(1) The journey soon became tedious.
(2) We had to listen to the tedious details of his operation.
(3) Such lists are long and tedious to read.

(1) He can't bear to be laughed at.
(2) Her later work does not bear comparison with her earlier novels (= because it is not nearly as good) .
(3) The pain was almost more than he could bear.

(1) We could feel the vibrations from the trucks passing outside.
(2) a reduction in the level of vibration in the engine
(3) The ground shook and the cliffs seemed to vibrate...

(1) The South african mailboat arrived on Friday mornings unless bad weather intervened.
(2) The South african president has negotiated an end to white-minority rule.
(3) The South african years were his most creative period.

(1) And Moses let his father in law departand he went his way into his own land.

(1) His teachers are full of praise for the progress he's making.
(2) She wrote poems in praise of freedom.
(3) His latest movie has won high praise from the critics.

(1) a reliable/effective/scientific method of data analysis
(2) a new method of solving the problem
(3) traditional/alternative methods

(1) whoever says that is a liar.
(2) Send it to whoever is in charge of sales.
(3) Come out of there, whoever you are.

(1) How can you tell what sex a fish is?
(2) a process that allows couples to choose the sex of their baby
(3) Please indicate your sex and date of birth below.

(1) to have good/bad/poor eyesight
(2) an eyesight test
(3) He suffered from poor eyesight and could no longer read properly.

(1) There is, in addition, one further point to make.
(2) Pasta's basic ingredients are flour and water, sometimes with the addition of eggs or oil.
(3) In addition to these arrangements, extra ambulances will be on duty until midnight.

(1) We interviewed each individual member of the community.
(2) The minister refused to comment on individual cases.
(3) respect for individual freedom

(1) He was confirmed as a member of the Church of england.
(2) He was headmaster of a public school in the West of england.
(3) After the pain of defeat passes, england have some thinking to do.

(1) to guarantee a bank loan
(2) You can guarantee (that) the children will start being naughty as soon as they have to go to bed.
(3) These days getting a degree doesn't guarantee you a job.

(1) You are capable of better work than this.
(2) She's a very capable teacher.
(3) I'll leave the organization in your capable hands.

(1) narrow streets
(2) a narrow bed/doorway/shelf
(3) narrow shoulders/hips

(1) sadly, after eight years of marriage they had grown apart.
(2) She shook her head sadly.
(3) She will be sadly missed.

(1) Have you hurt yourself?
(2) You don't seem quite yourself today (= you do not seem well or do not seem as happy as usual) .
(3) Enjoy yourselves!

(1) to have a quick/sharp/dry/ready wit
(2) a woman of wit and intelligence
(3) a book full of the wit and wisdom of his 30 years in politics

(1) communist ideology
(2) a communist country/government/leader
(3) ...the communist Party.

(1) a skilled engineer/negotiator/craftsman
(2) She is highly skilled at dealing with difficult customers.
(3) a shortage of skilled labour (= people who have had training in a skill)

(1) an artificial limb
(2) For a while, she lost the use of her limbs.
(3) long-limbed

(1) The explosion completely destroyed the building.
(2) I've completely forgotten her name.
(3) completely and utterly broke

(1) The factory's emergency generators were used during the power cut.
(2) a wind generator (= a machine that uses the power of the wind to produce electricity)
(3) The museum uses smells and smoke generators to create atmosphere.

(1) to take/have a glance at the newspaper headlines
(2) a cursory/brief/casual/furtive glance
(3) The sisters exchanged glances (= looked at each other) .

(1) captive animals
(2) They were taken captive by masked gunmen.
(3) captive breeding (= the catching and breeding of wild animals)

(1) a minimum charge/price
(2) the minimum age for retirement
(3) The work was done with the minimum amount of effort.

(1) Choose curtains that blend in with your decor.
(2) The thieves soon blended in with the crowd and got away.
(3) Beat the butter and sugar; then blend in the egg.

(1) the royal family
(2) the royal household
(3) the royal Navy

(1) He's still recovering from his operation.
(2) It can take many years to recover from the death of a loved one.
(3) The economy is at last beginning to recover.

(1) She looked desperately around for a weapon.
(2) They desperately wanted a child.
(3) I was absolutely desperate to see her.

(1) Allow sufficient time to get there.
(2) These reasons are not sufficient to justify the ban.
(3) Is £100 sufficient for your expenses?

(1) The land to the north-east fell away into meadows.
(2) The north-east, with 60 million people, is the most densely populated part of the United States...
(3) They're all from Newcastle in the North East of England.

(1) prolonged exposure to harmful radiation
(2) (finance 财)the company's exposure on the foreign exchange markets (= to the risk of making financial losses)
(3) exposure as a liar and a fraud

(1) We should take some comfort from the ability of the judicial system to fight back against corruption.
(2) The teenage attackers fled when the two men fought back...
(3) He is still fighting for his life in hospital.

(1) Aren't you forgetting something? (= I think you have forgotten to do sth)
(2) Try to forget about what happened.
(3) Could you possibly forget about work for five minutes?

(1) He admired his reflection in the mirror.
(2) Your clothes are often a reflection of your personality.
(3) The increase in crime is a sad reflection on (= shows sth bad about) our society today.

(1) an audience with the Pope
(2) The target audience for this advertisement was mainly teenagers.
(3) His book reached an even wider audience when it was made into a movie.

(1) the introduction of new manufacturing methods
(2) the introduction of compulsory military service
(3) the 1 000th anniversary of the introduction of Christianity to Russia

(1) naturally, I get upset when things go wrong.
(2) After a while, we naturally started talking about the children.
(3) ‘Did you complain about the noise? ’ ‘naturally. ’