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

duration 
11
 of treatment

---

Exercises
113
English Vocabulary in Use Advanced
Choose the best word to complete each sentence.
1 Anorexia is a serious eating 
effect 
/
 disorder
in which a person tries to eat as little as possible.
2 The doctor asked me a lot of questions about my medical 
history 
/
 story
.
3 Far more children these days are 
asthmatic 
/
 allergic
to nuts than ever before.
4 It is important not to 
overtake 
/
 exceed
the number of pills the doctor tells you to take.
5 Talk to your pharmacist if you suffer any 
side 
/
 adverse
reactions to the tablets.
6 My grandfather had a 
bowel 
/
 stroke
last year.
7 Doctors use the word stools but children talk about 
poo 
/
 excrement
.
8 If you vomit, you 
feel 
/
 are
sick.
9 
Disorientation 
/
 Disease
can be the result of a bang on the head.
10 Maria is not allowed to drive for the 
duration 
/
 dose
of her treatment.
Replace the underlined expressions with one of the metaphors from B. Make any other 
necessary changes.
1 Excitement grew extremely strong as the day of the final match dawned.
2 Although industry is doing well in the north of the country, in the south it is weak.
3 The manager said that there had been a sudden large number of complaints about the hotel.
4 Unfortunately, she is still affected in a negative way by her divorce.
5 The problems we have experienced in our neighbourhood are evidence of wider problems 
in society.
6 What do you think the prospects are for the peace talks?
7 I voted for the Green Party because they seem to be in touch with what’s happening.
8 The business has been having problems for some time now.
9 I’m afraid I have rather a sceptical view of the banking industry.