1. Do you mind repeating that last bit again as I seem to have lost the ________ of your argument?

2. In their religion as long as they ________ they will be forgiven their sins.

3. I know I shouldn't have made those remarks about your work and I hope you now know how deeply I ________ what I said.

4. After a while I got fed up with the film and began to lose ________ in the story.

5. It's good that we both have the same way of ________ at things.

6. At the very last minute she broke down in tears and lost her ________ .

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

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

9. He's one of those people who can't bear being seen to be wrong in fact of losing ________ .

10. There's no harm in trying your luck there because after all you have ________ to lose.