney |
|
bill (in restaurants) |
check (in restaurants) |
|
biscuit |
cookie |
|
bonnet |
hood |
|
boot |
trunk |
|
braces |
suspenders |
|
car park |
parking lot |
|
chemist's shop |
drugstore, pharmacy |
|
chips |
French fries |
|
city centre |
downtown, city center |
|
cloakroom |
checkroom, coatroom |
|
cooker |
stove |
|
(bathing) costume |
swimsuit |
|
cot (baby) |
crib |
|
courgette |
zucchini |
|
crisps |
potato chips |
|
crossroads |
crossroad (in the country) |
|
curriculum vitae (CV) |
résumé |
|
dinner jacket |
tux, tuxedo |
|
earth wire |
ground wire |
|
engaged |
busy |
|
Father Christmas |
Santa Claus |
|
to fill in |
to fill out |
|
film |
film, movie |
|
first floor |
second floor |
|
fish-fingers |
fish-sticks |
|
flat |
apartment |
|
football |
soccer |
|
fortnight |
two weeks |
|
fringe |
bangs |
|
garden |
yard |
|
Gents |
Men's Room |
|
ground floor |
ground floor, first floor |
|
headmaster, headteacher |
principal |
|
to hire |
to rent |
|
holiday |
vacation |
|
hoover |
vacuum cleaner |
|
icing sugar |
powdered sugar |
|
inverted commas, quotation marks |
quotation marks |
|
jacket potato |
baked potato |
|
jam |
jelly |
|
Joe Bloggs |
John Doe |
|
jumper |
sweater |
|
ladybird |
ladybug |
|
to lay the table |
to set the table |
|
letter box |
mail box |
|
lift |
elevator |
|
lorry |
truck |
|
mackintosh |
raincoat |
|
managing director |
chief executive officer (CEO) |
|
match |
game |
|
mobile (phone) |
cellphone |
|
motorbike |
motorcycle |
|
motorway |
freeway, highway |
|
nappy |
diaper |
|
note |
bill |
|
number plate |
license plate |
|
pants |
underpants |
|
pavement |
sidewalk |
|
pedestrian crossing, zebra crossing |
crosswalk |
|
petrol |
gas |
|
plane |
airplane |
|
post |
|
|
post code |
zip code |
|
postman |
mailman |
|
prawn |
shrimp |
|
primary school |
elementary school |
|
to queue |
to line up |
|
railway |
railroad |
|
reception |
front desk |
|
to ring |
to call |
|
road way |
pavement |
|
roundabout |
traffic circle, rotary |
|
rucksack |
backpack |
|
rubber |
eraser |
|
rubbish |
garbage |
|
share |
stock |
|
shop |
store |
|
shop assistant |
sales clerk |
|
sick |
nauseated |
|
single ticket |
one-way ticket |
|
Sorry. |
Excuse me. |
|
spanner |
wrench |
|
sports day |
fields day |
|
public school |
private school |
|
stock |
inventory |
|
subway |
underpass |
|
sultana |
raisin |
|
sweet shop |
candy store |
|
tap |
faucet |
|
taxi |
cab |
|
term |
semester |
|
timetable |
schedule |
|
tin |
can |
|
toilet, loo |
bathroom, rest room |
|
town centre |
downtown, city center |
|
torch |
flashlight |
|
trainers |
sneakers |
|
tram |
streetcar |
|
trolley |
cart |
|
trousers |
pants |
|
underground, tube |
subway |
|
vest |
undershirt |
|
waistcoat |
vest |
|
wallet |
billfold |
|
wardrobe |
closet |
|
to wash |
wash up |
|
wellington boots, wellies |
rubbers |
|
wing |
fender |
|
year (academic) |
grade (academic) |
|
zip |
zipper |
If you want to know more about differences between American and British English check out our blog entry about it: LINK
