I also owned that dictionary, brought it to US and still keep it:-)

At school, I had a little crush on our technical translation teacher, he was fired later for drinking at school with 8 grader...Roomer had it, he got to work in Moldova Embassy in DC, but that was the last I've heard of him...

British accent, oh, British accent - I still love it so much, that's probably what made me British movie/sitcom fan years ago, way before LJ:-)