BrE

/'ækses/

AmE

/'ækses/

noun - a possibility of entering or reaching a place, approaching a person etc.

BrE

/ˌædə'lesənt/

AmE

/ˌædə'lesənt/

noun - a person at the stage between childhood and adulthood

BrE

/'ædʌlt/

AmE

/ə'dʌlt/

noun - a person who is of age, not a child or a teenager

BrE

/'beɪbiˌsɪtə/

AmE

/'beɪbiˌsɪt̬ər/

noun - a person who looks after a child while the parents are not at home

BrE

/bɪ'heɪv/

AmE

/bɪ'heɪv/

verb - to act

BrE

/'bɜ:θ/

AmE

/'bɜ:rθ/

noun - the moment when you are born

BrE

/'kjʊərəbl/

AmE

/'kjʊrəbl/

adjective - (of an illness) able to be cured

BrE

/'deɪtɪŋ/

AmE

/'deɪt̬ɪŋ/

noun - having a meeting/meetings with somebody who you are in love with

BrE

/də'mestɪk/

AmE

/də'mestɪk/

adjective - happening at home or connected with one's home or home country

BrE

/ˌedʒu'keɪʃn/

AmE

/ˌedʒu'keɪʃn/

noun - the teaching and training of people

BrE

/ˌi:vən'ðəʊ/

AmE

/ˌi:vən'ðoʊ/

conjunction - in spite of the fact, although

BrE

/'fi:dɪŋ/

AmE

/'fi:dɪŋ/

noun - giving food to

BrE

/'fɜ:mnəs/

AmE

/'fɜ:rmnəs/

noun - strength, hardness

BrE

/fə'get/

AmE

/fər'get/

verb - not to know something that you knew before

BrE

/'greɪv/

AmE

/'greɪv/

noun - a place in the cemetery where a dead body is buried

BrE

/'grəʊ/

AmE

/'groʊ/

verb - to get bigger, larger or older

BrE

/'hʌnimu:n/

AmE

/'hʌnimu:n/

noun - the holiday two people have after getting married

BrE

/'tʃaɪldhʊd/

AmE

/'tʃaɪldhʊd/

noun - the period of your life when you are a child

BrE

/ɪn'sænəti/

AmE

/ɪn'sænət̬i/

noun - madness; mental illness

BrE

/'kaɪndnəs/

AmE

/'kaɪndnəs/

noun - the quality of being kind, nice and gentle; a kind thing

BrE

/ˌlu:z'weɪt/

AmE

/ˌlu:z'weɪt/

verb - to become less fat, to try to become less fat

BrE

/'mærɪdʒ/

AmE

/'mærɪdʒ/

noun - the state of being husband and wife

BrE

/ˌɒpə'tju:nəti/

AmE

/ˌɑ:pə'tu:nət̬i/

noun - a chance to do something

BrE

/pə'mɪt/

AmE

/pər'mɪt/

verb - to allow something

BrE

/prə'vaɪd/

AmE

/prə'vaɪd/

verb - to supply, to give

BrE

/'reɪz/

AmE

/'reɪz/

verb - to look after and care for a child or an animal until it is adult

BrE

/rɪ'meɪn/

AmE

/rɪ'meɪn/

verb - to stay or be left behind

BrE

/'rest/

AmE

/'rest/

verb - to let your mind and body relax for a while

BrE

/rɪ'wɔ:d/

AmE

/rɪ'wɔ:rd/

noun - something that you get because of something good you have done

BrE

/sə'vaɪv/

AmE

/sər'vaɪv/

verb - to go on living or existing after a dangerous event or a difficult situation, e.g. a disaster, war etc.

BrE

/'temprəri/

AmE

/'tempəreri/

adjective - only for a short time, not for ever

BrE

/'tri:t/

AmE

/'tri:t/

verb - to behave somehow towards a person

BrE

/veɪ'keɪʃn/

AmE

/veɪ'keɪʃn/

noun, American English - the period of time when you do not go to school or work and can travel and relax instead