(1) We watched as the fire slowly kindled.
(2) to kindle a fire/flame
(3) It was her teacher who kindled her interest in music.

(1) a ban on the ivory trade
(2) an ivory chess set
(3) ...the international ban on the sale of ivory.

(1) to commit suicide
(2) an attempted suicide (= one in which the person survives)
(3) a suicide letter/note (= written before sb tries to commit suicide )

(1) The crowd was pushing and shoving to get a better view.
(2) The door wouldn't open no matter how hard she shoved.
(3) He shoved her down the stairs.

(1) fort Drum
(2) Why not have a day off? I'll hold the fort for you.
(3) His business partner is holding the fort while he is away.

(1) The enemy attacked our waggon train.
(2) Someone jumped out from the foremost waggon.
(3) Someone jumped out from the foremost waggon and cried aloud.

(1) a bleak and desolate landscape
(2) She had been desolated by the death of her friend.
(3) ...a desolate landscape of flat green fields broken by marsh...

(1) an appointment at the dentist's
(2) Visit your dentist twice a year for a check-up.
(3) But young Putin is also an ordinary boy, frightened by a looming visit to the dentist.

(1) He sent the letter out of malice .
(2) She is entirely without malice.
(3) He certainly bears you no malice (= does not want to harm you) .

(1) a physical peculiarity
(2) the cultural peculiarities of the English
(3) Joe's other peculiarity was that he was constantly munching hard candy.

(1) A bigger objection is that aggregation of the results invites distortion.
(2) Audio signals can be transmitted along cables without distortion.
(3) a grotesque distortion of the truth

(1) a criminal/serious/minor/sexual, etc. offence
(2) a first offence (= the first time that sb has been found guilty of a crime)
(3) a capital offence (= one for which sb may be punished by death)

(1) to join the scouts
(2) Both my brothers were scouts.
(3) a scout troop

(1) (British English)What platform does it go from?
(2) (British English)The train now standing at platform 1 is for Leeds.
(3) Coming onto the platform now is tonight's conductor, Jane Glover.

(1) You can enroll for any of our courses online.
(2) He was the first Negro ever to enroll there.
(3) We shall enroll people to train as teachers.

(1) ...a wind-up gramophone with a big horn.
(2) ...gramophone records.
(3) Took a gramophone record! Without what thing!

(1) The perfectly geometrical simulation module model of warship wake was established.
(2) The geometrical conditions of rectangular blocks of rock slope are summed up aslogical functional formulas.
(3) The element free Galerkin method is applied into analysis of axisymmetric geometrical nonlinearities.

(1) [常用于名词前]He left the army and returned to civilian life.
(2) The safety of civilians caught up in the fighting must be guaranteed.
(3) ...the country's civilian population.

(1) to send/issue/settle an invoice for the goods
(2) an invoice for £250
(3) You will be invoiced for these items at the end of the month.

(1) captive animals
(2) They were taken captive by masked gunmen.
(3) captive breeding (= the catching and breeding of wild animals)

(1) a pair of pants
(2) a new pair of pants
(3) ski pants

(1) As chairman, I must remain impartial.
(2) to give impartial advice
(3) an impartial inquiry/observer

(1) an oil tanker
(2) A Greek oil tanker has run aground.
(3) ...an accident involving a petrol tanker on the M27, east of Southampton.

(1) She cleaned a small segment of the painting.
(2) Lines divided the area into segments.
(3) Market researchers often segment the population on the basis of age and social class.

(1) He was diagnosed as severely dyslexic but extraordinarily bright.
(2) I had a terrible head and was extraordinarily drunk.
(3) Apart from the hair, he looked extraordinarily unchanged.

(1) primitive tribes
(2) primitive beliefs
(3) primitive man

(1) There was a sharp rap on the door.
(2) a rap song/artist
(3) a police rap sheet (= a record of the crimes sb has committed)

(1) speaking in hushed/low/clipped/measured, etc. tones
(2) a conversational tone
(3) a tone of surprise

(1) a 60-watt light bulb
(2) Use a 3 amp fuse for equipment up to 720 watts.
(3) ...a 100-watt lightbulb.

(1) The crash happened seconds after the pilot reported engine trouble.
(2) Call me urgently if you have anything to report.
(3) The company is expected to report record profits this year.

(1) A fine would be the final nail in the coffin of the airline.
(2) Your face would be sharp enough to split the boards for your own coffin.
(3) coffin plate is made by dripping white chicken liver sauce to fried bread.

(1) Much of the meaning must be inferred from the context.
(2) It is reasonable to infer that the government knew about these deals.
(3) Are you inferring (that) I'm not capable of doing the job?

(1) There are £25 000 worth of prizes up for grabs in our competition!
(2) a screen grab from Wednesday's programme
(3) He made a grab for her bag.

(1) flowers on long stalks
(2) celery stalks
(3) He ate the apple, stalk and all.

(1) the snake's hiss
(2) The performance was met with boos and hisses.
(3) the hiss of the air brakes

(1) She trotted her pony around the field.
(2) The children trotted into the room.
(3) The guide led the way and we trotted along behind him.

(1) The news reports had been heavily censored .
(2) The military-backed government has heavily censored the news.
(3) The report was cleared by the American military censors.

(1) a drama workshop
(2) a poetry workshop
(3) Trumpeter Marcus Belgrave ran a jazz workshop for young artists...

(1) Gradually factory workers have been displaced by machines.
(2) (technical 术语)The ship displaces 58 000 tonnes (= as a way of measuring its size) .
(3) Around 10 000 people have been displaced by the fighting.

(1) ‘Why don't we take a break for coffee? ’ she suggested diplomatically.
(2) a diplomatic answer
(3) The country remained diplomatically isolated.