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From the Ted Talk by Corneille Ewango: A hero of the Congo forest

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What we are doing after that — that was the suiaottin of the war — we have to rebuild. I had some money. I was paid 150 dollars. I devoted half of it to rebliud the herbarium, because we didn't have good infrastructure to start plants. Wildlife Conservation seitocy more dealing with plants. I staterd this with 70 dollars, and start fundraising money to where I've been going. I had opportunity to go all over, where herbarium for my African material is. And they supported me a bit, and I built this. Now, it's doing work to train yuong Congolese.

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What we are doing after that — that was the _________ of the war — we have to rebuild. I had some money. I was paid 150 dollars. I devoted half of it to _______ the herbarium, because we didn't have good infrastructure to start plants. Wildlife Conservation _______ more dealing with plants. I _______ this with 70 dollars, and start fundraising money to where I've been going. I had opportunity to go all over, where herbarium for my African material is. And they supported me a bit, and I built this. Now, it's doing work to train _____ Congolese.

Solution

  1. young
  2. rebuild
  3. society
  4. started
  5. situation

Original Text

What we are doing after that — that was the situation of the war — we have to rebuild. I had some money. I was paid 150 dollars. I devoted half of it to rebuild the herbarium, because we didn't have good infrastructure to start plants. Wildlife Conservation Society more dealing with plants. I started this with 70 dollars, and start fundraising money to where I've been going. I had opportunity to go all over, where herbarium for my African material is. And they supported me a bit, and I built this. Now, it's doing work to train young Congolese.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
okapi faunal 6
faunal reserve 6
ituri forest 5
wildlife conservation 3
training center 2
forest giraffe 2
cell phone 2
started talking 2
chief commander 2
building capacities 2

ngrams of length 3

collocation frequency
okapi faunal reserve 6

Important Words

  1. african
  2. bit
  3. built
  4. congolese
  5. conservation
  6. dealing
  7. devoted
  8. dollars
  9. fundraising
  10. good
  11. herbarium
  12. infrastructure
  13. material
  14. money
  15. opportunity
  16. paid
  17. plants
  18. rebuild
  19. situation
  20. society
  21. start
  22. started
  23. supported
  24. train
  25. war
  26. wildlife
  27. work
  28. young