1. As she was on a very dangerous mission for the government she had to keep ________ about what she did for a living.

2. The so-called ________ majority are the vast number of people who don't actually go out on the street and protest.

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

4. 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.

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

6. 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 ________ .

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

8. As far as I'm concerned to be away from traffic, phones and radios on holiday is perfect bliss because to me silence is ________ .

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

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