Diversion--Detour, as in "Starting at the next stop, this bus will be on diversion."
High Street--main shopping street, as in "Order online and pick up on your local high street."
Bin--Trash Can, as in "Just chuck it in the bin."
Rubbish--Trash, as in "place your rubbish in the bin."
Beef Mince--Ground Beef, as in "For dinner we are having mince meat pie."
Bollards--traffic barrier
Primary School--Elementary School
Secondary School--High School
Trolley--Cart (can be a grocery cart or one used at the airport), as in "This trolley has a dodgy wheel."
Scheme--Program (with no negative connotation), as in "Please see the attached latest Payroll Scheme" or "England recently developed a Pet Travel Scheme to avoid animal quarantine."
Swede--Rutabaga
Football--Soccer
Lorry--Semi-truck
Footpath--Sidewalk, as in "Be sure to walk on the footpath so you don't get hit by a car."
Arcade--Covered passageway (typically filled with shops), as in, "The Stephen Wiltshire Gallery is in the Royal Opera Arcade off Pall Mall."
Gob--mouth, as in "Shut your great big gob!"
Queue--line, as in "Why does no one know how to queue around here?"
Boot--Trunk, as in "Help me get these bags in the boot."
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