Complete:

01. I can't stand the sound of bagpipes. It sets my teeth ....................... edge.

02. Although after the accident the car was a complete write-off, he escaped ..................... a scratch.

03. I put my money in the bank ....................... safe-keeping.

04. The office supervisor in charge of a number of people had twenty people ....................... her.

05. At the seaside, the children were so .............................. themselves with excitement, they could hardly control themselves.

06. The train is ......................... time and will make me late for my appointment.

07. The country with have a million men ...................... arms is prepared for war.

08. The men in white coats said he was ....................... his head and took him away.

09. The sympathetic employer knew every one of his employees ..................... name.

10. It is worthwhile keeping those old bits of string because they could be.......................... use later.

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