A bit of Everything

1. The economy of this country is very unstable at the moment. It’s balanced on a ________ edge.

2. What you say is true, but you could have ________ it more tactfully.

3. Even a small dog in a house can ________ a thief.

4. He didn’t seem to know what was happening at all, he looked completely ________.

5. When I was turning out my cupboard I ________ this photograph of uncle Harry.

6. He was a generous friend but as a businessman he drove a hard ________.

7. There were some black-faced sheep ________ about the hillside.

8. The ________ with Charles is, he doesn’t know his own mind.

9. Oh dear. I don’t seem to have my bag, I must have ________ it in the Post Office.

10. He was so ______ in the book that he forgot all about his appointment.

11. “________ man kills the thing he loves” is a well-known saying.

12. The new magazine about car maintenance ________ tomorrow.

13. The deer is one of the shyest ________ animals in existence.

14. These figures give a rough guide to the cost of ________ your car.

15. She tied a scarf round her head to ________ her hair from the rain.

16. Although most of the children in the class were rather dull, there were one or two ________ ones.

17. Your new flat ________ me very much of the one we had in Birmingham.

18. That’s absolute nonsense; you’re talking out of the ________.