1. Please stop playing the guitar out in your yard. It's annoying, Shelly, Josh's next-door neighbor asked him. "Where do you get .......... telling me what to do in my own yard?" he demanded.

2. These days you spend most of your time at Geraldine's house, taking care of her yard. You told me you aren't getting paid, so what's .......... it for you? Bill's roommate inquired.

3. Johnny's so dumb he can't tell ..........!' ' the bully said in class.

4. You should stop stealing files from the Internet. You're .......... fate by doing that. You'd be in trouble if you got caught," Lily told Lewis.

5. In .......... of the other matter we discussed earlier, we're going to have a meeting on Wednesday to figure out which branch we should close down, the CEO said in the meeting.

6. Why do you always have to .......... me when I'm tired? Josh asked his son when he refused to clean up his room.

7. .......... to Jacky, we have this wonderful buffet to enjoy at lunchtime, the boss told the staff.

8. Do you need any cream or sugar for your coffee? the waiter asked as he handed the cup to Jay. Jay replied, "Nope; that'll .......... ."

9. Josh swore he was getting a job at a nursery, Jill said. His brother replied, "My brother do manual labor? That'll be the ..........!"

10. I cook my husband breakfast, clean the house, cook him lunch, clean some more, cook dinner, and clean again. That's the .......... of my life, Kelly moaned to her best friend.