1. Ladies and gentlemen, I want to thank you for your ________ of our performance.

2. If you want me to say nothing about it, I promise that if anybody asks then my lips are ________ .

3. The so-called ________ majority are the vast number of people who don't actually go out on the street and protest.

4. Don't worry I'm sure it's only ________ and that he'll soon recover before the next performance.

5. Right. What's this? Oh no, you're ________ me out of the firm.

6. George is now 70 and he reckons that working conditions for the average office clerk today are a ________ cry from when he first started work.

7. You see throughout our ________ season we have never received so much laughter as we have from you.

8. Well, I don't think that's a very good reason and you must ________ up with a better explanation.

9. There were lots of rumours about what the son had done but as it was a very wealthy family the father tried very hard to ________ everything up.

10. We had great hopes of being able to invite the distinguished writer to our meeting but he cried ________ at the last moment.