1. All I can do now is simply beg your ________ and hope that in time we can get back to where we used to be.

2. To be frank I find these philosophical discussions too deep for me and many of the points are lost ________ me.

3. You can ________ on me for your support.

4. I certainly won't ________ any objection when you make your proposal.

5. There's really no ________ for my behaviour last night. I can only think that I'd had too much to drink.

6. I'm ________ you all the way as far as that's concerned.

7. First he started shouting and then he began to throw things round the room and it was clear he had just lost his ________ .

8. I must ________ your pardon, I mistook you for somebody else.

9. Please ________ me for interrupting you, I didn't realize you were busy with someone else.

10. If it helps to put things right, please let me take ________ everything I said earlier.