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

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

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

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

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

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

7. The villagers complained about the noise from the daily bell ringing practice from the church and asked if it could somehow be ________ .

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

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

10. 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 ________ .