1. He was ________ up with people he met every so often

2. I didn't have the courage to make another assault on the house. Instead I took it home to ________ it out.

3. Master Richard! When will that woman realise I'm over fifty and can't ________ knitted socks!

4. At first I got on famously finding the right pigeonholes, checking Ted's list and putting the letters in ________ .

5. My main ________ for becoming a temporary postman during the Christmas holiday period.

6. The shouts of joy coming from some houses as I put the mail through the letter ________ made up for the discomfort and.

7. I rubbed the package with a towel and went quickly again to number 56 hurrying down the path in the true ________ of the season,

8. I then came to number 56 that Ted had ________ me about. They had a ferocious dog.

9. I knew if I told Ted he would talk a lot about being strictly against the rules but I was convinced it didn't ________ .

10. and thought I was depriving a young child of his Christmas present from some loving ________ .