(1) Tears help to protect the eye from potentially harmful foreign bodies.
(2) Dishonesty is foreign to his nature.
(3) a foreign correspondent (= one who reports on foreign countries in newspapers or on television)

(1) They're sending an engineer to fix the phone.
(2) a flight engineer
(3) the chief engineer on a cruise liner

(1) If I could afford it I'd have four television sets...
(2) If only I could get some sleep, I would be able to cope.
(3) The rest of the players are a great bunch of lads and I couldn't be happier...

(1) We only communicate by email.
(2) They communicated in sign language.
(3) Dolphins use sound to communicate with each other.

(1) Keep a record of all the payments...
(2) There's no record of any marriage or children...
(3) ...software packages which record the details of your photographs.

(1) trade and cultural exchanges with China
(2) the old Corn exchange
(3) to exchange ideas/news/information

(1) Do you have a fax?
(2) Can you send it to me by fax ?
(3) What is your fax number?

(1) He surrounds himself with attractive, intelligent, or well-known people...
(2) He is well-known to the local police...
(3) It may be a well-known fact, but I didn't know it...

(1) I've been sneezing all morning.
(2) In those days, $20 was not a sum to be sneezed at.
(3) coughs and sneezes

(1) I find that I just can't fit in regular domestic work.
(2) She was great with the children and fitted in beautifully.
(3) He knew where I fitted in and what he had to do to get the best out of me...

(1) Have you seen the Picasso exhibition?
(2) an exhibition of old photographs
(3) She refused to allow the exhibition of her husband's work.

(1) Is there a university in this town?
(2) Ohio State university
(3) the university of York

(1) Can you skate?
(2) It was so cold that we were able to go skating on the lake.
(3) He skated an exciting programme at the American Championships.

(1) He did not hold a firearm certificate...
(2) Applicants should normally hold a good Honours degree...
(3) I'd seen it before in people who held immense power.

(1) an airline pilot
(2) a fighter pilot
(3) The accident was caused by pilot error.

(1) There's a lady waiting to see you.
(2) He was with an attractive young lady.
(3) the ladies' golf championship

(1) He looked at himself in the mirror over the table.
(2) ...a bridge over the river Danube.
(3) A grey mackintosh was folded over her arm...

(1) a talented player
(2) Howard is a talented pianist...
(3) She has a huge army of young fans, and is extremely talented.

(1) Do you like to play chess / table tennis?
(2) Yes. I also want 10 table tennis balls and four rackets.
(3) Your table tennis is excellent. I bow to your superior skill.

(1) a walking/sightseeing, etc. tour
(2) a coach tour of northern France
(3) a tour operator (= a person or company that organizes tours)

(1) The violinist gave a masterful performance.
(2) The violinist resumed playing after the intermission.
(3) The concerto was performed by a violinist of unquestioned competence but limited imagination.

(1) It's unusual for the trees to flower so early.
(2) She has a very unusual name.
(3) It's not unusual for young doctors to work a 70-hour week (= it happens often) .

(1) So, you're an exchange student.
(2) Alexandra's a high - school exchange student from Greece.
(3) Tell Foosball my foreign exchange student doesn't speak English well.

(1) She grew up in Tokyo.
(2) It's time you grew up.
(3) A variety of heavy industries grew up alongside the port.

(1) She's looking for a part-time job.
(2) to study on a part-time basis
(3) part-time workers

(1) Some of them even prefer it to Guilin.
(2) I will run you in if the bus isn't going into the town because of the snow today.
(3) because of the coldness of the weather we stayed indoors.

(1) a degree in computer science
(2) In computer science , this is called phase encoding.
(3) In addition to this, I have sound educational background in computer science.

(1) Students all over the country are facing an uncertain future.
(2) She has danced, choreographed, lectured and taught all over the world.
(3) When I look over and see Terry I tingle all over.

(1) "We're all talking at the same time." — "Yeah. Sorry."
(2) Dividing his command, Morgan assailed both strongholds at the same time.
(3) The cookery course was serious and hedonistic at the same time.

(1) professional qualifications/skills
(2) professional standards/practice
(3) an opportunity for professional development

(1) They had a house built for them.
(2) David built us a shed in the back yard.
(3) They're going to build on the site of the old power station.

(1) We had the devil's own job to persuade him to take part.
(2) People who take part in sports must be in condition.
(3) We should take part in the peaceful uses of atomic energy.

(1) The company profits grew by 5% last year.
(2) The family has grown in size recently.
(3) She is growing in confidence all the time.

(1) I was a major in the war, you know.
(2) to major in women's studies
(3) She is working for her double major in English and Economics.

(1) Why should they get first call on the best property?
(2) He called me over the Tannoy.
(3) I made a phone call to the United States to talk to a friend...

(1) She moved the sheaf of papers into position...
(2) You can move the camera both vertically and horizontally...
(3) She waited for him to get up, but he didn't move...

(1) Chelsea are to sign - and immediately loan back - PSV Eindhoven fullback manuel Da Costa.
(2) ABCs John Quinones talks with manuel Uribe and Dr. JaimeGonzalez.
(3) Is it time for Mr manuel to loosen the purse strings?

(1) a folk/love/pop, etc. song
(2) We sang a song together.
(3) The story is told through song and dance.

(1) (British English)a single honours degree (= for which you study only one subject)
(2) He sent her a single red rose.
(3) a single-sex school (= for boys only or for girls only)

(1) an exhibition of work by contemporary British artists
(2) a graphic artist
(3) a make-up artist