(1) He is sitting beside her on the sofa...
(2) on top of the cupboards are vast straw baskets which Pat uses for dried flower arrangements...
(3) I admired the peeling paint on the ceiling...

(1) He ruptured himself lifting a bookcase.
(2) This is a door, but it is disguised as a bookcase.
(3) Persky tucked the bills in his pants pocket and turned toward his bookcase.

(1) a snappy dresser
(2) 'Tell them to hold all my calls, Theresa,' she instructed her dresser.
(3) She had always been a smart dresser and had on one of her linen frocks.

(1) ‘Where are John and Liz? ’ ‘they went for a walk. ’
(2) they (= the things you are carrying) go on the bottom shelf.
(3) If anyone arrives late they'll have to wait outside.

(1) All plants need light and water.
(2) flowering/garden/indoor plants
(3) a tomato/potato plant

(1) Don't forget to bring your books with you.
(2) She brought her boyfriend to the party.
(3) bring a present for Helen.

(1) Where's my mom?
(2) mom and Dad
(3) Are you listening, mom?

(1) I set the alarm clock for 7 o'clock.
(2) I set my alarm clock for 4.30.
(3) Every morning I am woken up by my alarm clock.

(1) He used to be a pilot but now he has a desk job .
(2) the check-in desk
(3) the reception desk

(1) Do you need any help?
(2) It's here if you need it.
(3) Don't go─I might need you.

(1) The grenades had busted every crate and punched rents into the walls.
(2) There's hardly any stuffing left in the sofa.
(3) You will dirty the sofa if you put your muddy shoes on it.

(1) Theoretically he had control over more than $400 million in US accounts. But, in fact, it was the US Treasury and State Department who controlled those accounts...
(2) They have the aircraft capable of doing significant damage, because most of those aircraft are capable of launching anti-ship missiles.
(3) What are those buildings?...

(1) Two friends and I drove to Florida during college spring break...
(2) Ramsay made a second visit to Italy.
(3) We went to a party at the leisure centre...

(1) the ocean bed
(2) oyster beds (= an area in the sea where there are many oysters )
(3) flower beds

(1) You don't know the facts, so keep your mouth shut!
(2) don't leave me behind.
(3) You don't have to go now.

(1) in the top/middle/bottom drawer of the desk
(2) He opened a drawer in his writing-table.
(3) You can be assured the matter will be closely investigated and the necessary remedial actions taken.

(1) He's upstairs unpacking his bags.
(2) She opened her bag (= her handbag ) and took out her comb.
(3) She ate a bag of chips.

(1) I'm telling you this with my lawyer's hat on, you understand.
(2) I'm wearing two hats tonight─parent and teacher.
(3) to put on/take off a hat

(1) He walked out of the room and slammed the door.
(2) They were in the next room and we could hear every word they said.
(3) a dining/living/sitting room

(1) Who's chairing the meeting?
(2) an old man asleep in a chair (= an armchair )
(3) She takes the chair in all our meetings.

(1) a kitchen table
(2) A table for two, please (= in a restaurant) .
(3) I'd like to book a table for tonight (= in a restaurant) .

(1) His albums are available on tape and CD.
(2) a blank tape (= a tape that has nothing recorded on it)
(3) I lent her my Bob Marley tapes.

(1) He studied math in college.
(2) I flunked math in second grade.
(3) The hard math problem tripped up most of the students.

(1) Switch to an interest-paying current account and stay in credit. Most banks and larger building societies now offer these accounts...
(2) A steering committee has been formed. these people can make decisions in ten minutes which would usually take us months.
(3) Your camcorder should have these basic features: autofocus, playback facility, zoom lens...

(1) We have two sons and a daughter.
(2) They have three grown-up sons.
(3) He's the son of an Oxford professor.

(1) You can store your entire cd collection on the computer's hard drive.
(2) You can compress huge amounts of data on to a cd-ROM.
(3) The last track on the cd is an instrumental.

(1) Lewis is matched against the WBO's heavyweight champion, tommy Morrison.
(2) tommy Tune gives the choreography his usual class and zip.
(3) "You are rude and obtrusive, Mr Galbraith," said tommy.

(1) a wooden/concrete/marble, etc. floor
(2) ceramic floor tiles
(3) The body was lying on the kitchen floor.

(1) There's still some wine in the bottle.
(2) Have some more vegetables.
(3) some people find this more difficult than others.

(1) When I got canned, I took these keys as souvenirs.
(2) How can you complain about higher taxes?...
(3) How can millions of dollars go astray?...

(1) Adults need to live their own lives and that's difficult with children.
(2) that's why I must trust you to keep this secret.
(3) "Good lord, that's what he is: he's a policeman."

(1) He had thus far succeeded in fending off my conversational sallies.
(2) ...worrying about her when she sallies forth on her first date...
(3) Tamara would sally out on bitterly cold nights.

(1) thanks for your point of view, John.
(2) We give thanks for this food.
(3) thanks for your advice and encouragement.

(1) 'What's that thing in the middle of the fountain?' — 'Some kind of statue, I guess.'...
(2) She was in the middle of clearing the breakfast things...
(3) These are genetic disorders that only affect males normally. They are things like muscular dystrophy and haemophilia...

(1) She's my sister.
(2) an older/younger sister
(3) (informal)a big/little/kid sister

(1) I don't know the name of the place...
(2) I know that you led a rifle platoon during the Second World War...
(3) Gifford was a friend. I'd known him for nine years...

(1) uncle Ian
(2) I'm going to visit my uncle.
(3) I've just become an uncle (= because your brother/sister has had a baby) .

(1) She had heard the news-flash on a tv channel's news update.
(2) She was a tv reporter and worked long hours.
(3) tv is using radio as a seedbed for ideas.

(1) She was too tired to take a shower...
(2) Betty took a photograph of us...
(3) The Patriotic Front took power after a three-month civil war...

(1) People always think I'm a fool, and I dare say they're right.
(2) they're freshly baked. I fetched them from the baker's this morning.
(3) Thank God they're not on my manor any more.