London street vocabulary in British English: 20 words
Learn British English street words: pavement, queue, Tube station, and more London words people really use. Tap a word to hear it, then the mic to say it and see how it sounded.
20 words: tap one to hear Lin
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Terraced housea row house joined to others
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Chimney pota small top on a chimney
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Pavementa path for people beside a road
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Post boxa box in the street for letters
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Phone boxa public telephone booth
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Hanging basketa flower basket hanging outside
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Puba place to drink beer or eat
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Chippya fish and chip shop
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Double-deckera bus with two floors
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Clock towera tower with a clock on it
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Black caba London taxi
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Bollarda short post blocking cars
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Zebra crossinga black-and-white street crossing
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Belisha beacona yellow light at a crossing
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Queuea line of people waiting
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Tube stationan Underground train station
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Brollyan umbrella
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Puddlea small pool of rainwater
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Pigeona common city bird
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Bridgea road or path over water
What you'll say at On a London street
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Mind the puddle on the pavement.Be careful of the water on the path.
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Let's meet outside the Tube station.Meet me by the Underground station.
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There is a queue at the chippy.People are waiting at the fish and chip shop.
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Hail a black cab over there.Stop a London taxi there.
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Use the zebra crossing by the pub.Cross the road at the marked crossing.
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I left my brolly in the phone box.I forgot my umbrella in the phone booth.
Practise the whole conversation in a scene
Quick answers
Is pavement British English?
Yes. In London, pavement means the walking path beside the road. In American English, it is sidewalk.
What is a chippy in London?
A chippy is a casual word for a fish and chip shop.
Do Londoners say Tube or subway?
Londoners usually say the Tube or the Underground. Subway is mainly American for this meaning.