(1) There will be a run-off between these two candidates on December 9th.
(2) You're too fat; try and run off all those excess pounds.
(3) The messenger boy will run off his legs sooner or later.

(1) The nurse shook the thermometer and put it under my armpit...
(2) shake the rugs well and hang them for a few hours before replacing on the floor...
(3) As soon as he got inside, the dog shook himself...

(1) cheese on toast
(2) a piece of toast
(3) two slices/rounds of toast

(1) a soup spoon
(2) a wooden spoon
(3) She spooned the sauce over the chicken pieces.

(1) I overslept and missed the bus.
(2) I'm really sorry I'm late, Andrew. I forgot to set my alarm and I overslept.
(3) He enjoys watching movies and staying up late, which usually causes him to oversleep.

(1) Don't make a noise .
(2) If you make a noise, you'll scare off the animals.
(3) The bus was late again today ! Let's make a noise to the company about it.

(1) I'm exhausted!
(2) to feel completely/utterly exhausted
(3) The exhausted climbers were rescued by helicopter.

(1) the bus queue
(2) I had to join a queue for the toilets.
(3) How long were you in the queue ?

(1) to reveal a secret
(2) Details of the murder were revealed by the local paper.
(3) The report reveals (that) the company made a loss of £20 million last year.

(1) We slid down the grassy slope.
(2) The drawers slide in and out easily.
(3) She slid her hand along the rail.

(1) Did you lock the door?
(2) This suitcase doesn't lock.
(3) She locked her passport and money in the safe.

(1) Yes, we have Thanksgiving Day, Labor Day and april fool's day.
(2) april fool's day is on April 1.
(3) Practical jokes are a common practice on april fool's day.

(1) She was very pleased with her exam results.
(2) The boss should be pleased with you.
(3) I'm really pleased that you're feeling better.

(1) You may have some strange disease that may not show up for 10 or 15 years...
(2) The orange tip shows up well against most backgrounds.
(3) He wanted to teach her a lesson for showing him up in front of Leonov...

(1) He was known for his poor grammar and punctuation.
(2) Jessica scanned the lines, none of which had any punctuation.
(3) A piece of writing without any punctuation is difficult to understand.

(1) a moment of panic
(2) They were in a state of panic.
(3) Office workers fled in panic as the fire took hold.

(1) The dogs are always rubbing against the wall and making dirty marks...
(2) A properly fitting bra should never leave red marks.
(3) Leather overshoes were put on the horses' hooves to stop them marking the turf...

(1) I hear she's going to sell out and move to the city.
(2) He toured for nearly two years and played 500 sell-out shows.
(3) Football games often sell out well in advance.

(1) I wonder who she is.
(2) I was just beginning to wonder where you were.
(3) ‘Why do you want to know? ’ ‘No particular reason. I was just wondering. ’

(1) Stop talking in riddles (= saying things that are confusing) ─say what you mean.
(2) to solve the riddle of the Sphinx
(3) the riddle of how the baby died

(1) Ferrell adjusts his mood vigorously in the restroom, but his mood is very as before depressed.
(2) B : OK. The restroom is out in the hallway to your left.
(3) Do not hard, waste and so on towel loses in the restroom.

(1) He fled into a forest.
(2) The chickens have all fled from their coop.
(3) The deer fled to a covert.

(1) Drivers are advised to seek alternative routes.
(2) They sought in vain for somewhere to shelter.
(3) to seek funding for a project

(1) She answered in a businesslike manner .
(2) The manner in which the decision was announced was extremely regrettable.
(3) to have an aggressive/a friendly/a relaxed manner

(1) the relative merits of the two plans
(2) the position of the sun relative to the earth
(3) They now live in relative comfort (= compared with how they lived before) .

(1) a shampoo for greasy hair
(2) carpet shampoo
(3) Rinse the hair thoroughly after each shampoo.

(1) a rubbish bag/bin
(2) a rubbish dump/heap/tip
(3) The streets were littered with rubbish.

(1) the structure of the building
(2) changes in the social and economic structure of society
(3) the grammatical structures of a language

(1) I had lunch with a girlfriend.
(2) He had been going out with his girlfriend for seven months...
(3) Has he got a girlfriend?

(1) I've lent the car to a friend.
(2) Can you lend me your car this evening?
(3) Has he returned that book you lent him?

(1) whose house is that?
(2) I wonder whose this is.
(3) He's a man whose opinion I respect.

(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) She married a German.
(2) He never married.
(3) I guess I'm not the marrying kind (= the kind of person who wants to get married) .

(1) Many people do not like the idea of experiments on animals.
(2) the country's brief experiment in democracy
(3) I've never cooked this before so it's an experiment.

(1) Hyde park
(2) We went for a walk in the park.
(3) a park bench

(1) to eat with a knife and fork
(2) Shortly before dusk they reached a fork and took the left-hand track.
(3) Take the right fork.

(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) 'Why have they gone off him now?' — 'It could be something he said.'...
(2) I started to go off the idea.
(3) A few minutes later the bomb went off, destroying the vehicle.

(1) French also gotten up more than 300 class hours, can carry on the basic exchange.
(2) And hey it's gotten him here. And it'll surely take him wherever it is he's going.
(3) I have just arrived from Shanghai and have gotten to move the thing about a bit.

(1) He appeared relaxed and confident before the match.
(2) She had a very relaxed manner.
(3) a family-run hotel with a relaxed atmosphere