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/'kɔ:nflaʊə/

AmE

/'kɔ:rnflaʊər/

noun - a popular wild plant with blue flowers

BrE

/fɔ:'saɪθiə/

AmE

/fər'sɪθiə/

noun - a large bush that has hundreds of small yellow flowers in the early spring

BrE

/ˌi:tˌhʌmbl'paɪ/

AmE

/ˌi:tˌhʌmbl'paɪ/

verb - to admit that you have been wrong, to admit that you have made a mistake

BrE

/'hʌmbl/

AmE

/'hʌmbl/

adjective - not special, not of a high rank

BrE

/hju:'mɪləti/

AmE

/hju:'mɪlət̬i/

noun - the quality of not being proud or not thinking that you are better than others

BrE

/'nɪtpɪkə/

AmE

/'nɪtpɪkər/

noun, informal - a person who pays too much attention to small details that are not important

BrE

/'nɪt/

AmE

/'nɪt/

noun, informal - an egg of a louse

BrE

/'nɪt/

AmE

/'nɪt/

noun, British English, informal - a stupid person

BrE

/'hɑ:fwɪt/

AmE

/'hæfwɪt/

noun, informal - a stupid person

BrE

/'nɪtwɪt/

AmE

/'nɪtwɪt/

noun, informal - a stupid person

BrE

/'waɪnə/

AmE

/'waɪnər/

noun - someone, especially a child, who whines a lot

BrE

/'gɒdsend/

AmE

/'gɑ:dsend/

noun - something good that happens unexpectedly

BrE

/ɪnə'fɪʃənsi/

AmE

/ɪnə'fɪʃənsi/

noun - the inability to work without wasting time, money, effort etc.

BrE

/ˌaʊt'nʌmbəd/

AmE

/ˌaʊt'nʌmbərd/

adjective - to be smaller in number than someone/something else

BrE

/'klʌtə/

AmE

/'klʌt̬ər/

verb - to fill a place with too many things, creating a mess