English Vocabulary in Use: Advanced Book with Answers and Enhanced eBook Vocabulary Reference and Practice 3rd Edition

Unit 98
 98.1
1 American. British version: I lost my way at the big junction just south of the city.
2 British. American version: Why are there always so many shopping 
carts left in the parking lot?
3 British. American version: Cross the 
street at the crosswalk, then take a left.
4 American. British version: You can’t drive any further; you’ll have to 
reverse, the road is very 
narrow.
5 British. American version: You’ll see the 
gas station just after the overpass on I-34.
6 American. British version: Once you get on to the 
motorway, it will only take you two hours to get 
there.
7 American. British version: The office is 
diagonally opposite the Chinese restaurant.
8 American. British version: There’s a 
stream at the end of the (foot)path. It’s about three miles 
from here.
 98.2
1 e dumpster US = skip UK
2 d ground US = earth UK
3 a frying pan UK = skillet US
4 c cooker UK = stove US
5 b faucet US = tap UK
 98.3
1 A fresher, as they are younger.
2 At more or less the same level.
3 ‘Professor’ is an appropriate form of address for any university teacher in the US. In Britain it is a 
title given only to those of the highest academic rank.
4 Britain
5 The second year.
6 They mean psychology is their main subject of study.
7 No. In Britain it is likely to mean going to an institution for 16+ students to learn some special 
knowledge or skill (e.g. a teacher-training college). In the USA, it usually means going to university.
8 British

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Unit 99
 99.1
1 To try to make the language less stereotyped with regard to gender and also perhaps to try to 
alter gender-biased attitudes in this way.
2 The expression means words that have male connotations but are referring to people in general.
3 There might have been controversy perhaps because some people felt it was an unnecessary 
change or that it was impossible to try to impose language change artificially.
4 They want to get rid of ‘male’ words in traditional idioms like 
man in the street
by using such 
phrases as the 
person in the street
or the 
average person
instead. They even want to get rid of 
man
in words like 
manhandle
and 
woman
where the male idea has really been lost.
5 It was introduced as a title which does not focus on whether a woman is married or not. It is useful 
if you do not know what a woman’s marital status is or if a woman does not want people to know 
her marital status.