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

half-baked.
9 There were some 
unsavoury characters at that party.
10 He has 
cooked up a crazy scheme for making money on the internet. It has all the ingredients of a 
complete disaster.
Unit 24
 24.1 
Suggested answers:
1 When we eat out as a group, 
we usually split the bill.
2 Let me 
get this (one). You can pay next time.
3 Visitors to the company’s head office in London are always 
wined and dined in
/
at the best 
restaurants.
4 
Would you like to join us for lunch tomorrow?
5 No, please. Put your credit card away. 
Dinner’s on me
.
6 
I’d like you to be my guest at the theatre tomorrow night.
 24.2
1 I’m teetotal.
2 I 
haven’t got a sweet tooth.
3 
Do you have any special
/
particular dietary requirements?
4 Just a small 
portion for me, please. I don’t want to overdo it.
5 She’s become 
very calorie-conscious. / She’s counting the calories.
6 Sasha is such a 
fussy eater. It’s difficult to find things she likes.
 24.3
1 a savoury dish
2 a sullen/overbearing waiter
3 an informal get-together
4 courteous staff
5 sluggish service
6 impeccable service
 24.4
1 take pot luck
2 say when
3 grab a bite to eat
4 nibbles
5 seconds (note plural)
6 an informal get-together

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Unit 25
 25.1
1 tow-away 
7 (exhaust) emissions
2 tailback 
8 breathalyser, drink-driving, penalty points
3 pile-ups 
9 sound/beep, horns
4 give-way 
10 disruption
5 right of way 
11 congestion
6
hit-and-run 
 25.2 
Suggested answers:
2 B: Oh, so you 
skidded.
3 B: Oh, I guess it was a case of 
road rage.
4 B: Oh, so your tyres were 
bald, were they?
5 B: Oh, so it was a 
head-on collision.
6 B: Oh, really? I didn’t know they could give 
on-the-spot fines.
7 B: Oh, so it’s not 
roadworthy.
8 B: Oh, really? Do you have to pay a 
toll? I didn’t know that.
 25.3 
Suggested answers:
1 All the traffic in all directions was unable to move.
2 The police car made me stop at the side of the road.
3 I had a small accident where I hit something or another car, but without serious damage. (
Bump
is 
an informal alternative to 
collision
.)
4 My car broke down. (
Conk out
is very informal.)
5 He’s an irritating person who sits in the passenger seat and thinks he can tell the driver how 
to drive.
Unit 26
 26.1 
Suggested answers:
2 I hate 
charter flights.
3 The ticket allowed us a three-night 
stopover in Singapore on the journey from London to Sydney.
4 You can get a 
shared cabin on the ferry. / You can get a four-berth cabin on the ferry.
5 Our seats were in the 
front
/
first carriage.
6 When you arrive, the 
transfers are included in the cost of the holiday. / The cost of the holiday is 
inclusive of 
transfers.
7 It was a cheap fare, but there were (some) 
restrictions.
8 The ticket is relatively cheap, but it’s