(1) Dear Terry,'t cry please, you had try one's best enough.

(1) Does AK work well with flashcard in slot 2?

(1) ‘And don't be late, ’ she added.
(2) He added that they would return a week later.
(3) The suite will add a touch of class to your bedroom.

(1) The story was completely untrue and was successfully challenged in court.
(2) She does not like anyone challenging her authority.
(3) This discovery challenges traditional beliefs.

(1) The result was that the engine ended up at the bottom of the canal...
(2) She fled with her children, moving from neighbour to neighbour and ending up in a friend's cellar.
(3) If you don't know what you want, you might end up getting something you don't want...

(1) a technical/legal/scientific, etc. term
(2) a term of abuse
(3) ‘Register ’ is the term commonly used to describe different levels of formality in language.

(1) Her words impressed themselves on my memory.
(2) He impressed on us the need for immediate action.
(3) It impressed me that she remembered my name.

(1) to have a wide/limited vocabulary
(2) your active vocabulary (= the words that you use)
(3) your passive vocabulary (= the words that you understand but don't use)

(1) It's frustrating to have to wait so long.
(2) Progress was frustratingly slow.
(3) The current situation is very frustrating for us...

(1) soldiers in uniform
(2) soldiers on duty
(3) He was demoted to the rank of ordinary soldier.

(1) ...the way that building societies deal with complaints...
(2) In dealing with suicidal youngsters, our aims should be clear...
(3) She saw a psychiatrist who used hypnotism to help her deal with her fear...

(1) She was obliged to break off from these very pleasant observations.
(2) He would not break off negotiations by a sharp denial.
(3) Romola's heart swelled again, so that she was forced to break off.

(1) Roosevelt was defiant in the face of the bad news.
(2) With juveniles under eighteen, there's little we can do. We can't keep them in custody. They just laugh in your face.
(3) He came to me with a very long face.

(1) He's easily distracted.
(2) I get bored easily.
(3) It's easily the best play I've seen this year.

(1) Children must be accompanied by an adult.
(2) Why can't you two act like civilized adults?
(3) The fish return to the river as adults in order to breed.

(1) duty on wine and beer
(2) Who's on duty today?
(3) What time do you go off duty?

(1) It's easy to make a mistake .
(2) This letter is addressed to someone else─there must be some mistake.
(3) It would be a mistake to ignore his opinion.

(1) Her work is very highly regarded.
(2) Capital punishment was regarded as inhuman and immoral.
(3) He regards himself as a patriot.

(1) unimportant details
(2) relatively/comparatively unimportant
(3) They dismissed the problem as unimportant.

(1) They still get treated differently from almost every other contemporary British band.
(2) The skeleton consists of differently shaped bones held together by ligaments.
(3) If I had written the letter, I might have worded it differently.

(1) The teacher listened to the children reading aloud .
(2) He read the letter aloud to us.
(3) ‘What am I going to do? ’ she wondered aloud.

(1) This guy, Jack Smith, does he go by the name of Jackal?
(2) Shall we walk or go by bus ?
(3) Sometimes I go by car.

(1) I am willing to admit that I do make mistakes.
(2) People who make mistakes can be given the sack the same day.
(3) We are all liable to make mistakes when we're tired.

(1) What frustrates him is that there's too little money to spend on the project.
(2) The rescue attempt was frustrated by bad weather.
(3) These questions frustrated me...

(1) Don't be afraid to ask your fishmonger to fillet flat fish.
(2) Don't be afraid to haggle: for the moment, it's a buyer's market.
(3) Don't be afraid to consider apparently extravagant ideas.

(1) a slow/quick learner
(2) a dictionary for learners of English
(3) learner-centred teaching methods

(1) a baby's development in the womb
(2) the development of basic skills such as literacy and numeracy
(3) career development

(1) to have/exert a strong influence on sb
(2) the influence of the climate on agricultural production
(3) What exactly is the influence of television on children?

(1) The comparison shows considerable disagreement between theory and practice.
(2) They have had several disagreements with their neighbours.
(3) disagreement arose about exactly how to plan the show.

(1) a guide to English pronunciation
(2) There is more than one pronunciation of ‘garage ’.
(3) Your pronunciation is excellent.

(1) Some horses become excited when they're in traffic.
(2) She waved excitedly as the car approached.
(3) An excited crowd of people gathered around her.

(1) She is used to dealing with all kinds of people in her job.
(2) to deal with enquiries/issues/complaints
(3) Have you dealt with these letters yet?

(1) A C Milan lost the Italian Cup Final...
(2) The government lost the argument over the pace of reform...
(3) I lost my keys...

(1) She walked quickly away.
(2) We'll repair it as quickly as possible.
(3) The last few weeks have gone quickly (= the time seems to have passed quickly) .

(1) I'm afraid that it's not finished yet.
(2) He's no better, I'm afraid to say .
(3) ‘Is there any left? ’ ‘ I'm afraid not . ’

(1) Sanitary conditions are quite important, because the comma bacillus exist and proliferate outside the human body.
(2) And our goal is only a comma, not a full stop.
(3) A comma splice is the use of a comma between two independent clauses.

(1) to memorize a poem
(2) He studied his map, trying to memorize the way to Rose's street.
(3) Blindfolded contestants attempt to memorize the position of key cubes before covering their eyes.

(1) His first essay in politics was a complete disaster.
(2) an essay on the causes of the First World War
(3) We asked Jason to write an essay about his hometown and about his place in it.

(1) The furniture comes complete with tools and instructions for assembly.
(2) We were in complete agreement.
(3) a complete change

(1) Please don't be angry with me. It wasn't my fault.
(2) Please don't be angry with me.
(3) However, Ernestina did her best to be angry with her.