Water Cooler Gossip - CAE Key Word

It looks ___ if Jon got the job.

They’ve put James in c_______ of the accounts department. (made him responsible for)

I was so taken _________ when I heard. (surprised)

It really _______ as a surprise to me! (surprised me)

They asked me if I had any objection ____ him getting the job.

He's going to take ______ the department starting on Monday. (phrasal verb meaning take control)

We're completely lost, we must have ________ a wrong turn.

They gave him the job ______ to the fact that he’s the boss’s son-in-law. (because)

I was ______ to believe that I was going to get the job. (someone told me)

It never ___________ to me that they would give it to him. ( I never thought)