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From the Ted Talk by Sophal Ear: Escaping the Khmer Rouge

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The rseoan that they gave about American bombing wasn't all that far off. I mean, from 1965 to 1973 there were more munitions that fell on Cambodia than in all of World War II Japan, including the two nuclear bbmos of agsuut 1945. The kemhr Rouge didn't believe in money. So the equivalent of the Federal rerevse Bank in Cambodia was bmoebd. But not just that, they actually banned money. I think it's the only precedent in which money has ever been stopped from being used. And we know money is the root of all evil, but it didn't actually stop evil from happening in Cambodia, in fact.

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The ______ that they gave about American bombing wasn't all that far off. I mean, from 1965 to 1973 there were more munitions that fell on Cambodia than in all of World War II Japan, including the two nuclear _____ of ______ 1945. The _____ Rouge didn't believe in money. So the equivalent of the Federal _______ Bank in Cambodia was ______. But not just that, they actually banned money. I think it's the only precedent in which money has ever been stopped from being used. And we know money is the root of all evil, but it didn't actually stop evil from happening in Cambodia, in fact.

Solution

  1. reserve
  2. bombed
  3. august
  4. reason
  5. bombs
  6. khmer

Original Text

The reason that they gave about American bombing wasn't all that far off. I mean, from 1965 to 1973 there were more munitions that fell on Cambodia than in all of World War II Japan, including the two nuclear bombs of August 1945. The Khmer Rouge didn't believe in money. So the equivalent of the Federal Reserve Bank in Cambodia was bombed. But not just that, they actually banned money. I think it's the only precedent in which money has ever been stopped from being used. And we know money is the root of all evil, but it didn't actually stop evil from happening in Cambodia, in fact.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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phnom penh 3
american bombing 3
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