1. I think I can get the time .......... from work to go to the concert. I'll call you and let you know, Kelly said to Roxanne.

2. When I caught the guy stealing, I was afraid he was going to attack me, but he just took to his .......... and ran off, George told his wife.

3. Removing the rocks from the backyard wasn't as hard as I thought. My friend Adam came over and he, my wife and I .......... turns hauling them out in my wheelbarrow, Luke told his colleague.

4. Before World War Two, America didn't want to go to war again. It wasn't until after Pearl Harbor that the public was ready to take up .......... and join the fray.

5. Why did you take it .......... yourself to paint the kitchen? I told you I would do it tomorrow, Bill said to his wife.

6. I don't understand Willy. He had a perfectly nice girlfriend, and now he's taken .......... with a mean viper of a woman, Eleanor said to Maude.

7. You know what a good actor Ryan is. I finally got him an appointment with a talent .......... in Hollywood. This could be his big break! Lisa told Henrietta.

8. George is kind of hard to talk to. All he does is tell .......... tales that are probably not true, Rhonda told Sylvia.

9. Wow, your friend Paul can sure talk a blue ..........! I don't think he quit talking the whole time he was here, Randy told Chris.

10. Jesse, don't talk .......... to your mother when she asks you to do something. Just do it, Ben told his son.