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From the Ted Talk by Colin Grant: How our stories cross over

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Poor, deluded fool. Bageye was stung by what he perceived to be the public aiinrg of his shortcomings. He was snutg by my betrayal, and he went to the newspapers the next day and demanded a right of reply, and he got it with the headline "Bageye Bites Back." And it was a coruscating account of my betrayal. I was no son of his. He rgcenizeod in his mind that his colors had been dragged through the mud, and he couldn't allow that. He had to rtesroe his dignity, and he did so, and initially, although I was disappointed, I grew to admire that stance. There was still fire bubbling through his veins, even though he was 82 years old. And if it mnaet that we would now reurtn to 30 years of silence, my father would say, "If it's so, then it's so."

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Poor, deluded fool. Bageye was stung by what he perceived to be the public ______ of his shortcomings. He was _____ by my betrayal, and he went to the newspapers the next day and demanded a right of reply, and he got it with the headline "Bageye Bites Back." And it was a coruscating account of my betrayal. I was no son of his. He __________ in his mind that his colors had been dragged through the mud, and he couldn't allow that. He had to _______ his dignity, and he did so, and initially, although I was disappointed, I grew to admire that stance. There was still fire bubbling through his veins, even though he was 82 years old. And if it _____ that we would now ______ to 30 years of silence, my father would say, "If it's so, then it's so."

Solution

  1. meant
  2. recognized
  3. restore
  4. stung
  5. airing
  6. return

Original Text

Poor, deluded fool. Bageye was stung by what he perceived to be the public airing of his shortcomings. He was stung by my betrayal, and he went to the newspapers the next day and demanded a right of reply, and he got it with the headline "Bageye Bites Back." And it was a coruscating account of my betrayal. I was no son of his. He recognized in his mind that his colors had been dragged through the mud, and he couldn't allow that. He had to restore his dignity, and he did so, and initially, although I was disappointed, I grew to admire that stance. There was still fire bubbling through his veins, even though he was 82 years old. And if it meant that we would now return to 30 years of silence, my father would say, "If it's so, then it's so."

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Important Words

  1. account
  2. admire
  3. airing
  4. bageye
  5. betrayal
  6. bites
  7. bubbling
  8. colors
  9. coruscating
  10. day
  11. deluded
  12. demanded
  13. dignity
  14. disappointed
  15. dragged
  16. father
  17. fire
  18. fool
  19. grew
  20. headline
  21. initially
  22. meant
  23. mind
  24. mud
  25. newspapers
  26. perceived
  27. poor
  28. public
  29. recognized
  30. reply
  31. restore
  32. return
  33. shortcomings
  34. silence
  35. son
  36. stance
  37. stung
  38. veins
  39. years