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American-British
Glossary
Smoothing transatlantic
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Index
of Americanisms |
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B C D E
F G H
I J
K L M N
O P Q
R S T
U V W
X Y Z
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| gadfly |
breeze |
| gallon
(U.S. gallon = 3.79 liters) |
gallon
(Imperial gallon = 4.55 litres) |
| game |
match (soccer, rugby,
cricket, tennis, etc.) |
| garbage |
rubbish,
refuse |
| garbage can/barrel |
dustbin |
| garbage
dump |
rubbish
tip |
| garbage
man |
dustman,
rubbish collector, refuse collector [formal] |
| garter belt |
suspender
belt |
| garters
(support for women's
stockings) |
suspenders |
| gas
[colloq.], gasoline |
petrol |
| gas gauge |
petrol
gauge, fuel gauge |
| gas
pedal |
accelerator |
| gas
station |
petrol
station, filling station, service station, garage |
| gate
(at train station) |
ticket barrier |
| gawk
[colloq.] (stare in a rude or stupid manner) |
gawp
[colloq.] |
| gear changer
(on bicycle) |
gear lever |
| gearshift
(in car) |
gear lever,
gearstick |
| general delivery
(mail to be collected at post office) |
poste restante |
| General (U.S. Air
Force) |
Air Chief Marshal
(Royal Air Force) |
| General of the Air Force (U.S.
Air Force) |
Marshal of the Royal Air Force
(RAF) |
| General of the Army (U.S. Army) |
Field Marshal (British Army) |
| German shepherd
(dog) |
Alsatian
(dog) |
get
your panties in a knot [colloq.]
(= get worked up over something) |
get
your knickers in a twist [colloq.]
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| G.I.
Joe (military-themed doll) |
Action
Man (UK equivalent) |
| give someone a call
(telephone) |
give someone a ring |
| give someone a ride
(in your car) |
give someone a lift |
| glom
onto [slang] |
begin
to show a strong liking for something |
| go
(n.) (try, attempt) |
bash,
whack [both colloq.], go
(as in 'I had a whack at mending it but failed') |
| go
to a movie (theater)/the movies |
go
to the cinema; go to the flicks/pictures
[colloq.] |
| gob
[slang] |
sailor |
| golden
raisin |
sultana |
| gondola |
goods wag(g)on (open &
flat-bottomed type) |
| goof,
goof-up [colloq.] |
silly
mistake |
| goof, goofball
[slang] (inept, annoying, foolish person) |
prat,
jerk [both slang] |
| goof
up [colloq.] |
slip
up (i.e. make a stupid mistake) |
| goon
(thug or criminal) |
man
hired to threaten, intimidate or hurt opponents |
| goose bumps |
goose pimples |
| grab bag |
lucky
dip |
| grade
(school class) |
form
(as in 'from September he'll be in the 2nd form') |
| grade crossing
(on railroad) |
level
crossing, railway crossing |
| graduate
(n.) |
school
leaver of any age or level completing course |
| graduate
(v.) |
leave
school or institution of learning after
successful completion of course at any level or age |
| graduate school |
postgraduate
school |
| graduated beaker/cylinder
(in chemistry lab) |
measuring beaker/cylinder |
| green
onion |
spring
onion |
| glasshouse |
greenhouse |
green
thumb (as in 'he has a green thumb',
i.e. he is good at growing plants) |
green
fingers (as in 'he's got green fingers')
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| greeting card |
greetings card |
| ground
(electrical); grounded |
earth;
earthed |
| ground
meat |
mince, minced meat |
| ground
wire |
earth
wire |
| guardrail |
crash
barrier |
| gumshoe
[old-fashioned slang] |
detective
(man who moves with stealth in gumshoes) |
| guy
(male person, fellow) |
bloke,
geezer, mush [all slang], chap |
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