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

2. Putting all your money in that enterprise is futile it's like playing a losing ________ .

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

4. When it comes to the vote I'm willing to put my ________ up and support you.

5. There's no hope for him now because he's lost his ________ and has gone completely crazy.

6. I'm very ________ that I'm late but there is a train strike on at the moment.

7. When it came to dividing the profits we lost ________ because we didn't get our fair share.

8. You can ________ on me for your support.

9. We haven't made any progress this year and are in a sense going backwards and losing ________ .

10. Please don't lose ________ because I'm sure you'll succeed in the end.