---- I’m sorry I stepped outside for a smoke. I was very tired. ---- There is no _____ for this while you are on duty.

We decided not to climb that mountain because it was raining_________.

“Why couldn’t they meet us at five o’clock?” “Because they were delayed by _________.”

Bob has learned a lot from his _______ of working in different gyms and is now an expert on all kinds of _______. 

Out of______ for the wounded dog, Alice decided to take the abandoned animal home for treatment.