(1) He was disinclined to talk about himself, especially to his students.
(2) She was too exhausted and distressed to talk about the tragedy.
(3) There has been a lot of talk about me getting married.

(1) What sort of person would do a thing like that?
(2) He's a fascinating person.
(3) What is she like as a person?

(1) Do not wait for good things to happen to you. You need to walk towards happiness.
(2) Check us in at the hotel and wait for my call.
(3) The spider must wait for prey to be ensnared on its web.

(1) You never help me.
(2) He has never been abroad.
(3) ‘Would you vote for him? ’ ‘never. ’

(1) I looked down the hallway to room number nine...
(2) She turned to look at him...
(3) You've just got to look at the last bit of Act Three.

(1) 'I'm sorry,' he said...
(2) She said they were very impressed...
(3) I would just like to say that this is the most hypocritical thing I have ever heard in my life...

(1) He looks like Father Christmas...
(2) Kathy is a great mate, we are like sisters...
(3) What was Bulgaria like?...

(1) I can't tell jokes .
(2) She's always cracking jokes .
(3) They often make jokes at each other's expense.

(1) Which way is west?
(2) Rain is spreading from the west.
(3) He lives to the west of (= further west than) the town.

(1) They had a house built for them.
(2) David built us a shed in the back yard.
(3) They're going to build on the site of the old power station.

(1) He has decided to grow a beard and a moustache.
(2) a week's growth of beard
(3) a goat's beard

(1) the Christmas/Easter/summer vacation
(2) (British English)the long vacation (= the summer vacation)
(3) They're on vacation in Hawaii right now.

(1) a terrible experience
(2) What terrible news!
(3) I've just had a terrible thought.

(1) She was captain of the hockey team at school.
(2) The captain gave the order to abandon ship.
(3) captain Lance Price

(1) We must take a photo!
(2) I need a viewfinder to take a photo.
(3) Make a good pose and I will take a photo for you.

(1) We looked out over the city from the heights of Edinburgh Castle.
(2) a fear of heights
(3) He doesn't have a head for heights (= is afraid of high places) .

(1) These trousers are a bit tight.
(2) ‘Are you tired? ’ ‘Yes, I am a bit. ’
(3) It costs a bit more than I wanted to spend.

(1) She's a wonderful singer.
(2) an opera singer
(3) My mother was a singer in a dance band.

(1) a windy day
(2) windy hills
(3) It was windy and Jake felt cold.

(1) Chelsea is not any more an isolated situation.
(2) not any more , at least not right now.
(3) not any more, mocked the crows from shady pine bough perches.

(1) a small, blond boy
(2) Is she a natural blonde (= Is her hair naturally blonde) ?
(3) There were two little girls, one Asian and one with blonde hair...

(1) This is Carla. Do you remember her?
(2) I don't remember my first day at school.
(3) He still remembered her as the lively teenager he'd known years before.

(1) a good-looking man/couple
(2) She's strikingly good-looking.
(3) Cassandra noticed him because he was good-looking.

(1) The pop singer is the idol of young people.
(2) The pop singer was mobbed by teenagers.
(3) The pop singer turned to figure in soap operas.

(1) a hugely/immensely popular singer
(2) This is one of our most popular designs.
(3) Skiing has become very popular recently.

(1) a medium-size car/business/town
(2) a man of medium height/build
(3) There are three sizes─small, medium and large.

(1) a surprised look
(2) She looked surprised when I told her.
(3) I was surprised at how quickly she agreed.

(1) My brother is much heavier than me.
(2) She was struggling with a heavy suitcase.
(3) They had employed heavies to evict shop squatters from neighbouring sites.

(1) Didn't you find her a little bit too arty?
(2) Excuse me I seem to be a little bit lost.
(3) Maybe we'll hear a little bit less noise.

(1) a mild/severe/hard winter
(2) Our house can be very cold in (the) winter .
(3) They worked on the building all through the winter.

(1) If it doesn't fit, you can always take it back.
(2) If he can't help, there's always John.
(3) As always, Polly was late for school.

(1) The cell is the unit of which all living organisms are composed.
(2) The basic unit of society is the family.
(3) The game's selling price was $15 per unit.

(1) long-haired
(2) a chilling tale that will make your hair stand on end
(3) dark-haired

(1) a warm breeze
(2) Wash the blouse in warm soapy water.
(3) It's nice and warm in here.

(1) If you have long curly hair, don't shave it off.
(2) The wrong shampoo can leave curly hair in a tangled mess.
(3) Dry curly hair naturally for maximum curl and shine.

(1) brown eyes
(2) brown bread
(3) dark brown shoe polish

(1) She rang the bell and waited.
(2) Have you been waiting long?
(3) I've been waiting (for) twenty minutes.

(1) nobody knew what to say.
(2) She rose from being a nobody to become a superstar.
(3) They were shut away in a little room where nobody could overhear...

(1) cuddly/soft toys
(2) The children were playing happily with their toys.
(3) executive toys

(1) hot/cold/wet/fine/summer/windy, etc. weather
(2) Did you have good weather on your trip?
(3) I'm not going out in this weather!