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From the Ted Talk by Valarie Kaur: 3 lessons of revolutionary love in a time of rage

Unscramble the Blue Letters


This was my first leossn in revolutionary love — that stories can help us see no stranger. And so ... my camera became my sword. My law degree became my shield. My film partner became my husband.

(Laughter)

I didn't expect that.

And we became part of a ginareteon of advocates working with communities facing their own fiers. I worked inside of supermax prisons, on the sorhes of Guantanamo, at the sites of mass shootings when the boold was still fresh on the ground. And every time, for 15 years, with every film, with every lawsuit, with every campaign, I tuhgoht we were making the nation safer for the next generation.

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This was my first ______ in revolutionary love — that stories can help us see no stranger. And so ... my camera became my sword. My law degree became my shield. My film partner became my husband.

(Laughter)

I didn't expect that.

And we became part of a __________ of advocates working with communities facing their own _____. I worked inside of supermax prisons, on the ______ of Guantanamo, at the sites of mass shootings when the _____ was still fresh on the ground. And every time, for 15 years, with every film, with every lawsuit, with every campaign, I _______ we were making the nation safer for the next generation.

Solution


  1. lesson
  2. generation
  3. fires
  4. thought
  5. blood
  6. shores

Original Text


This was my first lesson in revolutionary love — that stories can help us see no stranger. And so ... my camera became my sword. My law degree became my shield. My film partner became my husband.

(Laughter)

I didn't expect that.

And we became part of a generation of advocates working with communities facing their own fires. I worked inside of supermax prisons, on the shores of Guantanamo, at the sites of mass shootings when the blood was still fresh on the ground. And every time, for 15 years, with every film, with every lawsuit, with every campaign, I thought we were making the nation safer for the next generation.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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collocation frequency
waheguru ji ka 2
waheguru ji ki 2
ji ki fateh 2
balbir singh sodhi 2

Important Words


  1. advocates
  2. blood
  3. camera
  4. campaign
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  6. degree
  7. expect
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  25. partner
  26. prisons
  27. revolutionary
  28. safer
  29. shield
  30. shootings
  31. shores
  32. sites
  33. stories
  34. stranger
  35. supermax
  36. sword
  37. thought
  38. time
  39. worked
  40. working
  41. years