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From the Ted Talk by Alex Gendler: A day in the life of a Cossack warrior

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Suddenly, one of Sirko’s men rushes in, calling an ermncgeey Rada, or general council mietneg. Stepan and the others make their way towards the church square— the cetenr of Sich life. Ivan skiro welcomes the confused crowd with exciting news— soucts have located a large Ottoman camp completely vulnerable on one side. Sirko vows that tomrroow, they will ride against their cmomon enemy, defend the Cossacks’ autonomy, and bnrig unity to the Wild flides. As the men ceehr in unison, Stepan is relieved at their renewed sense of brotherhood.

Over the next 200 years, these freedom fighters would take on many foes. And tilaglcray, they would eventually become the oppressive hand of the Russian government they once opposed. But today, these 17th century Cossacks are remembered for their spirit of icepeendnnde and defiance. As the Russian painter Ilya Repin once said: “No people in the world held freedom, equality, and fraternity so deeply.”

Open Cloze


Suddenly, one of Sirko’s men rushes in, calling an _________ Rada, or general council _______. Stepan and the others make their way towards the church square— the ______ of Sich life. Ivan _____ welcomes the confused crowd with exciting news— ______ have located a large Ottoman camp completely vulnerable on one side. Sirko vows that ________, they will ride against their ______ enemy, defend the Cossacks’ autonomy, and _____ unity to the Wild ______. As the men _____ in unison, Stepan is relieved at their renewed sense of brotherhood.

Over the next 200 years, these freedom fighters would take on many foes. And __________, they would eventually become the oppressive hand of the Russian government they once opposed. But today, these 17th century Cossacks are remembered for their spirit of ____________ and defiance. As the Russian painter Ilya Repin once said: “No people in the world held freedom, equality, and fraternity so deeply.”

Solution


  1. common
  2. tomorrow
  3. fields
  4. cheer
  5. bring
  6. emergency
  7. scouts
  8. sirko
  9. center
  10. meeting
  11. independence
  12. tragically

Original Text


Suddenly, one of Sirko’s men rushes in, calling an emergency Rada, or general council meeting. Stepan and the others make their way towards the church square— the center of Sich life. Ivan Sirko welcomes the confused crowd with exciting news— scouts have located a large Ottoman camp completely vulnerable on one side. Sirko vows that tomorrow, they will ride against their common enemy, defend the Cossacks’ autonomy, and bring unity to the Wild Fields. As the men cheer in unison, Stepan is relieved at their renewed sense of brotherhood.

Over the next 200 years, these freedom fighters would take on many foes. And tragically, they would eventually become the oppressive hand of the Russian government they once opposed. But today, these 17th century Cossacks are remembered for their spirit of independence and defiance. As the Russian painter Ilya Repin once said: “No people in the world held freedom, equality, and fraternity so deeply.”

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
zaporozhian cossacks 2
ottoman empire 2
wild fields 2


Important Words


  1. autonomy
  2. bring
  3. brotherhood
  4. calling
  5. camp
  6. center
  7. century
  8. cheer
  9. church
  10. common
  11. completely
  12. confused
  13. cossacks
  14. council
  15. crowd
  16. deeply
  17. defend
  18. defiance
  19. emergency
  20. enemy
  21. equality
  22. eventually
  23. exciting
  24. fields
  25. fighters
  26. foes
  27. fraternity
  28. freedom
  29. general
  30. government
  31. hand
  32. held
  33. ilya
  34. independence
  35. ivan
  36. large
  37. life
  38. located
  39. meeting
  40. men
  41. opposed
  42. oppressive
  43. ottoman
  44. painter
  45. people
  46. rada
  47. relieved
  48. remembered
  49. renewed
  50. repin
  51. ride
  52. rushes
  53. russian
  54. scouts
  55. sense
  56. sich
  57. side
  58. sirko
  59. spirit
  60. stepan
  61. suddenly
  62. today
  63. tomorrow
  64. tragically
  65. unison
  66. unity
  67. vows
  68. vulnerable
  69. welcomes
  70. wild
  71. world
  72. years