(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) Users can download their material to a desktop PC.
(2) The machine automatically downloads the required information to his or her fax.
(3) The best music download center!

(1) It's the kind of book that keeps you guessing right to the end.
(2) guess who I've just seen!
(3) guess what! He's asked me out!

(1) He ached to see her.
(2) Mummy, I've got a tummy ache.
(3) Muscular aches and pains can be soothed by a relaxing massage.

(1) poisonous chemicals/plants
(2) This gas is highly poisonous.
(3) The leaves of certain trees are poisonous to cattle.

(1) The books in the library are classified according to subject.
(2) Patients are classified into three categories.
(3) Only eleven of these accidents were classified as major.

(1) The project is still causing him a lot of problems.
(2) The poor harvest caused prices to rise sharply.
(3) deaths caused by dangerous driving

(1) the authentic voice of young black Americans
(2) an authentic model of the ancient town
(3) authentically flavoured Mexican dishes

(1) This is the ring road that circles the city.
(2) The show is at the International Exhibition Center, North of ring road.
(3) If you are driving, go round the Ring Road and head north.

(1) a dynamic personality
(2) the dynamics of political change
(3) group dynamics (= the way in which members of a group react to each other)

(1) a windy day
(2) windy hills
(3) It was windy and Jake felt cold.

(1) a movie celebrating the life and work of Martin Luther King
(2) Jake's passed his exams. We're going out to celebrate.
(3) We celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary in Florence.

(1) He's generally considered to have the finest tenor voice in the country.
(2) You should consider other people before you act.
(3) He stood there, considering the painting.

(1) Most schools are extremely unwilling to cut down on staff in order to cut costs.
(2) ...asking them to risk their lives in order that the rest of us can sleep better.
(3) We need to get rid of the idea that we must be liked all the time in order to be worthwhile...

(1) an evening/wedding gown
(2) a graduation gown
(3) a surgeon's gown

(1) Sylvia shook hands. 'well, you go get yourselves some breakfast.'...
(2) well, I don't like the look of that.
(3) You can lose your perspective. You know, get paranoid? well, that's something I really try and avoid...

(1) The child was frightened to death by the violent thunderstorm.
(2) A heavy thunderstorm tomorrow.
(3) Request circumnavigation ( to circumnavigate ) 30 km right of track ( airway ) to avoid the thunderstorm.

(1) ...taking dictation from the dean of the Faculty...
(2) He had had an arm amputated and relied on her to take down his books from dictation.
(3) The Europeans, while keen for partnership with the US, would not accept dictation.

(1) childhood, adolescence and adulthood
(2) in early childhood
(3) childhood memories/experiences

(1) There will be rain in all parts tomorrow.
(2) rain is forecast for the weekend.
(3) Don't go out in the rain.

(1) The spine of each section is printed with rectangle or short thick rule called collation mark.
(2) A torus can be obtained from a rectangle by identifying opposite sides.
(3) A rectangle has four right angles.

(1) (formal)It will not have escaped your notice that there have been some major changes in the company.
(2) Don't take any notice of what you read in the papers.
(3) Take no notice of what he says.

(1) She was awarded the Nobel Peace prize.
(2) He won first prize in the woodwind section.
(3) There are no prizes for guessing (= it is very easy to guess) who she was with.

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

(1) a shopping basket
(2) a picnic basket
(3) a clothes/laundry basket (= in which dirty clothes are put before being washed)

(1) a nationwide campaign
(2) The company has over 500 stores nationwide.
(3) The rising number of car crimes is a nationwide problem.

(1) Her hands were folded in an attitude of prayer.
(2) a band with attitude
(3) You'd better get rid of that attitude and shape up, young man.

(1) According to the constitution…
(2) to propose a new amendment to the constitution (= of the US)
(3) the South African constitution

(1) She fell over and swore loudly.
(2) Why did you let him swear at you like that?
(3) He swore revenge on the man who had killed his father.

(1) The car braked and swerved.
(2) The truck braked to a halt .
(3) You don't need to brake at every bend.

(1) Sue screamed, not loudly, more in surprise than terror.
(2) The officials felt taken for granted and grumbled loudly.
(3) She sucked an ice cube into her mouth, and crunched it loudly.

(1) The next train to Baltimore is at ten.
(2) The next six months will be the hardest.
(3) the next chapter

(1) Such problems are a universal feature of old age.
(2) Agreement on this issue is almost universal.
(3) universal suffrage (= the right of all the people in a country to vote)

(1) an opening/introductory paragraph
(2) Write a paragraph on each of the topics given below.
(3) See paragraph 15 of the handbook.

(1) a physical/mental disability
(2) people with severe learning disabilities
(3) He qualifies for help on the grounds of disability.

(1) The chef mashed some potatoes to alone with the steak.
(2) Our chef has promised a few surprises.
(3) The restaurant sells a cookery book, writen by the chef.

(1) the sun's rays
(2) ultraviolet rays
(3) The windows were shining in the reflected rays of the setting sun.

(1) to be/look/seem/sound unhappy
(2) an unhappy childhood
(3) I didn't realize but he was deeply unhappy at that time.

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

(1) a strange/an extraordinary/a remarkable coincidence
(2) What a coincidence! I wasn't expecting to see you here.
(3) It's not a coincidence that none of the directors are women (= it did not happen by chance) .