We are going to lose anyway, so I can't see the    of playing this game. 

—Little Jim has been eating sweets all day.—It’s no ________ he is not hungry

I will lose _________ before an examination because of much worry.

There is a 20 minute parking _____ here, so we must get back to the car very quickly.

Ted woke up with a ________ and felt for the night switch.