#1. The _______ of things was that he was sacked from a job that he had held for over twenty years.
#2. I'm looking forward to meeting your new boss — you've been _______ his praises ever since he arrived.
#3. I'm afraid that argument really doesn't hold _______
#4. I'd like to _______ my argument with an anecdote whose significance will soon become apparent.
#5. It was a close _______ but we just made it to the airport on time for our flight.
#6. I'm afraid we got our _______ crossed — I thought my husband would be picking up the children and he thought I was doing it.
#7. What do you _______ as the main issues affecting the situation?
#8. One of the most powerful pressure groups in the country is the road and car _______, which opposes any legislation that will increase taxes specifically for them.
#9. The weather is going to change soon — I can feel it in my _______ .
#10. The boys ran out of the old man's garden when he _______ his fist and shook his stick at them.
