(1) ‘What's so funny ? ’ she demanded.
(2) A funny thing happened to me today.
(3) It's funny how things never happen the way you expect them to.

(1) The children were rushing about in the garden.
(2) Her books were lying about on the floor.
(3) People were standing about in the road.

(1) maria was talking baby talk to the little one.
(2) maria wore a layered white dress that rustled when she moved.
(3) Kim's mother agreed to vouch for maria and get her a job.

(1) A point of order was raised in parliament by Mr ben Morris.
(2) ben drove past them, nosing his car into the garage.
(3) ben Brantley's article on Sir Ian McKellen rekindled many memories.

(1) ...the twelfth anniversary of the April revolution.
(2) ...a twelfth-century church.
(3) She is entitled to a twelfth of the cash.

(1) For my thirtieth birthday, my friends clubbed together and bought me a watch.
(2) The present crop of books and documentaries about Marilyn Monroe exploit the thirtieth anniversary of her death.
(3) I'd like to go to Shanghai on December thirtieth.

(1) june always rhymes with moon in old love songs.
(2) Exports in june rose 1.5% to a record $30.91 billion.
(3) In june 1942, the British 8th Army was in full retreat.

(1) ...the sixth round of the World Cup.
(2) ...the sixth of December.
(3) The company yesterday shed a sixth of its workforce.

(1) Contemporary photographs are juxtaposed with a sixteenth century, copper Portuguese mirror.
(2) the site of a sixteenth century abbey
(3) We're studying dramatic texts by sixteenth century playwrights.

(1) jackson remained calm and always master of his passions.
(2) jackson had been a major power-broker in the 1988 Presidential elections.
(3) jackson said her boss became increasingly depressed and reverted to smoking heavily.

(1) We went for an outing that included a picnic and a volleyball game.
(2) Our class played a volleyball game, and I was among the rest.
(3) What officials are there in a volleyball game?

(1) a documentary film about the war
(2) documentary evidence/sources/material
(3) a television documentary about/on the future of nuclear power

(1) one of the most exciting developments in biology in recent years
(2) They waited and waited for something exciting to happen.
(3) an exciting prospect/possibility

(1) michelle had fallen asleep with her head against his shoulder.
(2) michelle will also spin a customer's wool fleece to specification at a cost of $2.25 an ounce.
(3) Dave and michelle invited me to go out with them but I don't want to play gooseberry all evening.

(1) We've got plenty of time; there's no need to rush.
(2) the sound of rushing water
(3) Don't rush off, I haven't finished.

(1) Bean . rowan atkinson is my favorite movie star.

(1) The weeks go so quickly!
(2) Most of my money goes on bills...
(3) The money goes to projects chosen by the wider community.

(1) Mr Bean got down from the cab, grinning happily.
(2) I love mr. bean, his acting skills give us a lot of belly laugh.
(3) Walton: Miss Hutchinson , would you send Mr Bean up to the boardroom, please.

(1) Now that he's been promoted he's in seventh heaven.
(2) I was the seventh child in a family of 11.
(3) A million people died, a seventh of the population.

(1) "Sorry edward," I said, splattering the cloth with jam.
(2) edward VIII had done the unthinkable and abdicated the throne.
(3) In fact, Richard Savage had known edward Bellamy a scant five hours.

(1) rick still believes that justice will prevail.
(2) "What are you getting at now?" demanded rick.
(3) rick hasn't changed. He looks exactly the same as he did at school.

(1) Marco Polo is said to have sailed on the Pacific on his way to Java in the thirteenth century.
(2) It was still producing very considerable results in the thirteenth century.
(3) The thirteenth-century cloisters are amongst the most beautiful in central Italy.

(1) I sleep on the third floor...
(2) It was the third time one of his cars had gone up in flames...
(3) A third of the cost went into technology and services...

(1) After a while I pulled myself to my feet and found my way to the street.
(2) It is one of the very few Michelangelos that have found their way out of Italy...
(3) The most unlikely objects found their way into his design and look absolutely right where he placed them.

(1) jackie was running around with all these brilliant people.
(2) Kane won the world title in 1938 when he outpointed jackie Durich.
(3) She's had her blond hair done up exactly like jackie's.

(1) They applaud their favorite comedienne as she come on the stage.
(2) However, my favorite sport is basketball.
(3) Chocolate milk is my favorite.

(1) to give/make/deliver a speech on human rights
(2) He made the announcement in a speech on television.
(3) Several people made speeches at the wedding.

(1) His father was an actor in the Cantonese Opera Company...
(2) You have to be a very good actor to play that part.
(3) If the new actor is no good, kick him out.

(1) May want to know now the shaolin temple and Longmen ticket prices.
(2) In the Qing dynasty, the army destroyed the South shaolin temple.
(3) Yesterday, we visited Daxiong temple hall of shaolin temple.

(1) when did you last see him?
(2) when can I see you?
(3) when (= in what circumstances) would such a solution be possible?

(1) in the year 1865
(2) I lost my job earlier this year.
(3) Elections take place every year.

(1) We received only two tenths of an inch of rain during the entire month of June.
(2) Assuming he does race, Hamilton will start from tenth on the grid.
(3) One tenth is the correct portion to allocate.

(1) The way he sings beijing opera is a bit off.
(2) He assumed a posture and began to sing a part in a beijing opera.
(3) Some elder people enjoy beijing opera immensely.

(1) I like films with plenty of action.
(2) New York is where the action is .
(3) the action of sunlight on the skin

(1) ...the twentieth century.
(2) A few twentieths of a gram can be critical.
(3) He dominated the plant taxonomic world at the turn of the twentieth century.

(1) At 54 years old her energy and looks are magnificent.
(2) She acted in her firstfilm when she was 13 years old.
(3) I shall be 26 years old on Friday next.

(1) Did you have a good trip?
(2) We went on a trip to the mountains.
(3) a day trip (= lasting a day)

(1) a jet aircraft/fighter/airliner
(2) The accident happened as the jet was about to take off.
(3) The pipe burst and jets of water shot across the room.

(1) She gave birth to Annabel just after her seventeenth birthday.
(2) The ornately carved doors were made in the seventeenth century.
(3) The bones were "mislaid" during the seventeenth-century restorations.

(1) a romantic comedy
(2) slapstick comedy
(3) He didn't appreciate the comedy of the situation.