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From the Ted Talk by Eve Ensler: Suddenly, my body

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As a result of me talking so much about my vgnaia, many woemn started to tell me about theirs — their stories about their bodies. Actually, these stories cmllpoeed me around the world, and I've been to over 60 ctorunies. I heard thousands of seitors, and I have to tell you, there was always this mnomet where the women shared with me that particular moment when she separated from her body — when she left home. I heard about women being molested in their beds, flogged in their burqas, left for dead in parking lots, acid burned in their kitchens. Some women became quiet and disappeared. Other women became mad, driven machines like me.

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As a result of me talking so much about my ______, many _____ started to tell me about theirs — their stories about their bodies. Actually, these stories _________ me around the world, and I've been to over 60 _________. I heard thousands of _______, and I have to tell you, there was always this ______ where the women shared with me that particular moment when she separated from her body — when she left home. I heard about women being molested in their beds, flogged in their burqas, left for dead in parking lots, acid burned in their kitchens. Some women became quiet and disappeared. Other women became mad, driven machines like me.

Solution

  1. vagina
  2. stories
  3. women
  4. moment
  5. compelled
  6. countries

Original Text

As a result of me talking so much about my vagina, many women started to tell me about theirs — their stories about their bodies. Actually, these stories compelled me around the world, and I've been to over 60 countries. I heard thousands of stories, and I have to tell you, there was always this moment where the women shared with me that particular moment when she separated from her body — when she left home. I heard about women being molested in their beds, flogged in their burqas, left for dead in parking lots, acid burned in their kitchens. Some women became quiet and disappeared. Other women became mad, driven machines like me.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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collocation frequency
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Important Words

  1. acid
  2. beds
  3. bodies
  4. body
  5. burned
  6. burqas
  7. compelled
  8. countries
  9. dead
  10. disappeared
  11. driven
  12. flogged
  13. heard
  14. home
  15. kitchens
  16. left
  17. lots
  18. machines
  19. mad
  20. molested
  21. moment
  22. parking
  23. quiet
  24. result
  25. separated
  26. shared
  27. started
  28. stories
  29. talking
  30. thousands
  31. vagina
  32. women
  33. world