Many learners study from films, songs and online videos that use American English, then visit a British home and hear different words for the same things. They ask for the trash can and get a puzzled smile, or say pants and cause a laugh. Neither variety is better. In this episode: • The home itself • The kitchen • Clothes, babies and things around the house • Life outside the home • Spelling notes • Practice • Self-check questions with answers Key phrases from this episode: flat (FLAT) — apartment, a home on one floor of a building (neutral) lift — elevator, the machine that carries you between floors ground floor — first floor, the floor at street level first floor — second floor, one level above the street garden (GAH-dn) — yard, the outside space by the house wardrobe (WAW-drohb) — closet, where you hang your clothes loo or toilet — restroom or bathroom, the room with the toilet (loo is casual) tap — faucet, where water comes out cooker — stove, the whole thing you cook on hob — stovetop, the flat top with the rings tea towel — dish towel, for drying plates rubbish — trash or garbage bin — trash can biscuit (BIS-kit) — cookie, a crisp sweet snack you have with tea chips — fries, long pieces of fried potato crisps — chips, the thin dry slices in a packet Can you put that in the bin? — trash can (British home talk) Fish and chips for tea tonight? — fries (British home talk) jumper (JUM-puh) — sweater trousers (TROW-zuhz) — pants, clothing for your legs pants — underwear (in British English) nappy — diaper pram or pushchair — stroller (a pram is for a lying-down baby) torch — flashlight Real British English: the complete spoken course for learners worldwide — modern British accent, everyday grammar, phrasal verbs, idioms, slang, he/she/it for things, and real conversations at home. Listen, repeat out loud, then take the 52-question quiz. Audio voiced with AI from an original script by Dr. Rashmi R Nair.