ANIMATION AND ALL ITS GLORY!

Okay have a problem.  When I am listening to my final project just on flash itself the audio and the images I have set up works.  When I play it in test mode, its off by 3-4 seconds which are crucial!  How, if anyone knows, do I fix it?  Help would be really appreciated.  Other than that the project is moving slowly but surely.  Although its been like 2hrs of grinding my head against a cheese grater.  Miss. Licata said that if you don't have patience for this and hate doing the same thing over and over again this may not be the career for you.  I hope not.  I don't want to go through this class with the possibility that I wasted Ms. Licata's year teaching me.  GAH! okay end of rant. Keep fingers crossed for good weather!