(1) He's not very skilful with his chopsticks [ at using chopsticks ] .
(2) She's not very skil ( l ) ful with her chopsticks [ at using chopsticks ] .
(3) He bought a dozen of chopsticks.

(1) the southern slopes of the mountains
(2) southern Spain
(3) a southern accent

(1) a valid passport
(2) a South African passport
(3) I was stopped as I went through passport control (= where passports are checked) .

(1) a working model (= one in which the parts move) of a fire engine
(2) a model aeroplane
(3) The architect had produced a scale model of the proposed shopping complex.

(1) The cameras clicked away.
(2) The bolt clicked into place.
(3) The door clicked shut .

(1) a gas/surgical mask
(2) The robbers were wearing stocking masks.
(3) The kids were all wearing animal masks.

(1) an oil millionaire
(2) She's a millionaire several times over.
(3) a millionaire businessman

(1) It's a nice day. Let's go for a picnic .
(2) We had a picnic beside the river.
(3) Let's eat our picnic by the lake.

(1) He was accused of appropriating club funds.
(2) Some of the opposition party's policies have been appropriated by the government.
(3) Five million dollars has been appropriated for research into the disease.

(1) a treasure chest
(2) broad-chested
(3) a medicine chest

(1) The missile fell harmlessly into the sea.
(2) It's just a bit of harmless fun.
(3) The bacteria are harmless to humans.

(1) an egg donor
(2) They were left with egg on their faces when only ten people showed up.
(3) He hit the other boy again and again as his friends egged him on.

(1) the sheer joy of being with her again
(2) to dance for/with joy
(3) I didn't expect them to jump for joy at the news (= to be very pleased) .

(1) Many diets fail because they are boring.
(2) a failing school
(3) She failed to get into art college.

(1) He's easily distracted.
(2) I get bored easily.
(3) It's easily the best play I've seen this year.

(1) I've just bought a new house...
(2) The two had only just met...
(3) I'm just making the sauce for the cauliflower...

(1) The zipper doesn't look good. Can you change it to a invisible zipper?
(2) She stood looking at him for an instant, then felt at the zipper of her overalls.
(3) I can't , " and made a zipper motion across his mouth . "

(1) Do not attempt to repair this yourself.
(2) The prisoners attempted an escape, but failed.
(3) I will attempt to answer all your questions.

(1) It'll cost you five grand!
(2) She finally learned to drive at the grand old age of 70.
(3) He described himself grandly as a ‘landscape architect ’.

(1) They maintain a database of hotels that cater for businesswomen.
(2) We can commit transparent access of heterogeneous databases with federal database technology on DB 2 II.
(3) The subsystems about database management, database research, database statistics, producing and printing report forms were designed.

(1) battery eggs
(2) a battery hen
(3) a battery of reporters

(1) grated carrot
(2) a pound of carrots
(3) They are holding out a carrot of $120 million in economic aid.

(1) social/educational/child psychology
(2) the psychology of small boys
(3) the psychology of interpersonal relationships

(1) ...the eighth prime minister of India.
(2) The Kuban produces an eighth of Russia's grain, meat and milk.
(3) Schools are urged to prepare more students to algebra by the eighth grade.

(1) The videophone is a telephone equipped for both audio and video transmission.
(2) Your wristwatch videophone suddenly rings.
(3) On May 25 , 1998, the State Council held countrywide pod to buy working videophone conference.

(1) ...love for the motherland.
(2) We must be loyal to our motherland.
(3) He did not hesitate to sacrifice his all for protecting his motherland.

(1) Where's the exit?
(2) There is a fire exit on each floor of the building.
(3) The emergency exit is at the back of the bus.

(1) a bale of hay
(2) ...traditional hay making methods.
(3) We knew that war was coming, and were determined to make hay while we could.

(1) My job is to lay out the text and graphics on the page.
(2) a computer that can process text
(3) printed text

(1) She urged him to stay.
(2) The report urged that all children be taught to swim.
(3) The situation is dangerous, and the UN is urging caution.

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

(1) Who is in command here?
(2) He looked relaxed and totally in command of himself .
(3) For the first time in years, she felt in command of her life.

(1) lettuce/cabbage/oak leaves
(2) The trees are just coming into leaf .
(3) the dead leaves of autumn/the fall

(1) Use the formula to calculate the volume of the container.
(2) Benefit is calculated on the basis of average weekly earnings.
(3) You'll need to calculate how much time the assignment will take.

(1) a capped mortgage
(2) What an amazing story. Can anyone cap that?
(3) He's had his front teeth capped.

(1) The receptionist was a real matchmaker.
(2) receptionist: Yes, we do ． What kind of credit cards do you have?
(3) She had been a receptionist before she became a actress.

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

(1) The football riots made me ashamed to be English.
(2) Mental illness is nothing to be ashamed of .
(3) I'm ashamed to say that I lied to her.

(1) a mop and bucket
(2) a mop of curly red hair
(3) She wiped all the surfaces and mopped the floor.

(1) a main/major/minor road
(2) a country/mountain road
(3) They live just along/up/down the road (= further on the same road) .