I am finding myself talking to someone and thinking they are using a general word for a specific word and then I will say the specific word and they will repeat the general. Then I realize I am actually translating English to American. There are people who are kitchen
 or bathroom Fitters by trade. I now know that meat can be 
lovely and weather can be 
appalling. If someone says I look 
smart, they do not mean I look intelligent but nice or sharp. My neighbor had 
builders not a contractor put up an 
extension not an addition. He said he was going to be 
decorating his daughter's new room. He meant he was going to be painting, wallpapering, and finishing the interior not picking out hello-kitty lamps.