TIẾNG ANH – ANH VÀ TIẾNG ANH - MỸ

TIẾNG ANH – ANH VÀ TIẾNG ANH-MỸ 
autumn----fall ("autumn" is used, but only informal or poetic language) 
aerial (radio/TV)---- antenna 
angry & mad----- mad & crazy 
banger, sausage---- sausage 
barrister/solicitor---- attorney, lawyer 
bath---- bathtub, tub 
bill (restaurant)---- check 
biscuit---- cookie, cracker 
block of flats---- apartment house/building 
booking---- reservation 
boot---- trunk (of a car) 
bonnet---- hood (of a car) 
braces (to hold up trousers)----suspenders (men’s) 
car----automobile, car 
car park----parking lot 
caravan----trailer 
chap----guy, man, boy 
chemist's----drugstore 
chemist----pharmacist 
chest of drawers----dresser/bureau 
chips----(French) fries 
cigarette; fag (slang)----cigarette or cigaret (in the US fag or faggot means 
homosexual man (rude, offensive) 
cinema----movie theater 
city centre----downtown 
class, form---- grade (school levels 1st - 12th) & class (top 4 levels 9th - 
12th = freshman, sophomore, junior, senior) 
clothes peg----clothespin 
crisps----potato chips 
crossroads----intersection 
cooker----stove 
cupboard----closet 
curtains----drapes 
curriculum vitae, CV----resume 
diary (personal account)----journal, diary 
dressing gown----robe 
driving licence (c for noun, s for verb)----driver's license (s for noun or verb) 
dummy (for babies)----pacifier 
bath gown----bath robe 
engine----motor 
estate agent----realtor 
film----movie 
fizzy drink----pop, soda, coke 
flat ('apartment' is sometimes used in formal written documents)----
apartment 
flyover----overpass 
floor----storey 
football----soccer 
fortnight----two weeks 
foyer----lobby/foyer 
full stop (punctuation)----period 
fringe----bangs 
garden----yard 
gas----fossil fuel in gaseous state used to heat & cook 
gaol, prison, jail----prison, jail, penitentiary, pokey 
grill----broil 
ground floor----first floor 
gear-lever----gear shift 
handbag----purse 
hand brake----parking brake, emergency brake 
headmaster, headmistress, head teacher----principal 
high school, secondary school, comprehensive school----high school (junior 
high, senior high) 
holiday----vacation 
hire (hire a car)----rent (rent a car) 
hoover (noun and verb)----vacuum (noun and verb) vacuum cleaner (noun) 
jab (injection)----shot 
jelly----Jell-O, gelatin 
jam----jelly 
jumper----sweater 
ladybird----ladybug 
luggage----baggage, luggage 
lift----elevator 
lorry----truck 
maize----corn 
mackintosh, raincoat----raincoat 
managing director----chief executive officer (CEO) 
marks----grades 
motorway----freeway 
mince----chopped beef 
mobile phone----cell(ular) phone 
nappy----diaper 
pavement----sidewalk 
petrol----gas, gasoline 
filling station----gas station 
plimsolls, trainers, pumps----sneakers 
postal code----zip code 
postman----mailman 
pram (perambulator)----baby carriage/(baby) buggy 
property----real estate 
pocket money----allowance 
public school (in England, an expensive type of private school)----private 
school 
state school (or council school)----public school 
primary school----elementary school 
pudding/dessert----dessert 
reception (hotel)----front desk 
receptionist----desk clerk 
ring up/phone----call/phone 
row----argument 
rubber----eraser (rubber means condom in the US) 
rubbish----garbage (or trash) 
rucksack----backpack/backbag 
serviette----napkin 
stockholder----shareholder 
sweets----candy 
queue----line 
shop----store 
starter, entree----appetizer 
single ticket----one-way ticket 
surname (British preferred)----last name (American preferred) 
surgery----doctor's/dentist's office (surgery means operating room in the US) 
tap----faucet 
taxi----cab, taxi 
term----semester (or quarter) 
tights----pantihose 
timetable----schedule 
tin----can 
toilet, lavatory, W.C., loo----bathroom, restroom, washroom, john 
torch----flashlight 
trousers----pants 
tube, underground----subway 
vest----undershirt 
waistcoat----vest 
wallet----wallet, billfold 
wedding ring----wedding band/ring 
windscreen----windshield 
zebra crossing----pedestrian crossing 
zip----zipper 
zed----the letter zee (Z) 
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