1. The reason for this is possibly that you thought it was a ________ but in fact it is a tragedy.

2. Now, you're being sensible ________ on.

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

4. As a child she would burst into tears at every problem and so she soon got known as a regular ________ at school.

5. All right I ________ up, I'll tell you the truth.

6. 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.

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

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

9. Now, I must insist as your supervisor if you really want to ________ on in your career, you must tell me the truth.

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