The meaning Of The Directions!
A:Go straight for two blocks. Then take a right on Elm street by the bank!B: Right by the bank? A:Yes.
1. What does block mean?
2.What does by the bank mean? Is the street next to the bank?
Thanks!

Question

The meaning Of The Directions!
A:Go straight for two blocks. Then take a right on Elm street by the bank!B: Right by the bank?  A:Yes.
1. What does block mean?
2.What does  by the bank mean? Is the street next to the bank? 
Thanks!

Answer

1. A block is the distance along a city street from where one street crosses it to the next.
2. Yes.

Answer

A block is a building and people nowadays use it as a distance measuring unit. So when someone says, " walk for 2 blocks" they mean to walk 2 buildings worth of distance. As for the bank it means the the ground next to the river.

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