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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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American
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British
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| ice
box |
fridge,
refrigerator; cool box |
| ice-cream
cone |
cornet |
| in box
(on desk) |
in-tray |
| in
the cards
[colloq.] (likely or probable) |
on
the cards
[colloq.] |
| Inc.
(Incorporated) |
Ltd.
(Abbreviation for 'Limited'. In UK company owners
have limited liability in the event of financial failure.) |
| in back
(of) |
at the
back (of), behind |
| in the hospital
(hospitalized) |
in
hospital |
| inn |
small,
rural area hotel; sometimes a bar |
| installment
plan |
HP,
hire purchase |
| intermission
(break in movie or theatrical performance) |
interval |
intern
(new hospital doctor gaining on-the-job
experience and
still undergoing training) |
houseman |
| intersection |
crossroads,
junction |
| interstate,
interstate highway |
major
road or motorway linking major U.S. cities |
| inventories
(goods available for delivery) |
stocks |
| Italian dressing |
French
dressing |
| Ivy
League |
America's
most reputable universities, all located in the northeast: Brown,
Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, the University of
Pennsylvania, and Yale. (compare Oxbridge) |
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