My grandmother was a lovely person who ...... pleasure from helping others.

You were really ...... when you paid $100 for those shoes. They're not even Internet!

I can't tell you ...... the population of Prague, but there's an encyclopedia in the cupboard.

After making several bad business deals, the company was losing money hand over ......

Maggie is so moody and unpredictable. She's apt to fly off the ...... without any real cause.

A(n) ...... proportion of the population did not vote in the last elections.

When a former secret agent tried to publish his memoirs, the government had certain parts of the book ......

Benjamin Britten, the composer, is probably most ...... for his opera "Peter Grimes".

...... scientists from around the world met in London to discuss a revolutionary new drug.

Brat has, to all intents and ......, finished his degree course, with the exception of his final dissertation.

It was ...... justice for Ted to receive a parking fine when he was at the doctor's.

There are more people employed, by and ...... in the service sector than in manufacturing nowadays.

We giggled at the sight of Mrs. Brown ...... down the road in her six-inch stiletto heels.

He slammed my hand in the car door and, to add insult to ......, didn't stop to apologise.

We were on a ......-edge until the very end of the Hitchcock film.

Those stones have been here since time ......

Enjoy your "Sunwoy" cruise, safe in the ...... that everything has been taken care of.

This shoe repairer is so quick that he can sole and heel your shoes in a(n) ......

Sue spent weeks in hospital after being seriously ...... in a car crash.

When she lost her temper, she ...... the vase her ex-husband had bought her.

My neighbour has threatened to ...... over our dispute about property boundaries.

Mr. Wright is being ...... for fraud at the Old Bailey courthouse this afternoon.

As long as you have the most ...... ingredients for the recipe, you can make do without the other things.

The heavy rain lashed down ...... throughout the night without letting up.