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Unit 95
1 drunk 5 money
2 man 6 food; drink
3 stomach ache; doctor (note the colloquial 7 a car
or slang use of belly to mean stomach 8 cup of tea
and quack to mean doctor) 9 toilet
4 dinner jacket 10 amazed

1 Wicked! 5 It's in a drawer, over here.
2 He's a cop. 6 He's in the nick.
3 Let's take him home. 7 Let's go for a run in the motor.
4 Sure. I'll keep my eyes skinned.

1 look 4 teeth
2 kids 5 church (by hook or by crook means by any method, fair or unfair)
3 table 6 hat

1 fellow (boyfriend) 4 bricklayer
2 breakfast 5 a day off work claiming to be sick
3 something given away free 6 barbecue

Unit 96
1 on a bus 6 outside a cinema 11 on a packet of cigarettes
2 in the country 7 at the zoo 12 on a motorway
3 in a theatre 8 at the beginning of a road 13 at the entrance to a car park
4 in the street 9 on a wall 14 on a cycle path
5 outside a cafk 10 at a supermarket check-out 15 on a river bank
to bring a legal case against
a punishment
something which has been or is to be bought
someone who goes on private land without permission
not to do something
to get off a means of public transport (bus, train)
to forbid something
large place where an audience sits
to get off a bicycle or a horse
a young person under the age of 18
a means of transport

You would see this notice in a shop and it lets people know that people who take things from
the shop without paying will be taken to court.
You would see this in a shop and it lets people know that the staff there speak French as well
as English.
You would see this at Customs and it lets people know that this is the way to go if they do
not have any goods to pay duty on.
You would see this in a shop window and it tells people that things are going to be sold off
cheaply because the shop wants to get rid of its stock, perhaps because the shop is about to
close down.
You would see this outside an exhibition or a dance or concert hall perhaps and it lets people
know that they need a ticket to get in.
You would see this in the window of a hotel or bed and breakfast and it tells people that
there are no free rooms there.

English Vocabulary in Use