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

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

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

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

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

(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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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.

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

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

(1) But they can be worth doing.

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

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

(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) 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) 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) 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.