(1) very small
(2) very quickly
(3) very few people know that.

(1) He took his son Christopher to the zoo.
(2) ...the penguin pool at London zoo.
(3) How can I get to the zoo?

(1) My doctor has forbidden me sugar.
(2) Lack of space forbids further treatment of the topic here.
(3) ‘Maybe you'll end up as a lawyer, like me. ’ ‘God forbid! ’

(1) to ask/answer a question
(2) question 3 was very difficult.
(3) In the exam there's sure to be a question on energy.

(1) Worldwide sales reached 2.5 billion.
(2) half a billion dollars
(3) They have spent billions on the problem (= billions of dollars, etc.) .

(1) I've looked everywhere.
(2) He follows me everywhere.
(3) We'll have to eat here─ everywhere else is full.

(1) the departure lounge
(2) the television lounge
(3) Several students were lounging around, reading newspapers.

(1) He inched his way through the narrow passage.
(2) I inched the car forward.
(3) She moved forward, inching towards the rope.

(1) ‘Are you going to come? ’ ‘perhaps. I'll see how I feel. ’
(2) perhaps he's forgotten.
(3) This is perhaps his best novel to date.

(1) The bride belongs to the bridegroom.
(2) To the bridegroom: Are you willing to be this woman's husband , for better or worse?
(3) The bridegroom and the best man wore white carnations in their buttonholes.

(1) The marriage ended in divorce in 1996.
(2) an increase in the divorce rate (= the number of divorces in a year)
(3) They have agreed to get a divorce .

(1) She moved the sheaf of papers into position...
(2) You can move the camera both vertically and horizontally...
(3) She waited for him to get up, but he didn't move...

(1) Dirty streets and homelessness are no advertisement for a prosperous society.
(2) Put an advertisement in the local paper to sell your car.
(3) Miss Parrish recently placed an advertisement in the local newspaper.

(1) The teacher walked around inspecting their work.
(2) The plants are regularly inspected for disease.
(3) Make sure you inspect the goods before signing for them.

(1) to go up/rise/increase in value
(2) to go down/fall/drop in value
(3) rising property values

(1) right-wing policies
(2) ...a right-wing government...
(3) Liberals say the paper is too right-wing.

(1) the base of a column/glass
(2) a pain at the base of the spine
(3) The lamp has a heavy base.

(1) I went for a run there, keeping an eye on the children the whole time...
(2) ...a very simple punishment code based on an-eye-for-an-eye.
(3) Here, massive dunes stretched in every direction as far as the eye could see...

(1) There are two collections a day from this letter - box.
(2) With the help of the postman, Tom went out of the letter - box.
(3) Post the letter through the slit in the letter box.

(1) She's forever going on about how poor they are.
(2) I'll love you forever!
(3) After her death, their lives changed forever.

(1) The project will require very little work to start up; that's the beauty of it .
(2) One of the beauties of living here is that it's so peaceful.
(3) beauty products/treatment (= intended to make a person more beautiful)

(1) Cotton clothing allows your skin to breathe.
(2) Her performance breathed wit and charm.
(3) His illness is a result of breathing in paint fumes over many years.

(1) a member of staff/society/the family
(2) characteristics common to all members of the species
(3) party/union members

(1) a grain of rice
(2) boiled/steamed/fried rice
(3) long-/short-grain rice

(1) We grew up in the same neighbourhood.
(2) a poor/quiet/residential neighbourhood
(3) Manhattan is divided into distinct neighborhoods.

(1) a buffet lunch/supper
(2) Dinner will be a cold buffet, not a sit-down meal.
(3) to be buffeted by the wind

(1) You can ask for help whenever you need it.
(2) whenever she comes, she brings a friend.
(3) The roof leaks whenever it rains.

(1) religious beliefs/faith
(2) religious education (= education about religion)
(3) religious instruction (= instruction in a particular religion)

(1) all living things
(2) living organisms
(3) the finest living pianist

(1) the ambulance service
(2) ambulance staff
(3) Call an ambulance!

(1) She tried to stop herself from crying out.
(2) to cry out in fear/alarm/pain
(3) She cried out for help.

(1) She laid the baby down gently on the bed.
(2) He laid a hand on my arm.
(3) The horse laid back its ears.

(1) a cup of hot sweet tea
(2) sweet food
(3) I had a craving for something sweet.

(1) delicately balanced flavours
(2) a delicate problem
(3) The delicate surgical operation took five hours.

(1) simply add hot water and stir.
(2) The runway is simply a strip of grass.
(3) Fame is often simply a matter of being in the right place at the right time.

(1) cat food
(2) the big cats (= lions , tigers , etc.)
(3) He thinks he's the cat's whiskers (= he has a high opinion of himself) .

(1) Don't come near me...
(2) Her children went back every year to stay in a farmhouse near the cottage...
(3) After the war, The House of Hardie came near to bankruptcy...

(1) a bird's nest with two eggs in it
(2) a species of bird
(3) The area has a wealth of bird life.

(1) It'seems to have been invented by the American astronomer David Rittenhouse in about 1785.
(2) Make much mathematician, physicist, astronomer wait to be enrolled to enter Microsoft.
(3) According to a Cornell astronomer, it's just rock formation.