(1) Choose whichever brand you prefer.
(2) Pensions should be increased annually in line with earnings or prices, whichever is the higher.
(3) whichever of you gets here first will get the prize.

(1) Freezing isn't a bad way of preserving food...
(2) Another way of making new friends is to go to an evening class...
(3) She smiled in a friendly way...

(1) The team has been weakened by injury.
(2) The new evidence weakens the case against her.
(3) His authority is steadily weakening.

(1) We had to carry the piano up three flights of stairs .
(2) The children ran up/down the stairs .
(3) at the bottom/top of the stairs

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

(1) Lucilla often asks her sisters to retell the story...
(2) It is a tale which has often been retold within West Indian literature.
(3) I'll ask two students to retell the dialog . You should use your own words.

(1) The hills were shrouded in mist .
(2) Early morning mist patches will soon clear.
(3) The origins of the story are lost in the mists of time (= forgotten because it happened such a long time ago) .

(1) a glorious trip to Rome
(2) They had three weeks of glorious sunshine.
(3) a glorious sunset

(1) The dog stood listening, its ears cocked.
(2) to cock a snook at authority
(3) I really cocked that exam up!

(1) The bridge is a triumph of modern engineering.
(2) a degree in engineering
(3) ...the design and engineering of aircraft and space vehicles.

(1) a tremendous explosion
(2) A tremendous amount of work has gone into the project.
(3) It was a tremendous experience.

(1) She has been reliable and punctual.
(2) a punctual start at 9 o'clock
(3) They always pay punctually.

(1) Three riders (= people riding horses) were approaching.
(2) horses and their riders
(3) She's an experienced rider.

(1) They're not married, actually.
(2) actually, I'll be a bit late home.
(3) actually, I'm busy at the moment─can I call you back?

(1) hand/eye movements
(2) She observed the gentle movement of his chest as he breathed.
(3) Loose clothing gives you greater freedom of movement.

(1) the depths of the ocean
(2) People were swimming in the ocean despite the hurricane warning.
(3) The plane hit the ocean several miles offshore.

(1) a mass of snow and rocks falling down the mountain
(2) The hill appeared as a black mass in the distance.
(3) The sky was full of dark masses of clouds.

(1) butter, margarine, and oily fish are all good sources of vitamin D.
(2) Blend the butter with the sugar and beat until light and creamy.
(3) As a hangover from rationing, they mixed butter and margarine.

(1) The telephone rang and Pat answered it.
(2) You can reserve seats over the telephone .
(3) I need to make a telephone call .

(1) to have a rehearsal
(2) We only had six days of rehearsal.
(3) Our new production of ‘Hamlet ’ is currently in rehearsal .

(1) (British English)to take a decision (= to decide)
(2) to make a decision (= to decide)
(3) We need a decision on this by next week.

(1) Jack collapsed in agony on the floor.
(2) It was agony not knowing where the children were.
(3) She waited in an agony of suspense.

(1) fleet of foot
(2) fleet-footed
(3) the company's new fleet of vans

(1) (sport 体)a left back/wing
(2) a left hook
(3) Fewer people write with their left hand than with their right.

(1) Her eyes widened in surprise.
(2) Here the stream widens into a river.
(3) They may have to widen the road to cope with the increase in traffic.

(1) to be sold into slavery
(2) the abolition of slavery
(3) My people have survived 400 years of slavery.

(1) a newly qualified doctor
(2) a newly created job
(3) a newly independent republic

(1) The film studio is being accused of cashing in on the singer's death.
(2) to pay for sth cash down
(3) I'm constantly strapped for cash (= without enough money) .

(1) a treasure chest
(2) broad-chested
(3) a medicine chest

(1) the faculty of sight
(2) She retained her mental faculties (= the ability to think and understand) until the day she died.
(3) to be in full possession of your faculties (= be able to speak, hear, see, understand, etc.)

(1) a concert hall/pianist
(2) They're in concert at Wembley Arena.
(3) a concert of music by Bach

(1) to laugh loudly/aloud/out loud
(2) You never laugh at my jokes!
(3) The show was hilarious─I couldn't stop laughing.

(1) Please, mister, can we have our ball back?
(2) Look, mister, we know our job, so don't try to tell us what to do.
(3) He styled himself " mister Clean ".

(1) He finally won his freedom after twenty years in jail.
(2) freedom from fear/pain/hunger, etc.
(3) I was given the freedom of the whole house.

(1) Can you drive?
(2) Don't drive so fast!
(3) I drove to work this morning.

(1) I've looked everywhere.
(2) He follows me everywhere.
(3) We'll have to eat here─ everywhere else is full.

(1) unusually high levels of radiation
(2) an unusually cold winter
(3) unusually for him, he wore a tie.

(1) She spent a year in jail.
(2) He has been released from jail.
(3) a ten-year jail sentence

(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) The audience was becoming restless.
(2) After five years in the job, he was beginning to feel restless.
(3) a restless night