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

 91.3
1 match 
4 post
2 bill 
5 mark
3 set 
6 run
 91.4
a an instrument a dentist uses to make holes in your teeth
b training for marching
c a powerful tool used for making holes in a road
d an exercise practising grammar in a fairly mechanical way
 91.5
1 
a the list on which students are marked present or absent every day
b to send a letter or parcel in a special way so it has protection against being lost
2 a how much performers might appeal to the public
b money earned on an investment or paid for a loan
3 a to cut up into small cubes (usually vegetables)
b a cube with a number from one to six on each side
4 a throwing the ball into the air and hitting it at the start of a turn
b the attention given to customers by staff
5 a specific problem being dealt with by lawyers
b a piece of luggage
6 a the long stick that players use in snooker or billiards
b the words or actions that tell an actor that it is his or her turn to speak
 91.6
1 Then it hit me! This means ‘then I suddenly understood and then the ball suddenly struck my body.’
2 This is based on the traditional saying that babies are delivered to a home by a big bird called a 
stork. A crane is another kind of large bird rather like a stork. But a crane can also be a piece of 
heavy machinery used to lift heavy objects.
3 In the first sentence, 
flies
is a verb and 
like
is a preposition – the sentence is comparing the flight 
of time with that of an arrow. In the second sentence, 
flies
is a noun and 
like
is a verb and the 
sentence says that fruit flies [very small insects] enjoy bananas.
4 As well as being a preposition, 
down
is the word for very soft feathers used to stuff, for example, 
pillows or winter jackets. If prices are 
up
, they have risen and if they are 
down
they have fallen.