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US GB US GB
pavement road surface store shop
potato chips — crisps subway — underground
railroad railway truck lorry
round-trip return (ticket) vacation holiday(s)
sidewalk pavement zipper zip

Expressions with prepositions and particles:
US GB
check something out check something
do something over do something again
fill in/out a form fill in. a form
meet with somebody meet somebody
visit with somebody visit somebody
Monday through Friday Monday to Friday
home at home
Mondays on Mondays

Spelling
US GB US GB
aluminum — aluminium jewelry jewellery
analyze — analyse labor labour
catalog catalogue pajamas = pyjamas
center centre practice — practise (verb)
check cheque (from a bank) program programme
color colour theater theatre
defense defence tire tyre (on a car)
honor honour traveler traveller
Many verbs end in -ize in American English, but in -ise or -iZe in British
English. For example: US realize GB realise or realize.
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74 broad and wide

Wide is used for the physical distance from one side of something to the
other.
We liven a very wide street. — The car's too wide for the garage.
Broad is mostly used in abstract expressions. Some examples:
broad agreement ( = agreement on most points)
broad-minded (= tolerant) broad daylight ( = full, bright daylight)