From a very early age Cathy had been passionate ......... animals. of to about through
She used to hob nob (socialise) with people who ......... the same way as she did. considered held approved thought
These people were not at all fuddy duddy (uninteresting) or indeed hoity toity (supercilious) and their main interest in life was to ......... that all animals were well treated. ensure assure convince convict
She soon got to know one of the local big wigs (important people) in a local organisation ......... at stopping cruelty to animals. shot aimed hit struck
He had been in his hey day (at his most successful time) an important ......... in a government department for agriculture. character puppet personage figure
In fact because he had refused to kow tow to (accept without question) some of the official regulations, he had been forced to take ......... retirement. busy easy early quick
But as far ......... Cathy was concerned, he was the bee's knees (someone to admire) and when she left school, she went to work as his assistant in the Society for the Protection of Animals. so more than as
Her parents however were not at all pleased ......... where she had decided to work. about for concerning around
They lived in a des res (very attractive house) and her father, John Fortune, who was really a bit of a fat cat (wealthy businessman) thought that all this animal ......... was a lot of hocus pocus (nonsense). matter business concerns topic
Cathy and her father had several pow wows (conversations) about her decision but it usually ......... up with a lot of argy bargy (arguments). concluded terminated ended lasted