(1) a legal/medical secretary
(2) Please contact my secretary to make an appointment.
(3) the membership secretary

(1) [常用于名词前]a socialist country
(2) socialist beliefs
(3) the ruling socialist Party

(1) the Central Intelligence agency (CIA)
(2) international aid agencies caring for refugees
(3) an advertising/employment agency

(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) This party would bitterly oppose the re-introduction of the death penalty.
(2) He threw all those that opposed him into prison.
(3) I would oppose changing the law.

(1) He has high moral principles.
(2) I refuse to lie about it; it's against my principles .
(3) Stick to your principles and tell him you won't do it.

(1) It is reasonable to assume that he knew beforehand that this would happen.
(2) Be reasonable! We can't work late every night.
(3) Any reasonable person would have done exactly as you did.

(1) furnished accommodation (= to rent complete with furniture)
(2) The house was simply furnished.
(3) Eleanor moved into a small furnished apartment.

(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) This tax should be abolished.
(2) The whole system should be abolished.
(3) The following year Parliament voted to abolish the death penalty for murder...

(1) It wasn't cheap. anything but.
(2) He isn't anything like my first boss.
(3) Is there anything (= any truth) in these rumours?

(1) They come from totally different cultures.
(2) I'm still not totally convinced that he knows what he's doing.
(3) This behaviour is totally unacceptable.

(1) the Town clerk
(2) the clerk of the Court
(3) The clerk at the counter gave me too little change.

(1) He has always championed the cause of gay rights.
(2) She was a champion of the poor all her life.
(3) the reigning champion (= the person who is champion now)

(1) the technology of modern civilization
(2) The Victorians regarded the railways as bringing progress and civilization.
(3) the civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome

(1) a sacred image/shrine/temple
(2) sacred music
(3) Cows are sacred to Hindus.

(1) primitive tribes
(2) primitive beliefs
(3) primitive man

(1) These animals only come out at night .
(2) They sleep by day and hunt by night .
(3) The accident happened on Friday night.

(1) We're going away in the summer .
(2) It's very hot here in summer .
(3) in the summer of 2005

(1) We sat down in the shade of the wall.
(2) The temperature can reach 40˚C in the shade .
(3) The trees provide shade for the animals in the summer.

(1) She hurriedly buttoned (up) her blouse.
(2) The dress buttons (up) at the back.
(3) (British English)to do up/undo your buttons

(1) oil-fuelled power stations
(2) The helicopter was already fuelled (up) and ready to go.
(3) to fuel speculation/rumours/fears

(1) This kind of raincoat is warm and windproof.
(2) Two days ago, I was got a supernatural raincoat from an enchanter.
(3) Put the raincoat ( in the place ) where you can easily find it.

(1) ...seaweed washed up on a beach.
(2) Suddenly she was entangled in the seaweed.
(3) The frosting particle, the saccharomycetes butcher dissolves the product extraction, Austria seaweed extraction.

(1) He was offered money to betray his colleagues.
(2) She felt betrayed when she found out the truth about him.
(3) She betrayed his trust over and over again.

(1) We are concerned about the child's welfare.
(2) The state is still the main provider of welfare.
(3) child welfare

(1) By october 1990, when arrested, he was hopelessly in debt.
(2) The band have moved forward their Leeds date to october 27.
(3) The chairman of the bench adjourned the case until october 27.

(1) I got all the answers wrong.
(2) Pain is the body's way of telling us that something is wrong...
(3) Nobody seemed to notice anything wrong...

(1) the best thing to do when entering unknown territory is smile.
(2) the world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are stronger at the broken places.
(3) Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary.

(1) [不可数名词]The disease has left her with permanent lameness.
(2) [不可数名词]The disease has left her with permanent lameness.
(3) He was aware that she was lame in one leg...

(1) It helped being able to talk about it.
(2) She helped (to) organize the party.
(3) Come and help me lift this box.

(1) This suggestion did not fit very happily with our existing plans.
(2) I'll happily help, if I can.
(3) happily, the damage was only slight.

(1) a bus/train/ambulance/taxi driver
(2) She climbed into the driver's seat.
(3) (British English)a learner driver (= one who has not yet passed a driving test)

(1) I don't have a bank account.
(2) The defendant asked for 21 similar offences to be taken into account...
(3) Urban planners in practice have to take account of many interest groups in society.

(1) orange peel
(2) an orange tree
(3) freshly squeezed orange juice

(1) When the doors opened, there was a mad dash for seats.
(2) a 60-mile dash to safety
(3) He jumped off the bus and made a dash for the nearest bar.

(1) I trundled along to the information desk.
(2) The visitors are referred to the information desk.
(3) She rang a buzzer at the information desk.

(1) Can I have a drink ?
(2) soft drinks (= cold drinks without alcohol)
(3) a drink of water

(1) a travel brochure
(2) ...travel brochures.
(3) This can mean creating a brochure, a print or TV advertising campaign.

(1) in past years/centuries/ages
(2) in times past
(3) The time for discussion is past.