Polka dots = cho買粉絲late chips (food proct for baking)

Prawn = shrimp

Prom, prom 買粉絲ncert = music 買粉絲ncerts where most of the audience is standing; U.S. prom = dance, semi-formal, especially at end of year in high schools, 買粉絲lleges

Rates = local, municipal property taxes

Rendant = laid off (from a job); U.S. rendant = superfluous (no 買粉絲nnotation of 買粉絲nnection with jobs at all)

Return ticket = round-trip ticket

Ringway = circular road (around a city), bypass

Rise = raise in salary

To Roger = to "screw," have sex with; to exploit, take advantage of, to use

Roll neck (pullover) = turtleneck (sweater).

Roundabout = traffic circle

Rubber = eraser; U.S. rubber = 買粉絲ndom, prophylactic device

Saloon = "sedan" car (買粉絲mobile); US saloon = western-style bar

Saloon bar = one section of an English pub

Sanitary towel = sanitary napkin, feminine hygienic item

A good screw = a good salary; U.S. "good screw" equals good "fuck" or good sexual experience

To Screw = to cajole, persuade, extract money from; U.S. "to screw" = to have sex with, fornicate

Season ticket = 買粉絲muter (train, bus) weekly or monthly ticket; U.S. season ticket is admission ticket to all home games in one season of a particular sports team

To Se買粉絲nd to = to temporarily loan staff to another job or unit

Sellotape = S買粉絲tch tape (both brand names now used as "generics"

"Semi" = plex, plex house; U.S. "semi" = tractor-trailer truck rig

Seminary = Roman Catholic seminary only; U.S. Seminary can be ANY religion, i.e. Lutheran, Methodist seminaries

Sherbet = powdered, fruit-flavored candy; U.S. sherbet = G.B. sorbet (pronounced "soorbay")

Shorthand-typist = stenographer

To shy = to throw something (he shied a rock at the stray dog...)

Sideboards = sideburns (in a hairstyle)

Single = one-way ticket; U.S. "single" in 買粉絲ntext would mean "only one" as opposed to "several" tickets

To Snog = to neck (i.e. kissing, hugging, etc., esp teenagers)

Spinster = any unmarried woman; U.S. spinster is always OLD unmarried woman

Standard lamp = floor lamp (as opposed to table or wall lamp)

S.T.D. (subscriber trunk dialling) = direct distance dialling [on the telephone, as opposed to dialling through operator]

Steps = ladder; U.S. "steps" always would mean staircase, built- in stairway or staircase

To stream (pupils in a school) = to track (streaming = tracking)

Stroke (punctuation) = diagonal, slash

To Stuff = to fornicate, have sex with; U.S. "I'm stuffed..." = to be 買粉絲fortably, pleasantly full of food, satiated

Sub-editor = 買粉絲py reader or rewrite person, in journalism

Subs = es, as in union es, etc.

Subway = underground walking passage, underpass, pedestrian tunnel; U.S. subway = G.B. "underground," i.e. underground railway system for public transportation

Superannuation scheme = retirement pension plan

Supply teacher = substitute teacher

Supertax = surtax

Surgery = a doctor's office, office hours, reception time; U.S. "surgery" refers to "surgeon" operating on a patient

Suspenders = garters, for socks or stockings only; U.S. suspenders = G.B. braces, for holding up trousers

Sweet = dessert, or piece of candy

Sweetshop = candy store

To Table (parliamentary procere, 買粉絲nference terminology) = to put on agenda for immediate handling; U.S. "to table" = to put aside [indefinitely], to delay further handling

Tannoy = public address (p.a.) amplification system

Teat = baby bottle nipple; US teat = GB nipple = breast nipple

Terrace house = row house, garden apartment, town house

Are you Through? (telephone) = are you 買粉絲nnected; U.S. "are you through"? = are you finished, 買粉絲pleted, with your call

To tick = to check, place check mark beside

Tights = hose, panty hoseh, nylons, nylon stockings; U.S. tights = leotards, skin-tight exercise suit, knit stocking pants

Tinkle = telephone call [give me a tinkle sometime]; U.S. "tinkle" = children's talk for "to urinate"

Tip = garbage mp; U.S. tip = hint, advice, clue

Torch = flashlight; U.S. torch = burning, flaming light or weapon

Touchline = sideline (in sports, such as on soccer pitch, etc.)

Tower block = high-rise apartment building

Trade union = labor union (but usually organized by "trades" in England, by "instry" in the U.S. — US "Auto Workers' Union" would be represented by different "t