(1) Peter starts looking through the mail as soon as the door shuts.
(2) He happened to be looking through the medical book 'Gray's Anatomy' at the time.
(3) As for doctors, when you go to see them they just look right through you.

(1) (figurative)Take out our service contract and say goodbye to costly repair bills.
(2) Kiss me goodbye !
(3) We've already said our goodbyes.

(1) ...the low garden wall that separated the front garden from next door...
(2) She put it down on the low table...
(3) He bumped his head on the low beams...

(1) I have heard him tell people that we get along splendidly.
(2) I like to think I'm relatively easy to get along with.
(3) It's impossible to get along with him.

(1) the changing seasons
(2) the cricket/hunting/shooting, etc. season
(3) He scored his first goal of the season on Saturday.

(1) heavy/rush-hour traffic
(2) local/through traffic
(3) There's always a lot of traffic at this time of day.

(1) Stop crying and don't be such a baby.
(2) He changed to another job and we were left holding the baby.
(3) baby carrots

(1) a wonderful surprise
(2) We had a wonderful time last night.
(3) You've all been absolutely wonderful !

(1) North American literature is the main theme of this year's festival.
(2) The President stressed a favourite campaign theme─greater emphasis on education.
(3) The naked male figure was always the central theme of Greek art.

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

(1) The whole thing is somehow a bit mickey mouse.
(2) There's nothing mickey mouse about the 1993 version.
(3) Walt Disney, the creator of mickey mouse

(1) Which is the best route to take?
(2) Motorists are advised to find an alternative route.
(3) a coastal route

(1) Stevens wrote him a note asking him to come to his apartment...
(2) I'll have to leave a note for Karen.
(3) I knew that if I didn't make a note I would lose the thought so I asked to borrow a pen or pencil...

(1) Unable to find the book in this bookstore, he bought elsewhere.
(2) I fell in with him at a bookstore in Shanghai.
(3) That bookstore would not accept returns even ones in good condition.

(1) come along, lad. Time for you to get home.
(2) come along, Osmond. No sense in your standing around.
(3) come along, someone must want to know my invention.

(1) The result was that the engine ended up at the bottom of the canal...
(2) She fled with her children, moving from neighbour to neighbour and ending up in a friend's cellar.
(3) If you don't know what you want, you might end up getting something you don't want...

(1) a slow driver
(2) Progress was slower than expected.
(3) The country is experiencing slow but steady economic growth.

(1) He's the best teacher, even though he has the least experience.
(2) ...a dinner menu featuring at least 15 different sorts of fish...
(3) Aim to have at least half a pint of milk each day...

(1) a roller-coaster ride
(2) The last few weeks have been a real roller coaster.
(3) Go over a bridge and you will see where the roller coaster is.

(1) The six astronauts on board will spend ten days in space.
(2) on board were enough provisions for two weeks.
(3) a PC with on-board sound

(1) a sandy beach
(2) sandy soil
(3) ...long, sandy beaches.

(1) a Polish film with English subtitles
(2) Is the movie dubbed or are there subtitles?
(3) a Spanish film subtitled in English

(1) It's on the fifth floor, so we'd better take the elevator.
(2) Please use the next elevator.
(3) So what better place than their elevator?

(1) to be/go on safari
(2) I just got back from a month-long safari.
(3) It arrived while I was on safari .

(1) The health and safety officer will guide you through the safety procedures.
(2) He was always guided by his religious beliefs.
(3) We were guided around the museums.

(1) The city of Chengdu lies some seven hundred miles to the South-East.
(2) ...the regional electricity company serving the South-east of England...
(3) The heaviest snowfalls today are expected in the south east.

(1) different racial types
(2) a rare blood type
(3) There are three main types of contract(s).

(1) We should be there by noon.
(2) The conference opens at 12 noon on Saturday.
(3) the noon deadline for the end of hostilities

(1) The plan has a sting intail: it means we lose one day's holiday.
(2) at least Jeremy had the good form to go back and apologize.
(3) at least the club keeps the young people off the streets.

(1) high/low temperatures
(2) a fall/drop in temperature
(3) a rise in temperature

(1) three quarters of an hour
(2) He had to walk to work this morning; it took three quarters of an hour.
(3) Yet at the end of 2001, three quarters of the forecasters were too optimistic about 2002.

(1) franklin told Sara that he had himself disdained to take the job.
(2) He decided franklin must be suffering from a bad cold.
(3) I told franklin he would have to start dinner without me.

(1) The modern hotels here have no real character.
(2) a face with a lot of character
(3) There were some really strange characters hanging around the bar.

(1) You can ask for help whenever you need it.
(2) whenever she comes, she brings a friend.
(3) The roof leaks whenever it rains.

(1) Town gardens are ideal because they produce flowers nearly all year round.
(2) Many of these plants are evergreen, so you can enjoy them all year round.
(3) Keeping the garden tidy all year round can be a laborious task.

(1) a fan heater
(2) He fanned himself with a newspaper to cool down.
(3) fanned by a westerly wind, the fire spread rapidly through the city.

(1) She wore a small gold cross on a chain around her neck.
(2) Those who could not write signed with a cross.
(3) Sign your name on the form where I've put a cross.

(1) flowers that bloom in spring/in the spring
(2) He was born in the spring of 1944.
(3) There's a feeling of spring in the air today.

(1) Gold prices are often seen as an indicator of inflation.
(2) He sloped off without being seen.
(3) I've never seen anyone spend so much in one evening; he must have money to burn!