(1) The government claims that the fall in unemployment is the herald of economic recovery.
(2) The report is being heralded as a blueprint for the future of transport.
(3) These talks could herald a new era of peace.

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

(1) a crisp white shirt
(2) white bread
(3) a set of perfect white teeth

(1) a writer of great insight
(2) With a flash of insight I realized what the dream meant.
(3) The book gives us fascinating insights into life in Mexico.

(1) an extra large T-shirt
(2) She tried extra hard.
(3) to charge/pay/cost extra

(1) a look of mute appeal
(2) The child sat mute in the corner of the room.
(3) He muted the strings with his palm.

(1) the heavy steel rollers under the conveyor belt
(2) Flatten the surface of the grass with a roller.
(3) a paint roller

(1) at the earliest practicable opportunity
(2) as soon as (is) practicable
(3) The only practicable alternative is to postpone the meeting.

(1) the problems parents have with their teenage offspring
(2) to produce/raise offspring
(3) Eleanor was now less anxious about her offspring than she had once been.

(1) His financial affairs were in complete disorder .
(2) The room was in a state of disorder.
(3) an outbreak of rioting and public disorder

(1) an age of technological innovation
(2) recent innovations in steel-making technology
(3) The vegetarian burger was an innovation which was rapidly exported to Britain.

(1) logs for the fire
(2) The captain keeps a log.
(3) The police log all phone calls.

(1) After they've finished with the pantry, the medicine cabinet, and the attic.
(2) A pantry adjoins the kitchen.
(3) The lock prohibits access to the pantry.

(1) (figurative)I tried to detach myself from the reality of these terrible events.
(2) She detached herself from his embrace.
(3) detach the coupon and return it as soon as possible.

(1) The equation of wealth with happiness can be dangerous.
(2) When children enter the equation , further tensions may arise within a marriage.
(3) The equation is simple: research breeds new products...

(1) [不可数名词]to achieve/assert dominance over sb
(2) political/economic dominance
(3) The firm has achieved a dominant position in the world market.

(1) Kamal was a vendor in Egypt's open-air bazaar.
(2) ...a church bazaar.
(3) We held a Christmas bazaar, and the proceeds were devoted to local charities.

(1) jelly and ice cream
(2) a raspberry jelly
(3) chicken in jelly

(1) You're not telling me he offered to lend you the money out of the goodness of his heart?
(2) goodness me, no!
(3) (formal)At least have the goodness (= good manners) to look at me when I'm talking to you.

(1) The cars all have a new streamlined design.
(2) The production process is to be streamlined.
(3) They're making efforts to streamline their normally cumbersome bureaucracy...

(1) I'm still waiting for confirmation of the test results.
(2) X-rays have confirmed that he has not broken any bones...
(3) These new statistics confirm our worst fears about the depth of the recession...

(1) All evening her husband contradicted everything she said.
(2) You've just contradicted yourself (= said the opposite of what you said before) .
(3) The two stories contradict each other.

(1) You will be liable for any damage caused.
(2) The court ruled he could not be held personally liable for his wife's debts.
(3) We're all liable to make mistakes when we're tired.

(1) Who's the likely successor to him as party leader?
(2) Their latest release is a worthy successor to their popular debut album.
(3) He set out several principles that he hopes will guide his successors...

(1) At 60, he was now approaching retirement.
(2) Susan is going to take early retirement (= retire before the usual age) .
(3) retirement age

(1) Muslim pilgrims on their way to Mecca
(2) Christian pilgrims visiting Lourdes
(3) In Sight of Shalu With prayer beads in hand and guideda pilgrim approaches Tibet's Shalu monastery.

(1) Could you xerox this letter, please?
(2) The rooms are crammed with humming xerox machines.
(3) I should have simply xeroxed this sheet for you.

(1) personal/professional/artistic integrity
(2) to behave with integrity
(3) to respect the territorial integrity of the nation

(1) a shortfall in tax revenue
(2) a slump in oil revenues
(3) The company's annual revenues rose by 30%.

(1) The freighter moored alongside the wharf.
(2) When they got out of the rickshaws at the wharf, Fang and Miss Pao lingered behind.
(3) Merchant's wharf allows an extra trade fleet, and increases trade to the settlement.

(1) the need for radical changes in education
(2) demands for radical reform of the law
(3) radical differences between the sexes

(1) a documentary film about the war
(2) documentary evidence/sources/material
(3) a television documentary about/on the future of nuclear power

(1) the struggle/battle/fight for survival
(2) His only chance of survival was a heart transplant.
(3) Exporting is necessary for our economic survival.

(1) Ouch! You trod on my toe!
(2) Careful you don't tread in that puddle.
(3) Don't tread ash into the carpet!

(1) She wore a small gold cross on a chain around her neck.
(2) Those who could not write signed with a cross.
(3) Sign your name on the form where I've put a cross.

(1) a short, plump woman
(2) a plump face
(3) plump cushions

(1) ...a book that takes on the feel of an epic.
(2) I felt for my wallet and papers in my inside pocket...
(3) She felt something being pressed into her hands...

(1) The mirror is functional yet decorative.
(2) purely decorative arches
(3) The curtains are for purely decorative purposes and do not open or close.

(1) I like films with plenty of action.
(2) New York is where the action is .
(3) the action of sunlight on the skin

(1) to support a proposal
(2) The government supported the unions in their demand for a minimum wage.
(3) These measures are strongly supported by environmental groups.