(1) He cut down on coffee and cigarettes, and ate a balanced diet...
(2) Car owners were asked to cut down travel...
(3) A vandal with a chainsaw cut down a tree.

(1) In these circumstances, it is the managers who come off best.
(2) It was a good try but it didn't quite come off.
(3) The lid won't come off accidentally , it's been fastened on.

(1) This sentence does not seem to connect with the context.
(2) If you stand on stage and share your view of the world, people will connect with you.
(3) The train is timed to connect with the ferry.

(1) Mark was out of earshot, walking ahead of them.
(2) The election was held six months ahead of schedule.
(3) The Prime Minister was speaking ahead of today's meeting.

(1) I hear she's going to sell out and move to the city.
(2) He toured for nearly two years and played 500 sell-out shows.
(3) Football games often sell out well in advance.

(1) They embraced and walked away side by side.
(2) Sue and Judy had gone side by side to the grave.
(3) Rich and poor live side by side but in conditions of extraordinary disparity.

(1) Peter starts looking through the mail as soon as the door shuts.
(2) He happened to be looking through the medical book 'Gray's Anatomy' at the time.
(3) As for doctors, when you go to see them they just look right through you.

(1) Jake wanted to wake up, but sleep held him back.
(2) You have to wake up now, baby.
(3) I nearly always wake up fresh and rested.

(1) The unknown word turned up over and over again in the text.
(2) I've asked you over and over again not to joke about religion, " answered his wife. "
(3) Making your point once is much more powerful than repeating it over and over again.

(1) He praised her role in the struggle against apartheid.
(2) DNA profiling has aided the struggle against crime.
(3) The victim put up a heroic struggle against his assailant.

(1) You can try this nail polish on your nails.
(2) Long has there been no doubt of Heaven's mandate.
(3) no doubt you are wrong.

(1) I spent lots of money on smart new outfits for work.
(2) Come on over, we've got lots of the old gang here.
(3) You see studs on lots of London front doors.

(1) Oh, Steven, by the way, I forgot - I have a gift for Peter.

(1) I'm wearing odd socks today by the way.
(2) by the way, I'm your number-one fan.
(3) The name Latifah, by the way, means "delicate"

(1) But when I climbed the haft way, I was very'tired and quite out of breath.
(2) You should exercise more, you've already out of breath after completing such a small task.
(3) She was soon out of breath.

(1) The evening party will take place on New Year's Eve.
(2) The assembly voted to delay the legislation to allow further consultation to take place.
(3) A singing meet will take place next week.

(1) We have classes every day except Sunday.
(2) We have classes in a computer lab.
(3) Anyway, do not have classes tomorrow, I read while more TV!

(1) 'Why have they gone off him now?' — 'It could be something he said.'...
(2) I started to go off the idea.
(3) A few minutes later the bomb went off, destroying the vehicle.

(1) Nichols set off for his remote farmhouse in Connecticut...
(2) The President's envoy set off on another diplomatic trip...
(3) Any escape, once it's detected, sets off the alarm...

(1) Don't stray too far from the correct path.
(2) France is far from China.
(3) The response was far from warm.

(1) A flock of birds flew towards us slowly from far away.
(2) Michael sat down as far away from her as possible.
(3) Gil downed his food wordlessly, his attention far away.

(1) He has run out of food; his children are hungry.
(2) A few of the jeeps had run out of ammunition.
(3) The performing group began well, but seemed to run out of steam halfway through the year.

(1) I shall be calling for you at seven o'clock.
(2) They angrily called for Robinson's resignation...
(3) The ceasefire resolution calls for the release of all prisoners of war.

(1) He got together a serious amount of cash and called a meeting.
(2) It'seems as though it was spring already.
(3) She dolled herself up as though she has been a girl of eighteen.

(1) The happiest are not those who own all the best things, but those who can appreciate the beauty of life.
(2) Wish him all the best, and tell him we miss him.
(3) all the best , then, Marie, and we'll see you in two weeks.

(1) They kept standing up to take pictures and point things out to each other...
(2) They'd already driven along the wharf so that she could point out her father's boat.
(3) Critics point out that the prince, on his income, should be paying tax...

(1) He was 29 when war broke out...
(2) I was in a nightclub in Brixton and a fight broke out.
(3) The two men broke out of their cells and cut through a perimeter fence.

(1) He was giving his collection away for nothing...
(2) We have six copies of the book to give away.
(3) We gave away a silly goal...

(1) Jobs I should look out for?
(2) Today, we look out on the horizon of a new century.
(3) The usher was told to look out into the audience and count noses.

(1) High interest rates do not point to a buoyant market this year.
(2) High electricity bills point to a poor heating system or bad insulation.
(3) It is stretching a point to call this censorship.

(1) We would blunt the offensive and conclude the war on honorable terms.
(2) He inherited his father's fortune and has lived like a pig in clover ever since.
(3) The girl has grown prettier than ever since I saw her a year ago.

(1) He once again raised his baton and brought in the brass.
(2) She started once again on the steep upward climb.
(3) Pregnancy wasn't all plain sailing and once again there were problems.

(1) Mr. President, when did you ever hire me to work in your school as - as a maid?
(2) To this end, Issar's journey evokes as as it resolves.
(3) All the students as as they could to win the match.

(1) Just a stone's throw away is the City Art Gallery.
(2) Your life is too valuable to throw away.
(3) I'm not advising you to throw away your makeup or forget about your appearance.

(1) She held up her hand stiffly...
(2) Hold it up so that we can see it.
(3) Mills have iron pillars all over the place holding up the roof...

(1) Mari tilted her head back so that she could look at him.
(2) He spun the steering-wheel so that we yawed from side to side.
(3) Swaddle your newborn baby so that she feels secure.