(1) We were sitting on the couch in the living room watching TV.
(2) Sometimes it gives me the blues.
(3) It's time we put up the Christmas decorations in the living room.

(1) We are constantly fed gossip and speculation by the media.
(2) The baby can't feed itself yet (= can't put food into its own mouth) .
(3) The cattle are fed on barley.

(1) He picked up the cat before rosa could protest.
(2) rosa traded seats with Cage.
(3) rosa wrote with great verve.

(1) Anna: Sorry, Carlo, I have to do the laundry now.
(2) Today is a good day to do the laundry.
(3) Well, I to remind you, but to do the laundry.

(1) Mom, isn't it Jeff's ( my brother ) turn to do the dishes today?
(2) For instance, tonight I will rely on you to do the dishes.
(3) I can do the dishes. Remember to rinse the detergent.

(1) hate mail (= letters containing cruel comments)
(2) a hate campaign (= cruel comments made about sb over a period of time in order to damage their reputation)
(3) a look of hate

(1) a tennis/rugby/chess, etc. player
(2) a game for four players
(3) a midfield player

(1) Mothods: Male patients � � cytogenetics analysis is carried out with peripheral blood chromosome G banding methods.
(2) He goes to work on the subway.
(3) How is your work on that novel going along?

(1) That's mine.
(2) He's a friend of mine (= one of my friends) .
(3) She wanted one like mine (= like I have) .

(1) I got an abscess so he took the tooth out...
(2) When you edit the tape you can take out the giggles.
(3) They find a house, agree a price, and take out a mortgage through their building society.

(1) Have you been invited to their party?
(2) I'd have liked to have gone but I wasn't invited.
(3) They have invited me to go to Paris with them.

(1) an avid reader of science fiction
(2) a fast/slow reader
(3) The reader is left to draw his or her own conclusions.

(1) I'd love to go on a round-the-world cruise.
(2) a luxury cruise ship
(3) They cruised down the Nile.

(1) a magazine aimed at teenagers
(2) As a teenager he attended Tulse Hill Senior High School.
(3) Unfortunately, lots of people do not have, teenager especially.

(1) one of the richest women in the world
(2) Nobody gets rich from writing nowadays.
(3) (slang)to be filthy/stinking (= extremely) rich

(1) I've seen him somewhere before.
(2) Can we go somewhere warm?
(3) I've already looked there─it must be somewhere else .

(1) The ironing board folds flat for easy storage.
(2) She gently folded the baby in a blanket.
(3) She folded a blanket around the baby.

(1) (British English)I haven't received a letter from him yet.
(2) (North Amercian English)I didn't receive a letter from him yet.
(3) ‘Are you ready? ’ ‘No, not yet. ’

(1) Can I borrow your umbrella?
(2) Members can borrow up to ten books from the library at any one time.
(3) She borrowed £2 000 from her parents.

(1) She teaches at our local school.
(2) He taught for several years before becoming a writer.
(3) I'll be teaching history and sociology next term.

(1) medical/patient care
(2) 'But we might ruin the stove.' — 'Who cares?'
(3) Who cares about some stupid vacation?...

(1) to pass/adopt/carry a resolution
(2) The government is pressing for an early resolution of the dispute.
(3) The reforms owe a great deal to the resolution of one man.

(1) to have/hold/call/attend a meeting
(2) a committee/staff meeting
(3) What time is the meeting?

(1) She was forced to retire early from teaching because of ill health.
(2) My dream is to retire to a villa in France.
(3) He has no plans to retire as editor of the magazine.

(1) I can recommend the chef's dish of the day .
(2) a soap dish
(3) What a dish!

(1) What's this trash you're watching?
(2) He's talking trash (= nonsense) .
(3) white trash (= poor white people, especially those living in the southern US)

(1) to travel around the world
(2) I go to bed early if I'm travelling the next day.
(3) I love travelling by train.

(1) to save sb's life
(2) to save a rare species (from extinction)
(3) Doctors were unable to save her.

(1) Fortunately, the chore of leaf sweeping is well worth the effort.
(2) It was a methodical, unexciting chore.
(3) He is prepared to make a living by accepting any remunerative chore.

(1) I had a vivid dream about my old school.
(2) I thought someone came into the bedroom, but it was just a dream.
(3) ‘Goodnight. Sweet dreams. ’

(1) The owner of the store was sweeping his floor when I walked in...
(2) She was in the kitchen sweeping crumbs into a dust pan...
(3) I swept rainwater off the flat top of a gravestone...

(1) My mother became too ill to work and I began to do chores in the neighbourhood.
(2) Now Charlie knows that all BINGO Kids have to do chores.

(1) I kept praying that the dj would speed the music up.
(2) This is your resident dj signing off for another week with our signature tune.
(3) dj's NBA Mid - season Awards: Coach of the Year so far?

(1) You have to learn to take care of your possessions.
(2) Don't worry yourself about me, I can take care of myself.
(3) I take care of them to the best of my abilities.

(1) There are few sellers in the market, so price remains high.
(2) I shall have to read up on this subject if I am to give a talk about it.
(3) I am overwhelmed with work.

(1) a mid-morning snack
(2) I only have time for a snack at lunchtime.
(3) Do you serve bar snacks?

(1) surgical/optical/precision, etc. instruments
(2) instruments of torture
(3) Is he learning an instrument?

(1) a pile of clean/dirty laundry
(2) a laundry basket/room
(3) to do the laundry

(1) Thus the customer tests and programmer tests are a critical enabling factor.
(2) A programmer hacked into the company's computer system and caused a lot of damages.
(3) Everyone can do ALI and TAOBAO, make website and coding who are called programmer.