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From the Ted Talk by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: We should all be feminists
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which was having enough power of its own. But my teacher would also give you a cane to hold in your hand while you walk around and pratol the calss for noisemakers. Now, of course you were not actually allowed to use the cane. But it was an exciting prospect for the nine-year-old me. I very much wntaed to be the class monitor. And I got the highest score on the test. Then, to my surprise, my teacher said that the monitor had to be a boy. She had forgotten to make that celar earlier because she assumed it was ... obvious.
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which was having enough power of its own. But my teacher would also give you a cane to hold in your hand while you walk around and ______ the _____ for noisemakers. Now, of course you were not actually allowed to use the cane. But it was an exciting prospect for the nine-year-old me. I very much ______ to be the class monitor. And I got the highest score on the test. Then, to my surprise, my teacher said that the monitor had to be a boy. She had forgotten to make that _____ earlier because she assumed it was ... obvious.
Solution
- class
- wanted
- patrol
- clear
Original Text
which was having enough power of its own. But my teacher would also give you a cane to hold in your hand while you walk around and patrol the class for noisemakers. Now, of course you were not actually allowed to use the cane. But it was an exciting prospect for the nine-year-old me. I very much wanted to be the class monitor. And I got the highest score on the test. Then, to my surprise, my teacher said that the monitor had to be a boy. She had forgotten to make that clear earlier because she assumed it was ... obvious.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
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class monitor |
4 |
physically stronger |
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teach girls |
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highest score |
3 |
teach boys |
3 |
raising children |
3 |
bottom power |
3 |
okoloma maduewesi |
2 |
happy african |
2 |
lip gloss |
2 |
human beings |
2 |
waiter greets |
2 |
gender matters |
2 |
fragile egos |
2 |
gender expectations |
2 |
cook indomie |
2 |
ugly suit |
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black man |
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fact true |
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Important Words
- allowed
- assumed
- boy
- cane
- class
- clear
- earlier
- exciting
- forgotten
- give
- hand
- highest
- hold
- monitor
- noisemakers
- obvious
- patrol
- power
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- score
- surprise
- teacher
- test
- walk
- wanted