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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
- spades
- fault
- perfect
- 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
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Important Words
- ah
- applaud
- calculate
- clubs
- fault
- forgot
- good
- heap
- jack
- laughter
- lift
- peek
- perfect
- person
- quicker
- shuffle
- spades
- technique
- time
- yeah