1. I apologized for what seemed like a deliberate act of rudeness but I explained that it had been purely accidental and an ________ action on my part.

2. Before she knew what had happened a man suddenly fell on her ________ across and stealing her handbag.

3. Henry: No, I'm going to carry on as usual. Think of the advantage it would give my ________ if I were out of the campaign even for one day.

4. At half past eight Henry was in conference with his election agent, Andrew Higgins, at party headquarters.Andrew: If you want my opinion, I suggest you cancel all your engagements for today and wait until the police get to the ________ of the matter.

5. They have decided to ________ a line in the sand and start all over again.

6. In order to get children to go to sleep, parents sometimes say that the sand ________ will soon come and put sand in their eyes.

7. There was absolutely no question about it he was the ________ idiot such as you'd find in one of those old farces.

8. It runs into millions and millions almost as many as the ________ of sand you can see on this beach.

9. I find these mathematical puzzles too ________ and prefer the more straightforward type.

10. Andrew: What did the man sound like? Did you recognize his voice?Henry: No, I was half asleep.His voice wasn't familiar but he sounded quite pleasant. He didn't seem to be ________ me.