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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

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pp.	U.K. Edition	U.S. Edition	pp.
11	windows either side of the	windows on either side of the	6
15	(Peter says) if I curse	if I murder	10
15	(V says) one more obstacle removed.	one more death	10
16	(V says) One more curse...	One more murder...	12
59	Bulgaria have got	Bulgaria has got	63
59	'I wish England had got through.	"I wish England had got through, though."	63
59	'What happened?' said Harry eagerly, regretting more than ever his isolation from the wizarding world when he was stuck on Privet Drive. Harry was passionate about Quidditch. He had played as Seeker on the Gryffindor house Quidditch team ever since his first year at Hogwarts and owned a Firebolt, one of the best racing brooms in the world. 'Went down to Transyvania, three hundred and ninety to ten,' said Charlie gloomily. 'Shocking performance. And Wales lost to Uganda, and Scotland were slaughtered by Luxembourg.'	"What happened?" said Harry eagerly, regretting more than ever his isolation from the wizarding world when he was stuck on Privet Drive. "Went down to Transyvania, three hundred and ninety to ten," said Charlie gloomily. "Shocking performance. And Wales lost to Uganda, and Scotland was slaughtered by Luxembourg." Harry had been on the Gryffindor House Quidditch team ever since his first year at Hogwarts and owned one of the best racing brooms in the world, a Firebolt. Flying came more naturally to Harry than anything else in the magical world, and he played in the position of Seeker on the Gryffindor House team.	63
60	they had their pudding (home-made strawberry ice-cream),	they had their homemade strawberry ice cream,	63
63	Harry knew that Apparating was very difficult; it meant disappearing from one place and re-appearing almost instantly in another	Harry knew that Apparating meant disappearing from one place and reappearing almost instantly in another, but had never known any Hogwarts student to do it, and understood that it was very difficult.	66
63	got your test	passed your test	66
98	prevent them using	prevent them from using	108
133	matron	nurse	149
135	also 'lost,'	also "travelling," "lost,"	151
135	pointing at	pointing to	151
139	sorting them into two.	sorting them into two piles.	156
215	On excellent form	In excellent form	244
223	puddings	desserts	253
228	at weekends	on weekends	258
231	'What's she like?'	"What is it with her?"	262
284	for one o'clock	by one o'clock	324
336	'Now Potter…	"Now that Potter…	385
353	brace	braces	405
427	to bursting point	to the bursting point	492
444	entitled HARRY POTTER'S SECRET HEARTACHE:	entitled: Harry Potter' Secret Heartache	511
450	preventing Snape slipping away	preventing Snape from slipping away	518
478	twenty-foot-high	twenty feet high	551
499	Impediment Jinx	Impediment Curse	574
534	revision	research	615
539	on eighty-five points	with eighty-five points	621
583	prise	pry	671
613	"Forgive me, Dumbledore but I've heard of a curse scar acting as an alarm bell before..."	"Forgive me, Dumbledore but I've never heard of a curse scar acting as an alarm bell before..." NOTE: This difference has since been corrected; the UK version was in error.	706
623	biscuits	cookies	718

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