1. You may be interested to know that we are holding a ________ in the centre of our town this weekend.

2. The theme of the second film is quite simply a ________ of the first.

3. The delay in ________ the film to the general public was because certain scenes were considered tasteless.

4. The fans outside the cinema on the first showing of the film were unwilling to ________ until all the stars had gone home.

5. Shortly after he was dismissed from the firm he decided to ________ himself up in his own business.

6. We want people to live in harmony with each other and to settle ________ amicably.

7. They tried very hard to install the new components on the computer but the language in the manual was too ________ for them to understand.

8. The critics ________ to praise the work of this director whatever films he makes.

9. Laptop computers are becoming more and more ________ in the business world.

10. Despite all the alterations that are taking place in the department store, the management wanted to explain it was business as ________ .