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

 96.5
1 bad luck
2 good luck
3 bad luck
4 good luck
Unit 97
 97.1
1 She works in a shop that sells women’s 
clothing. (Ladies’ garments might be an even more formal 
equivalent.)
2 I’ve got some new 
specs. Do you like them?
3 Did you see that documentary about Wales 
on the telly / on the box last night?
4 Gerry’s a decent 
bloke / guy. I wouldn’t want to upset him.
5 I spent the morning 
conversing with the Director.
6 Molly was there with her 
husband / partner. He’s a nice man.
 97.2
neutral
formal
informal
children
offspring
kids
sunglasses
shades
policeman/woman
police officer
cop (
bobby
can also be used, but it is becoming 
increasingly rare nowadays)
umbrella
brolly
invaluable
really useful
make sure
ensure (or guarantee)
try
endeavour
use
employ
 97.3 
In a database from the Cambridge International Corpus totalling ten million words of everyday spoken 
and written English texts, the words in the list occurred approximately in the ratios given in the second 
column (for example, 
frequently
is 11 times more frequent in written English than in spoken).
word
ratio spoken : written
1 frequently W
1 : 11
2 start S
2 : 1
3 begin W
1 : 5
4 maybe S
5 : 1
5 moreover W
1 : 60
 97.4
1 pharmacist / chemist
2 girl (or young unmarried woman)
3 poetry / poem
4 to where / where to

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 97.5
1 This computer text could be called written, modern, technical. Terms such as 
shared folder
and 
server
are technical. The style is typically written, especially with the use of passive voice verbs 
and the word 
located
; in non-technical spoken language, we would probably just say ‘one that is 
on a server’.
2 This is typical modern, written academic text; 
above 
indicates it is written. Typical academic words 
are 
paradigm
(which means a dominant set of beliefs or methods in an academic field) and the 
initials 
SLA 
(which mean Second Language Acquisition).
3 This is rather archaic poetry (by the English poet John Donne, 1572–1631). 
Thee
is an archaic form 
of singular 
you
; ’
tis
is an archaic form of 
it is
; 
in jest
is rather formal and/or literary and means ‘as a 
joke / not serious’. Other rather formal or literary words are 
weariness
and 
feigned
(pretended).
4 This is formal spoken language. It is from a speech by US President John F. Kennedy (1917–1963). 
Key items are the formal 
ask not
instead of ‘don’t ask’, 
my fellow
, and 
the freedom of man
instead 
of human freedom or freedom for everyone. Formal speeches and lectures are often very close 
to formal written texts, and this text could possibly also have been a written text (e.g. a political 
pamphlet or electioneering literature).
5 This is informal, modern conversation. Key items are 
mind you
(rare in written language), 
telly
instead of television, 
cos
instead of because, and 
yeah
instead of yes. The text is quite fragmented 
too (
the Rhine
.
 Yeah
,
 the river in Bonn
). Written registers tend to be more integrated (e.g. 
the River 
Rhine in Bonn
).