New Zealand - American "Dictionary"

7UP -- lemonade
adhesive tape -- sticking plaster
after dinner snack -- supper
apartment/unit -- flat
auto body shop -- panel beater
baby carriage/baby buggy -- pram
backpack -- pack (or rucksack)
basket (of berries, etc.) -- punnet, chip
bathrobe -- dressing gown
bathtub -- bath
binky or pacifier -- dummy or comforter
biscuit -- scone
broil/broiler -- grill (noun and verb)
call -- phone/ring
candy -- sweets/lollies
cantaloupe -- rockmelon
checkers -- draughts
Cheerios -- no equivalent
closet (for clothes) -- wardrobe
cocktail wieners -- Cheerios
college -- university
comforter -- quilt or duvet
commercials (on TV) -- ads (or adverts)
convenience store -- dairy
cornstarch -- cornflour
dessert -- pudding
diaper -- nappy
dinner -- tea or dinner
dish towel -- teatowel
drugstore/pharmacy -- chemist's shop
elevator -- lift
eraser -- rubber
fanny pack -- belt bag/bum bag
faucet -- tap
fender -- wing/mudguard
field hockey -- hockey
fired -- sacked
first floor -- ground floor
flashlight -- torch
freeway -- motorway
french fries -- chips
freshman, sophomore, etc.-- 1st year undergraduate, 2nd year undergraduate, etc.
garbage can -- dustbin (or rubbish tin)
garbage/trash -- rubbish
gas -- petrol
gas station -- petrol station/service station/bowzer
good-bye -- ta-ta
going to the movies -- going to the pictures
grade school -- school
gravel roads -- metal roads
grill (noun and verb) -- barbecue (noun and verb)
grocery cart -- trundler
hike -- tramp
hockey -- ice hockey
hood (car)-- bonnet (car)
Jell-O -- jelly
jelly -- jam
ketchup -- tomato sauce
laundry/laundry room -- laundry/washhouse
linoleum -- lino
long distance call -- toll call
lye -- caustic soda
marker -- felt pen
motorhome -- camper
movie -- film
movie theater -- cinema
mute -- dumb
napkin -- serviettes
nightstick -- truncheon/baton
Ovaltine -- Milo
pharmacist -- chemist
pinky -- little finger
pitcher -- jug
popsicle -- ice block
postgraduate school university
powdered sugar -- icing sugar
purse -- handbag
railroad track -- railway line
refrigerator -- fridge
restaurant -- tearoom
run (for public office) -- stand
rutabaga -- swede
school -- university
scotch tape cellotape
second floor, third floor, etc. -- first floor, second floor, etc.
shot (injection)-- injection/jab
shrimp -- prawns
sleeper sofa -- bed sitter
sneakers -- sandshoes/running shoes/trainers
stroller -- pushchair
sure -- no worries
sweater -- jersey/jumper
sweats -- tracksuit
sweet potato -- kumara
tea -- afternoon tea/cup of tea
thanks -- ta
to go -- take away
traffic circle -- rotary
trailer/mobile home caravan
trapper keeper ring binder
travel trailer -- caravan
truck -- lorry
trunk (car) -- boot (car)
two weeks -- fortnight
Undergraduate school -- university
vacation -- holiday
visit -- call on/call round/call
wash cloth -- flannel
windshield -- windscreen
yield -- give way (traffic sign)
zip code -- postal code