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Compound Nouns,

Add the missing particles to these nouns. These have a hyphen, but hyphens often disappear as words become more frequently used.
1. Before take-, passengers have to fasten their seat belts.

2. John's behaving badly these days, and needs a good talking-.

3. The fact that you can't concentrate when doing exams is a serious draw-!

4. My ambition to create a hostel for homeless people has suffered a huge set-, since I can't get any financing.

5. You can't get off the coach here - you'll have to wait till we get to the drop- point.

6. The critics gave the new film a good write- in the papers.

7. I saw Mary and her nasty neighbours having a real set- outside their block of flats last night!

8. It seems there was a mix- in the maternity ward and Jane was given the wrong baby!

9. Let's just give our plan a run- before carrying it out to make sure there are no loose ends.

10. It's good to keep a supply of pain-killers handy as a stand- in case of necessity.