(1) a talk-show host
(2) Television talk show host Oprah Winfrey is third with 8 %.
(3) The TV channel was broadcasting a boring talk show.

(1) I've spent all my money already.
(2) She spent £100 on a new dress.
(3) The company has spent thousands of pounds updating their computer systems.

(1) a folk/love/pop, etc. song
(2) We sang a song together.
(3) The story is told through song and dance.

(1) There is a toilet in the hutong across the road.
(2) Finding the restaurant is easy. It is right outside my hutong.
(3) Please arrive departure point on time and show your hutong ticket.

(1) Stop talking and listen!
(2) He was too distressed to talk...
(3) A teacher reprimanded a girl for talking in class...

(1) Who do you think will get (the) most votes?
(2) She had the most money of all of them.
(3) I spent most time on the first question.

(1) Let's return to camp.
(2) to pitch/make camp (= put up tents)
(3) to break camp (= to take down tents)

(1) regular breathing
(2) a regular pulse/heartbeat
(3) A light flashed at regular intervals .

(1) He has brought much of the present crisis on himself...
(2) ...the government's present economic difficulties...
(3) ...his struggle to reconcile the past with the present.

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

(1) the four corners of a square
(2) Write your address in the top right-hand corner of the letter.
(3) I hit my knee on the corner of the table.

(1) crowded streets
(2) a crowded bar
(3) In the spring the place is crowded with skiers.

(1) Just say yes or no.
(2) ‘Are you ready? ’ ‘no, I'm not. ’
(3) Sorry, the answer's no.

(1) Clint is awful smart.
(2) the awful horrors of war
(3) [不可数名词]the sheer awfulness of the situation

(1) They arrived yesterday.
(2) I can remember our wedding as if it were yesterday.
(3) Where were you yesterday morning?

(1) Can I make a suggestion ?
(2) Do you have any suggestions ?
(3) I'd like to hear your suggestions for ways of raising money.

(1) Stop messing about , boys ! I'm trying to do some reading.
(2) I would rather do some reading at home than go shopping with them.
(3) Dont idle away your time; do some reading or something.

(1) a chain/range of mountains
(2) to climb a mountain
(3) We spent a week walking in the mountains .

(1) I remarked that I would go shopping that afternoon.
(2) All you ever want to do is go shopping!
(3) She could go shopping, and wax her legs.

(1) irregular teeth
(2) an irregular outline
(3) irregular meals

(1) ...Harlem Park middle school...
(2) They recall the good buddies they used to have in middle school.
(3) He used to be a middle school teacher and official of autonomy state government.

(1) It was decided (that) the school should purchase new software.
(2) The case will be decided by a jury.
(3) The Appeal Court decided in their favour .

(1) She sat and stared at the letter in front of her.
(2) May I sit here?
(3) Just sit still!

(1) the theory and practice of teaching
(2) She's determined to put her new ideas into practice .
(3) common/current/standard practice

(1) Try to support each other when one of you is feeling down...
(2) I have been down since the injury happened...
(3) That's down to pure hard work.

(1) the central area of the brain
(2) The flat is very central─just five minutes from Princes Street.
(3) a central location

(1) to stay in bed
(2) ‘Do you want a drink? ’ ‘No, thanks, I can't stay. ’
(3) stay there and don't move!

(1) Would you like to go for a walk with us?
(2) Let's go for a walk and give our minds a rest.
(3) It would be better to go for a walk than stay at home all alone.

(1) a lake with an island in the middle
(2) He was standing in the middle of the room.
(3) The phone rang in the middle of the night.

(1) in past years/centuries/ages
(2) in times past
(3) The time for discussion is past.

(1) Two boys were in the street, tossing a baseball back and forth.
(2) I'm a few miles back from the border...
(3) Her hair was tied back...

(1) She went to visit relatives in Wales.
(2) The Prime Minister is visiting Japan at the moment.
(3) You should visit your dentist at least twice a year.

(1) The streets of new york city are numbered in consecutive order.
(2) He worked mainly in new york city where living space is notoriously at a premium.
(3) He traded a job in new york city for the life of a cowboy.

(1) You can have my ticket...
(2) When the police came, Larry had him by the ear and was beating his head against the pavement.
(3) The bridge is not as impressive as some guides would have you believe...

(1) cheap perfume/jewellery/shoes
(2) I was tired of his cheap jokes at my expense.
(3) He's just a cheap crook.

(1) I recall: Which classmate have these initial consonant following in being surnamed?
(2) He made a profession of friendship to his classmate Mary.
(3) The boy standing there a classmate of mine.

(1) human/physical/economic/social geography
(2) a geography lesson/department/teacher/textbook
(3) a degree in geography

(1) Who cooked this? It's delicious.
(2) the delicious coolness of the breeze
(3) deliciously creamy soup

(1) an IQ/intelligence/aptitude test
(2) to take a test
(3) (British English)to do a test