1. He knew that he would have to cross .......... with his boss about the budget. They didn't see eye to eye on the issues, but he knew he was right and would have to argue it out with her.

2. He was worried about passing his final exam, but it was only the third week into the semester now, so he'd cross that .......... when he came to it.

3. My brother always shows up out of the blue and expects me to give him a place to stay and food to eat. It's very annoying, but I guess that's just my .......... to bear, Ella said to Grace.

4. If you knowingly enter false information into the accounting program, you are going to be .......... the Rubicon -- you won't be able to go back and fix it.

5. His job had been pretty lax of late, but with Inventory coming up very soon, it was now .......... time.

6. When Tommy told his parents that he was afraid he would get into a fight at school, they didn't believe him. He had cried .......... too many times on that same subject.

7. When his mother found him, he was crying his eyes .......... . though he rarely cried. She immediately gave him a hug and asked him what was wrong.

8. The kids at school teased him relentlessly for crying after he fell down on the basketball court. They called him a cry .......... and a wimp.

9. Wes, we've got a(n) .......... in the nest. All of the computers just went down and our customer service team can't work, Bill said.

10. Mitch just got caught listening in on the boss's telephone conversations. I'll bet he gets fired. You know what they say: curiosity killed the .......... .