1. Do you have an extra cigarette? I'm going to the store in a few minutes to get more, Jerry told his friend, who responded," Here're two to .......... you over till then."

2. That's the third game of checkers I've won in a row! It feels pretty good after losing eight straight games to you. It looks like the tide has finally .........., Alistair gloated.

3. I just inherited $25,000 from a cousin I didn't even know I had! That's a pretty .......... sum, don't you think? Derrick exclaimed to his wife.

4. After going out with Nancy for three years, I think I'll just date girls casually for a while. I don't want to be .......... down so soon again, Jay admitted to his brother.

5. The idea of 'justifiable reliance' .......... into our earlier lecture on 'the letter of the law' versus 'the idea of the law'-- the purpose the law is supposed to serve, the professor told his class.

6. I asked John when he was getting married, but he was pretty tight-.......... about the whole thing. He wouldn't go into any details, Shannon said to Christa.

7. The suspect still hasn't confessed. I think we'll have to tighten the .......... a bit to get him to talk, Detective Samuels said to Detective Scott.

8. With all the extra bills we've had this month, money is getting pretty .......... . We'll have to watch what we spend for a while, Chris cautioned Paula.

9. That's OK. We've had to .......... our budget before. We still had fun, though, didn't we? Pauline reminded Chris.

10. Dad's such a tight ..........! He told me we can't have more than ten dollars a week for our allowance, Rachel told her sister.