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From the Ted Talk by Zarlasht Halaimzai: What it's like to be a war refugee

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War is dislocating. It gets inside your body and makes you into a thing, a corpse. It can dislodge empathy, hope and joy and rlaepce them with fear. The fear that comes from lnviig in the violence of war can baerk social bonds, disbanding the very communities we rely on for satfey. Women and children I work with complain about pain in their body. Children as young as three or four talk about hurt in their bellies and not because they're hungry. It's a pain I know well. A csnaotnt, dull ache all over your body, and it feels as though nothing can alleviate it. People have nightmares and experience overwhelming emotions: gerif, snesads and anger. "Why did I deserve this," they wonder.

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War is dislocating. It gets inside your body and makes you into a thing, a corpse. It can dislodge empathy, hope and joy and _______ them with fear. The fear that comes from ______ in the violence of war can _____ social bonds, disbanding the very communities we rely on for ______. Women and children I work with complain about pain in their body. Children as young as three or four talk about hurt in their bellies and not because they're hungry. It's a pain I know well. A ________, dull ache all over your body, and it feels as though nothing can alleviate it. People have nightmares and experience overwhelming emotions: _____, _______ and anger. "Why did I deserve this," they wonder.

Solution

  1. constant
  2. sadness
  3. break
  4. safety
  5. grief
  6. living
  7. replace

Original Text

War is dislocating. It gets inside your body and makes you into a thing, a corpse. It can dislodge empathy, hope and joy and replace them with fear. The fear that comes from living in the violence of war can break social bonds, disbanding the very communities we rely on for safety. Women and children I work with complain about pain in their body. Children as young as three or four talk about hurt in their bellies and not because they're hungry. It's a pain I know well. A constant, dull ache all over your body, and it feels as though nothing can alleviate it. People have nightmares and experience overwhelming emotions: grief, sadness and anger. "Why did I deserve this," they wonder.

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Important Words

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