(1) We have very similar interests.
(2) My teaching style is similar to that of most other teachers.
(3) The two houses are similar in size.

(1) Philip went into his room and shut the door behind him.
(2) I can't shut my suitcase─it's too full.
(3) She shut her eyes and fell asleep immediately.

(1) battery eggs
(2) a battery hen
(3) a battery of reporters

(1) My childhood dream was being a veterinarian doctor.
(2) I'd say I wanted to have a refuge for stray cats, and he'd say veterinarian.
(3) A veterinarian who visited one of the affected poultry farms died.

(1) By decision or by accident, by care or the simple rigour 6 of economy, somebody designed it.
(2) She knocked the vase off by accident.
(3) He had a slip of tongue by accident.

(1) Nothing seemed to satisfy their hunger for truth.
(2) a hunger for knowledge
(3) I felt faint with hunger.

(1) The small portable battery - operated units are most suitable for field work.
(2) I packed battery - operated flashlights to be used to case of power failure.
(3) Battery operated electric magnets. Self contained rechargeable batteries.

(1) He was giving his collection away for nothing...
(2) We have six copies of the book to give away.
(3) We gave away a silly goal...

(1) Certainly, Andreessen didn't think up using hypertext to link Internet documents.
(2) I've got to think up something to wear for the fancy dress party.
(3) An author must have invention to think up new ideas for stories.

(1) the commitment of resources to education
(2) Achieving success at this level requires a commitment of time and energy.
(3) Women very often have to juggle work with their family commitments.

(1) flying insects
(2) She passed the exam with flying colours.
(3) I'm terrified of flying.

(1) The two sides agreed to set up a commission to investigate claims...
(2) ...an organization which sets up meetings about issues of interest to women...
(3) Sundays he would sleep late.

(1) He lay there, unable to move.
(2) I tried to contact him but was unable to.
(3) The military may feel unable to hand over power to a civilian President next year...

(1) a pocket calculator
(2) ...a pocket calculator.
(3) And the valid calculator system installs excellent turn the method seem to be more for key.

(1) Who invented the steam engine?
(2) What excuse did he invent this time?
(3) Many children invent an imaginary friend.

(1) She became famous through her association with the group of poets.
(2) The seaside had all sorts of pleasant associations with childhood holidays for me.
(3) The cat soon made the association between human beings and food.

(1) chocolate chip cookies
(2) a cookie jar
(3) Shortbread is a short crumbly cookie.

(1) He donated thousands of pounds to charity.
(2) All donated blood is tested for HIV and other infections.
(3) He frequently donates large sums to charity...

(1) to develop a strategy for dealing with unemployment
(2) It's all part of an overall strategy to gain promotion.
(3) the government's economic strategy

(1) He took off at once and headed back to the motel.
(2) Remove from the heat, add the parsley, toss and serve at once.
(3) I wrote back to Meudon at once to fix up a meeting.

(1) He was created a baronet in 1715.
(2) The government has created eight new peers.
(3) They've painted it red to create a feeling of warmth.

(1) a 60-watt bulb
(2) a room lit by bare bulbs (= with no decorative cover)
(3) The stairwell was lit by a single bulb.

(1) helping the homeless
(2) The scheme has been set up to help homeless people.
(3) ...the growing number of homeless families...

(1) laws governing the sale of alcoholic beverages
(2) Alcoholic beverages are served in the hotel lounge.
(3) ...artificially sweetened beverages.

(1) Travel is by coach overnight to Berlin.
(2) a coach station (= where coaches start and end their journey)
(3) a coach party (= a group of people travelling together on a coach)

(1) a clean-up campaign
(2) the clean-up of the river
(3) The Governor has now called in the National Guard to assist the cleanup operation.

(1) demonstrative/interrogative/possessive/relative pronouns
(2) Is a relative pronoun necessary here?
(3) Most transitive verbs can take a reflexive pronoun.

(1) Protesters have been putting up barricades across a number of major intersections...
(2) He was putting up a new fence at his home.
(3) They're putting new street signs up...

(1) Only in this way can the critical mass of participation be reached.
(2) Each year, hundreds of animals are killed in this way.
(3) in this way we get better results in teaching.

(1) a prepositional phrase (= a preposition and the noun following it, for example at night or after breakfast )
(2) There is nothing in the rules of grammar to suggest that ending a sentence with a preposition is wrong.
(3) Notice that separation can be used with or a preposition to indicate separation.

(1) to repair a car/roof/road/television
(2) It's almost 15 years old. It isn't worth having it repaired .
(3) It was too late to repair the damage done to their relationship.

(1) to go/stay indoors
(2) Many herbs can be grown indoors.
(3) Since she was indoors, she had not been wearing a coat...

(1) the 20th century (= AD1901–2000 or 1900–1999)
(2) eighteenth-century writers
(3) ...a 17th-century merchant's house.

(1) Do you know the part of speech of this word?
(2) Multi - information score takes into account of lexical, part - of speech , syntactic and semantic information.
(3) The numeral is a part of speech which has great difference in Zhuang and Thai language.

(1) to work for a business/political/voluntary organization
(2) the World Health organization
(3) He's the president of a large international organization.

(1) There were people at the entrance giving out leaflets.
(2) He wouldn't give out any information...
(3) How often do you give your phone number out?

(1) I wrote back to Meudon at once to fix up a meeting.
(2) She paused and then said,'shall I fix up the other bedroom? "
(3) I think we can fix up with what you want.

(1) The ring was specially made for her.
(2) a specially designed diet plan
(3) We came specially to see you.

(1) There must be one set of laws for the whole of the country...
(2) I might need a spare set of clothes...
(3) Graf was leading 5-1 in the first set.