Idiomy 17A

Gap-fill exercise

Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!
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A You look very upset. What’s the matter?
B Oh, I’ve just returned from Prague. You know about the project I’ve been working on for the last four months. Well, as you know, we have applied for a government grant. We complied with all the requirements, but now, the movers and have changed the rules and we have to do it all over again. And we are asking for only five million crowns. That’s a drop in the for them.
A I don’t understand why there is so much red . If businesses were run by people like that, they would go bankrupt pretty soon. Don’t the bastards grind you down.
B Well, I am pretty much running out of . Maybe the management had better send there some smooth operator who would be able to deal with all that bureaucracy.