(1) Holiday inn
(2) ...the Waterside inn.
(3) He's at the Holiday inn Hotel.

(1) to gain/get/derive satisfaction from sth
(2) a look/smile of satisfaction
(3) She looked back on her career with great satisfaction .

(1) Which way is north?
(2) cold winds coming from the north
(3) Mount Kenya is to the north of (= further north than) Nairobi.

(1) There's a lady waiting to see you.
(2) He was with an attractive young lady.
(3) the ladies' golf championship

(1) a row of trees
(2) We sat in a row at the back of the room.
(3) The vegetables were planted in neat rows.

(1) He threw the paper onto the fire and it flew up the chimney.
(2) the factory chimneys of an industrial landscape
(3) This gas fire doesn't need a chimney.

(1) the need to improve facilities for leisure and recreation
(2) the increasing use of land for recreation
(3) His recreations include golf, football and shooting.

(1) I thought a 15 min break from his work would do him good...
(2) They are currently taking a short break in Spain.
(3) Because of the heat we broke our journey at a small country hotel.

(1) a game of chance/skill
(2) (North Amercian English)We're going to the ball game (= baseball game) .
(3) card games

(1) He was then taken by minibus to the military base.
(2) I saw a guy who dresses honourably on the minibus that is taken.
(3) And in these minibus, two handcart occupied 70 % above again, general car besides poorer.

(1) an ordinary sort of day
(2) in the ordinary course of events
(3) ordinary people like you and me

(1) left-wing groups
(2) They said they would not be voting for him because he was too left-wing.
(3) The left-wing of the party is confident that the motion will be carried.

(1) inorganic/organic chemistry
(2) the chemistry of copper
(3) The patient's blood chemistry was monitored regularly.

(1) I am planning a 25th birthday party for my nephew.
(2) My nephew, George, has a box but it is always empty.
(3) He was my wife's nephew.

(1) How many goals has he missed this season?
(2) The bullet missed her by about six inches.
(3) She threw a plate at him and only narrowly missed .

(1) Traffic zoomed past us.
(2) For five weeks they zoomed around Europe.
(3) House prices have zoomed up this year.

(1) Sarah and Ella have been friends for seven years.
(2) Cranes take from four to seven years to mature before they pair up.
(3) She is one of those women who always make the worst of their troubles.

(1) This decision is likely to upset a lot of people.
(2) Don't upset yourself about it─let's just forget it ever happened.
(3) It upset him that nobody had bothered to tell him about it.

(1) Which has spots, the leopard or the tiger?
(2) The male bird has a red spot on its beak.
(3) (British English)She was wearing a black skirt with white spots.

(1) national security (= the defence of a country)
(2) airport security
(3) They carried out security checks at the airport.

(1) We swam in the lake.
(2) lake Ontario
(3) (figurative)a wine lake (= a large supply of wine that is not being used)

(1) a colour television
(2) a widescreen television
(3) a plasma screen television

(1) a slim figure/body/waist
(2) She was tall and slim.
(3) How do you manage to stay so slim?

(1) She washed her face at the pump in front of the inn.
(2) (British English)a petrol pump
(3) (North Amercian English)a gas pump

(1) (British English)vanilla essence
(2) (North Amercian English)vanilla extract
(3) (British English)a vanilla pod

(1) The Muller family have been making specialist beers at their brewery in Munster for 200 years.
(2) Art is a game! Artists from the brewery Art Garden are producing works of art.
(3) Introduction on the sources and pollution degree of wastewaterfrom china? s brewery was presented.

(1) The trial was adjourned following the presentation of new evidence to the court.
(2) The presentation of prizes began after the speeches.
(3) The Mayor will make the presentation (= hand over the gift) herself.

(1) a birth/marriage/death certificate
(2) a Postgraduate certificate in Education (= a British qualification for teachers)
(3) ...the Post-Graduate certificate of Education.

(1) advances in modern medicine
(2) to study/practise medicine
(3) traditional/conventional/orthodox medicine

(1) We had an unbelievable (= very good) time in Paris.
(2) Conditions in the prison camp were unbelievable (= very bad) .
(3) The cold was unbelievable (= it was extremely cold) .

(1) the geometry of a spider's web
(2) ...the very ordered way in which mathematics and geometry describe nature.
(3) They have tinkered with the geometry of the car's nose.

(1) a clove of garlic (= one section of it)
(2) garlicky breath/food
(3) ...a clove of garlic.

(1) a pair of sunglasses
(2) She slipped on a pair of sunglasses.
(3) So I like rings, scarfs and sunglasses.

(1) to play the drums
(2) a regular drum beat
(3) a 50 gallon drum

(1) The brooch dates back to the fourth century bc.
(2) This play was first performed in 411 bc.
(3) born circa 150 bc

(1) technical drawing
(2) a pencil/charcoal drawing
(3) a drawing of a yacht

(1) Consumers are very nervous about the future.
(2) He had been nervous about inviting us.
(3) The horse may be nervous of cars.

(1) She fought like a tiger to be able to keep her children.
(2) The tiger in the cage gave a thrilling cry.
(3) The tiger prowled through the jungle.

(1) a bomb attack/blast/explosion
(2) a bomb goes off/explodes
(3) extensive bomb damage

(1) The tortoise wins the race while the hare is sleeping.
(2) A tortoise has a shell on his back.
(3) The hare and the tortoise are going to have a race!