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1	I'm a sharp cookie. There's no way anybody can pull the wool over my _______ .
		tissue
		eyes
		truth
		red
		grass

2	I wouldn't believe what she says. She sounds very convincing but she's just a fast _______ .
		talker
		eyes
		one
		ride
		grass

3	He's not the sort of person to trust. He's a bad _______ .
		talker
		snake
		eel
		egg
		grass

4	I've never heard such a load of cock and _______ in my life.
		pack
		bull
		fishy
		business
		teeth

5	They fooled me totally. They pulled the _______ over my eyes.
		talker
		snake
		eel
		egg
		wool

6	It is clearly not true - just a _______ and bull story.
		pack
		cock
		fishy
		business
		teeth

7	They said they had the European rights for the product but it was a lie. They were acting under false _______ .
		pretences
		snake
		eel
		egg
		wool

8	The whole story is made up. It's nothing but a _______ of lies.
		tissue
		good
		fishy
		business
		teeth

9	I'd be careful in my dealings with her. I'm sure she's up to no _______ .
		pretences
		good
		eel
		egg
		wool

10	Alan Clarke was an interesting man but sometimes he was a bit economical with the _______ .
		pack
		cock
		truth
		business
		teeth

11	None of this is true. It's all a _______ of lies.
		pack
		good
		fishy
		business
		teeth

12	There's something wrong with this. It smells _______
		pretences
		good
		fishy
		egg
		wool

13	I wouldn't trust a word he says. He always lies through his _______.
		pretences
		good
		fishy
		business
		teeth

14	You never can be sure what he really thinks. He's as slippery as an _______
		talker
		snake
		eel
		ride
		grass

15	I want you to be totally straight with me from now on. No more funny _______ .
		pretences
		good
		fishy
		business
		wool

16	He was going through the contents of my files when I caught him _______ - handed.
		pack
		cock
		truth
		red
		teeth

17	He tried to pull a fast _______ but, luckily, we spotted it in time.
		tissue
		eyes
		one
		red
		grass

18	I thought he was my friend but he was just a _______ in the grass.
		talker
		snake
		one
		ride
		grass

19	He thought he could take us for a _______ but we were too smart for him.
		tissue
		eyes
		one
		ride
		grass

20	He pretended to be my friend but he was really a snake in the _______ .
		tissue
		cock
		truth
		red
		grass