1. 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.

2. Vera: Now I hope you can see the danger of getting mixed up in politics. You and the family will probably ________ get blown up by a bomb.Henry: Don't exaggerate, Vera. I'm sure it's just a joke.

3. I was ________ this morning and had to empty my desk this afternoon.

4. No, I didn't ask the boss for more money today because he gave me one month's ________ .

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

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

7. I wouldn't call this a bad mistake, it is simply a ________ of the pen.

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

9. This deserted ship was used by ________ many years ago. They stored here the goods they had taken illegally from one country to another.

10. At lunch time he went to his sister's house to see his wife and daughters. They had spent the morning addressing envelopes for the leaflets he was sending out. His sister, Vera, thoroughly ________ of his involvement in politics.