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

2. The trouble is that he's cried ________ so often that now he's in real trouble, nobody believes him.

3. There were lots of rumours about what the son had done but as it was a very wealthy family the father tried very hard to ________ everything up.

4. The leading lady is also absent from our stage and you can probably hear her ________ her heart out as I speak.

5. If you want me to say nothing about it, I promise that if anybody asks then my lips are ________ .

6. Now, you're being sensible ________ on.

7. The rescuers tried desperately to listen out for people trapped in the wreckage but sadly the cries of those trapped were ________ .

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

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

10. Why didn't you ________ up for work yesterday?