1. When his girlfriend broke up with him, it broke his ..........

2. We have different views on how this project should be run, but I think we can bridge the .......... and work together.

3. My boss has been breathing down my .......... today to get the expense sheet done.

4. He decided that he would breathe some fresh .......... into the garden. It was overgrown now and shoddy, but he believed that he could make it nice again.

5. My grandfather is very, very sick. He seems to be breathing his ..........

6. He liked the color of her new car. It had a bright and .......... look to it.

7. I want you kids down here bright-eyed and bushy-.......... at 8 o'clock, their dad said.

8. It sure .......... up my day to see those flowers blooming outside, Katy said.

9. The guy's debate speech was so ill-prepared and ineffectual that it was like bringing a .......... to a gunfight, Elliot remarked.

10. Now that his wife had gone to Italy, it was up to him to bring home the .......... so that they could pay their bills.