After the meal
I think I've eaten too much!
FOOD AND COOKING
Nosh / grub - These are informal words for food.
Lets go out for a slap up dinner. / Let's pig out and stuff our faces! - Let's go out and have a lot to eat!
The food was fusion. - There was a mix of two types of food, eg Thai and western European.
I really fancy an Indian! - You're not in love with someone from India - you just want to go for a curry [spicy Indian food]!
Fancy a ruby? - Here, 'ruby' is rhyming slang for 'curry'. [Ruby Murray was one of the most popular singers in the UK in the 1950s.]
I'm starving. I could eat a horse! - you are extremely hungry!
I'm just a bit peckish. - You are not particularly hungry but feel like having something to eat.
کلمات انگلیسی متفاوت هم معنا
| British | Canadian | American |
| anywhere | anywhere | anyplace |
| autumn | autumn/fall | fall |
| barrister | lawyer | attorney |
| beeper, pager | pager | beeper |
| bill (restaurant) | bill | check |
| biscuit | cookie | cookie |
| block of flats | apartment block | apartment building |
| bonnet | hood | hood |
| boot (of car) | trunk (of car) | trunk (of automobile) |
| car | car | automobile |
| caravan | trailer | trailer |
| chemist | drugstore | drugstore |
| chest of drawers | dresser | bureau |
| chips | French fries/chips | French fries |
| chocolate bar | chocolate bar | candy bar |
| the cinema | movies | the movies |
| clothes peg | clothes peg | clothespin |
| coffin | coffin | casket |
| condom | condom | rubber |
| crisps | potato chips | potato chips |
| crossroads | intersection | intersection |
| cupboard | cupboard | closet |
| cutlery | cutlery | silverware |
| diversion | diversion, detour | detour |
| drawing-pin | thumbtack | thumbtack |
| driving licence | driver's licence | driver's license |
| dummy (for babies) | soother | pacifier |