Below are some words we’ve added to our vocabulary:
“That’s Genius!” – Amy overheard two small girls talking while playing go. One said “now I move here and I capture your stone.” The other girl exclaimed, “That’s genius!” They sounded so intelligent that we decided to copy them.

“clever” – The driver/tour guide of our Stonehenge purple bus was talking about some engineer who designed a fancy bridge at the age of 21. He called him “quite clever” So apparently use genius when someone is clever and use clever when they are a genius.

“cheers” – a British version of thanks. Amy and I struggled to force ourselves to say break away from our American ways. I murmered it once at a news stand, but then I worked up the courage to say it at a food cart while paying. Though I was so nervous that I made the ‘e’ sound too long. Amy and I practiced later and decided it’s said somewhat like pez but with a ch sound at the beginning.