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account

bill, account

any place, anywhere

anywhere

apartment

flat

area code

dialling code (phone)

attorney, lawyer

solicitor

backpack

rucksack

band aid

sticking plaster

bathrobe

dressing gown

bathtub

bath

bill (currency)

banknote

billion = thousand million

billion = million million

blind (n)

hide (n)

botanical garden

botanic garden

bureau

chest of drawers

busy (telephone)

engaged

call, phone

ring up, phone,call

cheap (badly made/ done)

shoddy

check (restaurant)

bill

clippings

cuttings

closet

cupboard

closet (hanging clothes)

wardrobe

connect (telephone)

put through

counter clockwise

anticlockwise

crazy

mad

crib (for a baby)

cot

davenport, sofa, couch

sofa, settee, couch

desk clerk

receptionist

dish towel

tea towel

down town

centre (city/business)

drapes

curtains