1. 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.

2. What her mother and father ________ to most was the endless tittle tattle (gossip) in the village about a young woman working for this hot shot (well known entrepreneur),

3. 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,

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

5. In fact because he had refused to kow tow to (accept without question) some of the official regulations, he had been forced to take ________ retirement.

6. As it drew near she found she was asking herself ________ whether she had done the right thing. She looked at the horse and it was actually nodding its head and she could have sworn it said okie dokie (all right).

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. As far as he was concerned this would be a ________ of time because the speakers at the rally would just talk mumbo jumbo (nonsense).

10. From a very early age Cathy had been passionate ________ animals.