British-American Dictionary

English colloquialisms/phrases/words on the left...the American equivalent on the right

Aubergine: Eggplant

Bint: a whore

Bits and bobs: bits and pieces, random stuff, everything 

Biscuit: a thick, dry, crumbly cookie. But also a cracker of sorts? Cookies don't exist really. See digestive.

Bloke: a dude, chap, guy, etc

Can't be bothered: I don't care enough to do this

Cheeky: Smart ass [me]

Cheeky Monkey: term of endearment for a sarcastic/smart ass [I've been called this by 3 diff colleagues]

Chips: Thick french fries

Cinema: Movie Theater

Courgette: Zucchini!

Crisps: Potato Chips

Digestive: like a thinner cookie meant for dipping in tea?

Dodgy: janky, unsafe, sketchy

Fancy: like, as in "I fancy your face"

Film: a movie

Get it sorted: get your shit together

Git: idiot, fool

Hanging: really hungover

Have a wee: go pee
Hoover: Vacuum cleaner

Jumper: sweater

Kit: all of your sport clothes/stuff

Knickers: underwear

Knackered: tired

Mate: amigo, friend, brah

Mosher: Emo kid

Muppet: idiot, jackass

Nutter: crazy fool

Pants: under-roos!

Pikey: a skanky gypsy-like person...may or may not rob you
Pipe down: shut up your face.

Plaster: band-aid

Pratting around: messing around, tooling around

Power cut: Power Outage

Pupil: student

Queue: a line for something

Quid: slang term for a pound, much like 'buck' is to 'dollar'

Revising: studying/preparing for an exam

Rubbish: Trash, "I am rubbish" = "I suck" 

Slag: Slut

Sod it: F it, Screw it

Taking the piss: make fun of someone

Taking the mick: see above

Tidy up: cleaning up

Tracksuit: sweats

Trainers: running shoes/tennis shoes/sneakers

Trouser: pants! But be careful, British pants are American undergarments.  Confusing, yes.  

Vest: a tank top...see waistcoat for further confusion

Waistcoat: an American vest...something worn by hipsters, or as a part of a suit

You alright?: Normal greeting that replaces the American "how are you?" when you see someone

Time is contagious, Everybody's getting old

Yo Chaz,

I haven't written a legit post to you in a while, and I apologize for that.  So here is an update on the various facets of my life...

• The training for the teachers was postponed from 3 weeks ago to next week.  Ash. 
• I have been working hard with the SSP to hammer out the SPECIFIC details for the programme... Mission Statement, etc.  It takes more energy than running a damn marathon.
• For some reason, I volunteered to participate in a 24-hour Spin-a-thon.  24 hours on a spinning bike...to raise money to send kids to the Singapore youth Olympics.  My experience can be summarized as follows: 8 hours on the saddle, 3 energy drinks, 6 movies, 1 episode of grey's, and 6 episodes of Friends watched, 8 nalgene's of water, 18 pieces of gum, 2 aleve, 4 dirty t-shirts, 90 minutes spent icing my leg, 5 hours sleep, and 103 GBP's raised by yours truly. 
• oh yeah, 3 days of recovery.
• The weather in London has been total shit
• I am officially moving to Boston in August
• I went to Aix en Provence, France.  For a weekend.
• It was epic!!
• Going to Dublin this weekend, the 15th
• Probably going to Scotland the weekend after
• Sarah comes the next weekend after that!
• Chipotle opened in London- we went on opening day and it. was. AWESOME. 
• So far I have been accepted into CSU, SLU, BU, and Tufts.  Interview with Ohio State.  I'm going to Tufts for sure, but it's nice to be wanted. haha. 
• Happy graduation to Mike, Libby, Sarah, Abby, KayDe, Lara, Tim, KP, andddd anyone else? I wish I could be there! Even though all of yours are basically at the same time.
• I have one month and 2 days left in London
• I miss your furry face.  Too much to be socially acceptable. 

Loveth,

Becca

I just spent 12 hours spinning.

Good to know Chaz is just as active.

You'll be at 11 pounds in no time, buddy!

my summer

approximate/tentative summer schedule. ish. 

June 15: Return Stateside

June 17-21: St Louis, MO.

June 21-26: 'rado Summer Life.

June 27-30: Boston, MA. Apartment Quest.

July 1-7: 'rado. Frisbee.

July 4: Setting things on fire, grilling corn on the cob, and other American past times.

July 8-12: Lake Powell, UT. 6 people, 3 dogs, 1 houseboat.

July 13-30: 'rado- sifting through my large quantities of stuff to decide what should be taken to Boston

July 26: Contemplating: The Vegas?

July 30-31: Unspecified location in c'rado.

Aug 3/4-9: road trip entire life to Boston. 

Aug 10-15: Soaking in final moments of the Colorado summer. 

Aug 14-15: Mile High Music Festival. BOOM

Aug 16: CO-MA: only this time, I wont come back.

Aug 20: Orientation

Aug 23: First day of class at Tufts!