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From the Ted Talk by Jill Shargaa: Please, please, people. Let's put the 'awe' back in 'awesome'
Unscramble the Blue Letters
Sadly, the freuqnet overuse of the word "awesome" has now replaced words like "great" and "thank you." So Webster's dictionary defines the word "awesome" as fear mlniegd with admiration or reverence, a feeling produced by something meaijstc. Now, with that in mind, was your Quiznos sandwich awesome? How about that parking space? Was that awesome? Or that game the other day? Was that awesome? The answer is no, no and no. A sandwich can be delicious, that piknrag space can be nearby, and that game can be a blowout, but not everything can be awesome. (lahgeutr)
Open Cloze
Sadly, the ________ overuse of the word "awesome" has now replaced words like "great" and "thank you." So Webster's dictionary defines the word "awesome" as fear _______ with admiration or reverence, a feeling produced by something ________. Now, with that in mind, was your Quiznos sandwich awesome? How about that parking space? Was that awesome? Or that game the other day? Was that awesome? The answer is no, no and no. A sandwich can be delicious, that _______ space can be nearby, and that game can be a blowout, but not everything can be awesome. (________)
Solution
- majestic
- frequent
- mingled
- laughter
- parking
Original Text
Sadly, the frequent overuse of the word "awesome" has now replaced words like "great" and "thank you." So Webster's dictionary defines the word "awesome" as fear mingled with admiration or reverence, a feeling produced by something majestic. Now, with that in mind, was your Quiznos sandwich awesome? How about that parking space? Was that awesome? Or that game the other day? Was that awesome? The answer is no, no and no. A sandwich can be delicious, that parking space can be nearby, and that game can be a blowout, but not everything can be awesome. (Laughter)
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
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grand canyon |
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great pyramids |
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Important Words
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- laughter
- majestic
- mind
- mingled
- nearby
- overuse
- parking
- produced
- quiznos
- replaced
- reverence
- sadly
- sandwich
- space
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