1. Their conversation lagged, so he racked his brain trying to figure out something to talk about that would fill the .......... air.

2. She couldn't believe that he was bringing up last month's finances again. She thought that they had worked it out and that the issue was dead and .......... .

3. The project ran into a lot of problems at at the design stage, and then its budget was cut way back. Now it's as dead as a .......... .

4. He tried each of his flashlights and none worked. Their batteries were as dead as a

5. It was a very exciting game. The Superbowl was in the fourth quarter and both teams were dead .......... .

6. I don't know why Jay doesn't fire Ted. That guy is dead from the .......... up. He can't even get the simplest tasks done.

7. He couldn't decide who deserved the Employee-of-the-Month award more. The two front runners finished the month off in a dead .......... . Their stats were exactly the same.

8. I don't think I should go out drinking with you guys during the week anymore. It's only 11 a.m., and I'm already dead in the .........., Maxine told her friends.

9. I know I'm late turning in my project. This is the first time I've used that computer program, but I did my dead level...... to get it to you on time, Jay said.

10. Did you hear that Tim got caught falsifying documents to save time? The boss is going to flip out. Tim is a dead man .......... for sure, Christie said to George.