(1) a rare disease/occurrence/sight
(2) It's extremely rare for it to be this hot in April.
(3) It is rare to find such loyalty these days.

(1) scatter the grass seed over the lawn.
(2) scatter the lawn with grass seed.
(3) They scattered his ashes at sea.

(1) a mattress filled with straw
(2) a straw hat
(3) He was leaning over the gate chewing on a straw.

(1) This data was collected from 69 countries.
(2) the analysis/interpretation of the data
(3) raw data (= that has not been analysed)

(1) a beautiful woman/face/baby/voice/poem/smell/evening
(2) beautiful countryside/weather/music
(3) What beautiful timing!

(1) This technology is still in its early stages .
(2) The children are at different stages of development.
(3) The product is at the design stage.

(1) to reverse a procedure/process/trend
(2) The government has failed to reverse the economic decline.
(3) It is sometimes possible to arrest or reverse the disease.

(1) On sunday Cohen lay around the house all day.
(2) Randall would just now be getting the sunday paper.
(3) Naomi used to go to church in Granville every sunday.

(1) The two groups agreed to cooperate with each other.
(2) They had cooperated closely in the planning of the project.
(3) Their captors told them they would be killed unless they cooperated.

(1) He muttered a curse at the other driver.
(2) The family thought that they were under a curse .
(3) the curse of drug addiction

(1) He is a frequent visitor to this country.
(2) Her calls became less frequent.
(3) There is a frequent bus service into the centre of town.

(1) They appointed a new manager to coordinate the work of the team.
(2) We need to develop a coordinated approach to the problem.
(3) This shade coordinates with a wide range of other colours.

(1) His favourite pastime is golf.
(2) He insisted that his painting was merely a pastime that kept him from being bored.
(3) Photography is her favourite pastime.

(1) a piece of material
(2) ‘What material is this dress made of? ’ ‘Cotton. ’
(3) building materials (= bricks, sand, glass, etc.)

(1) Speed is restricted to 30 mph in towns.
(2) We restrict the number of students per class to 10.
(3) Fog severely restricted visibility.

(1) to write on the blackboard
(2) I can't bear the sound of chalk scraping on a blackboard.
(3) He took out a piece of chalk and wrote his problem on the blackboard.

(1) the site of a sixteenth century abbey
(2) to work on a building/construction site
(3) A site has been chosen for the new school.

(1) a kneeling figure
(2) We knelt (down) on the ground to examine the tracks.
(3) She knelt by the bed and prayed...

(1) We thought the figures were correct. however, we have now discovered some errors.
(2) He was feeling bad. He went to work, however, and tried to concentrate.
(3) however you look at it, it's going to cost a lot.

(1) They deliver to within a 5-mile radius of the store.
(2) Nigel has searched for work in a ten-mile radius around his home.
(3) He indicated a semicircle with a radius of about thirty miles.

(1) I do not wish to complicate the task more than is necessary.
(2) To complicate matters further, there will be no transport available till 8 o'clock.
(3) The issue is complicated by the fact that a vital document is missing.

(1) He's had three accidents in the past fortnight.
(2) a fortnight's holiday
(3) a fortnight ago

(1) a sick child
(2) Her mother's very sick.
(3) Peter has been off sick (= away from work because he is ill) for two weeks.

(1) high levels/doses of radiation that damage cells
(2) the link between exposure to radiation and childhood cancer
(3) a radiation leak from a nuclear power station

(1) a colleague of mine from the office
(2) We were friends and colleagues for more than 20 years.
(3) the Prime Minister and his Cabinet colleagues

(1) It's my ideal of what a family home should be.
(2) She found it hard to live up to his high ideals.
(3) political ideals

(1) a treasonable act
(2) He stood convicted of treason.
(3) She was arraigned for high treason.

(1) It's like a furnace (= very hot) in here!
(2) How can we walk? It's a furnace out there.
(3) At the same time , the experimental r 6 sults with the blackbody furnace in Netherlands Measurements Institute ( NMi ) are also presented.

(1) a pillar of smoke/rock
(2) a pillar of the Church
(3) a pillar of society

(1) additional resources/funds/security
(2) The government provided an additional £25 million to expand the service.
(3) additionally, the bus service will run on Sundays, every two hours.

(1) a diligent student/worker
(2) Meyers is a diligent and prolific worker...
(3) The historical research was impressively diligent.

(1) (British English)I need to go to the toilet (= use the toilet) .
(2) a toilet seat
(3) toilet facilities

(1) a pioneer in the field of microsurgery
(2) a computer pioneer
(3) a pioneer aviator

(1) Each pack contains a book and accompanying CD.
(2) The singer was accompanied on the piano by her sister.
(3) strong winds accompanied by heavy rain

(1) The style of the Chinese Women's volleyball Team in a competition is indomitable, bold and vigorous.
(2) What ( How ) about the volleyball match?
(3) AI also like the team sports, like volleyball, football, hockey and so on.

(1) Only a small minority of students is/are interested in politics these days.
(2) minority shareholders in the bank
(3) the rights of ethnic/racial minorities

(1) He sailed westward from Palos de la Frontera...
(2) Within hours, she was free to resume her journey westward.
(3) They slowly migrated westward from northern India about one thousand years ago.

(1) ...plans to build a dam on the Danube River.
(2) ...the Aswan dam.
(3) ...plans to dam the nearby Delaware River...

(1) a baby girl
(2) a little girl of six
(3) Hello, girls and boys!

(1) to relieve the symptoms of a cold
(2) to relieve anxiety/guilt/stress
(3) Being able to tell the truth at last seemed to relieve her.