American and British English: 100 Most Common Words
They include, but are not limited to:
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Apartment
Taxi Eggplant Bathtub Cookie Elevator Witness stand Cotton candy Janitor Slingshot Chief-of-police Coach Crib Stove Soccer Period Furnace Broil Glue Break/Vacation Panties Pants Popsicle Mail a letter Mail box Mailman General (in the army) Cell phone Mom(my) Sanitary napkin Diaper Pacifier Line Carousel Shop Wrench (work tool) Tylenol (acetaminophen) Subway Suspenders Candy Sweater Tap Check (mark) Restroom Flashlight Sneaker Trunk (of a car) Zipper Stroller (for baby) Checkers (a board game) Counterclockwise Dish towel Driver’s license Dude Checking account Expiration (date) Expressway Freshman Garbage Garbage can Gasoline (gas) Heavy cream (used in food) Ladybug Learner’s permit Mass transit Obligated Paper towels Power outage Overpass Cremains Parking lot Penitentiary Plastic wrap Powdered sugar Shopping bag Skim milk Vacation Windshield ZIP code Zucchini Bill Cilantro (referring to the leaves) Potato chips Drunk driving Trash can/ Wastebasket Garbage man / trash man Band-Aid Fish sticks Soccer Sidewalk (pavement) Toll-free number Bangs (of hair on forehead) Vacationer (person on vacation) Bathroom/ restroom Ground beef Braid (hair) Bar Fire ( from your job) Scotch tape Crosswalk |
Flat
Cab Aubergine Bath Biscuit Lift Witness box Candy floss Caretaker Catapult Commissioner PE teacher Cot Cooker Football Full stop Boiler Grill Gum Bank holiday Knickers Trousers Lollipop Post a letter Post box Postman Field Marshal Mobile phone Mum(my) Sanitary towel Nappy Dummy Queue Merry go-round Store* Spanner Paracetamol Underground/ tube Braces Sweet Jumper Faucet Tick Toilet Torch Trainer Boot Zip Pram Draughts Anti-clockwise Tea towel Driving licence Mate/ bloke Account/ Check account Expiry Motorway Fresher Rubbish Rubbish bin/ bin Petrol Double cream Ladybird Provisional driving licence Public transport Obliged Kitchen rolls Power cut Flyover Ashes Car park Jail Cling- film Icing sugar Carry bag Skimmed milk Holiday Windscreen Post code Courgette Bank note/ note Coriander Crisps Drink-driving Dustbin Dustbin man /dust man Sticky plaster Fish fingers Football or footie (slang) Footpath Freephone Fringe Holidaymaker Loo Mince Plait Pub Sack Cellotape Zebra crossing |
Reference: wikipedia.com