1. There was a noisy crowd of about a dozen people in ________ cry chasing after the child who'd stolen an apple from the fruit market.

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

3. In view of the embarrassment that might be caused if the story came out, she promised not to ________ a word about it.

4. The hall was full of people anxious to hear what the speaker was going to say and in the few seconds before he started it was so quiet you could hear a ________ drop.

5. I think that the main ________ for all this emotion is probably the way you have reacted to the play.

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

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

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

9. 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.

10. We will always remember the way you stood up and ________ at some of the speeches in the play.