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What are the differences between British English and American English?
Woodlands Junior School is in the south-east corner of England
On the Road In the UK, we drive slowly over sleeping policemen. Are we afraid of waking them up?  British English  American English Dual carriageway Divided highway Sleeping Policeman / speed bump Speed bump Car park Parking Lot Car Journey / drive Road Trip Zebra Crossing / Pedestrian Crossing Cross Walk Lollipop Man or Lady Crossing Guard Motorway Freeway/throughway Motorway Super highway Traffic Jam / Tailback Traffic Jam Lorry Truck Articulated Lorry Tractor Trailer /  Trailer Truck Estate car Station wagon Petrol Gas / Gasoline Pavement Sidewalk Petrol Station Gas Station Skip Dumpster Diversion Detour Lay-by Pull-off Cul-de-sac Dead end Roundabout (road) Traffic circle Fly-over Overpass Fire Engine Fire Truck Phone Box Telephone Booth Overtake (vehicle) Pass Convoy Caravan Caravan Trailer Parts of a Car  British English  American English Bonnet Hood Windscreen Windshield Boot Trunk Reversing lights Back-up lights Number plate License plate Gear lever Gear shift Exhaust pipe Tail pipe / Muffler Can't find a word? See our blog post Translating the British English  British and American Vocabulary Clothes Parts of a Car At School In and around the House On the Road People Buildings / Shops Sport Let's Eat! A- Z British to American British and American Spellings
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