Glossary

AUSTRALIA

U.S.A.

Supermarket

Grocery store

Paddocks

Fields

4WD

Pick-up

Now

Right now

Boot

Trunk

Car crash

Car wreck

Tea

Supper

Ticks = right answers

Ticks = checks or wrong answers

Basketball

Ball

Bonnet

Hood

Ribbed frying pan

Griddle

Jumper

Sweater

“how ya going mate”

Hello

Cool drink

Pop

Sweets/lollies

Candy

Medicare

‘Nightmare’

Rubbish

Trash

Toilet

Rest room

Speeding

“flying down the road like a scolded dog”

All day every week

24/7

Give way

Yield

(no-comparison)

Dead skunk in the middle of the road

Petrol

Gas

Cheque

Check

Photos

Pictures

Chord

Cord

Pyjamas

Pajama

Maths

Math

“I’ve finished”

“I’m done” especially N.American