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

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

3. He described the ________ very carefully.

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

5. Once out in the open air I experienced a violent ________ but soon the sun came out.

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

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

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

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

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