1. He simply thinks to himself: I live in a small village by a little stream and ________ this time of year lots of creatures start to wake up and make a lot of noise.

2. Andrew worried about the weather, the state of the pound, his health, the cost of ________ and once he even worried because he thought he wasn't worrying enough.

3. But Cathy had made up her ________ and the next morning wham bam (very quickly) she caught the early train and went off to the rally.

4. But as far ________ Cathy was concerned, he was the bee's knees (someone to admire) and when she left school, she went to work as his assistant in the Society for the Protection of Animals.

5. In London, which ________ on the river Thames, people make a lot of noise all the time.

6. And if she was really ________ with herself she was beginning to have a teenie weenie (very small) feeling of doubt as to whether she was doing the right thing.

7. But as soon as she reached the meeting point for the rally, there was no time for day ________ .

8. and announced what she thought was a cheerful earful (a good piece of news) and that was she had been invited to attend a ________ in the capital.

9. At the beginning it was a bit harum scarum (disorganised) and people were running higgledy piggledy (in different and chaotic directions) but soon everything ________ down,

10. It was in the spring when leaves appear on trees and nature prepares herself for renewal. Other things happen too people ________ in love.