approved school (informal) a reform school for juvenile delinquents, from their pre-1969 designation juvenile detention centres, whether Secure Training Centres for 15- to 18-year-olds or Young Offender Institutions for 18- to 21-year-olds (US juvie) argy-bargy (informal) a noisy disagreement ranging from a verbal dispute to pushing-and-shoving or outright fighting. agony aunt or uncle (informal) the author of an agony column (US advice columnist or Dear Abby) agony column (informal) a newspaper or magazine column providing advice to readers' personal problems (US advice column) aeroplane any fixed-wing aircraft (US airplane) 'all change' the public-transportation announcement for the last stop (US All out) amongst a synonym of among acceptable in British English while seeming old fashioned or pretentious in American English anorak a hooded coat (US parka) a socially impaired obsessive, particularly trainspotters (US geek, trekkie, otaku, &c.) answerphone an automated telephone-answering machine, from the trademark Ansafone (US & UK answering machine) anti-clockwise, anticlockwise the direction opposite to clockwise (US counterclockwise). A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y ZĠ–9 999 Pronounced 'nine nine nine', the UK Emergency phone number (US 911) A abseil to descend on a rope (US rappel) Action Man the action figure toy sold in the US as G.I.

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