1. The situation is more ________ if the learner is a member of your family.

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

3. This is all very disappointing for the ________ house buyer who doesn't really know what's going to happen next and how much the interest rate will be.

4. At least that's what he thought until the press started trying to ________ up something about his past.

5. Our poor potential buyer reads the papers, watches the television news and gets excited at the prospect of another meeting of the financiers but in the end nothing of ________ comes of it all.

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

7. The only ________ to me is as they were successful on the first attempt, how come some years before it had taken me four tries!

8. 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.

9. Teaching someone to drive is one of the ________ experiences you can have.

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