Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
pasty
(PASS-tee): crusted savory (usually meat) pie from Cornwall
pavement:
sidewalk
people mover:
minivan
pear-shaped:
messed up, gone wrong
pensioner:
senior citizen, retiree
petrol:
gas
pillar box:
mailbox
pissed
(rude),
paralytic, bevvied, wellied, popped up, merry, trollied, ratted, rat-
arsed, pissed as a newt:
drunk
pitch:
playing field
plaster:
Band-Aid
pram:
baby carriage
publican:
pub manager (old-fashioned)
public school:
private “prep” school (e.g., Eton)
pudding:
dessert in general
pull, to be on the:
looking for love
punter:
customer, especially in gambling
pushchair:
stroller
put a sock in it:
shut up
queue:
line
queue up:
line up
quid:
a pound (money)
randy:
horny
rasher:
slice of bacon
redundant, made:
laid off
Remembrance Day:
Veterans' Day
return ticket:
round-trip
revising; doing revisions:
studying for exams
ring up:
call (telephone)
rocket:
arugula
roundabout:
traffic circle
