1. It was quite clear they didn't want me because I was told not to ________ to come back to work tomorrow.

2. If I were you I wouldn't buy this old house because it's not safe against .________ Anyone could easily break through these old wooden doors.

3. Henry Orpington's first ________ that day was an open-air meeting on a large housing estate at ten o'clock.

4. Don't even think of shifting the blame on me, please! It's not my ________ for what happened.

5. Without her glasses she made a ________ and filled in the wrong form.

6. My job has gone because my boss has ________ me.

7. Even nowadays ________ are still ranging the oceans and no one can feel safe against them.

8. This is private property and we are not supposed to go beyond this point because they will prosecute us as ________ .

9. I am a little afraid to go on a honeymoon holiday in this mountain because the area is notorious for the ________ who attack and rob people.

10. Andrew Higgins kept a close watch on the platform from which Henry was making his speech, while several plainclothes policemen ________ inconspicuously with the crowd.