Nora can be a real ___. She’s always complaining and nothing’s ever good enough for her.

The builders are driving me up the ___ with their noise and dust.

I had a(n) ___ need to leave the party. I couldn’t stay there a moment longer.

It was ___ that we couldn’t buy a ticket for the concert. We’d been looking forward to it for ages.

We were listening to a(n) ___ discussion about the meaning of life, which gave us a lot to think about.

I found it ___ that nobody wanted to help those poor animals.

You need to ___ your opponent’s strategies inside and out for this game.

Do you fancy playing a few ___ of darts? We can play best of five.

I felt the nerves ___ about twenty minutes before the start of the race.

My motivational talk will help you ___ your potential and be as successful as you possibly can.