1. As it was very late when he came home he was as quiet as a ________ in order not to wake anybody up.

2. I'm all in favour of ambition but I think when he says he'll be a millionaire by the time he's 25, he's simply crying for the ________ .

3. The leading lady is also absent from our stage and you can probably hear her ________ her heart out as I speak.

4. For crying out ________ how many times do I have to tell you how to work that machine?

5. I'm sorry I'm not sure I can ________ it across any better.

6. Well, I won't ________ up any more excuses. I wasn't here yesterday because I went to a football match.

7. Our leading actor is unable to come on the stage at the moment because he is ________ with emotion.

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

9. To be honest I was feeling a bit ________ down.

10. It really is a crying ________ that after all that money has been spent, the project is now being abandoned.