Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence.

1. Poor Mary! She has so much to cope ________.

2. Before you take on the job, will you give me a rough ________ of how much it will cost?

3. You will have to ________ your holiday if you are too ill to travel.

4. Mr Browning had always liked the sea ________ they moved to the South Coast.

5. It was ________ that they decided to go mountain-climbing.

6. I took that faulty kettle back to the shop where I'd bought it and asked the ________ if they would change it for me.

7. You will spend at least one year working abroad ________ you can find out how things operate overseas.

8. So ________ people came to the theatre that they had to cancel the performance.

9. This is not the right ________ to ask for my help; I am far too busy even to listen!

10. The ________ of the four workers led to a series of industrial troubles.

11. It usually takes a little while to ________ in a new flat.

12. The new play at the National Theatre is well worth ________.

13. If you don't know what the words means, why don't you look it ________ the dictionary?

14. The bank ________ planned to escape in a stolen car.

15. Do you mean to say you have never heard ________ Beethoven?

16. Do you really believe in the ________ of the evil eye?

17. I don't believe a word you're saying. I think you've made the whole thing ________.

18. She wanted to borrow the record ________ me but she was shy of asking.

19. Although he seemed convincing, I was somewhat suspicious ________ his over-confident manner.

20. We went to the railway station to ________ our friends ________.