1. In view of the way things have improved I now feel confident enough to have another bite at the ________ .

2. Although many people wanted to remain ________ to her predecessor, they soon started to respect her style of managment.

3. We thought it was a good idea to take some sandwiches with us so that we'd have something to eat for the ________ of the journey.

4. I think he'll succeed but it's a lot of work and sometimes he feels he's bitten off more than he can ________ .

5. I know she would really like to say exactly what she feels but I believe she should bite her ________ .

6. Employees were beginning to receive ________ for the hard work that they had been doing.

7. My advice to you is to resist saying anything at the moment and simply bite your ________ .

8. There was a new spirit in the company and for the first time in ages staff at last felt they were being ________ .

9. The value of one of the early copies of that book can be considerable if it happens to be a ________ issue.

10. It soon became apparent that under the new management people were also starting to ________ some of their free time to the company.