1. You know how dirty my house was, but I spent most of the day cleaning, and now everything is spick-and-.......... , Joseph said to Laura.

2. Why did your sister and Todd break up? I know you know the reason. C'mon, spill the .........., Alice gossiped to Abbey.

3. Bob isn't very knowledgeable, but he sure can .......... a yarn. That guy has some of the funniest stories I've ever heard, Christian said to Kyle.

4. Have you seen 'The Office' on TBS with Steve Carrel? It's a spin-.......... of the British show, and it's quite funny. If you haven't seen it, you should watch it, Dana said to Craig.

5. Josh doesn't say much, but you can see the .......... spinning. There's a lot going on in his head, and his ideas are quite intelligent, Bob said to Jenny.

6. Did you see the movie 'Seven'? It's a spine-.......... suspense that will keep you guessing until the end, Chris said to Derrick.

7. We're going to .......... your son away for the day. Is that OK with you? We're going to take him rafting without his mother knowing, Sonya whispered to his father.

8. Oh, darn. I have to change my shirt before we go to dinner. The baby just .......... up on me, John moaned to Shirley.

9. Can we move on? This argument is over inconsequential details. We're splitting .......... here and wasting time, Nancy said to her team.

10. We were driving home last night, and the roads were quite icy. We took off after stopping at a light, and in a .......... second we were in the ditch. It took us half an hour to get out, Bill told Marlene.