(1) I excused myself and ran back to the telephone...
(2) Police believe the gunmen ran off into the woods...
(3) ...when I was running in the New York Marathon...

(1) None of the water from Lake Powell is used to irrigate the area.
(2) ...strips of cultivated land irrigated by a maze of interconnected canals.
(3) irrigation is easy in the South because of the abundance of water.

(1) He can be a real honey when he wants to be.
(2) Have you seen my keys, honey?
(3) honey, I don't really think that's a good idea.

(1) the conflict between church and State
(2) to go into the church (= to become a Christian minister)
(3) the Free churches

(1) We've all been guilty of selfishness at some time in our lives.
(2) the guilty party (= the person responsible for sth bad happening)
(3) He pleaded guilty to murder.

(1) the upper lip
(2) the upper deck
(3) the upper arm

(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) a field mouse
(2) a house mouse
(3) The stores were overrun with rats and mice.

(1) your native land/country/city
(2) It is a long time since he has visited his native Chile.
(3) Her native language is Korean.

(1) all the colours of the rainbow
(2) Oh look, a rainbow!
(3) ...silk brocade of every colour of the rainbow.

(1) motor vehicles (= cars, buses, lorries/trucks, etc.)
(2) Are you the driver of this vehicle?
(3) rows of parked vehicles

(1) a wildlife/fashion/portrait photographer
(2) ...a group of TV cameramen and press photographers.
(3) ...a keen amateur photographer with a special interest in natural history subjects.

(1) He was short and bald and had a moustache.
(2) ...a heavy man with drooping moustaches.
(3) No , no. He did have a moustache, just a short little moustache.

(1) 'I'm sorry,' he said...
(2) She said they were very impressed...
(3) I would just like to say that this is the most hypocritical thing I have ever heard in my life...

(1) Life was harder then because neither of us had a job.
(2) Things were very different back then .
(3) She grew up in Zimbabwe, or Rhodesia as it then was.

(1) They had been invited to a Hindu wedding and were not sure what happened on such occasions.
(2) He said he didn't have time or made some such excuse.
(3) She longed to find somebody who understood her problems, and in him she thought she had found such a person.

(1) Have you discussed the problem with anyone?
(2) I'm not prepared to discuss this on the phone.
(3) We need to discuss when we should go.

(1) We hung her portrait above the fireplace.
(2) At that time you could hang for stealing.
(3) She had committed suicide by hanging herself from a beam.

(1) to be sold into slavery
(2) the abolition of slavery
(3) My people have survived 400 years of slavery.

(1) We have to make a small charge for refreshments.
(2) admission charges
(3) Delivery is free of charge .

(1) less butter/time/importance
(2) He was advised to smoke fewer cigarettes and drink less beer.
(3) We have less to worry about now.

(1) a loaf of bread
(2) Two white loaves, please.
(3) a sliced loaf

(1) I hate to see animals suffering.
(2) He suffers from asthma.
(3) road accident victims suffering from shock

(1) She poured the dark brown liquid down the sink.
(2) the transition from liquid to vapour
(3) liquid soap

(1) ...a baby's first minutes of life...
(2) Amnesty International opposes the death penalty as a violation of the right to life.
(3) Is there life on Mars?...

(1) a coil of copper wire
(2) a wire basket
(3) The box was fastened with a rusty wire.

(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) Shortly afterwards he met her again.
(2) Let's go out now and eat afterwards.
(3) afterwards she was sorry for what she'd said.

(1) We produce all kinds of woolen yarn such as cashmere , wool angora blended , 8 NM ~28 NM.
(2) Jamie snugly wrapped in a white woolen scarf.
(3) She likes to wear woolen socks in winter.

(1) a crossword puzzle
(2) a book of puzzles for children
(3) What puzzles me is why he left the country without telling anyone.

(1) The captain knew there was an engine fault but didn't want to alarm the passengers.
(2) A car alarm went off in the middle of the night (= started ringing) .
(3) The alarm went off at 7 o'clock.

(1) She is always polite and considerate towards her employees.
(2) It was very considerate of him to wait.
(3) I think he's the most charming, most considerate man I've ever known...

(1) a strong/weak pulse
(2) an abnormally high pulse rate
(3) The doctor took/felt my pulse .

(1) the most likely outcome
(2) Tickets are likely to be expensive.
(3) It's more than likely that the thieves don't know how much it is worth.

(1) Is there anybody who can help me?
(2) anybody can use the pool─you don't need to be a member.
(3) She wasn't anybody before she got that job.

(1) self-catering holiday apartments
(2) You can visit the whole palace except for the private apartments.
(3) ...the private apartments of the Prince of Wales at St James's Palace.

(1) He has brought much of the present crisis on himself...
(2) ...the government's present economic difficulties...
(3) ...his struggle to reconcile the past with the present.

(1) to undo a button/knot/zip, etc.
(2) to undo a jacket/shirt, etc.
(3) I undid the package and took out the books.

(1) The centre is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays.
(2) open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
(3) If you want to avoid the crowds, it's best to come on a weekday...