1. I did just that but in my ________ I dropped a small packet that fell into a puddle.

2. He didn't want any of his ________ to imagine that being a postman was an easy job.

3. Ted was always calm and optimistic. He never let himself get ________ by the job.

4. who ________ it was a part-time job because it was all finished by mid-day.

5. As he had been very busy in his house since two that morning ________ of a burst water pipe, he went to have a rest.

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

7. My trainer was a postman by the ________ of Ted.

8. The post office in this country district didn't use vans because of the ________ .

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 what was more ________ I had got no money.