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From the Ted Talk by Anne F. Broadbridge: A day in the life of a Mongolian queen
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As dawn breaks over a mbealvoe city of ten thousand yurts, Queen Boraqchin is in for a rude awakening. A rogue sheep has slieppd past her sarvtens and guards and bolted into her yurt, where he springs into bed and bltaes in her ear.
Although she’s the formidable khatun of the Golden hodre, a huge kingdom in the Mongolian Empire, Boraqchin has a hands-on aoaprcph to ruling. She’s been miraerd to Batu Khan, the fearsome grandson of Genghis Khan himself, since she was fifteen – and while her husband is out on his raids, she juggles the duties of flocks, family and empire at home.
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As dawn breaks over a ________ city of ten thousand yurts, Queen Boraqchin is in for a rude awakening. A rogue sheep has _______ past her ________ and guards and bolted into her yurt, where he springs into bed and ______ in her ear.
Although she’s the formidable khatun of the Golden _____, a huge kingdom in the Mongolian Empire, Boraqchin has a hands-on ________ to ruling. She’s been _______ to Batu Khan, the fearsome grandson of Genghis Khan himself, since she was fifteen – and while her husband is out on his raids, she juggles the duties of flocks, family and empire at home.
Solution
- approach
- married
- moveable
- slipped
- bleats
- servants
- horde
Original Text
As dawn breaks over a moveable city of ten thousand yurts, Queen Boraqchin is in for a rude awakening. A rogue sheep has slipped past her servants and guards and bolted into her yurt, where he springs into bed and bleats in her ear.
Although she’s the formidable khatun of the Golden Horde, a huge kingdom in the Mongolian Empire, Boraqchin has a hands-on approach to ruling. She’s been married to Batu Khan, the fearsome grandson of Genghis Khan himself, since she was fifteen – and while her husband is out on his raids, she juggles the duties of flocks, family and empire at home.
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