(1) Do you want to bookmark this site?
(2) This makes it extremely simple to save what you find with an electronic bookmark so you can return to it later.
(3) The reliable way to track of the position of a record is to use its bookmark.

(1) a piece of furniture
(2) garden/office, etc. furniture
(3) We need to buy some new furniture.

(1) You'll soon be feeling your old self again (= feeling well or happy again) .
(2) He's not his usual happy self this morning.
(3) Only with a few people could she be her real self (= show what she was really like rather than what she pretended to be) .

(1) an electric motor
(2) He started the motor.
(3) motor vehicles

(1) What's the secret of your success?
(2) I didn't have much success in finding a job.
(3) Confidence is the key to success .

(1) cancer patients
(2) He's one of Dr Shaw's patients.
(3) She's very patient with young children.

(1) Every player gave a hundred per cent tonight.
(2) I still don't feel a hundred per cent.
(3) My family supports me one hundred per cent.

(1) Radios are not permitted in the library.
(2) There are fines for exceeding permitted levels of noise pollution.
(3) We were not permitted any contact with each other.

(1) Nothing ever happens here.
(2) Don't you ever get tired?
(3) If you're ever in Miami, come and see us.

(1) She found it extremely difficult to get a job.
(2) extremely important/useful/complicated
(3) My mobile phone is extremely useful...

(1) Keep straight on for two miles.
(2) Can you stretch your arms out straighter?
(3) He was too tired to walk straight.

(1) She won't allow herself to be dictated to.
(2) He allowed his mind to wander.
(3) Smoking is not allowed in the hall.

(1) She met Mr and Mrs Ricciardi, who were very nice to her.
(2) Mr Harris and Mrs Bate and three other teachers were there.
(3) I paid Mr. and mrs. Smith a return visit yesterday afternoon.

(1) a rapid/sharp/gradual decline
(2) urban/economic decline
(3) The company reported a small decline in its profits.

(1) She has become very forgetful in recent years.
(2) My mother has become very forgetful and confused recently.
(3) I thought: the elderly are forgetful, or dementia, ah!

(1) She felt the warmth of his arms around her.
(2) The animals huddled together for warmth.
(3) He led the child into the warmth and safety of the house.

(1) He was jailed in february 1992 and could be released next year.
(2) Sow the seed in a warm place in february/March.
(3) Average weekly cinema attendance in february was 2.41 million.

(1) a packet of chocolate biscuits
(2) a selection of cheese biscuits
(3) You've done some stupid things before, but this really takes the biscuit!

(1) Music is quite unlike any other art form.
(2) The sound was not unlike that of birds singing.
(3) unlike most systems, this one is very easy to install.

(1) the local chapter of the Rotary club
(2) I can't give chapter and verse, but that's the rough outline of our legal position.
(3) I've just finished chapter 3.

(1) The sign said, ‘private property. Keep out. ’
(2) Those are my father's private papers.
(3) The hotel has 110 bedrooms, all with private bathrooms.

(1) chicken noodle soup
(2) Would you prefer rice or noodles?
(3) Brown bread and butter. But he likes noodle soup. He says it's better.

(1) cheap perfume/jewellery/shoes
(2) I was tired of his cheap jokes at my expense.
(3) He's just a cheap crook.

(1) to pick up/lift/put down/replace the receiver
(2) a satellite receiver
(3) to call in the receivers

(1) The boss often made her work twelve or thirteen hours a day.
(2) Beijing is thirteen hours ahead of New York.
(3) He began to learn English age of thirteen.

(1) She steered the car skillfully through the narrow streets.
(2) If the wound is stitched up skillfully, it will hardly leave a mark.
(3) skillfully placed lights throw the marble figures into clear relief.

(1) pots and pans
(2) a large stainless steel pan
(3) a pan of boiling water

(1) hologram
(2) telegram
(3) A football weighs about 400 grams.

(1) Sounds of voices and commotion could be heard downstairs now.
(2) The downstairs of the two little houses had been entirely refashioned.
(3) He was in an argument with his landlord downstairs.

(1) Have some tea; it'll calm your nerves.
(2) His presence had a calming influence .
(3) Look, calm down! We'll find her.

(1) the atlantic ocean had undergone changes in temperature and salinity.
(2) This river runs into the atlantic ocean.
(3) the atlantic ocean separates America from Europe.

(1) Oh, Amy, I love you...
(2) We love each other. We want to spend our lives together.
(3) Our love for each other has been increased by what we've been through together.

(1) black volcanic ash
(2) The town was reduced to ashes in the fighting.
(3) the glowing ashes of the campfire

(1) I can recommend the chef's dish of the day .
(2) a soap dish
(3) What a dish!

(1) Do you know what happened to Gill Lovecy (= have you any news about her) ?
(2) What's happened to your car?
(3) It's the best thing that has ever happened to me.

(1) ...a glass of chilled, dry white wine.
(2) He's just milking the company dry.
(3) Fulton has retained his dry humour...

(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) tourists sunbathing on the beach
(2) a sandy/pebble/shingle beach
(3) a beach bar

(1) an intelligent and lively young woman
(2) a lively and enquiring mind
(3) He showed a lively interest in politics.

(1) fine discriminations
(2) to learn discrimination between right and wrong
(3) He showed great discrimination in his choice of friends.