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American-British
Glossary
Smoothing transatlantic
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Index
of Americanisms |
A
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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| oatmeal |
porridge |
| ocean liner |
liner,
cruise liner |
| odds and ends |
bits and bobs
[colloq.], odds and ends |
| odometer |
mileometer,
milometer |
| off-the-rack
(clothes ready-made, ready-to-wear) |
off-the-peg |
| off the wall
[colloq.] |
unconventional |
| oftentimes |
often |
| on
ramp (on freeway) |
slip
road (on motorway) |
| on sale |
for
sale at reduced price, in a (bargain) sale |
| on the weekend, on New Year's,
on Christmas, etc. |
at the weekend, at New Year,
at Christmas, etc. |
| on
vacation |
on
holiday |
| one-family house |
detached
house |
| one-way ticket |
single
(ticket) |
| operating room
(in hospital) |
operating
theatre |
| optometrist |
optician |
| orchestra seats
(in theater) |
stalls |
| orient
[v.] |
orientate
[v.] |
| out
of whack [colloq.] |
not
looking right or working as it should |
| out to lunch
[colloq.] (crazy) |
off one's rocker
[slang] |
| outbox
(on desk) |
out-tray |
| outhouse |
outdoor lavatory,
carsy
[slang] |
| outlet
(electrical) |
wall
socket, mains
socket, plug socket, plug [colloq.], power point |
| oven
mitt |
oven glove |
overalls
(jeans or tough denim trousers with cloth
covering chest and straps over shoulders) |
dungarees |
| overhead
[U] or [C] |
overheads
(plural noun) |
| overpass
(bridge carrying one road over another) |
flyover |
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O P Q
R S T
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