'Lateral Thinking'

 A friend sent me the following fun and interesting quiz. Care to do some 'lateral thinking'?

(Q1)      man 
         ---------
           board

(Q2)      stand 
         ----------
               i 

(Q3)     /r/e/a/d/i/n/ g/

(Q4)    cycle cycle cycle

(Q5)        0
         -------------
         M.D. Ph.D.

 (Q6)            ground 
            -------------------------------
           feet feet feet feet feet feet

 (Q7)    ecnalg

 (Q8)    death ..... life 

 (Q9)    ababaaabbbbaaaabbbb ababaabbaaabbbb......


 Answers: (Q1) man overboard (Q2) I understand (Q3) reading between the lines (Q4) tricycle
                (Q5) two degrees below zero (Q6) six feet underground (Q7) backward glance
                ( Q8) life after death (Q9) long time no 'C'