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From the Ted Talk by Shameem Akhtar: To learn is to be free

Unscramble the Blue Letters

Relatives are already scaring him about his daughter wandering off, taesing him with talk of his daughter crossing the border. When I return home, I want nothing more than just to apcect the position in teeradhp. So that night, I packed all my things in a bag, and I wkeald into my father's room and told him, "Tomorrow morning, the bus is going to come in. If you believe in me, if you believe in me, you will wake me up and take me to the bus station. If you don't, I'll understand." Then I went to selep. The next morning, my father was standing beside me to take me to the bus stop.

Open Cloze

Relatives are already scaring him about his daughter wandering off, _______ him with talk of his daughter crossing the border. When I return home, I want nothing more than just to ______ the position in ________. So that night, I packed all my things in a bag, and I ______ into my father's room and told him, "Tomorrow morning, the bus is going to come in. If you believe in me, if you believe in me, you will wake me up and take me to the bus station. If you don't, I'll understand." Then I went to _____. The next morning, my father was standing beside me to take me to the bus stop.

Solution

  1. accept
  2. sleep
  3. teasing
  4. walked
  5. thardeep

Original Text

Relatives are already scaring him about his daughter wandering off, teasing him with talk of his daughter crossing the border. When I return home, I want nothing more than just to accept the position in Thardeep. So that night, I packed all my things in a bag, and I walked into my father's room and told him, "Tomorrow morning, the bus is going to come in. If you believe in me, if you believe in me, you will wake me up and take me to the bus station. If you don't, I'll understand." Then I went to sleep. The next morning, my father was standing beside me to take me to the bus stop.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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collocation frequency
baby boy 2
started sending 2
mortality rate 2

Important Words

  1. accept
  2. bag
  3. border
  4. bus
  5. crossing
  6. daughter
  7. father
  8. home
  9. morning
  10. night
  11. packed
  12. position
  13. relatives
  14. return
  15. room
  16. scaring
  17. sleep
  18. standing
  19. station
  20. stop
  21. talk
  22. teasing
  23. thardeep
  24. told
  25. understand
  26. wake
  27. walked
  28. wandering