(1) Figure in bracket refers to percentage change over preceding year.
(2) Let's forget about these past events of the preceding dynasty.
(3) Operations night mentioned in the preceding paragraph shall be announced to the neighbouring residents.

(1) Seafood is a speciality on the island.
(2) local specialities
(3) My speciality is international tax law.

(1) a ball of wool
(2) This scarf is 100% wool.
(3) pure new wool

(1) The Church became increasingly identified with opposition to the regime.
(2) You should not identify wealth with happiness.
(3) He was not the ‘tough guy ’ the public identified him with.

(1) She sat back in her seat.
(2) He put his shopping on the seat behind him.
(3) Please take a seat (= sit down) .

(1) Its most recent eruption began in 1992 and ended in 2002.
(2) Most shopping centers have knocked ten percent off the price.
(3) Sales of new models have skided 60 percent.

(1) He was very aware of his own importance (= of his status) .
(2) State your reasons in order of importance .
(3) the relative importance of the two ideas

(1) a tall woman with greying hair
(2) His hair was greying at the sides.
(3) She's riding the grey.

(1) He taught me the fundamentals of the job.
(2) the fundamentals of modern physics
(3) a fundamental particle

(1) Which way is north?
(2) cold winds coming from the north
(3) Mount Kenya is to the north of (= further north than) Nairobi.

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

(1) The concert will raise money for local charities.
(2) Most of the runners in the London Marathon are raising money for charity .
(3) Do you give much to charity?

(1) to ask for/look at the menu
(2) What's on the menu (= for dinner) tonight?
(3) a pull-down menu

(1) It's easy to make a mistake .
(2) This letter is addressed to someone else─there must be some mistake.
(3) It would be a mistake to ignore his opinion.

(1) The rebel soldiers were forced to surrender.
(2) The hijackers eventually surrendered themselves to the police.
(3) He agreed to surrender all claims to the property.

(1) Troops invaded on August 9th that year.
(2) When did the Romans invade Britain?
(3) Demonstrators invaded the government buildings.

(1) ‘What was wrong with the job? ’ ‘Well, the pay wasn't good, among other things . ’
(2) Discuss it among yourselves first (= with each other) .
(3) They divided the money up among the children.

(1) The snake coiled up, ready to strike.
(2) Mist coiled around the tops of the hills.
(3) to coil a rope into a loop

(1) Thousands of angry demonstrators filled the square.
(2) The comments provoked an angry response from union leaders.
(3) I was very angry with myself for making such a stupid mistake.

(1) optical effects
(2) optical aids
(3) optical instruments such as microscopes and telescopes

(1) Britain bakes in a mediterranean heatwave.
(2) mediterranean oat held to be progenitor of modern cultivated oat.
(3) The mediterranean Sea boiled with the storm.

(1) cancer research
(2) Violence is a cancer in our society.
(3) to become cancerous

(1) to travel around the world
(2) I go to bed early if I'm travelling the next day.
(3) I love travelling by train.

(1) to dye fabric
(2) She dyed her hair blonde.
(3) black dye

(1) As I see it, we have two options…
(2) There are various options open to you.
(3) Going to college was not an option for me.

(1) demonstrative/interrogative/possessive/relative pronouns
(2) Is a relative pronoun necessary here?
(3) Most transitive verbs can take a reflexive pronoun.

(1) All ingredients are readily available from your local store.
(2) Most people readily accept the need for laws.
(3) I asked her if she would allow me to interview her, and she readily agreed...

(1) I stripped and washed myself all over.
(2) We stripped off and ran down to the water.
(3) She stripped down to her underwear.

(1) grapes on the vine
(2) vine leaves
(3) Every square metre of soil was used, mainly for olives, vines, and almonds.

(1) The proposal has generated a lot of interest.
(2) to generate income/profit
(3) We need someone to generate new ideas.

(1) Drivers are advised to seek alternative routes.
(2) They sought in vain for somewhere to shelter.
(3) to seek funding for a project

(1) Is the painting a genuine Picasso?
(2) Fake designer watches are sold at a fraction of the price of the genuine article .
(3) Only genuine refugees can apply for asylum.

(1) a grain of sand
(2) Concrete is a mixture of sand and cement.
(3) His hair was the colour of sand.

(1) He steered the boat into the harbour.
(2) (figurative)He took her arm and steered her towards the door.
(3) You row and I'll steer.

(1) She was too drunk to remember anything about the party.
(2) His only way of dealing with his problems was to go out and get drunk .
(3) They got drunk on vodka.

(1) the splitting of the atom
(2) Two atoms of hydrogen combine with one atom of oxygen to form a molecule of water.
(3) A methane molecule is composed of one carbon atom attached to four hydrogens.

(1) ...a 42-year-old housewife from Brisbane.
(2) The housewife crushes out juice from oranges.
(3) Long time ago, Mui Koo always wanted to be a housewife.

(1) to listen to music
(2) listen! What's that noise? Can you hear it?
(3) Sorry, I wasn't really listening.

(1) leaders of industry and commerce
(2) They have made their fortunes from industry and commerce.
(3) He appeared to deprive his city of all its resources, arts, commerce, money, and defenses.

(1) I looked along the shelves for the book I needed.
(2) Houses had been built along both sides of the river.
(3) You'll find his office just along the corridor.