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British-American
Glossary
Smoothing transatlantic
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Index
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| haberdasher |
dealer in sewing and dress accessories, |
| haberdashery |
notions |
| hairdressing
salon |
beauty parlor/salon/shop |
| hairclip,
hairgrip (flat hairpin with ends close together) |
bobby
pin |
| hairslide |
barrette |
| half-mast
(as in 'a flag at half-mast') |
half-staff |
| half moon |
first/last quarter |
| half-term
(holiday) |
mid-semester
school break |
| hall
(area in home between front door & other rooms) |
foyer |
| hall of residence (at university) |
dorm
[colloq.], dormitory |
| hamper |
basket of food for picnic,
Christmas or other occasion |
| handbag |
purse,
pocketbook |
| Hard cheese!
[colloq.] |
Tough
luck!
[colloq.] |
| hard shoulder (on motorway) |
shoulder (on freeway) |
| harvestman
(arachnid a.k.a. 'harvest spider') |
daddy
longlegs [colloq.] |
| hash
sign, hash mark; hash key (#) |
pound
sign, number sign; pound key |
| haulier
(lorry/truck driver; haulage company) |
hauler
(trucker; trucking company) |
| have a bash at
something [colloq.] |
have a go at something or give it a try |
| have
a bath |
take
a bath |
| have a bun in the oven
[slang] |
be
in the family way [colloq.], be expecting (a baby) |
| have a go at someone
[colloq.] |
scold or physically attack someone |
| have a
pee [colloq.] |
take
a pee
[colloq.], pass urine |
| have a shower |
take a shower |
| have a slash
[slang] |
take
a pee
[colloq.], pass urine |
| have a
whack at
something [colloq.] |
have a go at something or give it a try |
| have got
(as in 'Have you got a piano?') |
have
(as in 'Do you have a piano?') |
| have it away/off
[slang] |
copulate,
have sex |
| head porter
(hotel) |
bell captain |
| headlamp,
headlight |
headlight |
| headmaster,
headmistress, headteacher, head
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principal |
| Here you are! |
There you go! |
| hi-fi (system) |
sound system |
| high street |
main street, main drag
[colloq.] |
| high tea |
early supper in late afternoon with tea |
highly
geared (of a company with high
borrowing
in relation to its share capital) |
highly
leveraged |
| Highway Code,
the |
official guide to the rules of the road |
| hipsters
(trousers not reaching as high as the waist) |
hip-huggers |
| hire car |
rental car |
| hire purchase
(or HP) |
payment according to
an installment plan |
| hoarding |
billboard |
| hob |
top part of stove with hotplates or burners |
| hockey |
field hockey |
| holiday (leave of absence) |
vacation |
| homely |
plain
in the sense of nice and simple, or unpretentious |
| hooker
(rugby) |
front-row player in scrum trying to hook ball |
| hooter |
vehicle horn; [also slang for] nose |
| Hoover™
(n.) |
vacuum cleaner |
| hoover
(v.) |
vacuum |
| horse box (vehicle for
transporting horses) |
horse car |
| horse-riding |
horseback riding |
| hotplate
(on electric cooker) |
round
flat metal plate for heating or cooking food |
| hotpot |
casserole,
usually with layer of potato on top |
| household
goods |
housewares |
| houseman (in a
hospital) |
resident doctor or intern |
| housewife |
homemaker |
| housing
estate |
housing
development, subdivision |
| human
resources director (top executive) |
vice
president (VP) human resources |
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