American and British English

WORDS AND PHRASES - VOCABULARY

American English British English Hungarian
1. apartment flat
2. apartment-house block of flats
3. garbage can dustbin
4. bug insect
5. cigarette-butt cigarette-end
6. first floor ground floor
7. second floor first floor
8. junk rubbish
9. living room sitting-room
10. napkin serviette
11. package parcel
12. candy sweets
13. corn maize
14. french fried potatoes, chips
french fries
15. vest waistcoat
16. deck of cards pack of cards
17. schedule timetable
18. vacation holiday
19. fall autumn
20. make a reservation to book
21. downtown city centre
22. smart clever
23. film movie
24. roommate flatmate
25. soccer football
26. sick ill
27. penpal/ e-pal penfriend
28. picture photo
29. store shop
30. shopping mall, mall shopping centre
31. last name surname
32. sneakers trainers
33. pants trousers
34. subway underground/tube
35.cell phone mobile phone
36.flashlight torch
37.pajamas pyjamas
38.elevator lift
39.eraser rubber
40.tire tyre
41.line queue
SPELLING
American English British English Hungarian
1. center 1. centre
2. color 2. colour
3. donut 3. doughnut
4. favorite 4. favourite
5. gray 5. grey
6. jewelry 6. jewellry
7. neighbor 7. neighbour
8. practice (verb) 8. practise (verb)
9. program 9. programme
10. theater 10. theatre
11. traveled 11. travelled
12. traveler 12. traveller
13. traveling 13. travelling
14.humor 14. humour

GRAMMAR AND USAGE

American English British English
I have I have got
Do you have? Have you got?
I don’t have I haven’t got
February 28 28 February
February 28th 28th February