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English Australian US
Car
bonnet bonnet hood
boot boot trunk
?? bumper bar bumper
?? mud guard fender
?? windscreen windshield
?? petrol gas
?? bitumen asphalt
?? sealed road paved road
?? gravel road metal
?? ute, utility pickup truck
?? give a lift give a ride
?? semi(-trailor) big rig
?? car park parking lot
?? bowser gas pump
lorry truck truck
motorway freeway freeway
car, motor car car, auto(mobile), vehicle

[1] ^ Although an Australian would say that a car is a vehicle, they would not ask "do you have a vehicle?"

silencer muffler muffler
Office
?? rubber eraser
?? backboard duster blackboard eraser
?? sticky tape scotch tape
?? biro pen
?? post a letter mail a letter
?? display on notice board post a notice
?? postman mailman
?? drawing pins thumbtacks
?? golfballs (selectric typewriter) elements
ground floor ground floor first floor (Oz floors are US floors less 1)
lift lift (building) elevator
?? notice board bulletin board
lavetory toilet washroom, restroom
CV CV, resume resume
Food
?? biscuit cookie, cracker
?? burghul bulgur
?? scone biscuit (nearest equivalent, made with yeast instead of self-raising)
sweet lolly candy
?? icy pole popsicle, ice pop
?? plain flour all purpose flour
?? whole meal (bread) wheat, whole wheat
?? castor sugar confectionary sugar
?? rockmelon cantaloupe
?? paw paw papaya
?? shallots, spring onions green onions, scallions
?? capsicum bell pepper
swede swede rutabaga (turnip)
?? silver beet Swiss chard
?? sultanas yellow raisins
?? jam jam, jelly
?? jelly jello
chips chips French fries
crisps chips potato chips
?? fairy floss cotton candy
?? soft drink soda, pop, soda pop, "coke"
?? ginger ale root beer
?? lemonade 7-up
?? American style lemonade lemonade
?? tomato sauce ketchup
?? entree appetizer
?? main course entree
?? tea time, morning tea, afternoon tea coffee break
?? black or white coffee or tea coffee or tea with or without cream, coffee light
?? serviette napkin
?? scroggin gorp, trail mix
?? tucker grub
?? make a sandwich make or fix a sandwich
?? packed lunch sack lunch or box lunch
?? jug pitcher
?? schooner, midi, pot small, large beer
?? restaurant bill restaurant check, restaurant bill
?? shout a round buy everyone drinks
tin tin can
?? mince steak ground beef
?? chicken, chook chicken
?? meat pie ---
?? pastie ---
?? pavlova ---
?? sausage roll ---
?? lamington ---
?? pudding ---
?? stew ---
?? to bake under an open grill, i.e., bake and grill food simultaneously broil
?? flavoursome flavorful

University

?? 1st year, 2nd year etc freshman, sophomore, junior, senior
?? university, uni college, school
?? at university in college
?? postgrad(uate) grad(uate) student
?? thesis dissertation
?? supervisor adviser
read (a subject) study (a subject) study (a subject)
?? term quarter
autumn autumn fall
?? sit in on course audit course
?? primary school elementary school
?? maths math
?? stats stat
headmaster headmaster, principal principal

Home

?? flat apartment, condominium
?? kitchen tidy trash can
?? rubbish bin trash can
?? bucket pail
?? tap faucet, spigot
?? letter box mail box
?? verandah porch, deck
pavement footpath sidewalk
?? lounge (suite) sofa
?? wardrobe closet
?? dresser, dressing table sideboard
?? cutlery silverware
?? freezer freezer, icebox
?? kitchen bench kitchen counter
?? laundry trough laundry tub
?? clothes hoist clothes line
clothes peg clothes peg clothes pin
?? billy (usually a blackened tin pot used on a bushwalk) pot
?? billy tea (tea made in a billy on a bushwalk)
?? estate agent realtor
?? block of land lot of land
?? cubby house tree house, play house
?? (baby's) dummy pacifier
?? lane alley
?? tomahawk hatchet
?? cotton wool absorbent cotton
?? (council) rates local taxes
?? tidy up room, house pickup room, house
Duvet doona, continental quilt comforter

Clothes

?? jumper sweater
?? polo neck (jumper) turtle neck (sweater)
?? singlet tank top, athletic shirt
?? nappy diaper
?? sanitary towels sanitary napkins
?? hair pins bobby pins
?? press studs snaps
?? track suit sweat suit, sweats
?? clothes horse clothes rack (?)
?? reel of cotton spool of thread
?? zip zipper
trousers pants pants

Hardware

spanner spanner wrench
?? torch flashlight
?? oxie welder torch
?? fortnight two weeks
?? Saturday week etc a week from Saturday
?? dollar note dollar bill
Country
?? bushwalk hike
?? station ranch
?? droving muster, roundup
?? swagman, swaggie (not derogatory) bum, pan handler (derogatory)
?? jackaroo cowboy
?? jilleroo cowgirl
?? woop woop boondocks, boonies
?? behind the black stump, back of Bourke podunk
?? bush bashing brush busting
?? outback ---
?? walkabout ---

Expressions

?? write to (something) write (someone)

Music

?? semi-quaver sixteenth note
?? quaver eighth note
?? crotchet quarter note
?? mimim half note
?? semi breve whole note
?? breve double note

Other

?? barrack for team root for team
?? sport sports
?? stocks (ski) poles
?? football Australian rules
?? gridiron, American football football
?? hockey field hockey
?? ice hockey hockey
?? noughts and crosses tic tac toe
?? newspaper cuttings newspaper clippings
queue queue line
?? quay wharf
?? busker street artist
?? unreliable flaky, flake out
?? home and hosed home free
?? homely homey
?? plain homely
?? glandular fever mono (nuclesis)
?? rsi (repetition strain injury) repetitive stress syndrome (less serious), carpal tunnel syndrome (more serious, may even require surgery)
?? cinch sure thing
?? g'day hi, howdy
?? ta-ta, seeya take care, take it easy
?? ta, thanks thanks
?? good on you good for you
?? good work good job
?? poker machine slot machine
?? lawyer, solicitor attorney
?? door-to-door salesman solicitor
?? aluminium aluminum
?? chemist's drug store
?? caretaker janitor
?? warder prison guard
?? (train) engine locomotive
?? shareholder stockholder
?? disembark (from plane) deplane
?? sus (that's a bit sus) suspect
?? sus out (we'll have to sus it out) check out
?? tick off (items in a form) check off
?? tick off (the teacher caught the boy and ticked him off) scold, dress down
parcel parcel package
time table time table schedule
mobile (phone) mobile (phone) cell(phone)
mohican (hairstyle) mohawk mohawk