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British-American Glossary
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Index of Briticisms

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Able Seaman (Royal Navy) Seaman (U.S. Navy)
Acting Sub-Lieutenant (Royal Navy) Ensign > Chief Warrant Officer (U.S. Navy)
Action Man (military-themed doll) G.I. Joe  (U.S. equivalent)
adjustable spanner monkey wrench
Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy) Fleet Admiral (U.S. Navy)
Admiralty Department of the Navy
adopt (in politics) slate (nominate or select) as a candidate for office
aerial antenna
aeroplane airplane
afters [colloq.] dessert
agricultural show equivalent of a U.S. state or county fair
Air Chief Marshal (Royal Air Force) General (U.S. Air Force)
Air Commodore (Royal Air Force) Brigadier General (U.S. Air Force)
air-conditioning (especially in a car) climate control system
Air Marshal (Royal Air Force) Lieutenant General (U.S. Air Force)
Air Vice Marshal (Royal Air Force) Major General (U.S. Air Force)
Aircraftman (Royal Air Force) Airman Basic (U.S. Air Force)
airscrew aircraft propeller
alcohol (distilled type, spirits) liquor 
all the go [colloq.] (the hottest fashion) all the rage 
allotment a lot or small piece of land rented to grow vegetables on, especially popular among apartment dwellers
Alsatian (dog) German shepherd (dog)
aluminium aluminum
American football football (game played largely with the hands!)
American War of Independence (1775-1783) American Revolutionary War
anaesthetist anesthesiologist, anesthetist
Anglepoiselamp  swing-arm lamp, architect's lamp
annexe  dependency, annex
anorak windbreaker, parka
answerphone answering machine
anti-clockwise counter-clockwise
arse [slang] ass [slang], buttocks, posterior
articulated lorry (juggernaut) semi [colloq.], semi-trailer, tractor-trailer
arty (pretentiously artistic or worshipping of the arts) artsy
assistant (in office or store) clerk
at the back (of) in back (of), behind
at the weekend, at New Year on the weekend, on New Year's
athletics track and field
aubergine eggplant
au pair, au pair girl foreign female, usually in late teens, who lives in with and assists family with domestic chores in order to learn local language
away fixture sports event not to be held on one's home ground;
also a slang term for infidelity 
autumn fall, autumn

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