The manager looked at the applicant's resume and saw that she had a lot to bring to the......... . She had considerable experience and many accomplishments.

"Can you describe the plan in broad......... , just to give us an overall idea of what you want to do?" Jim asked the presenter.

He told them that he couldn't afford to go to the concert. He had just paid for car repairs and he was now broke as a ......... .

Jim is such a brown-......... ! He spends most of his time hanging around the boss and telling her how smart she is and how all of her ideas are the best he's ever heard.

"Your idea is very good and is sure to score you some ......... points with the boss," Candy told Ernie.

"Don't try to brush it under the......... , young man. Did you think I wouldn't find out that you failed the test?" his mother asked.

His investment consultant told him that he should cash in his bonds and buy stocks since it was a(n)......... market now and the recession had passed.

"Don't be bull-......... about it, Jim. Just listen to what the man has to say. He seems to have some very good points that even you might agree with," his wife said.

"We will have to plan a baby shower for Jennifer. Oh, you didn't hear? She has a bun in the ......... ," Kathy said to Lisa.

After hearing a tapping on her window late at night, she couldn't go back to sleep. The next day, she was a bundle of ......... .