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

air their views to
/
in the press.
6 The story about the scandal surrounding her uncle 
hit the headlines on her wedding day.
7 Any newspaper does all it can to prevent being sued for 
defamation of character.
8 Muck-raking is a characteristic activity of 
the gutter press.
 50.5
1 conference 
5 airtime
2 broke 
6 Social
3 publicity 
7 hero
4 media 
8 occurrence
Unit 51
 51.1
1 anaesthetist
2 cardiologist
3 paediatrician
4 ophthalmologist
5 obstetrician
6 dermatologist
 51.2
1 surgery 
5 condition
2 chronic 
6 locum
3 prescription 
7 organ
4 refer 
8 acute
 51.3
1 What is the name of your 
family doctor?
2 Is there a 
prescription charge in your country?
3 In your country is there a similar structure of primary care and 
secondary care?
4 Do doctors often do 
home visits in your country?
5 Are there 
insurance schemes for private healthcare in your country?
6 When it comes to healthcare, do many people in your country 
go private?
7 How popular is 
complementary medicine in your country?
8 Have you ever been to a specialist who practises some kind of 
alternative medicine?

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Unit 52
 52.1
1 She was feeling under the weather and a bit feverish, so she took the day off.
2 I felt really 
off-colour yesterday and my head was throbbing, so I took a painkiller.
3 I felt a bit 
out of sorts and seemed to have more aches and pains than usual.
4 Maria has 
backache after carrying that heavy suitcase of yours.
5 Freddie has been 
fighting off a cold for the last few days.
6 I’m sorry I won’t make it to your party because I’ve 
come down with flu.
7 Do you suffer 
from any allergies?
8 How did you get all those 
cuts and bruises?
 52.2
1 I was feeling quite feverish.
2 The smell of paint always made her feel 
nauseous.
3 I felt 
dizzy, so I went and lay down for an hour.
4 My nose was 
bunged up, so I got a spray from the chemist.
5 I got 
a stiff neck from driving for a long time in an awkward position.
6 Laura was 
shivery and looked unwell, so I told her to go to bed.
7 My knee hurts today because I 
twisted it getting out of Andrei’s sports car yesterday.
8 I 
had a sleepless night last night.
 52.3 
Positive meanings:
be over the worst, fight off*, be on the mend, be back on your feet again, get over
Negative meanings:
suffer from, fight off*, come down with, under the weather
*Whether you consider 
fight off
to be positive or negative depends on whether you feel that ‘fighting 
something off’ is always used in a negative situation, or whether you are succeeding in ‘fighting off’ 
your cold/flu/headache, etc., in which case you might see it as positive.
 52.4
1 Hello, Dan, good to see you 
back on your feet again.
2 Nadja, I won’t be in today, I’ve 
come down with a cold.
3 Oh, I’m OK. I’m 
over the worst now. I still feel bad, but I should be out within a week or so. (
over 
the worst
suggests getting better, but that you are still quite ill; 
on the mend
(see 6 below) suggests 
the person is getting back to normal health)
4 Don’t worry, darling. Everyone has a cold now and then. You’ll