across

Four years older than me, he was dispatched to an American boarding school in Kodaikanal, a “hill station” scattered across the crevices of the Palani Hills, the eastern stretch of the Western Ghats mountain range.

McDonald is focused on maintaining that growth across the more than 780 stores, upping the quotient of new styles and bringing products to market faster.

The problem is that Saudi Arabia and the UAE are engaged in a fierce rivalry for influence across the Arab world, including countries such as Yemen and Syria, as well as Sudan.

But having been to Christmas markets across Europe himself, he felt the ones in the UK were "not as good" and "a bit more commercial".

It is across the road from a Dollar Tree and Family Dollar.