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From the Ted Talk by Lennart Green: Close-up card magic with a twist

Unscramble the Blue Letters

You said spades? (Audience: Yes.) LG: Ah. My fluat. Don't applaud, this was clubs. So, jack of sedpas. I think ... 23 — 24, sorry, 24. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 — ah, 25, yes. It's the last. Now, I do it quicker, better. OK. Another person. Oh, I forgot, I shouldn't shuffle but I think — (Laughter) — actually, my technique is to peek, all the time. When I lift the heap, I peek. You see, yeah, percfet. Three, four, five, six. Then I caullacte — yeah, good. (Laughter)

Open Cloze

You said spades? (Audience: Yes.) LG: Ah. My _____. Don't applaud, this was clubs. So, jack of ______. I think ... 23 — 24, sorry, 24. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 — ah, 25, yes. It's the last. Now, I do it quicker, better. OK. Another person. Oh, I forgot, I shouldn't shuffle but I think — (Laughter) — actually, my technique is to peek, all the time. When I lift the heap, I peek. You see, yeah, _______. Three, four, five, six. Then I _________ — yeah, good. (Laughter)

Solution

  1. spades
  2. fault
  3. perfect
  4. calculate

Original Text

You said spades? (Audience: Yes.) LG: Ah. My fault. Don't applaud, this was clubs. So, jack of spades. I think ... 23 — 24, sorry, 24. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 — ah, 25, yes. It's the last. Now, I do it quicker, better. OK. Another person. Oh, I forgot, I shouldn't shuffle but I think — (Laughter) — actually, my technique is to peek, all the time. When I lift the heap, I peek. You see, yeah, perfect. Three, four, five, six. Then I calculate — yeah, good. (Laughter)

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
shuffle tracking 3
false count 2

Important Words

  1. ah
  2. applaud
  3. calculate
  4. clubs
  5. fault
  6. forgot
  7. good
  8. heap
  9. jack
  10. laughter
  11. lift
  12. peek
  13. perfect
  14. person
  15. quicker
  16. shuffle
  17. spades
  18. technique
  19. time
  20. yeah