1. He's one of those people who can't bear being seen to be wrong in fact of losing ________ .

2. We haven't made any progress this year and are in a sense going backwards and losing ________ .

3. Fortunately the leader and all her members were singing from the same ________ sheet.

4. There's really no ________ for my behaviour last night. I can only think that I'd had too much to drink.

5. Please don't lose ________ because I'm sure you'll succeed in the end.

6. Do you mind repeating that last bit again as I seem to have lost the ________ of your argument?

7. The trouble with him is that if you push him too far, he's likely to shout at you and lose his ________ .

8. It's good that we both have the same way of ________ at things.

9. I followed as much as I could of his arguments but then I gave up because I'd completely lost ________ of what he was saying.

10. I'm happy to ________ those sentiments and wish you every success.