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

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 60.4
1 We’ll be ready to leave in less than no time.
2 Most of the members of the band may be in their sixties, but they’re certainly not 
over the hill.
3 You can argue with him 
till the cows come home, but he’ll never see sense.
4 Harry promised he’d get here 
in a flash and he kept his word.
5 I’ve told her 
repeatedly not to phone me at work.
6 The two events happened 
simultaneously. / The two events were simultaneous.
7 The hotel staff were very good; they let me cancel the reservation 
at short notice.
8 I didn’t want to 
prolong the meeting.
9 He had his moment of fame. Now he’s (just) 
a has-been.
10 The press were excluded 
for the duration of the delicate negotiations.
Unit 61
 61.1
1 trudged (If you strut, you can’t have your shoulders hunched. You are also unlikely to be weary.)
2 tiptoed (If you trudge, you are tired and weary and your steps are heavy, so you might well wake 
someone who is sleeping lightly. A bedroom is also a very small place for someone to trudge 
across.)
3 hopping (Rabbits move quickly with feet all off the ground at the same time, so, as with birds, 
their movement is described as hopping. Stamping is too heavy a movement for a small animal.)
4 limped (Stamping is something which you usually do when you are angry and there is no obvious 
connection between having an accident and stamping.)
5 staggered / lurched (Striding cannot be unsteady.)
6 trample (Daisies are too small to be stumbled on.)
7 chased (Tramped suggests moving slowly and so the dog would then be unlikely to catch the 
postman. Tramped also suggests too heavy a movement to be appropriate for a small dog as 
opposed to a big, heavy dog.)
8 lurching / staggering (It would be extremely difficult to tiptoe if the sea is rough and the ship is 
moving violently.)
 61.2 
Possible answers:
1 It was not at all successful or enjoyable – the verb limped makes that clear.
2 No, it was clearly in difficulties for a few years before it failed totally.
3 People didn’t expect her to do as well as she did.
4 No, the government gives the impression of being out of control.
5 She is probably calm, easy-going and relaxed.
6 They destroy or spoil them, for example, by laughing at them.
7 He or she might send them emails or letters reminding them to pay, or they might phone them.
8 Not at all confident. They were hesitant and uneven in quality.
 61.3 
flowed: moved smoothly, without ceasing
spilled: fell out, in an uncontrolled fashion, starting suddenly and moving in all directions
streamed: a lot of people moving at a fairly constant pace from one direction
pouring: coming all the time, in large numbers, possibly from all directions
trickle: a few people, here and there
meandered: not going in a straight line, no definite purpose
flooding: coming in large numbers, spreading in all directions
 61.4
1 flow
2 spilling
3 meander
4 trickle
5 pouring / streaming (flooding is less likely to be used about people moving into a relatively 
restricted area like a football stadium)

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