Americanism - British English
1 at this moment in time - now, currently
2 briefly - momentarily
3 bullshit - nonsense
4 dish brush - washing up brush
5 dish soap - washing up liquid
6 eraser - rubber
7 fall - autumn
8 faucet - tap
9 garbage - rubbish
10 momentarily - in a moment, shortly
11 next up - next
12 pavement - roadway
13 raised in - brought up in/grew up in
14 range - hob
15 resume - c.v. (Latin curriculum vitae)
16 rubber - condom
17 sidewalk - pavement
18 subway - underground
19 truck - lorry
20 trucker - lorry driver
British - Americanisms
1 autumn - fall
2 brought up in - raised in
3 soon, shortly - momentarily
4 condom - rubber
5 c.v. - resume
6 hob - range
7 lorry - truck
8 lorry driver - truck driver
9 nonsense - bullshit
10 now - at this moment in time
11 Pavement - sidewalk
12 rubber - eraser
13 rubbish - garbage
14 tap - faucet
15 underground - subway
16 washing up liquid - dish soap
17 washing up brush - dish brush
Useful Websites
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About the author
Angela Lansbury was born and brought up in Britain but has also lived in the USA.
