English has many varieties, and they are all correct. You may have learned British English at school, or from teachers from Australia, India or South Africa. Then you talk with Americans and some everyday home words are different. In this episode: • The home itself • The kitchen • Daily life and clothes • Spelling and how americans understand both • Invented scene: cousin oliver visits • Practice • Self-check questions with answers Key phrases from this episode: apartment — flat. A home in a bigger building. elevator — lift. The machine that goes up and down. first floor — ground floor. The floor at street level. second floor — first floor. One floor up. Where's the restroom? — in a store or restaurant (polite) Can I use your bathroom? — at a friend's house (neutral) We live on the third floor. — two floors above the street, for Americans trash — rubbish. Things you throw away. trash can — bin. The container for it. Take out the trash. — carry it outside (neutral) faucet — tap. Where the water comes out. stove — cooker. Where you cook with pots. dish towel — tea towel. A cloth for drying dishes. fries — chips. Long hot potato pieces. chips — crisps. Thin, crunchy potato slices in a bag. Can you turn off the faucet? — stop the water The cookies are in the jar. — sweet treats Do you want fries with that? — hot potato pieces sweater — jumper. A warm top with long sleeves. line — queue. People waiting one behind another. The line is really long. — many people waiting mail — post. Letters and packages. Did the mail come? — has it arrived (casual) zip code — postcode. The number or code in an address. Season 2 · Real American English: the complete spoken course for learners worldwide — accent, everyday grammar, prepositions, articles, phrasal verbs, idioms, slang 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.