1. It came as a great shock to him when he heard the news and quite ________ the stuffing out of him for days.

2. The whole site has nothing but offices and administration centres and that's why we call it a business ________ .

3. She did write one or two novels but she is best known for her excellent ________ stories.

4. That's really not my concern at all and I'm certainly not ________ the business of telling others what to do.

5. This is the really important part of the machine and that's why we call it the business ________ .

6. He was very keen that we kept in touch and for that reason he handed me his business ________ .

7. In early civilisations it was the story ________ to whom everyone went to hear what had happened in the past.

8. I'm afraid it won't be possible to talk to the boss today because he's away ________ business till Tuesday.

9. I have high ________ that we will succeed with our project in view of all the interest we have received.

10. It was a bit of a ________ story really because she told us how her boyfriend had left her, she'd lost her job and she had nowhere to live.