1. She just wished that her father could ________ and be even steven (fair) about her side of the argument.

2. 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,

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

4. Now Andrew doesn't have a romantic ________ . He never looks up at the leaves starting to grow, sighs and says: 'Ah, here comes the spring!'

5. 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.

6. Towards the end of this story I give examples to show the extent of the change he ________ .

7. 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.

8. These people were not at all fuddy duddy (uninteresting) or indeed hoity toity (supercilious) and their main interest in life was to ________ that all animals were well treated.

9. 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).

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