246 lines
6.7 KiB
JavaScript
246 lines
6.7 KiB
JavaScript
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module.exports = {
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abseil: "rappel",
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accountancy: "accounting",
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advert: "advertisement",
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"agony column": "advice column",
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answerphone: "answering machine",
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"anti-clockwise": "counterclockwise",
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"approved school": "juvie",
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artic: "semi",
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"athletics meeting": "track meet",
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aubergine: "eggplant",
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autocue: "teleprompter",
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"bank holiday": "public holiday",
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barmy: "balmy",
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biccie: "cookie",
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bicky: "cookie",
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bikky: "cookie",
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biro: "ballpoint pen",
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"bits and bobs": "odds and ends",
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"black pudding": "blood sausage",
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bloke: "guy",
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blower: "telephone",
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boffin: "an expert",
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"bog roll": "roll of toilet paper",
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"bog-standard": "garden-variety",
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"boiled sweet": "hard candy",
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"bone-idle": "lazy",
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brekkie: "breakfast",
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brekky: "breakfast",
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breve: "double whole note",
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brolly: "umbrella",
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"building society": "savings and loan association",
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"bum bag": "fanny pack",
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bunce: "a windfall",
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"bureau de change": "currency exchange",
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burgle: "burglarize",
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"by-election": "special election",
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cafetière: "French press",
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cafetiere: "French press",
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caff: "café",
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cagoule: "windbreaker",
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candidature: "candidacy",
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"candy floss": "cotton candy",
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"car boot sale": "swap meet",
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"car boot": "trunk",
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"car hire": "car rental",
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"car park": "parking lot",
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carer: "caregiver",
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carriageway: "lane",
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"cash machine": "ATM",
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cashpoint: "ATM",
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"central reservation": "median strip",
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chancer: "opportunist",
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"chat up": "flirt",
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"chatted up": "flirted",
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cheeky: "impertinent",
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"child-minder": "babysitter",
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chinwag: "chat",
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chippy: "fish-and-chip shop",
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"chip shop": "fish-and-chip shop",
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chuffed: "pleased",
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chunder: "vomit",
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"clapped out": "clapped out",
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cleg: "horse fly",
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clingfilm: "plastic wrap",
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"cling-film": "plastic wrap",
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"cling film": "plastic wrap",
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cobblers: "shoe repairers",
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conservatoire: "conservatory",
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"cotton bud": "cotton swab",
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"cotton wool": "cotton ball",
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counterfoil: "stub",
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counterpane: "bedspread",
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courgette: "zucchini",
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crisps: "potato chips",
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cuppa: "cup of tea",
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"current account": "checking account",
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daft: "silly",
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dogsbody: "grunt",
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dosh: "dough",
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"double first": "undergraduate degree",
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draper: "dry goods",
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draughts: "checkers",
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"drawing pin": "thumbtack",
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"drink-driving": "drunk driving",
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"driving licence": "driver's license",
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"dual carriageway": "divided highway",
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dustbin: "trash can",
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dustman: "garbage man",
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"dustbin man": "garbage man",
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dustcart: "garbage truck",
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earthed: "grounded",
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elastoplast: "bandage",
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"electric fire": "space heater",
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"engaged tone": "busy signal",
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"estate agent": "real estate agent",
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"estate car": "station wagon",
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"extension lead": "extension cord",
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"fancy a": "would you like a",
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"fairy cake": "cupcake",
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"fairy lights": "Christmas lights",
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"fire brigade": "fire department",
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"flight lieutenant": "captain",
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flypast: "flyby",
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footie: "soccer",
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freephone: "toll-free number",
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funfair: "carnival",
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gaol: "jail",
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gherkin: "pickle",
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"group captain": "colonel",
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"guard's van": "caboose",
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guv: "governor",
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"heath robinson device": "rube goldberg device",
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"high street": "main street",
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"hire purchase": "installment plan",
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"hold-all": "duffel bag",
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holidaymaker: "vacationer",
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hols: "holidays",
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"hot up": "heating up",
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"ice lolly": "popsicle",
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"identity parade": "police lineup",
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"inverted commas": "quotation marks",
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invigilator: "proctor",
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ironmongery: "hardware store",
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"jacket potato": "baked potato",
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jemmy: "jimmy",
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jerrybuilt: "jerry-rigged",
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"jerry-built": "jerry-rigged",
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"jumble sale": "rummage sale",
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"jump leads": "jumper cables",
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"kirby grip": "bobby pin",
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"kitchen roll": "paper towels",
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"knacker's yard": "junkyard",
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ladybird: "ladybug",
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launderette: "laundromat",
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lav: "toilet",
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learnt: "learned",
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loo: "bathroom",
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lorry: "truck",
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loudhailer: "megaphone",
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maths: "math",
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"mole grips": "vise-grips",
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motorway: "freeway",
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muppet: "an incompetent or foolish person",
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nark: "narc",
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nappy: "daiper",
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"nosy parker": "nosy",
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"nosey parker": "nosy",
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"number plate": "license plate",
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oap: "senior citizen",
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"off-licence": "liquor store",
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offie: "liquor store",
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"off-the-peg": "off-the-rack",
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"oughtn't": "shouldn't",
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overleaf: "reverse",
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owt: "anything",
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pants: "underwear",
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"panda car": "police car",
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"paper round": "paper route",
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paracetamol: "Tylenol",
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pernickety: "persnickety",
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petrol: "gasoline",
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petrolhead: "gearhead",
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"phone box": "payphone",
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"pillar box": "mailbox",
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"pillar-box red": "fire engine red",
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plasterboard: "drywall",
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plectrum: "guitar pick",
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"postal order": "money order",
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"poste restante": "general delivery",
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postie: "postman",
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"pound shop": "dollar store",
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pram: "stroller",
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perambulator: "stroller",
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prang: "fender bender",
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prat: "idiot",
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"press-up": "push-up",
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"press-ups": "push-ups",
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"pritt-stick": "glue stick",
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"provisional licence": "learner's permit",
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"provisional driving licence": "learner's permit",
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pub: "bar",
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publican: "landlord",
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"punch-up": "a fistfight",
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pushchair: "stroller",
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"quieten down": "quiet down",
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rashers: "bacon",
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recce: "recon",
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"reel of cotton": "spool of thread",
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sarky: "snarky",
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sarnie: "sandwich",
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sarny: "sandwich",
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sannie: "sandwich",
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"sat nav": "GPS",
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"self-raising flour": "self-rising flour",
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"selling-out shop": "liquor store",
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sellotape: "Scotch tape",
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"shan't": "won't",
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"shopping trolley": "shopping cart",
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skint: "broke",
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"skirting board": "baseboard",
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slaphead: "bald man",
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"sleeping partner": "silent partner",
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"sleeping policeman": "speed bump",
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slippy: "slippery",
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slowcoach: "slowpoke",
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"smart dress": "formal attire",
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snog: "kiss",
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spawny: "lucky",
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spiffing: "spiffy",
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"spot of tea": "cup of tea",
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squaddie: "grunt",
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squidgy: "squishy",
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stockist: "dealer",
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"sun cream": "sunscreen",
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"suspender belt": "garter belt",
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"swimming costume": "swimsuit",
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ta: "thank you",
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takeaway: "takeout",
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tannoy: "public address system",
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"tea towel": "dish towel",
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"telephone kiosk": "phone booth",
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telly: "television",
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"ticket tout": "scalper",
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"tipp-ex": "Wite-Out",
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"tipping down": "raining hard",
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trainers: "sneakers",
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"transport cafe": "truckstop",
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trousers: "pants",
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truncheon: "nightstick",
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"turf accountant": "bookie",
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"turn-indicator": "turn signal",
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"turn-ups": "cuffs",
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twee: "cutesy",
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uni: "college",
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upmarket: "upscale",
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veg: "vegetables",
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"wage packet": "paycheck",
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"washing-up liquid": "dish soap",
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wc: "bathroom",
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windscreen: "windshield",
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"wing mirrors": "side mirrors",
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"y-fronts": "briefs",
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"zebra crossing": "crosswalk",
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};
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