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

2. Some of the longest serving staff actually looked ________ to coming into work.

3. As far as I'm concerned his explanation was useless as it merely ________ the issue.

4. I suppose as we live in a very rural area, we are lucky that a train service actually ________ here.

5. Turn on the television and look at the current news programme and you will find everyone discussing the ________ issue of the day.

6. I can't believe that he's turning against his own parents it's like biting the hand that ________ you.

7. I'm very sorry to tell you that your scheme has failed and it has well and truly bitten the ________ .

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

9. All you can say is that the high price is somewhat ________ by being able to get to a large city quickly.

10. They were so angry with me they practically bit my ________ off.