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From the Ted Talk by Shannon Zhao: The myth of the original star-crossed lovers

Unscramble the Blue Letters

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But her craft was the same day after day, and she longed for new inspiration. _______, the _____ ______ granted the weaver permission to visit Earth. The other princesses would accompany her to protect their sister from earthly dangers. Dressed in special robes that _______ them to fly between Heaven and Earth, the sisters soared down from the sky. The weaver was in awe of the rolling _____ and rivers, and the sisters decided to swim in one of the glittering streams. As the weaver floated, she dreamt about _______ forever.

Solution

  1. staying
  2. finally
  3. mother
  4. queen
  5. allowed
  6. hills

Original Text

But her craft was the same day after day, and she longed for new inspiration. Finally, the Queen Mother granted the weaver permission to visit Earth. The other princesses would accompany her to protect their sister from earthly dangers. Dressed in special robes that allowed them to fly between Heaven and Earth, the sisters soared down from the sky. The weaver was in awe of the rolling hills and rivers, and the sisters decided to swim in one of the glittering streams. As the weaver floated, she dreamt about staying forever.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
queen mother 4

Important Words

  1. accompany
  2. allowed
  3. awe
  4. craft
  5. dangers
  6. day
  7. decided
  8. dreamt
  9. dressed
  10. earth
  11. earthly
  12. finally
  13. floated
  14. fly
  15. glittering
  16. granted
  17. heaven
  18. hills
  19. inspiration
  20. longed
  21. mother
  22. permission
  23. princesses
  24. protect
  25. queen
  26. rivers
  27. robes
  28. rolling
  29. sister
  30. sisters
  31. sky
  32. soared
  33. special
  34. staying
  35. streams
  36. swim
  37. visit
  38. weaver