1. I don't know how to .......... it into Joey's head that teenagers shouldn't drink. Do you have any suggestions? Dick asked Alice.

2. We don't want to hang out with people who lie to their friends, so .......... it! Steve and Justine said to Max.

3. The community was outraged when the burglar beat the .......... on a technicality. The police had searched his van and his house, but they had only had a warrant for the house, and the stolen goods had been in the van.

4. The waterfall is off the .......... track a bit, but you can get to it without a truck. It's well worth seeing. I think you two should go, Tom said to Jill and Ben.

5. I'll tell you this-- digging ditches around here is no .......... of roses. There are too many big rocks, and the soil is very hard, Joe told Ben.

6. He had started lifting weights to .......... up for the summer season. He didn't want to look like a skinny, wimpy kid in a bathing suit.

7. Why don't you go watch some TV, and before you .......... it, the pile of leaves you've been complaining about will be raked up and gone, Adam promised Rachel.

8. You're going to go to summer camp, so stop .......... about it. It's not optional, Larry told his son, Mike.

9. I'm sorry, guys. I don't have enough money to go on the trip anymore. I bet my .......... on the football game on Sunday, and I lost. I'm broke until payday, Craig told Luke and Kyle.

10. In my opinion, your best .......... on finding a wine-barrel planter is to go to Michael's Nursery. They have a lot of different things, Jim told Chris.