Page 8 – Countdown – This is a neat game show that involves words and numbers (my two favorite things). You don’t have this one. We borrowed it from the French a long time ago and it has been on TV here for over 20 years.
Page 9 – Form teacher – this is a school teacher who looks after a class all year, takes attendance and sorts problems.
Page 20 – £2 Coins – coins worth about $2.77 each in your money. You might see £20 note or other amounts, other places. You can just Google Pounds to US dollars for fun and see what it says.
Page 21 – poppet – an affectionate term for a child.
Page 27 – secondary school – what you guys sometimes call elementary school (which is pretty cool).
Page 27 – Child Catcher – Did you see the movie ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’?
Page 28 – saddle – in this case, what you call the seat on a bike.
Page 29 – Celebrations – it’s a variety bag of Mars candy bars; the little mini ones.
Page 30 (and others) – year 11 – in your part of the world that’s 15-16 years old. If you see year 9, that’s 13-14 years old, and I am 12 which is year 7.
Page 31 – Jammy Dodgers – simply too amazing to describe here. Closest you can come to them are shortbread cookies with jam in the middle.
Page 32 – pants – British slang. Not good; total crap; nonsense; rubbish; bad.
Page 53 – WPC – Woman police constable, which you call police officer.
Page 61 – fete – it means a celebration, over here it is usually an outdoor charity event.
Page 77 – Ribena – is my country’s original brand of blackcurrant-based uncarbonated and carbonated soft drinks.
Page 78 – Sellotape – you call it Scotch tape.
That’s about all I have. If you find some others, you can add them in the space below or write them down or put them in the notes app on your phone and share with friends.