1. The reporter had got it ________ wrong because he found his ticket and he wasn't 'fined', he was simply 'fine'.

2. This piece of information was discovered by one keen local reporter and was ________ up out of all proportion by the national press.

3. There was even talk that incidents like this one could ________ the Government.

4. Apparently when he was still at school, he didn't have a ticket for his train journey one day and he was ________ .

5. Then the final result is announced that there is to be a ________ between EASISHOP and GOSHOP, which will then become a super supermarket.

6. If this relative is also your wife, then things become even more disastrous because it could end in ________ .

7. Building Societies currently find themselves in a ________ situation because they try to please the savers and also the borrowers and yet one group is always going to lose.

8. In my ________ none of this happened all I did was shout and scream, which made me feel better.

9. The problem is that if your learner doesn't understand, you can both end up in the ________ .

10. Big discussions take place in the area as to whether a supermarket will come to the area and waiting for the outcome can be quite ________ for the small shop owner.