(1) Not that switch, you idiot!
(2) When I lost my passport, I felt such an idiot.
(3) ...the village idiot.

(1) a charity luncheon
(2) luncheon will be served at one, Madam.
(3) Earlier this month, a luncheon for former UN staff was held in Vienna.

(1) Most of our work now involves catering for weddings.
(2) Who will be catering the wedding?
(3) The class caters for all ability ranges.

(1) The villages had been deserted.
(2) The owl seems to have deserted its nest.
(3) Large numbers of soldiers deserted as defeat became inevitable.

(1) We spent the summer rambling in Ireland.
(2) He had lost track of what he was saying and began to ramble.
(3) What is she rambling on about now?

(1) Her smile broadened.
(2) a promise to broaden access to higher education
(3) The party needs to broaden its appeal to voters.

(1) unpaid bills
(2) unpaid work
(3) unpaid leave

(1) housing provision
(2) The government is responsible for the provision of health care.
(3) There is no provision for anyone to sit down here.

(1) The box is lighter than that one.
(2) I bought a new cigarette lighter and it broke; now I'm ￡10 out of pocket.
(3) They jettisoned big boxes to make the bus lighter.

(1) His devotion to his wife and family is touching.
(2) her devotion to duty
(3) Her devotion to the job left her with very little free time.

(1) the vitamins that are vital for health
(2) Good financial accounts are vital to the success of any enterprise.
(3) It is vital that you keep accurate records when you are self-employed.

(1) The country was in the grip of (an) economic depression.
(2) the great depression of the 1930s
(3) Rainwater collects in shallow depressions on the ground.

(1) financial transactions between companies
(2) commercial transactions
(3) the transaction of government business

(1) to reveal a secret
(2) Details of the murder were revealed by the local paper.
(3) The report reveals (that) the company made a loss of £20 million last year.

(1) We had all the usual problems attendant upon starting a new business.
(2) a cloakroom/parking/museum attendant
(3) attendant problems/risks/circumstances

(1) I bought some stationery and envelopes.
(2) The following about stationery of business card printing and the method of making membership card.
(3) She has bought paper, pens, and other such stationery.

(1) fine discriminations
(2) to learn discrimination between right and wrong
(3) He showed great discrimination in his choice of friends.

(1) her sorrowful eyes
(2) His father's face looked suddenly soft and sorrowful...
(3) Roy told his sorrowful tale with simple words anybody could understand.

(1) A helicopter landed in a clearing in the dense jungle.
(2) It's stopped snowing and is clearing up.
(3) In addition, the local currency clearing operations for commercial banks to bring good economic benefits.

(1) muscular tension/power/tissue
(2) a muscular body/build/chest
(3) He was tall, lean and muscular.

(1) William Morris was one of the early prophets of socialism.
(2) ...the sacred name of the Holy prophet of Islam.
(3) I promised myself I'd defy all the prophets of doom and battle back to fitness.

(1) Bake until the pastry is golden and crisp.
(2) a crisp apple/lettuce
(3) a crisp new $5 bill

(1) a cane chair
(2) to get the cane (= be punished with a cane )
(3) [不可数名词, 可数名词]the abolition of caning in schools

(1) He always has at least two bodyguards in attendance.
(2) Several heads of state were in attendance at the funeral.
(3) There was an attendance of 42 at the meeting.

(1) The tomatoes at the bottom of the bag had been squashed.
(2) He squashed his nose against the window.
(3) squash your cans flat before recycling.

(1) We put some ointment and a bandage on his knee...
(2) His chest was swathed in bandages.
(3) Apply a dressing to the wound and bandage it.

(1) They emerged triumphant in the September election.
(2) a triumphant smile
(3) Duncan and his triumphant soldiers celebrate their military victory…

(1) The judge was praised for his courage and humanity.
(2) united by a sense of common humanity
(3) The story was used to emphasize the humanity of Jesus.

(1) divine law/love/will
(2) divine intervention (= help from God to change a situation)
(3) She could divine what he was thinking just by looking at him.

(1) At the roundabout, take the second exit.
(2) It was a difficult and roundabout trip.
(3) He told us, in a very roundabout way, that he was thinking of leaving.

(1) They were able to complete their journey without further hindrance.
(2) The high price is a major hindrance to potential buyers.
(3) To be honest, she was more of a hindrance than a help.

(1) The impetus for constitutionalism is mainly exogenousand the international circumstances are more influential.
(2) They planned the tactics for the next day's battle.
(3) They always take habitual tactics of standing facts on their heads and of a thief crying'stop thief ".

(1) His father was a blacksmith.
(2) Lincoln worked on a riverboat, ran a store, and thought about a blacksmith.
(3) blacksmith also make castle maintenance chaper by 50 denars.

(1) He felled his opponent with a single blow.
(2) Badly infected trees should be felled and burned.
(3) ...a blow on the forehead which felled him to the ground.

(1) We are working on the assumption that everyone invited will turn up.
(2) It was impossible to make assumptions about people's reactions.
(3) His actions were based on a false assumption.

(1) He rifled through his briefcase and extracted a file.
(2) They are unlikely to extract much benefit from the trip.
(3) The dentist may decide that the wisdom teeth need to be extracted.

(1) a long-stemmed rose
(2) ‘Writ ’ is the stem of the forms ‘writes ’, ‘writing ’ and ‘written ’.
(3) The cut was bandaged to stem the bleeding.

(1) sociological theories
(2) According to the report, dublin university En Fitzgerald of 4 grade student majors sociology and economics.
(3) The Movement is a behavior of military mobilization, also is a social reconstruct in sociology conception.

(1) He hammered the wedge into the crack in the stone.
(2) (figurative)I don't want to drive a wedge between the two of you (= to make you start disliking each other) .
(3) a wedge of cake

(1) She enjoys the respect of her peers.
(2) Children are worried about failing in front of their peers.
(3) peer pressure is strong among young people (= they want to be like other people of the same age) .