(1) good morning. Yes, this is ABC Company. May I help you?
(2) He said a civil good morning.
(3) good morning , Mr. Ruskin.

(1) a baby girl
(2) a little girl of six
(3) Hello, girls and boys!

(1) Give me five!
(2) We moved to America when I was five (= five years old) .
(3) Shall we meet at five (= at five o'clock) , then?

(1) ‘Where's your car? ’ ‘it's in the garage. ’
(2) Did you see it?
(3) Start a new file and put this letter in it.

(1) I looked down the hallway to room number nine...
(2) She turned to look at him...
(3) You've just got to look at the last bit of Act Three.

(1) ok. Now, let's talk some business.
(2) His doctor wouldn't ok the trip.
(3) I shouted out "I'm ok"

(1) 10kg
(2) Luggage in excess of 20 kg is taxed.
(3) Elephants can produce over 35 kg of dung in a single day.

(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) to make up a four at tennis
(2) a coach and four (= four horses)
(3) We were crawling around on all fours.

(1) I got married last July...
(2) He never made it home at all last night...
(3) Much has changed since my last visit...

(1) I have just met the man I want to spend the rest of my life with...
(2) He's the kindest and sincerest person I've ever met...
(3) We could meet for a drink after work...

(1) I don'twant to bring shame on the family name.
(2) His actions have soiled his family name.
(3) " Isn't his family name Bai? How can he be your brother? "

(1) a friend of his
(2) The choice was his.
(3) He broke his leg skiing.

(1) ...a glorious career spanning more than six decades.
(2) The loss of my wife hit me for six; it took me months to recover...
(3) Many areas in the North were knocked for six by that first recession.

(1) "My name's Bruno." — "So?"
(2) His name's on the tip of my tongue, but I just can't think of it.
(3) Hi, Harry! My name's Wang Tao. It's nice to meet you.

(1) The two were said to have been on first-name terms.
(2) I never have to spell out my first name.
(3) Her first name was Mary. I don't know what her surname was.

(1) a very fine performance
(2) fine clothes/wines/workmanship
(3) a particularly fine example of Saxon architecture

(1) We're going to call her Sophie.
(2) Please give her my regards.
(3) The manager will be free soon─you can wait for her here.

(1) Where's my passport?
(2) my feet are cold.
(3) my goodness! Look at the time!

(1) It is possible to cure psoriasis.
(2) Russian spelling is phonetic.
(3) She is always worrying about little things.

(1) Somebody has to think for the child and put him first.
(2) first off, huge apologies for last month's confusing report.
(3) You don't know the first thing about farming.

(1) I'm like, ‘hello! Did you even listen? ’
(2) hello? You didn't really mean that, did you?
(3) hello, hello, what's going on here?

(1) a patchwork quilt
(2) ...an old patchwork quilt.
(3) The writer writes the white book quite quietly in quilt.

(1) Sorry I misspelled your last name.
(2) Smith is a very common last name in England.
(3) Yes. I'm sorry, but how do you spell your last name, sir?

(1) to ask/answer a question
(2) question 3 was very difficult.
(3) In the exam there's sure to be a question on energy.

(1) So far eight workers have been killed.
(2) Our family adopted a child aged eight.
(3) It can take as long as eight days to rig up rope ladders and to establish supply bases before a descent can be made into a very deep cave.

(1) They had three sons and one daughter.
(2) ...one thousand years ago...
(3) They had alienated the one man who knew the business...

(1) a piece of card
(2) The model of the building was made of card.
(3) a membership card

(1) a map of France
(2) a street map of Miami
(3) to read a/the map (= understand the information on a map)

(1) I have to make a phone call .
(2) The phone rang and Pat answered it.
(3) They like to do business by phone/over the phone .

(1) Think of a number and multiply it by two.
(2) a high/low number
(3) even numbers (= 2, 4, 6, etc.)

(1) a nice day/smile/place
(2) nice weather
(3) Did you have a nice time ?

(1) 'What's his name?'—'Peter.'...
(2) I don't even know if Sullivan's his real name...
(3) My mother insisted on naming me Horace.

(1) All this equipment has received international acclaim from the specialist hi-fi press.
(2) hi! How are you doing?
(3) hi, guys. How are you doing?

(1) I'm always emailing her, but nine times out of ten she doesn't reply.
(2) I work nine to five.
(3) a nine-to-five job

(1) TEACHER: good evening, class.
(2) good evening. The Garden Restaurant.
(3) Have a good evening and thanks again.

(1) a denim/tweed jacket
(2) I have to wear a jacket and tie to work.
(3) potatoes baked in their jackets

(1) the Royal family (= the children and close relations of the king or queen)
(2) I always think of you as one of the family .
(3) Some families have farmed in this area for hundreds of years.

(1) Please tell me his cell phone number.
(2) May I have your name and phone number, please ?
(3) I stumbled across your phone number in my phone book and thought I would call you.

(1) Wind gusts at 80 m.p.h. were clocked at Rapid City.
(2) The police clocked her doing over 100 miles an hour.
(3) a used car with 20 000 miles on the clock