(1) The plane was spinning out of control.
(2) a spinning ice skater
(3) My head is spinning (= I feel as if my head is going around and I can't balance) .

(1) to work for a business/political/voluntary organization
(2) the World Health organization
(3) He's the president of a large international organization.

(1) This young man is wearing a limp grey sweater.
(2) Ann, put on your sweater; you're so cold you have gooseflesh on your arms.
(3) She is good at knitting a sweater.

(1) In case the tax payer has more category of income, state them separately.

(1) There used to be a telephone box on the corner of the street.
(2) There is a telephone box on the corner.
(3) Scotland's most famous telephone box is still a lure for visitors.

(1) His invention was not commercially successful.
(2) The product is not yet commercially available.
(3) Their more recent music is far too commercial.

(1) There are excellent facilities for sport and recreation.
(2) I'm not interested in sport.
(3) the use of drugs in sport

(1) Buying a house can be a very tiresome business.
(2) The children were being very tiresome.
(3) ...the tiresome old lady next door...

(1) She's a wonderful singer.
(2) an opera singer
(3) My mother was a singer in a dance band.

(1) I'm not used to eating so much at lunchtime.
(2) I found the job tiring at first but I soon got used to it.
(3) used cars

(1) Colin had been put into a bath and been scrubbed from head to foot.
(2) Living with my parents is doing my head in.
(3) Ethiopia, for instance uses the equivalent of just twenty kilos of oil per head a year.

(1) You can contact us by e-mail...
(2) Do you want to send an e-mail?...
(3) Jamie e-mailed me to say he couldn't come...

(1) poor/dry/acid/sandy/fertile, etc. soil
(2) the study of rocks and soils
(3) soil erosion

(1) peasant farmers
(2) ...the peasants in the Peruvian highlands...
(3) Chinese peasants farm their own plots.

(1) Once the skyscraper were in sight, I knew I was near the city.
(2) The skyscraper dwarfed all of the surrounding buildings.
(3) The skyscraper stands 500 feet.

(1) I lost my umbrella, but claimed it at the lost property office.

(1) How do you spell your surname?
(2) I thought her name was Catherine, but it's Kathryn spelt with a ‘K ’.
(3) I've never been able to spell.

(1) Which way is south?
(2) warmer weather coming from the south
(3) He lives to the south of (= further south than) the city.

(1) Their house is very similar to ours, but ours is bigger.
(2) No, those are Ellie's kids. ours are upstairs.
(3) He's a friend of ours.

(1) ok. Now, let's talk some business.
(2) His doctor wouldn't ok the trip.
(3) I shouted out "I'm ok"

(1) The rain prevented them from eating outdoors.
(2) They both have a love of the outdoors.
(3) Come to Canada and enjoy the great outdoors .

(1) When you want to skip you use a skipping rope.
(2) I like to play with my doll and my skipping rope.
(3) Jump - ropes. skipping rope can be a great cardiovascular workout.

(1) He's a really successful man─you can't argue with that.
(2) He was too tired to argue the point (= discuss the matter) .
(3) a well-argued article

(1) pale pink roses
(2) She went bright pink with embarrassment.
(3) the pink pound (= money spent by homosexuals as an influence in the economy)

(1) What a splendid idea!
(2) We've all had a splendid time.
(3) splendid scenery

(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) The old age of an eagle is Better than the youth of a sparrow.
(2) The sparrow whizzed up into a tree.
(3) Jack sparrow : And that was without a single drop of rum!

(1) ...the sixth round of the World Cup.
(2) ...the sixth of December.
(3) The company yesterday shed a sixth of its workforce.

(1) Her voice awoke the sleeping child.
(2) His speech is bound to awake old fears and hostilities.
(3) It took her some time to awake to the dangers of her situation.

(1) after an hour I went home (= when an hour had passed) .
(2) after winning the prize she became famous overnight.
(3) They arrived shortly after 5.

(1) a simple solution
(2) The answer is really quite simple.
(3) This machine is very simple to use.

(1) a relevant suggestion/question/point
(2) These comments are not directly relevant to this enquiry.
(3) Do you have the relevant experience?

(1) They were photographed separately and then as a group.
(2) Last year's figures are shown separately.
(3) Cook each vegetable separately until just tender...

(1) She still owes her father £3 000.
(2) She still owes £3 000 to her father.
(3) The country owes billions of dollars to foreign creditors.

(1) ...a book that takes on the feel of an epic.
(2) I felt for my wallet and papers in my inside pocket...
(3) She felt something being pressed into her hands...

(1) Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.
(2) I have $100m hidden away where no one will ever find it.
(3) The room was quiet; no one volunteered any further information.

(1) She began to cry.
(2) It was beginning to snow.
(3) I was beginning to think you'd never come.

(1) a federal republic
(2) a federal law
(3) state and federal income taxes

(1) ouch! That hurt!
(2) She was barefoot and stones dug into her feet. 'ouch, ouch,' she cried.
(3) ouch, you stepped on my foot.