1. Cathy didn't believe any of this and was delighted to be working for Geoffrey Winton if for no other ________ than that living at home was very humdrum (boring).

2. She soon got to know one of the local big wigs (important people) in a local organisation ________ at stopping cruelty to animals.

3. 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.

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. The rest of the organisation thought that she and Winton were a dream team (ideal partners) because she was enthusiastic and he was very ________ .

6. A police officer on horseback was ________ the crowds and she found herself being gently moved by the horse.

7. He had been in his hey day (at his most successful time) an important ________ in a government department for agriculture.

8. But then there are those who are never happy unless they have a problem to ________ .

9. Her parents however were not at all pleased ________ where she had decided to work.

10. 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.