(1) His answer to the journalist is a shrewd one.
(2) He is not so much a journalist as a writer.
(3) The editor at once sent the journalist a telegram instructing him to find out the exact number of steps and the height of the wall.

(1) students in full-time education
(2) a full-time employee
(3) a full-time job

(1) The museum is closed while essential repairs are being carried out.
(2) It is essential to keep the two groups separate.
(3) It is essential that you have some experience.

(1) I'm afraid this essay is a poor effort.
(2) the United Nations' peacekeeping effort
(3) The local clubs are making every effort to interest more young people.

(1) a scientific/trade journal
(2) the British Medical journal
(3) the Wall Street journal

(1) Must pass the agreement notarization above all, when necessary judicatory adjudication.
(2) And above all society needs to encourage the spirit of voluntary cooperation in its citizens.
(3) above all , the CUSTOMS SEAL number is the column should be filled in.

(1) a recipe for chicken soup
(2) vegetarian recipes
(3) a recipe book

(1) a job interview
(2) to be called for (an) interview
(3) He has an interview next week for the manager's job.

(1) The job involves a lot of entertaining.
(2) Barbecues are a favourite way of entertaining friends.
(3) He entertained us for hours with his stories and jokes.

(1) Your opinion will not affect my decision.
(2) The south of the country was worst affected by the drought.
(3) The condition affects one in five women.

(1) The two sides agreed to set up a commission to investigate claims...
(2) ...an organization which sets up meetings about issues of interest to women...
(3) Sundays he would sleep late.

(1) They thought she had married beneath her (= married a man of lower social status) .
(2) Her careful make-up hid the signs of age beneath.
(3) They found the body buried beneath a pile of leaves.

(1) These items are not covered by your medical insurance...
(2) Make sure that the firm's insurance cover is adequate.
(3) The law covers four categories of experiments...

(1) Jones was the architect of the team's first goal.
(2) He was one of the principal architects of the revolution.
(3) ...Russia's chief architect of economic reform.

(1) This arrangement is quite satisfactory, so far as I am concerned.
(2) I deeply appreciate your kindness in coming so far to meet me.
(3) so far as I know, she has a faculty of housekeeping.

(1) I made it especially for you.
(2) I wasn't feeling especially happy that day.
(3) ‘Do you like his novels? ’ ‘Not especially. ’

(1) The company's performance was impacted by the high value of the pound.
(2) Her father's death impacted greatly on her childhood years.
(3) The car is fitted with side impact bars (= to protect it from a blow from the side) .

(1) a positive attitude/outlook
(2) the power of positive thought
(3) She tried to be more positive about her new job.

(1) The new drug has not yet been licensed in the US.
(2) (British English)licensing hours (= the times when alcohol can be sold at a pub, etc.)
(3) They had licensed the firm to produce the drug.

(1) Local residents have reacted angrily to the news.
(2) I nudged her but she didn't react.
(3) You never know how he is going to react.

(1) [不可数名词]to check the effectiveness of the security system
(2) I admire the effective use of colour in her paintings.
(3) the effective, if not the actual, leader of the party

(1) ‘I'm feeling really depressed. ’ ‘The winter here has that effect sometimes. ’
(2) I tried to persuade him, but with little or no effect.
(3) I can certainly feel the effects of too many late nights.

(1) an enthusiastic supporter
(2) an enthusiastic welcome
(3) You don't sound very enthusiastic about the idea.

(1) That section of the road is still closed.
(2) The library has a large biology section.
(3) the tail section of the plane

(1) The instructions were rather complicated.
(2) She fell and hurt her leg rather badly.
(3) I didn't fail the exam; in fact I did rather well!

(1) several letters arrived this morning.
(2) He's written several books about India.
(3) several more people than usual came to the meeting.

(1) I'd make fun of her dress and imitate her speech.
(2) It is wrong to make fun of a cripple.
(3) It was miserable of you to make fun of him.

(1) She's looking for a part-time job.
(2) to study on a part-time basis
(3) part-time workers

(1) to study architecture
(2) the architecture of the eighteenth century
(3) modern architecture

(1) Finance is Mark's area.
(2) The big growth area of recent years has been in health clubs.
(3) the area of a triangle

(1) written instructions
(2) a written test
(3) written communication skills

(1) Police suspect there may be a link between the two murders.
(2) evidence for a strong causal link between exposure to sun and skin cancer
(3) to establish trade links with Asia

(1) a photo/recording/training, etc. session
(2) The course is made up of 12 two-hour sessions.
(3) a session of the UN General Assembly

(1) My funny drawings amused the kids.
(2) This will amuse you.
(3) It amused him to think that they were probably talking about him at that very moment.

(1) the 20th century (= AD1901–2000 or 1900–1999)
(2) eighteenth-century writers
(3) ...a 17th-century merchant's house.

(1) to register a birth/marriage/death
(2) to register a company/trademark
(3) The ship was registered in Panama.

(1) full of enthusiasm
(2) ‘I don't mind, ’ she said, without much enthusiasm.
(3) The news was greeted with a lack of enthusiasm by those at the meeting.

(1) to have/exert a strong influence on sb
(2) the influence of the climate on agricultural production
(3) What exactly is the influence of television on children?

(1) The shares gained 14p to 262p.
(2) The euro gained against the dollar again today.
(3) At last she gained the shelter of the forest.

(1) If it's only a wasted life, no one can really to comfort him.
(2) The opera was an aural as well as a visual delight.
(3) The currents of air that the walls of the ship direct upwards, as well as in line of its course are enough to give the great bird with its immense wings sufficent sustenance and progress.