1. The other advantage of this particular service is that by and large the trains are ________ .

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

3. Mind you the cost of travel is very high and ________ went up again last month.

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

5. It was necessary to telephone ________ enquiries before we could get the number to ring up the railway station.

6. He may seem very angry but don't worry his ________ is worse than his bite.

7. It must have come as a great shock to get the sack but I'm afraid you'll just have to accept it and bite 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 the reporters of the war were issued ________ bulletproof jackets to give them better protection.

10. We panicked when we got near the house because we could see smoke issuing ________ the top bedroom window.