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

2. 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.

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

6. 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.

7. 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 ________ .

8. That is the reason why I am standing here and making this short ________ .

9. Thank you for your honesty. Now ________ up that piece of paper.

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