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

Look at D, and then fill the gaps in this text.
Over to
 
you
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Have you got a thing about anything?
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Is there anything you need to get sorted out this week?
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82.6
This is a very boring party, present 
1
excepted, of course. 
No one, myself 
2
, seems to be making much of an effort to 
chat. I 
3
a lot of people couldn’t come. 
4
, no 
5
intended, but don’t you think you could have dressed a bit 
more smartly? If you don’t 
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me saying so, I think you should 
have changed out of your gardening clothes. I mean that in the nicest 
7
way, of course!

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English Vocabulary in Use Advanced
Give or take: more vague expressions
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The words and phrases in this unit are mostly for informal conversation, except where indicated, and 
may sound inappropriate in more formal contexts.
Vague expressions for numbers and quantities
He left a sum 
in excess of $1 million when he died. 
[more than; used in more formal contexts]
It’ll cost you 
somewhere in the region of £900 a month to rent a flat. 
[less formal = around/about £900]
It’ll take five hours, 
give or take half an hour, to drive there. 
[could take 4.5 or 5.5 hours; 
informal
]
The second meeting is 
approximately two and a half months after the first one. 
[could be between 9 
and 11 weeks.; 
rather formal
]
It’ll take a week 
or so to get the computer repaired. 
[more than a week, but unclear how much more; 
informal
]