(1) sonia, we are reliably informed, loves her family very much.
(2) sonia might not speak the English language well, but then who did?
(3) He glimpsed sonia, resplendent in a red dress.

(1) We always get lost in London.
(2) We're completely lost.
(3) I'm still looking for that lost file.

(1) Late again! What's your excuse this time?
(2) There's no excuse for such behaviour.
(3) His excuse for forgetting her birthday was that he had lost his diary.

(1) thanks for lending me the money.
(2) Many thanks for your support.
(3) ‘How are you? ’ ‘Fine, thanks. ’ (= thanks for asking)

(1) tim wondered how the devil they had managed it.
(2) tim hemmed and hawed, but finally told his boss the truth.
(3) Don't worry, Uncle tim, your future is safe in our hands.

(1) you said you knew the way.
(2) I thought she told you.
(3) Can I sit next to you?

(1) I like your dress.
(2) Excuse me, is this your seat?
(3) The bank is on your right.

(1) jane's always annoying her and she takes it out on me sometimes.
(2) jane's goals helped Britain win third place in the Barcelona games.
(3) Poor jane was in rather a spin about the party.

(1) to insert/turn the key in the lock
(2) the car keys
(3) a bunch of keys

(1) I know it's nothing serious and I feel quite unemotional about it.
(2) I feel it's done me good to get it off my chest.
(3) I don't see the point in it really. it's just stupid.

(1) We post up a set of rules for the house.
(2) Many literary academics simply parrot a set of impressive-sounding phrases.
(3) The Companies Act lays down a set of minimum requirements.

(1) It'll do you good to take a rest...
(2) A few bombs can do a lot of damage...
(3) Well, what are you going to do about it?...

(1) what do you want?...
(2) what did she tell you, anyway?...
(3) You can imagine what it would be like driving a car into a brick wall at 30 miles an hour...

(1) He signed up as a steward with p&O Lines.
(2) At about 4.30 p.m. Audrey arrived at the office.
(3) By the third lap Kinkead had touched 289 m.p.h.

(1) That's cheating in my book.
(2) She always does everything by the book.
(3) I'm in her good books at the moment because I cleared up the kitchen.

(1) a baseball bat/team/stadium
(2) She teaches English in a middle school.
(3) The thugs beat him senseless with a baseball bat.

(1) ...a large, flat, pink India-rubber eraser.
(2) It is an eraser.
(3) We have to erase the unnecessary parts of both wings , choosing the eraser Tool.

(1) I had to admire david's vow that he would leave the programme.
(2) Captain david Clement and 150 commandos stormed the port this morning.
(3) david said nothing, but simply nodded, as if understanding perfectly.

(1) "Excuse me," she said to Jarvis, and left the room.
(2) Now if you'll excuse me, I've got work to do.
(3) If you'll excuse me, ladies and gentlemen, we'd better leave it there.

(1) a Spanish-English dictionary
(2) a dictionary of mathematics
(3) ...the dictionary of National Biography.

(1) We waited three months before going back to see the specialist.
(2) Sir , these aspersions are , in truth, always idle, and even mischievous.
(3) I intend to amortize the total cost of the car over three years.

(1) ...the shelf where they stored lost-and-found articles.
(2) ...the local paper's lost-and-found column.
(3) You will see the lost and found office right in front of you.

(1) They went backpacking in Spain last year.
(2) I need a backpack because I have to carry my sleeping bag and camping stove.
(3) Cosmetic Bags, backpack , School Bags , Travel Bag, Sports Bags, Suit Case, Luggage Set Bags and Cases.

(1) May I borrow it for a day or two?
(2) He broke the bar of chocolate in two and gave me half.
(3) People arrived in twos and threes.

(1) The telephone rang and Pat answered it.
(2) You can reserve seats over the telephone .
(3) I need to make a telephone call .

(1) How long have you been living in this country?
(2) Well, make up your mind. Which do you want? this one or that one?
(3) I think you'll find these more comfortable than those.

(1) a personal computer
(2) Our sales information is processed by computer.
(3) a computer program

(1) The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are stronger at the broken places.
(2) For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?
(3) You have to do everything you can. You have to work your hardest. And if you do, if you stay positive, then you have a shot at a silver lining.

(1) He went out, and the horror retreated.
(2) I will run you in if the bus isn't going into the town because of the snow today.
(3) I was really pleased when he said how well I'd done, because he isn't known for flattery.

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

(1) ...those working in the defence industry.
(2) ...future developments in medicine.
(3) ...the most spectacular painting in the collection.

(1) Inspector kelsey looked still more incredulous.
(2) kelsey said, " It may help when we get her background. "
(3) Thank you, Ms kelsey.

(1) He missed the bell in his occupation with the computer game.
(2) I will not always play computer game, watch TV any more.
(3) The experiment's subjects were 166 UCL students who played at being shoppers in a computer game.

(1) a good knowledge of French
(2) I can only carry two at a time.
(3) There's a visitor for you.

(1) Five, four, three, two, one, zero… We have lift-off.
(2) It was ten degrees below zero last night (= –10˚C) .
(3) The thermometer had fallen to zero.

(1) Why should they get first call on the best property?
(2) He called me over the Tannoy.
(3) I made a phone call to the United States to talk to a friend...

(1) The CompuServe management is on the case now, and it looks as if things will return to normal soon.
(2) ...a black case for his spectacles.
(3) ...a 10-foot-long stuffed alligator in a glass case.

(1) Calls to HPM's main telephone number reach an answering machine.
(2) It's a secret. I can't tell you my telephone number.
(3) Taxpayer: by the way, could you tell me your telephone number and working hour?

(1) to found a club/company
(2) Her family founded the college in 1895.
(3) The town was founded by English settlers in 1790.