Ways of speaking

Fill the gaps with the words in the table.

1. Any chance we could have a brief …….. before the meeting this afternoon?

2. I hops she will finally understand if I drop enough …………..

3. Peter has to ……. the truth at least.

4. I was always a bit nervous when I ……… in public.

5. This is a ……………, let’s go to a more private place.

6. After dinner, everyone was just sitting around …………. funny stories about Bill and Jane.

7. This is a secret, so I have to speak ………….

8. Hugh was glad the others ……… the subject finally.

9. My secretary is …………… bitterly that she has to do Christa’s work too all the time.

10. Ada gave me her ………. that she wouldn’t climb on a tree anymore.

11. Lena is only five years old, but she practices telling ……….. all the time.

12. David didn’t want to change the ……….., although I had told him before the meeting to be more careful.

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1-chat, 2-hints, 3-tell, 4-spoke, 5-delicate subject, 6-sharing, 7-off the record, 8-raised, 9-complaining, 10- word, 11-jokes, 12-subject