根据第三段提到What they call “crisps” is what we call “potato chips” and when we ask for “chips” in England we will get what we know at home in America as “French fries”.可知,他们所谓的“crisps”就是我们所说的“薯片”,当我们在英国点“chips”时,我们得到的是我们在美国本土所...
Brown bread - In cheap restaurants the choice of bread may be "white" or "brown". This is our equivalent of white or wheat. If you asked for "wheat" you'd get a strange look. Brown sauce - If you are eating all day breakfast or something similar in a pub, you are likely to be...
Finally, both American and British English have words that are used exclusively. For example, American English has words likebayouandcleatsfor which there is no British equivalent. On the other side, British English uses terms likebunce,niff, andjiggery-pokerythat don’t really have American equi...
Many an American has come ashore and innocently ordered chips, only to be right royally cheesed off. In the UK, chips are deep-fried strips of potato, and chunky ones at that. In the US, thin bastardized versions of British chips might call themselves french fries. ...
Make a list of British English on a Student A worksheet and equivalent American words mixed up on a Student B worksheet, then write different example sentences for each (with British and American punctuation, spelling and grammar to match the vocabulary in each case). Without showing their works...
Big Ben –the nickname for the Great Bell of the clock at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London. Nessie –a nickname for the Lochness Monster. Dame –a noble title and the female equivalent of a knighthood in the British honors system. Quid –slang for the pound sterling...
French fries, as in "fish and CHIPS". CHRISTIANITY A religion based on the teachings of Jesus Christ. CHUFF. v. (1) To make loud puffing or breathing noises. (2) slang To speak nonsense. Chuffed, chuffing. CHUFFED adv. 1. Happy, as in, "I was really CHUFFED when I passed my...
Cobblers- I have heard people say "what a load of cobblers" more than once. Maybe that's because I talk so much rubbish. An equivalent would be what a load of bollocks. It means you are talking out of your butt and has nothing to do with any kind of dessert! Derived from the cock...
Conversely, there are manyBritish idiomsthat are not heard in the US, as well as a lot of colorful slang language that we won’t repeat here. Some of the more family-friendly terms found in British English with no American equivalent are ‘faff’ (to dither or waste time – also a nou...
Prompted by concurrent completion of the latest plant atlas for Britain and Ireland, the orchid flora of these islands is reviewed in detail, focusing on 2