1. As soon as the president was taken ill, the deputy had to take charge and is currently in the hot ________ now.

2. You can never tell exactly what she is thinking because she very often ________ hot and cold over some topics.

3. If you say 'I shall'then you are talking ________ .

4. They found plenty of food and decided to stop and ________ .

5. The police have set up a special hot ________ so that people can get in touch to find out about the accident.

6. The best thing I suppose is to ask him ________ .

7. Suddenly the sound of a cat meowing ________ .

8. I've just received his latest detective novel from the publisher so it's what you might call hot ________ the press.

9. The weather was perfect and the sun never ________ .

10. I want you to imagine that a man is walking ________ .