diff --git a/wp-admin/edit-pages.php b/wp-admin/edit-pages.php
index 6cc0679f24..f570f2071e 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit-pages.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit-pages.php
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ require_once('admin-header.php'); ?>
 
 <div class="wrap">
 <?php screen_icon(); ?>
-<h2><?php echo esc_html( $title ); ?> <a href="page-new.php" class="button add-new-h2"><?php esc_html_e('Add New'); ?></a> <?php
+<h2><?php echo esc_html( $title ); ?> <a href="page-new.php" class="button add-new-h2"><?php echo esc_html_x('Add New', 'page'); ?></a> <?php
 if ( isset($_GET['s']) && $_GET['s'] )
 	printf( '<span class="subtitle">' . __('Search results for &#8220;%s&#8221;') . '</span>', esc_html( get_search_query() ) ); ?>
 </h2>
diff --git a/wp-admin/edit.php b/wp-admin/edit.php
index cb1fbf0773..445bd1496b 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit.php
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ else
 
 <div class="wrap">
 <?php screen_icon(); ?>
-<h2><?php echo esc_html( $title ); ?> <a href="post-new.php" class="button add-new-h2"><?php esc_html_e('Add New'); ?></a> <?php
+<h2><?php echo esc_html( $title ); ?> <a href="post-new.php" class="button add-new-h2"><?php echo esc_html_x('Add New', 'post'); ?></a> <?php
 if ( isset($_GET['s']) && $_GET['s'] )
 	printf( '<span class="subtitle">' . __('Search results for &#8220;%s&#8221;') . '</span>', esc_html( get_search_query() ) ); ?>
 </h2>
diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/media.php b/wp-admin/includes/media.php
index e94ee244f1..53797ce64c 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/media.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/media.php
@@ -1657,7 +1657,7 @@ jQuery(function($){
 <?php _e('Sort Order:'); ?>
 <a href="#" id="asc"><?php _e('Ascending'); ?></a> |
 <a href="#" id="desc"><?php _e('Descending'); ?></a> |
-<a href="#" id="clear"><?php _e('Clear'); ?></a>
+<a href="#" id="clear"><?php echo _x('Clear', 'verb'); ?></a>
 </div>
 <form enctype="multipart/form-data" method="post" action="<?php echo esc_attr($form_action_url); ?>" class="media-upload-form validate" id="gallery-form">
 <?php wp_nonce_field('media-form'); ?>
diff --git a/wp-admin/menu.php b/wp-admin/menu.php
index 6116f5aa81..c79530dcb9 100644
--- a/wp-admin/menu.php
+++ b/wp-admin/menu.php
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ $menu[59] = array( '', 'read', 'separator2', '', 'wp-menu-separator' );
 $menu[60] = array( __('Appearance'), 'switch_themes', 'themes.php', '', 'menu-top', 'menu-appearance', 'div' );
 	$submenu['themes.php'][5]  = array(__('Themes'), 'switch_themes', 'themes.php');
 	$submenu['themes.php'][10] = array(__('Editor'), 'edit_themes', 'theme-editor.php');
-	$submenu['themes.php'][15] = array(__('Add New Themes'), 'install_themes', 'theme-install.php');
+	$submenu['themes.php'][15] = array(_x('Add New', 'theme'), 'install_themes', 'theme-install.php');
 
 $update_plugins = get_transient( 'update_plugins' );
 $update_count = 0;
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ else
 if ( current_user_can('edit_users') ) {
 	$_wp_real_parent_file['profile.php'] = 'users.php'; // Back-compat for plugins adding submenus to profile.php.
 	$submenu['users.php'][5] = array(__('Authors &amp; Users'), 'edit_users', 'users.php');
-	$submenu['users.php'][10] = array(__('Add New'), 'create_users', 'user-new.php');
+	$submenu['users.php'][10] = array(_x('Add New', 'user'), 'create_users', 'user-new.php');
 	$submenu['users.php'][15] = array(__('Your Profile'), 'read', 'profile.php');
 } else {
 	$_wp_real_parent_file['users.php'] = 'profile.php';
diff --git a/wp-admin/plugins.php b/wp-admin/plugins.php
index bebb575b10..8d06964360 100644
--- a/wp-admin/plugins.php
+++ b/wp-admin/plugins.php
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ if ( !empty($invalid) )
 
 <div class="wrap">
 <?php screen_icon(); ?>
-<h2><?php echo esc_html( $title ); ?> <a href="plugin-install.php" class="button add-new-h2"><?php esc_html_e('Add New'); ?></a></h2>
+<h2><?php echo esc_html( $title ); ?> <a href="plugin-install.php" class="button add-new-h2"><?php echo esc_html_x('Add New', 'plugin'); ?></a></h2>
 
 <?php
 
diff --git a/wp-admin/themes.php b/wp-admin/themes.php
index 5c0e50fb5b..c5fd70c660 100644
--- a/wp-admin/themes.php
+++ b/wp-admin/themes.php
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ function theme_update_available( $theme ) {
 
 <div class="wrap">
 <?php screen_icon(); ?>
-<h2><?php echo esc_html( $title ); ?> <a href="theme-install.php" class="button add-new-h2"><?php esc_html_e('Add New'); ?></a></h2>
+<h2><?php echo esc_html( $title ); ?> <a href="theme-install.php" class="button add-new-h2"><?php echo esc_html_x('Add New', 'theme'); ?></a></h2>
 
 <h3><?php _e('Current Theme'); ?></h3>
 <div id="current-theme">
diff --git a/wp-admin/upload.php b/wp-admin/upload.php
index 5ad2e7ffc4..bfdf76e4d1 100644
--- a/wp-admin/upload.php
+++ b/wp-admin/upload.php
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ do_action('restrict_manage_posts');
 
 <div class="wrap">
 <?php screen_icon(); ?>
-<h2><?php echo esc_html( $title ); ?> <a href="media-new.php" class="button add-new-h2"><?php esc_html_e('Add New'); ?></a> <?php
+<h2><?php echo esc_html( $title ); ?> <a href="media-new.php" class="button add-new-h2"><?php echo esc_html_x('Add New', 'file'); ?></a> <?php
 if ( isset($_GET['s']) && $_GET['s'] )
 	printf( '<span class="subtitle">' . __('Search results for &#8220;%s&#8221;') . '</span>', esc_html( get_search_query() ) ); ?>
 </h2>
diff --git a/wp-admin/users.php b/wp-admin/users.php
index c8d7497167..d11ee53d94 100644
--- a/wp-admin/users.php
+++ b/wp-admin/users.php
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ if ( ! empty($messages) ) {
 
 <div class="wrap">
 <?php screen_icon(); ?>
-<h2><?php echo esc_html( $title ); ?>  <a href="user-new.php" class="button add-new-h2"><?php esc_html_e('Add New'); ?></a> <?php
+<h2><?php echo esc_html( $title ); ?>  <a href="user-new.php" class="button add-new-h2"><?php echo esc_html_x('Add New', 'user'); ?></a> <?php
 if ( isset($_GET['usersearch']) && $_GET['usersearch'] )
 	printf( '<span class="subtitle">' . __('Search results for &#8220;%s&#8221;') . '</span>', esc_html( $_GET['usersearch'] ) ); ?>
 </h2>
diff --git a/wp-includes/l10n.php b/wp-includes/l10n.php
index 1bbe58171a..2dd84ea2f9 100644
--- a/wp-includes/l10n.php
+++ b/wp-includes/l10n.php
@@ -207,6 +207,10 @@ function esc_attr_x( $single, $context, $domain = 'default' ) {
 	return esc_attr( translate_with_gettext_context( $single, $context, $domain ) );
 }
 
+function esc_html_x( $single, $context, $domain = 'default' ) {
+	return esc_html( translate_with_gettext_context( $single, $context, $domain ) );
+}
+
 function __ngettext() {
 	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '2.8', '_n()' );
 	$args = func_get_args();