A bit of Everything

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. The new magazine about car maintenance ________ tomorrow.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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