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From the Ted Talk by Marian Bantjes: Intricate beauty by design

Unscramble the Blue Letters

"You've never really been sure of this, but I can assure you that this quirk you're so self-conscious of is intensely endearing. Just please acpcet that this piece of you escapes with your simle, and those of us who notice are happy to cctah it in passing. Time spent with you is like chasing and catching small birds, but without the scratches and bird shit." (luaetghr) "That is to say, your thoughts and words flit and dart, disconcertedly elsivue at times, but when caught and eeinamxd — ahh, such a wonder, such a delightful reward. There's no passing time with you, only cliconetlg — the collecting of moments with the hope for preservation and at the same time rleasee. Impossible? I don't think so. I know this makes you embarrassed. I'm certain I can see you blushing. But I just have to tell you because sometimes I hear your self-doubt, and it's so crushing to think that you may not know how truly wonderful you are, how inspiring and delightful and really, truly the most completely ..."

Open Cloze

"You've never really been sure of this, but I can assure you that this quirk you're so self-conscious of is intensely endearing. Just please ______ that this piece of you escapes with your _____, and those of us who notice are happy to _____ it in passing. Time spent with you is like chasing and catching small birds, but without the scratches and bird shit." (________) "That is to say, your thoughts and words flit and dart, disconcertedly _______ at times, but when caught and ________ — ahh, such a wonder, such a delightful reward. There's no passing time with you, only __________ — the collecting of moments with the hope for preservation and at the same time _______. Impossible? I don't think so. I know this makes you embarrassed. I'm certain I can see you blushing. But I just have to tell you because sometimes I hear your self-doubt, and it's so crushing to think that you may not know how truly wonderful you are, how inspiring and delightful and really, truly the most completely ..."

Solution

  1. accept
  2. examined
  3. catch
  4. release
  5. elusive
  6. laughter
  7. smile
  8. collecting

Original Text

"You've never really been sure of this, but I can assure you that this quirk you're so self-conscious of is intensely endearing. Just please accept that this piece of you escapes with your smile, and those of us who notice are happy to catch it in passing. Time spent with you is like chasing and catching small birds, but without the scratches and bird shit." (Laughter) "That is to say, your thoughts and words flit and dart, disconcertedly elusive at times, but when caught and examined — ahh, such a wonder, such a delightful reward. There's no passing time with you, only collecting — the collecting of moments with the hope for preservation and at the same time release. Impossible? I don't think so. I know this makes you embarrassed. I'm certain I can see you blushing. But I just have to tell you because sometimes I hear your self-doubt, and it's so crushing to think that you may not know how truly wonderful you are, how inspiring and delightful and really, truly the most completely ..."

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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collocation frequency
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Important Words

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  11. collecting
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  19. endearing
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  34. preservation
  35. quirk
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  38. scratches
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