(1) We have to make a small charge for refreshments.
(2) admission charges
(3) Delivery is free of charge .

(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) Come and give me a hand in the garden.
(2) Will you please do me a favour [ give me a hand ]?
(3) Say , neighbo ( u ) r, give me a hand.

(1) Their footsteps echoed in the silence.
(2) A scream broke the silence of the night.
(3) I need absolute silence when I'm working.

(1) Our campaign's main purpose is to raise money.
(2) The purpose of the book is to provide a complete guide to the university.
(3) A meeting was called for the purpose of appointing a new treasurer.

(1) an electronic calculator
(2) electronic music
(3) This dictionary is available in electronic form.

(1) We ate chips every night, but hardly ever had fish.
(2) In Italy people hardly ever cohabit.
(3) The impression is so deep that it can hardly ever blow over.

(1) His flight to Amsterdam connects with an afternoon flight to New York.
(2) I was surprised to hear them mentioned together: I had never connected them before.
(3) There was nothing to connect him with the crime.

(1) It was great to begin with but now it's difficult.
(2) You are wrong about the facts to begin with.
(3) It was fine to begin with and then It'started to rain.

(1) Issues such as these were not really his concern.
(2) There was a note. Well, not really a note.
(3) Stan Reilly is not really one of your typical Brighton Boys.

(1) Cook over a gentle heat.
(2) We went for a gentle stroll.
(3) a little gentle exercise

(1) Remember, happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely upon what you think.--Dale Carnegie
(2) it depends how you look at it.
(3) it depends on the weather.

(1) I'm an orphan and pretty much grew up on my own.
(2) I work best on my own.
(3) I'd rather meet him here on my own home ground.

(1) Is your back still painful?
(2) a painful death
(3) My ankle is still too painful to walk on.

(1) primary/elementary education
(2) secondary education
(3) further/higher/post-secondary education

(1) I've come to ask you to do me a favour.
(2) "Would you do me a favour?" she asked hesitantly.
(3) Could you do me a favour and pick up Sam from school today?

(1) Mary to be fond of learning English.
(2) To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.
(3) Others may be fond of titles and honours, but I am not.

(1) I'm just watching for a chance to punish him in return!
(2) in return, they are given extra days at sea.
(3) in return, the U . A . W UAW would own 55 % of the company.

(1) He was later discovered to be seriously ill.
(2) The singer was discovered while still at school.
(3) the discoverer of penicillin

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

(1) Much to my surprise it had stopped raining by the time I wanted to go out.
(2) to my surprise, he refused to cooperate with us.
(3) to my surprise the Gold King took the reproof with equanimity.

(1) a High Court judge
(2) a federal judge
(3) The case comes before judge Cooper next week.

(1) There is one particular patient I'd like you to see.
(2) Is there a particular type of book he enjoys?
(3) We must pay particular attention to this point.

(1) Family therapy showed us how to communicate with each other.
(2) Group members have to communicate with each other through role-play.
(3) They went into a trance to communicate with the spirit world.

(1) There was a film of oil on water.
(2) The line's busy at the moment.
(3) Business is good at the moment, but there are one or two problems on the horizon.

(1) a magazine on health and fitness
(2) a fitness instructor/class/test
(3) a high level of physical fitness

(1) The driver managed to escape from the vehicle and shout a warning.
(2) Yasin had seriously hurt himself while trying to escape from the police.
(3) We had to break the door out to escape from the fire.

(1) the Royal academy of Arts
(2) the Royal academy of Music
(3) a police/military academy

(1) I am be keen on your, I love you after all!
(2) I used to be keen on rock and pop music.
(3) Tom was saying you might be keen on yoga.

(1) You may depend on their support.
(2) You may depend on his / him coming.
(3) You can depend on him to make a sound choice.

(1) in my opinion, ice cream is a delicious dessert.
(2) I think the approach from the Italian police was ( to blame ), in my opinion.
(3) A : China will finally become a super power in my opinion. What do you say?

(1) The Ukrainians speak a Slavonic language similar to Russian.
(2) Again the pregnancy was very similar to my previous two.
(3) His stance towards the story is quite similar to ours.

(1) Boswell's biography of Johnson
(2) ...a volume of biography and criticism.
(3) I am hoping to write a short biography on them both.

(1) personally, I prefer the second option.
(2) ‘Is it worth the effort? ’ ‘Speaking personally, yes. ’
(3) All letters will be answered personally.

(1) Make sure you grab a lifejacket. Have you ever been in a canoe before?
(2) As you hurl the rock, the canoe moves forward.
(3) A war canoe advances.

(1) His face burned with shame.
(2) She hung her head in shame.
(3) He could not live with the shame of other people knowing the truth.

(1) By-laws are to make it illegal to smoke in public.
(2) Prostitutes were forbidden to solicit on public roads and in public places.
(3) He seemed to be preparing to sanction an increase in public borrowing.

(1) a television studio
(2) a studio audience (= one in a studio, that can be seen or heard as a programme is broadcast)
(3) a recording studio

(1) These plants may be into flower by Christmas.
(2) She must be into her thirties by now.
(3) It's kind of pricey, but if you wanted to go, I'd be into it.

(1) to remain/stay/keep silent
(2) They huddled together in silent groups.
(3) As the curtain rose, the audience fell silent .