(1) boringly normal
(2) a boring job/book/evening
(3) a boring man

(1) My boss is making life very difficult for me.
(2) 13 is a difficult age.
(3) a difficult child/customer/boss

(1) People said we were interfering with nature, and that we should just let the animals die...
(2) Thorne let him talk...
(3) I love sweets but Mum doesn't let me have them very often...

(1) only the President could authorize the use of the atomic bomb...
(2) ...the guidance and discipline that can be provided only by a strong male...
(3) The lawyer is paid only if he wins...

(1) "let's invite her to dinner." — "Over my dead body!"
(2) "let's get a coffee somewhere."—"I know just the place."
(3) let's sit down and then you can say what's up.

(1) soccer players
(2) a soccer pitch/team/match
(3) VS: Why do you take another sports like basketball and soccer for the training?

(1) There are excellent facilities for sport and recreation.
(2) I'm not interested in sport.
(3) the use of drugs in sport

(1) more and more people are surviving heart attacks...
(2) He spent more time perfecting his dance moves instead of gym work.
(3) The Afghan authorities say the airport had been closed for more than a year.

(1) a high/low sound
(2) a clicking/buzzing/scratching, etc. sound
(3) the different sounds and smells of the forest

(1) The soccer ball kept was rolling on, towards the goalkeeper.
(2) Do you have a soccer ball?
(3) Peter is good at soccer ball.

(1) Nothing, but nothing would make him change his mind.
(2) but that's not possible!
(3) ‘Here's the money I owe you. ’ ‘but that's not right─it was only £10. ’

(1) He is very healthy, because he always play sports.
(2) No, Danny! You have to play sports for exercise!
(3) We will play sports or go on a picnic.

(1) It gives me great pleasure to welcome you here today.
(2) Her death was a great shock to us all.
(3) a matter of great importance

(1) We were in the same class at school.
(2) She is the youngest in her class.
(3) He came top of the class .

(1) barry had his nose put out of joint by Lucy's aloof sophistication.
(2) barry held the bowls while Liz ladled soup into them.
(3) barry had obviously come in on the tail-end of the conversation.

(1) to play tennis
(2) a tennis player/tournament/club/court
(3) He made a monkey of me on the tennis court.

(1) a stamp/coin, etc. collection
(2) The painting comes from his private collection.
(3) There was a collection of books and shoes on the floor.

(1) Remember, happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely upon what you think.--Dale Carnegie
(2) "Steve, what do you want?" — "Coke, Pepsi, it doesn't matter."
(3) But that doesn't mean this brand of politics is dead or dying.

(1) Haddon hall
(2) She's living in hall(s) .
(3) (British English)A jumble sale will be held in the village hall on Saturday.

(1) a baseball/cricket bat
(2) He bats very well.
(3) Who's batting first for the Orioles?

(1) The campaign petered out for lack of support.
(2) The road petered out into a dirt track.
(3) What do you like to do in your spare time?

(1) an interesting question/point/example
(2) interesting people/places/work
(3) It would be interesting to know what he really believed.

(1) It's cruel to make fun of people who stammer.
(2) She's really fun to be with.
(3) This game looks fun!

(1) Have you looked under the bed?
(2) She placed the ladder under (= just lower than) the window.
(3) The dog squeezed under the gate and ran into the road.

(1) Just shine a laser light or throw a ping pong ball.
(2) Jack is good at some ball games, like football, basketball and ping pong.
(3) I also like to play basketball, ping pong, and badminton.

(1) a basketball game/coach/team
(2) The plan has a sting intail: it means we lose one day's holiday.
(3) To master the skill of playing basketball he is making a great business of it.

(1) every now and then he regretted his decision.
(2) They visit us every other week.
(3) We see each other every now and again .

(1) a relaxing evening with friends
(2) I find cooking very relaxing...
(3) We come here once a year expecting a quiet, relaxing holiday.

(1) The movie will be released on video in June.
(2) Do we have a blank video ?
(3) a video of ‘ET ’

(1) We don't have very many copies left.
(2) You can't have one each. We haven't got many.
(3) many people feel that the law should be changed.

(1) It was a joy to see. It really made my day.
(2) Chantal kept a fire burning night and day...
(3) He would have a nurse in constant attendance day and night.

(1) The club has/have voted to admit 50 new members.
(2) We had lunch at the golf club.
(3) the club bar

(1) Sylvia does not get on with the supervisor and the danger is that he will trump up some charge to discredit her.
(2) The translation does not quite correspond to the original.
(3) It doesn't give you much leeway, does it?

(1) ...invite the children round to play...
(2) They played in the little garden...
(3) While the twins played cards, Francis sat reading...

(1) Stop making that terrible racket!
(2) a protection/extortion/drugs, etc. racket
(3) He makes such a racket I'm afraid he disturbs the neighbours...

(1) The president is a good man...
(2) For me to think I'm any better than a homeless person on the street is ridiculous.
(3) The children were very good...

(1) where do you live?
(2) I wonder where they will take us to.
(3) where (= at what point) did I go wrong in my calculations?

(1) My hands were balled into fists.
(2) He sent over a high ball.
(3) They've offered me the job, so the ball's in my court now.