1. Most high-school students have old cars, Kyle. You can buy a better one later, when you're making money yourself. You have to cut your .......... according to your cloth, his dad said.

2. You're going to have to lay off that whole department and close it down. It's just not profitable. The company has to cut its .........., the CEO told Max.

3. Every time Sam saw the child, he told her mother that she was just as cute as a .......... .

4. I know that you want to change that regulation, but your way of going about it cuts no .........., the activist said.

5. Doctors are using cutting .......... technology these days to cure disease and perform surgery.

6. Every time he looks at me, I feel like someone is dancing on my .......... . He gives me the creeps.

7. She thought she might be attracted to him because he was kind of a dark .......... . He wasn't easy to read, but he seemed to have an interesting past.

8. We have to find a new captain. The ship went down and its captain is in Davey Jones' .........., the commodore told the admiral.

9. He was OK with the fact that his wife received her promotion before he got one. He was a good employee and knew that he would have his day in the .......... .

10. The salary you've got now is .......... robbery — they surely don't pay you enough for the hard work you do.