(1) Trim off the excess pastry using a sharp knife...
(2) He had simply used a little imagination...
(3) You used all the ice cubes and didn't put the ice trays back...

(1) our main/major competitor
(2) Over 200 competitors entered the race.
(3) Herbert Blocker of Germany, one of the oldest competitors, won the individual silver medal.

(1) Poverty and ignorance are the enemies of progress.
(2) behind enemy lines (= the area controlled by the enemy)
(3) enemy forces/aircraft/territory

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

(1) a large area/family/house/car/appetite
(2) a large number of people
(3) very large sums of money

(1) racial hatred/prejudice/tension/violence
(2) racial equality
(3) They have pledged to end racial discrimination in areas such as employment.

(1) Cancer kills thousands of people every year.
(2) Three people were killed in the crash.
(3) He tried to kill himself with sleeping pills.

(1) It gave me a big thrill to meet my favourite author in person.
(2) the thrill of catching a really big fish
(3) She gets an obvious thrill out of performing.

(1) Bob spent fifteen months alone on his yacht. Ann, meanwhile, took care of the children on her own.
(2) The doctor will see you again next week. meanwhile, you must rest as much as possible.
(3) Stress can be extremely damaging to your health. Exercise, meanwhile, can reduce its effects.

(1) The rope broke and she fell 50 metres onto the rocks.
(2) We tied his hands together with rope.
(3) The anchor was attached to a length of rope.

(1) He was not stupid, just lazy.
(2) I was feeling too lazy to go out.
(3) We spent a lazy day on the beach.

(1) Which journals does the library subscribe to?
(2) We subscribe to several sports channels (= on TV) .
(3) He subscribed to a newsgroup (= on the Internet) .

(1) We received a letter of apology.
(2) (formal)She made her apologies and left early.
(3) The meeting started with apologies (= the names of people who said they could not go to the meeting) .

(1) to lie on your back/side/front
(2) The cat was lying fast asleep by the fire.
(3) Clothes were lying all over the floor.

(1) Please inform us of any changes of address.
(2) I have been reliably informed (= somebody I trust has told me) that the couple will marry next year.
(3) ‘He's already left, ’ she informed us.

(1) A stopwatch is used to obtain the optimum procedure.
(2) Harmonic Motion: experimental board, spring weight , loaded board, counterpoise, stopwatch.
(3) He started timing them a stopwatch, and they got faster.

(1) It depends on the darkness of your skin.
(2) the forces of darkness
(3) There is an extra hour of darkness on winter mornings.

(1) a merry grin
(2) ‘Can I bring a friend to your party? ’ ‘Sure─the more the merrier! ’
(3) He was much loved for his merry nature...

(1) These pets require a lot of care and attention.
(2) This condition requires urgent treatment.
(3) Do you require anything else? (= in a shop/store, for example)

(1) I broke my leg playing football.
(2) How many legs does a centipede have?
(3) front/back legs

(1) The dog stood listening, its ears cocked.
(2) to cock a snook at authority
(3) I really cocked that exam up!

(1) They left for Spain early this morning.
(2) See you tomorrow morning .
(3) I prefer coffee in the morning .

(1) a cup/mug/pot of tea
(2) lemon/iced tea
(3) Would you like tea or coffee?

(1) They have two boys and a girl.
(2) Her eldest boy is at college.
(3) a delivery boy

(1) The guard is/are being inspected today.
(2) the changing of the guard (= when one group replaces another)
(3) the captain of the guard

(1) Oil and water do not mix.
(2) Oil does not mix with water.
(3) mix all the ingredients together in a bowl.

(1) She was condemned to hang for killing her husband.
(2) They were condemned to a life of hardship.
(3) He was condemned to spend the rest of the football season on the bench.

(1) unfair criticism
(2) It seems unfair on him to make him pay for everything.
(3) It would be unfair not to let you have a choice.

(1) a passenger train (= carrying passengers, not goods)
(2) The firm cannot afford to carry passengers.
(3) Mr Fullemann was a passenger in the car when it crashed.

(1) Her arm was beginning to swell up where the bee had stung her.
(2) The sails swelled (out) in the wind.
(3) The wind swelled (out) the sails.

(1) With the year increased and the soil sandy increased, the glasshouse cucumber's wilt disease increased.
(2) I live in my own little 24 glasshouse.
(3) That method has the good function in modern glasshouse.

(1) Virus is smaller than bacterium living things, explains once bacterium, its creation, growth growth and structure.
(2) A bacterium Neisseria meningitidis that causes cerebrospinal meningitis.
(3) Compound bacterium will not directly affect aquatic biology but improve the survival environment of aquatic biology.

(1) Broadway theatres
(2) an open-air theatre
(3) How often do you go to the theatre ?

(1) A parked car was obstructing the highway.
(2) highway patrol officers closed the road.
(3) an interstate highway

(1) In april 1944 he was killed on active service.
(2) The present assembly will be dissolved on april 30th.
(3) Millions of wild flowers colour the valleys, especially in april and May.

(1) to obey a command/an order/rules/the law
(2) He had always obeyed his parents without question.
(3) ‘Sit down! ’ Meekly, she obeyed.

(1) The United States of America is commonly abbreviated to u.s.a..
(2) He was a good cavalryman and swordsman in the u.s.a. Army.
(3) We can get preferential duty rates when we ship to the u.s.a.

(1) a gold ring
(2) A diamond glittered on her ring finger (= the finger next to the little finger, especially on the left hand) .
(3) a key ring

(1) to do up/undo/open/close a zip
(2) My zip's stuck.
(3) We won four zip (4–0) .