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From the Ted Talk by Charles Anderson: Dragonflies that fly across oceans
Unscramble the Blue Letters
And I didn't think anything more of it until the following year, when it happened again, and then the year after that, and then the year after that. And I was a bit slow, I didn't really take too much notice. But I asked some Maldivian friends and caoguleels, and yes they come every year. And I asked people about them and yes, they knew, but they didn't know anything, where they came from, or anything. And again I didn't think too much of it. But slowly it beagn to dawn on me that something rather sipecal was happening.
Open Cloze
And I didn't think anything more of it until the following year, when it happened again, and then the year after that, and then the year after that. And I was a bit slow, I didn't really take too much notice. But I asked some Maldivian friends and __________, and yes they come every year. And I asked people about them and yes, they knew, but they didn't know anything, where they came from, or anything. And again I didn't think too much of it. But slowly it _____ to dawn on me that something rather _______ was happening.
Solution
- special
- colleagues
- began
Original Text
And I didn't think anything more of it until the following year, when it happened again, and then the year after that, and then the year after that. And I was a bit slow, I didn't really take too much notice. But I asked some Maldivian friends and colleagues, and yes they come every year. And I asked people about them and yes, they knew, but they didn't know anything, where they came from, or anything. And again I didn't think too much of it. But slowly it began to dawn on me that something rather special was happening.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
ngrams of length 2
collocation |
frequency |
fresh water |
8 |
northeast monsoon |
6 |
southwest monsoon |
5 |
blue whales |
3 |
east africa |
3 |
amur falcon |
3 |
monsoon rain |
2 |
coral reefs |
2 |
sand banks |
2 |
sea level |
2 |
bit curious |
2 |
rigorous scientific |
2 |
front moves |
2 |
seasonal rains |
2 |
monsoon rains |
2 |
seasonal rain |
2 |
rains broke |
2 |
summer rains |
2 |
automatically carried |
2 |
indian ocean |
2 |
moves south |
2 |
Important Words
- asked
- began
- bit
- colleagues
- dawn
- friends
- happened
- happening
- knew
- maldivian
- notice
- people
- slow
- slowly
- special
- year