[dogsbody70]

Originally Posted by File0

Thanks Dogsbody!

Still lots of learning ahead...

I guess the British and the American English are closer to each-other than they were in the past.
The person from whoM I inherited the dictionary, told me that she was given the book by her American friend, who instead of constantly correcting and quarreling over her mistakes bought and sent her a correct American glossary. She of course used to learn British English so the root cause of the differences was obvious...

RobinMASk is correct I am sure.

I believe that what we call a pavement-- Americans will call it "sidewalk"