1. You want to quit school and move to Hollywood to become an actor? I won't .......... for it! You're under my authority until you're 18 years old! Bob told his son.

2. I'd hire Jim in a heartbeat. He's smart and a stand-.......... guy. He's reliable and trustworthy, Karl said to Owen.

3. Accounting was hard for me. I barely managed to .......... by with a passing grade, Ollie admitted to Frank.

4. You should've gotten extra duty from Sergeant Ramos when you didn't show up for work on Tuesday. How did you manage to .......... out of that one? Simon asked Brian.

5. I'm very angry right now. My best friend just .......... me in the back and married my fiancee, George blurted to his brother.

6. Don't .......... your stack, ma'am; we'll make it right. There's no need to get angry, the store clerk said when the customer informed him that she had been overcharged.

7. I'm sorry, Sergeant. We shouldn't have beat him up, but we caught him .......... the deck during our poker game, Private Jackson explained.

8. I'm sorry, honey. You can't come with me to Adam's house on Wednesday. It's a .......... party: no girls allowed, Jimmy apologized to his girlfriend.

9. I can't believe I forgot my lines in the play Wednesday! I think it was stage .......... There were many more people there than I'd expected, Mary said to Henrietta.

10. Together we're going to .......... out all sexual harassment in our office. We can't allow any to go on, because our business will suffer, Chen announced to the staff.