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From the Ted Talk by Eve Ensler: Embrace your inner girl

Unscramble the Blue Letters

I want to say that I think the powers that be know that empire-building is actually — that feelings get in the way of empire-building. figelens get in the way of the mass acquisition of the Earth, and excavating the Earth, and destroying things. I remember, for example, when my father, who was very, very violent, used to beat me. And he would actually say, while he was betiang me, "Don't you cry. Don't you dare cry." Because my crying somehow eepxosd his brutality to him. And even in the moment he didn't want to be reminded of what he was doing.

Open Cloze

I want to say that I think the powers that be know that empire-building is actually — that feelings get in the way of empire-building. ________ get in the way of the mass acquisition of the Earth, and excavating the Earth, and destroying things. I remember, for example, when my father, who was very, very violent, used to beat me. And he would actually say, while he was _______ me, "Don't you cry. Don't you dare cry." Because my crying somehow _______ his brutality to him. And even in the moment he didn't want to be reminded of what he was doing.

Solution

  1. feelings
  2. beating
  3. exposed

Original Text

I want to say that I think the powers that be know that empire-building is actually — that feelings get in the way of empire-building. Feelings get in the way of the mass acquisition of the Earth, and excavating the Earth, and destroying things. I remember, for example, when my father, who was very, very violent, used to beat me. And he would actually say, while he was beating me, "Don't you cry. Don't you dare cry." Because my crying somehow exposed his brutality to him. And even in the moment he didn't want to be reminded of what he was doing.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
emotional creature 6
girl cell 4
democratic republic 2
turning point 2
secret life 2
girl named 2
vagina looked 2
masai land 2

Important Words

  1. acquisition
  2. beat
  3. beating
  4. brutality
  5. cry
  6. crying
  7. destroying
  8. earth
  9. excavating
  10. exposed
  11. father
  12. feelings
  13. mass
  14. moment
  15. powers
  16. remember
  17. reminded
  18. violent