A request from your boss Task 1 Match the beginnings and endings of the phrases

Charles: Why? _______so great about getting old?
Dora: Er … still being _______to have your birthday?
Marco: Yeah, ‘_______is better than the alternative’, as they say.
Dora: Yeah, and it’s _______– so why not celebrate?
Charles: You guys _______have parties for your 40ths if you like. I just don’t _______in for that kind of self-indulgent attention-_______.
Dora: Wow, that’s a _______harsh! I had a huge bash for my 30th. And you _______. And enjoyed yourself if I recall. Are you _______to say I was just doing it for attention?
Charles: Not _______… but … well … at least a small part of you must ______________.
Dora: Remind me _______to invite you to my 40th then, so you won’t have to _______with my huge ego while I feed you _______provide free drinks all night because I thought we were _______.
Charles: I meant, er, I _______, not all attention-seeking is bad. It’s just not my _______is all.
Dora: Whereas it is _______?
Marco: Anyway ...
Charles: I didn’t say _______!
Dora: Er, yes, yes, _______did. You said _______birthdays is self-indulgent _______...
Marco: Guys, _______! Who knew birthdays _______such a touchy subject? Speaking of _______, I have to sort out _______nine-year-old’s _______the weekend after next.
Charles: Now, that’s a _______I’d love to organise.
Marco: Really? It’s a _______. It’s not like when _______were kids. Now you _______to take them all rock-climbing or hire a make-up _______to come and teach _______how to look like a _______or a film star. And there’d be trouble if someone _______in school had the _______kind of party and _______kid gets accused of copying. That fear you said _______no one turning up? It’s a million times ______________you’re scared your kid is going to have no _______turn up.
Charles: Is there that much _______?
Marco: Yeah, it’s crazy. Last _______, I got it right _______a cinema trip. _______, but _______a winner. But we can’t do the same thing _______apparently. It says it in my ‘Official Laws _______9-_______-Olds’ book.