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cinderella
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Ken Zayn- here you go. Oh, and I’d rather coffee, not tea. Thanks.

abseil- to rappel

aubergine- eggplant

barrister-

bedsit- a rented single room and bathroom

buggy- can be a few things but I’ll say baby carriage

bespoke-

biscuit- cookie

bonnet- hat (old fashioned0

candy-floss- caravan

courgette- zucchini

estate-car- station wagon

ex-directory- phonebook

fly-over- when a place is a short flying distance away

fortnight- 2 weeks

full-stop

greengrocer- a grocer who sells vegetables

hob hoover

handbrake

ice-lolly- a popsicle

icing-sugar- icing

jumper- a pullover sweater

kitchen-roll

lodger- someone who lodges?

lollipop-man

lorry- truck

motorway- higway

nappy- diaper

number-plate- license plate

overdraught- when u spend more than u have in the bank (isn’t it with an f?)

petrol- gas

plaster- what you plast with

plimsoles- sounds familiar but i don’t know

postcode- area-code

rubber- do u mean rubbers? if yes then rainboots

rubbish- garbage

rucksack- backpack?

sellotape- do u mean cellotape?

serviette- a napkin, towel, tissue

spanner- i think it’s a tool of some sort

sweets- candy

trainers- sneakers

marrow- like the thing thats in bones?

verruca- Charlie and the chocolate factory 🙂 like, a wart?

whinge-

windscreen- windshield

bumper- the thing on your car

zed- the letter “z”

Okay, some of these I completely made up if you can’t tell.