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

2. She was very enthusiastic about her new job and was making rapid progress ________ nobody's business.

3. I really wouldn't joke about it because these people are deadly serious and ________ business.

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

5. You shouldn't really have any difficulties with the work they're doing as it's very basic in fact you could call it ________ stuff.

6. 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.

7. He didn't hesitate to tell me that I wasn't wanted and just told me to ________ my own business.

8. He'd carefully avoided having any alcohol until he was twenty-five and then he had a small drop of the ________ stuff.

9. It's quite clear she's studied the subject very thoroughly and when she lectured, you could tell she ________ her stuff.

10. You know the kind of things politicians talk about: health care, education, welfare and stuff ________ that.