Read and fill in each of the blanks with words and expressions from the box. uniform intention due to taking downfall employment Instead left temporary aimlessness It happened in February about twelve years ago. I had 1.____ school a couple of months before that and was not 2.____ go to university until the following October. I was still living at home at the time. One morning I was in Richmond, a suburb of London near where I lived. I was looking for a 3.____ job so that I could save up some money to go travelling. As it was a fine day and I was in no hurry, I was 4.____ my time, looking in shop windows, strolling in the park, and sometimes just stopping and looking around me. It must have been this obvious 5.____ that led to my 6.____ . It was about half past eleven when it happened. I was just walking out of the local library, having unsuccessfully sought 7 .____ there, when I saw a man walking across the road with the obvious 8.____ of talking to me. I thought he was going to ask me the time. 9.____ , he said he was a police officer and he was arresting me. At first I thought it was some kind of joke. But then another policeman appeared, this time in 10.____ , and I was left in no doubt .