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  trainers - sneakers or tennis shoes

  trousers - pants, slacks

  Wellingtons/wellies - rubber boots, rain boots

  English food

  afters - dessert

  aubergine - eggplant

  banger - sausage

  bangers and mash - sausage and mashed potatoes

  bap - a soft, round, floured roll

  beetroot - beet

  bill - your restaurant check

  biscuit - cookie - and to confuse you further, biscuit can also refer to crackers, as in biscuits for cheese

  bitter - dark ales served a little below room temperature - order beer and this is what you will get

  black pudding - sausage made from cooking animal blood with filler until congealed

  bubble and squeak - pan fried potatoes and cabbage (other veg can also be used)

  Cadbury - creamy, delicious chocolate in loads of different flavors - if you have had Cadbury in America, it is nothing like this

  candyfloss - cotton candy - just as sticky, just as tooth-achingly sweet

  chicory - endive

  chips - French fries

  cider - fermented apple juice - and quite potent!

  clotted cream - thick, incredibly delicious cream to spread on scones, or served with cake

  coriander - cilantro

  cottage pie - minced beef and veg, topped with mashed potatoes - not to be confused with shepherd’s pie

  courgette - zucchini

  cream tea - consists of a pot of tea, scones and strawberry jam, with the previously mentioned clotted cream - delicious!

  crisps - potato chips - in a million and one flavors

  crumpet - what we think of as an English muffin, but loads tastier

  cuppa - cup of tea – ah, instant relaxation

  digestives - tasty round cookies, made for babies and toddlers

  entrée - appetizer - not the main course

  fairy cake - cupcake

  fizzy drink - pop or soda

  Flake - a long, crumbly stick of Cadbury chocolate - heaven!

  gammon - ham

  gateau/gateaux - a rich cake, usually served with cream

  golden syrup - a thick syrup used for sticky pudding and desserts - my nephews have it on their peanut butter sandwiches instead of jam or honey - yum!

  hot pot - a one pot stew, usually made with lamb, veg and sliced potatoes on top, slow cooked in a low oven

  jacket potato - baked potato

  jelly - jell-o

  kippers - smoked herring - I’ve had them cut in half and served on a plate for breakfast - beautiful!

  ladyfingers - light, crispy, sweet sponge cakes

  lady’s finger - okra

  lager - closest to American beer, drunk from a pint glass instead of a bottle and served cold, but not as cold as you’re used to

  lemon squash - lemonade, still

  lemonade - lemon lime soda, carbonated - think Sprite or 7-Up

  mash - short for mashed potatoes

  mince - ground beef or other meat

  mushy peas - dried peas that are soaked overnight and simmered until they go all, well, mushy - much tastier than they sound

  pasty - (pass-tee) savory half-moon shaped handheld pie, originally from Cornwall - a good one is heavenly, a bad one is like eating flavored glue (I’ve had both, unfortunately)

  pickle - a mixture of veg, spices and vinegar - looks like a brown lump on your plate, is a surprising burst of flavor when you eat it

  pickled onions - shallots in pickling vinegar - lovely with a good, creamy cheese

  pub grub - aka pub food - can be surprisingly good, and a good value as well

  pudding - general name for dessert

  rasher - slice of bacon

  sausage roll - sausage wrapped in pastry

  savoury/savouries - pastries that are savory instead of sweet

  Scotch egg - hardboiled egg wrapped in sausage meat, coated with bread crumbs and deep fried, then eaten cold

  shandy - lager and 7-Up

  shepherd’s pie - minced lamb and veg, topped with mashed potatoes - not to be confused with cottage pie

  soda - soda water

  soldiers - finger size slices of toast - perfect for dipping in egg yolk

  squash - a concentrated drink for kids - add water and you’re good to go

  starters - appetizers

  stone - the pit in your fruit

  stout - dark beer or ale

  sultanas - golden raisins

  swede - rutabaga

  take-away - fast food places like Pret a Manger or EAT will ask if your order is eat in or take-away - it means to go, and unless you’re dying to sit in that noisy, often narrow room for an extra charge, say “take-away, please!”

  tart - like our pies, with fruit or jam - I’ve always had mine served with cream or custard

  toad in the hole - sausages cooked in Yorkshire pudding batter

  treacle pudding - steamed sponge cake with a thick syrup topping - can also be served with custard or cream

  Yorkshire pudding - a light batter that is baked in a tin with hot oil at very high heat until it rises – similar to popovers in America... but not really... just another unique bit of English cuisine

  Places

  apothecary – place that dispensed medicine and medical advice - now the modern chemist

  bridleway - public right-of-way path for walkers, horseback riders, and cyclists

  bungalow - single story house

  canteen - a cafeteria

  casualty - emergency room, may also be called A&E for accident and emergency

  chemist - pharmacist/ pharmacy - what you know as a drugstore, plus loads more on offer than you would ever expect

  chippie/chip shop - fish and chip shop

  cinema - movie theatre, where you go to see a film, not a movie

  dress circle, upper circle - the upper rows in the theatre (may also be called royal circle, grand circle, depending on the theatre) - these seats are close together, so you will be nose to knees with the person behind you

  cupboard - any closet in the house

  en-suite - bathroom is attached to the room and not shared

  fell - hill, mountain or high plain (Lake District and Pennine Dales)

  first floor - second floor (our first floor is the ground floor in England)

  flat - apartment

  gallery - balcony

  gangway - aisle in the theatre

  gaol - jail – pronounced the same

  garden - the entire yard, not just the flower or veg beds!

  heath - open land with low growing plants and vegetation

  High Street - the main street or road in a town

  licenced restaurant - restaurant with a license to sell alcohol

  lift - elevator

  listed - protected historic building

  loft - attic

  London School of Economics/LSE - well-known university in London

  lounge - living room

  mews - stables built behind 17th-18th century London houses, now converted into modern dwellings

  newsagent - similar to our convenience store

  off-licence - liquor store

  pitch - playing field

  public footpath - right of way path on private land that gives walkers the legal right to travel, also known as public rights of way

  public school - private school, i.e. Eton

  stalls - the best seats in the theatre, close to the stage

  state school - public school

  theatre - live theatre

  to let - to rent

  towpath - trail or road along the river, originally used to tow boats

  Transport

  bonnet - the car hood

  boot - the car trunk

  call - as in call at the station, rather than stopping

  caravan - a trailer - and the cause of many a tailback

  car park - the parking lot

  cat’s eyes - roa
d reflectors

  clearway - section of road where it is illegal to stop

  coach - a long distance bus

  diversion - a detour

  dual carriageway - divided highway with a minimum of 2 lanes in each direction

  flyover - the overpass

  ford - low water crossing

  gearstick - the stick shift

  give way - yield

  hand brake - the parking brake

  lorry - a truck

  motorway - the freeway

  petrol - gas

  return ticket - a round trip ticket

  roundabout - a traffic circle

  service areas - freeway rest areas (also called motorway rest areas or MSAs)

  single ticket - a one way ticket

  sleeping policeman - a speed bump

  slip road - an entry or exit ramp

  subway - an underground walkway

  tailback - what we refer to fondly as a traffic jam

  taxi rank - a taxi stand

  ticket inspector - the person who checks your ticket on the train

  Tube/Underground - the subway

  verge - grassy edge of the road

  way out - the exit

  zebra crossing - (rhymes with Debra) the crosswalk

  English slang, or what did he just say?

  all agog - excited - I’m all agog!

  at sixes and sevens - in a confused or difficult situation - I’ve been at sixes and sevens since the theft

  bloody - less offensive expletive - not bloody likely!

  Bob’s your uncle - there you go, that’s it!

  brilliant - magnificent, excellent

  cheap as chips - inexpensive

  chuffed - delighted, pleased

  codswallup/codswallop - nonsense (I’ve seen several spelling variations of this one - they all mean the same thing, a load of nonsense)

  dicey - risky

  donkey’s years - ages, a long time

  full Monty - the whole thing, going all the way

  gander - to take a closer look at something - take a gander at that!

  give over - stop, give me a break

  gobsmacked - shocked, amazed, speechless

  hen night/hen party - bachelorette party

  homely - homey, cozy

  hump - to carry something heavy

  just a tick - just a second

  loads - lots – as in I use this word loads of times!

  mean - tight fisted, stingy

  natter - to talk incessantly, go on and on

  nick - to steal, take without permission

  knackered - exhausted

  knock up - to be woken up - please knock me up at 7 am (I had a B&B proprietor ask when I would like to be knocked up in the morning - fortunately I knew what she meant!)

  over the moon - ecstatic - he’s over the moon about it!

  pear-shaped - gone wrong, become a disaster

  pissed - drunk (not something you want to say to someone of new acquaintance!)

  put a sock in it - shut up

  rubbish - nonsense

  skive - to avoid responsibility, as in skiving off work

  snog/snogging - kiss, kissing, making out

  sod off - piss off, get lost

  sorted - fixed the problem, worked things out

  spend a penny - go to the bathroom/loo

  splash out - spend far too much money!

  stag night - bachelor party

  suss out - figure out

  taking the mickey - making fun of someone

  wanker - nice definition: an unpleasant person, normally a man

  whinge - (rhymes with hinge) to whine or complain in an exceedingly annoying fashion

  wonky - unstable, crooked

  Yank - American

  Way of the Witch

  Maggie Mulgrew Mysteries Book 5

  Cate Dean

  Copyright, 2017

  All Rights Reserved.

  No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form without written permission of the author, except for use in any review. This is a work of fiction. The names, characters, locales, and events are either pure invention or used fictitiously, and all incidents come from the author’s imagination alone.

  About The Author

  Cate Dean has been writing since she could hold a pen in her hand and put more than two words together on paper.

  She grew up losing herself in the wilds of fantasy worlds, and has had some of her own adventures while tromping through the UK, and a few other parts of the world.

  A lover of all things supernatural, she infuses that love into her stories, giving them a unique edge.

  When she's not writing, she loves cooking, scaring herself silly in the local cemeteries, and reading pretty much anything she can get her hands on.

  There - I got the official biography out of the way. I love to write, and yes, I have been doing it most of my life. I've made up stories in my head for as long as I can remember, and I am thrilled to be able to write them down and share them with you.

  I love writing different types of stories, and jump from fantasy, to mystery and paranormal, then over to romance and YA. So many genres, so little time...

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  You can learn more about me and my books at my website: http://catedeanwrites.com

  I look forward to meeting you. :)

 

 

 


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