Complete the gaps with an appropriate word

1. They have not seen him in so long; he might just [ ] well have moved to another country.
2. Well-researched articles have made the periodical very popular [ ] academics.
3. There is no [ ] why you shouldn't come to the party with us.
4. She waited by the dock until the ship was out of [ ].
5. He gave her a book [ ] flowers for her birthday.
6. Ben travels so much that he practically lives [ ] of a suitcase.
7. Some people enjoy nothing more than travelling [ ] place to place.
8. She has faced many problems in her career but they have not affected her love of [ ] she calls 'the artistic experience'.
9. He set [ ] on a musical career in Vienna in 1894.
10. Tim [ ] to persuade his dad to buy him a car.