96.2 Replace the underlined words with more formal equivalents. soldiers
1 The train was full of squaddies going home for the weekend.
2 I’ve got a bad stomach ache - I think I’ll make an appointment with the quack.
3 He spent two years in the nick for stealing cars.
4 The cops arrived shortly after the accident.
5 There’ll be plenty of nosh at the party so we don’t need to eat beforehand.
6 He’s quite a celeb in the world of poetry.
7 I’m dying for a cuppa. I haven’t had one since breakfast.
8 I’d love to get a motorbike but I just don’t have the moolah.