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From the Ted Talk by Leslie Herod: What if mental health workers responded to emergency calls?

Unscramble the Blue Letters

We met up with a woman, who was the wife, and we asked her what was going on. She informed us that her husband was leockd in the botoarhm, and he was taiklng about ending his life. He had box cutters. We went inside to talk to him, and he explained to us, through a closed door, that he simply couldn't do it anymore. He was erratic. He said he wasn't going to put his family through these burdens anymore, and he just wanted it to end. We tkaled to him through that closed door for nearly an hour. And in the end, he just wouldn't come out. So, we left.

Open Cloze

We met up with a woman, who was the wife, and we asked her what was going on. She informed us that her husband was ______ in the ________, and he was _______ about ending his life. He had box cutters. We went inside to talk to him, and he explained to us, through a closed door, that he simply couldn't do it anymore. He was erratic. He said he wasn't going to put his family through these burdens anymore, and he just wanted it to end. We ______ to him through that closed door for nearly an hour. And in the end, he just wouldn't come out. So, we left.

Solution

  1. locked
  2. bathroom
  3. talking
  4. talked

Original Text

We met up with a woman, who was the wife, and we asked her what was going on. She informed us that her husband was locked in the bathroom, and he was talking about ending his life. He had box cutters. We went inside to talk to him, and he explained to us, through a closed door, that he simply couldn't do it anymore. He was erratic. He said he wasn't going to put his family through these burdens anymore, and he just wanted it to end. We talked to him through that closed door for nearly an hour. And in the end, he just wouldn't come out. So, we left.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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mental health 20
criminal justice 5
health crisis 4
box cutters 4
cahoots team 3
people call 2
health professional 2
justice system 2

ngrams of length 3

collocation frequency
mental health crisis 4
mental health professional 2
criminal justice system 2

Important Words

  1. anymore
  2. asked
  3. bathroom
  4. box
  5. burdens
  6. closed
  7. cutters
  8. door
  9. erratic
  10. explained
  11. family
  12. hour
  13. husband
  14. informed
  15. left
  16. life
  17. locked
  18. met
  19. put
  20. simply
  21. talk
  22. talked
  23. talking
  24. wanted
  25. wife
  26. woman