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From the Ted Talk by Kenny Coogan: The wild world of carnivorous plants

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Meanwhile, this beetle is bewitched by sweet-smelling nectar. The scent draws him closer and cseolr until he lands on the lavees of the world’s most infamous cavrnrooius plant. His landing triggers tiny hairs on the surface of the leaves, and the jaws of the vunes fly trap snap shut around him. The spikes interlock to seal his fate. Once closed, the leaves act like an external stomach that digests the beetle’s soft tissues. When they open again a few days later, only the dry husk of his exoskeleton rnmieas.

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Meanwhile, this beetle is bewitched by sweet-smelling nectar. The scent draws him closer and ______ until he lands on the ______ of the world’s most infamous ___________ plant. His landing triggers tiny hairs on the surface of the leaves, and the jaws of the _____ fly trap snap shut around him. The spikes interlock to seal his fate. Once closed, the leaves act like an external stomach that digests the beetle’s soft tissues. When they open again a few days later, only the dry husk of his exoskeleton _______.

Solution

  1. closer
  2. remains
  3. leaves
  4. carnivorous
  5. venus

Original Text

Meanwhile, this beetle is bewitched by sweet-smelling nectar. The scent draws him closer and closer until he lands on the leaves of the world’s most infamous carnivorous plant. His landing triggers tiny hairs on the surface of the leaves, and the jaws of the venus fly trap snap shut around him. The spikes interlock to seal his fate. Once closed, the leaves act like an external stomach that digests the beetle’s soft tissues. When they open again a few days later, only the dry husk of his exoskeleton remains.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
carnivorous plant 2
carnivorous plants 2
pitcher plant 2

Important Words

  1. act
  2. beetle
  3. bewitched
  4. carnivorous
  5. closed
  6. closer
  7. days
  8. digests
  9. draws
  10. dry
  11. exoskeleton
  12. external
  13. fate
  14. fly
  15. hairs
  16. husk
  17. infamous
  18. interlock
  19. jaws
  20. landing
  21. lands
  22. leaves
  23. nectar
  24. open
  25. plant
  26. remains
  27. scent
  28. seal
  29. shut
  30. snap
  31. soft
  32. spikes
  33. stomach
  34. surface
  35. tiny
  36. tissues
  37. trap
  38. triggers
  39. venus