What are they talking about? In each case the answer is a compound noun opposite.

1. I had it taken at the doctor’s this morning and he said it was a little high for my age. blood pressure
2. It’s happening through man-made pollution and is causing more extreme weather.
3. She always has terrible sneezing fits in the early summer.
4. I can’t understand why they spend so much on devising ways of killing people.
5. They say that working there is much more stressful than being a pilot.
6. The worst time was when one fell out at the theatre and I spent the interval searching around on the floor. I can’t see a thing without them.
7. I don’t think it should ever be used whatever the crime.
8. It’s much easier not to have to make your own travel arrangements.
9. It’s not difficult to access mine on my mobile.
10. You really shouldn’t cross the road at any other place.
11. I didn’t like the low-energy ones at first because they’re so slow to get going.
12. I had it very badly once when I ate some chicken that wasn’t properly cooked.