1. Next Tuesday, we are going to have a white .......... party for the Christmas season. We'll assign names on Thursday and there is a twenty dollar limit, Jan told the staff.

2. What are you so sad about, Christian? You look like your heart's in your .........., Matt said.

3. He knew that he should quit his job and try another field. His .......... just wasn't in it anymore. The customers needed someone who would do more than just go through the motions.

4. I was so scared before giving that speech. My heart was in my .......... the whole time, Natalie told Amy.

5. I didn't see it coming. There were no signs. My heart skipped a .......... when he said you're fired' and I just walked out, Helen said to Ella.

6. It was really productive. We had a heart-to-.......... talk and I was able to see where she was coming from. We are back together now, Steve told his mom.

7. Heaven only .......... why he kept going to work day after day. He hated the work and didn't like the people.

8. He knew that he had been a little ..........-handed with Tina. He shouldn't have fired her for something as little as losing too many office supplies. He decided to call her and ask her to come back to work tomorrow, he thought.

9. I have put in offers on three different houses. I hope, by hedging my .........., one of the places will come through and my wife will be happy, Nathan told Jack.

10. He knew that he would have to run hell-for .......... to school to make it on time. This was the third time this month that he missed the bus and he didn't want his parents to find out.