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

(1) an airmail/padded/prepaid envelope
(2) writing paper and envelopes
(3) There's a valuable place for fashion and design that pushes the envelope a bit...

(1) This room is twice the length of the kitchen.
(2) The river is 300 miles in length .
(3) The snake usually reaches a length of 100 cm.

(1) traditional dress
(2) It's traditional in America to eat turkey on Thanksgiving Day.
(3) traditional methods of teaching

(1) They compared how these organisms behaved when left in contact with different materials.
(2) Never apply water to a burn from an electric shock while the casualty is still in contact with the electric current.
(3) The disc with the film is put in contact with the tissue.

(1) to remain silent/standing/seated/motionless
(2) Train fares are likely to remain unchanged.
(3) It remains true that sport is about competing well, not winning.

(1) The first arrivals at the concert got the best seats.
(2) early/late/new arrivals
(3) We're expecting a new arrival (= a baby) in the family soon.

(1) It is one of the great unsolved mysteries of this century.
(2) Their motives remain a mystery.
(3) It's a complete mystery to me why they chose him.

(1) This year the airline will be hard-pressed to make a profit.
(2) His purpose was to make a profit by improving the company's performance.
(3) We can't undertake that you will make a profit.

(1) nowadays most kids prefer watching TV to reading.
(2) nowadays it's acceptable for women to be ambitious. But it wasn't then...
(3) I don't see much of Tony nowadays.

(1) Repairs to the cable did not take too long...
(2) Have you known her parents long?...
(3) We had a long meeting with the attorney general...

(1) She works in a bank. She did when I last saw her, anyway.
(2) It's too expensive and anyway the colour doesn't suit you.
(3) It's too late now, anyway.

(1) address your application to the Personnel Manager.
(2) to address a meeting
(3) I was surprised when he addressed me in English.

(1) an extra large T-shirt
(2) She tried extra hard.
(3) to charge/pay/cost extra

(1) I know exactly how she felt.
(2) Do exactly as I tell you.
(3) It happened almost exactly a year ago.

(1) Three will not divide into eleven.
(2) According to role which its plays, may divide into the basic maxim and the concrete criterion.
(3) On greenery, M & S reckons that British consumers divide into four broad groups.

(1) marine life
(2) a marine biologist (= a scientist who studies life in the sea)
(3) ...breeding grounds for marine life.

(1) The tour included a visit to the Science Museum.
(2) Does the price include tax?
(3) Your duties include typing letters and answering the telephone.

(1) This title will only pass down through the male line.
(2) However, even solid foods will pass down the tube with the aid of gravity.
(3) pass down the lift, please!

(1) But they can be worth doing.

(1) How much do you weigh (= how heavy are you) ?
(2) She weighs 60 kilos.
(3) These cases weigh a ton (= are very heavy) .

(1) Winter in Minnesota is extremely cold, but after a while you will get used to it.
(2) IF YOU live in San Francisco you get used to the tremors.
(3) You don't like ( all the changes and adjustments ). But you get used to it.

(1) online content providers
(2) Not content with stealing my boyfriend (= not thinking that this was enough) , she has turned all my friends against me.
(3) He seemed more content, less bitter.

(1) a substantial/significant portion of the population
(2) Only a small portion of the budget is spent on books.
(3) The central portion of the bridge collapsed.

(1) The incident sparked off a whole series of events that nobody had foreseen.
(2) the latest in a series of articles on the nature of modern society
(3) the World series (= in baseball )

(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) A constituent ( element or compound ) of an alloy, which may be used to specify its composition.
(2) These presses will be used to process animal feed agriculture use.
(3) This allows a safer use mode and it can be used to detect programming errors.

(1) current prices
(2) a budget for the current year
(3) your current employer

(1) If I had known my life was going to turn out like this, I would have let them kill me...
(2) Sometimes things don't turn out the way we think they're going to...
(3) It's turned out nice again.

(1) Players should be allowed to earn money from advertising.
(2) I was old enough to work and earn money.
(3) A man has a duty to earn money for his family.

(1) These stupas consist of Mandala with five Buddhas.
(2) It is unimaginative, flat, dry and likely to consist of mere wind.
(3) Batteries consist of two different metals suspended in an acidic solution.

(1) Some of them even prefer it to Guilin.
(2) I will run you in if the bus isn't going into the town because of the snow today.
(3) because of the coldness of the weather we stayed indoors.

(1) methods of income generation
(2) the generation of electricity
(3) a new generation of vehicle

(1) It is about 76 kilos in weight .
(2) Bananas are sold by weight.
(3) In the wild, this fish can reach a weight of 5lbs.

(1) Eating in East Berlin used to be a hazardous and joyless experience.
(2) "He used to be so handsome." — "And now?"
(3) Poverty is less of a problem now than it used to be.

(1) The doctor examined her but could find nothing wrong.
(2) The students will be examined in all subjects at the end of term.
(3) You are only being examined on this semester's work.

(1) They couldn't find work or make money in the cities.
(2) I think every business's goal is to make money.
(3) to make money on the stock market

(1) The project is still causing him a lot of problems.
(2) The poor harvest caused prices to rise sharply.
(3) deaths caused by dangerous driving

(1) hand/eye movements
(2) She observed the gentle movement of his chest as he breathed.
(3) Loose clothing gives you greater freedom of movement.

(1) Tenants remain liable if they pass on their lease.
(2) He has written a note asking me to pass on his thanks.
(3) I think I'll pass on the hiking next time.