on a roll

• skived = played hooked, as in "Mark skived off of work on Wednesday and we watched daytime TV" (totally hypothetical of course)
• having a laugh = you are joking
• revision = reviewing/studying
• private school = public school -- open to everyone -- cheaper
• public school = private, more exclusive (I know, what?)
• A Levels = I can't even explain when you get these, but I know there also used to be 'O' Levels too
• Qualifications = what you leave school with. You need them to really get any job. If you leave school without them, you can pretty much be promised a life of manually crappy jobs and low pay
• chemist= drugstore
• plaster = bandaid
• jacket potato = baked potato (and they put weird things on as toppings, like corn and tuna)
• threw a wobbly = got mad
• porridge = oatmeal
• Hen night = Bachelorette party
• prawns = shrimp. Never see the word shrimp here. Not that I can eat them.
• programme = program
• estate car = station wagon
• overtake = pass
• motorway = expressway/freeway
• roundabout = driving circle, except people know how to navigate them, unlike DuPont Circle