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freecodecamp-projects/7-quality-assurance/5-american-british-translator/components/british-only.js

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