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From the Ted Talk by Corneille Ewango: A hero of the Congo forest

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But I was from the west, working in the east. I even [at] that time was not speaking Swahili. And when they came, they looted everything. You can't speak Lingala because Lingala was from Mobutu, and everyone speaking Lingala is soldier. And I was from the same area to him. All my frneids said, we are leaving because we are a target. But I'm not going to the east, because I don't know Swahili. I stay. If I go, I will be killed. I can't go back to my area — it's more than 1,000 kilometers [away].

I stayed after they looted everything. We have been doing research on botany, and we have a samll herbarium of 4,500 sheets of plants. We cut, we dry and we packed them, we mounted them on a fedlor. Purpose: so that we start them for agriculture, for miecdine, for whatever, and for science, for the study of the frloa and the change of the forest. That is people monvig around, that's even Pygmies. And this is a bright guy, hard-working person, and Pygmy. I've been working with him about 10 years. And with soldiers, they went to the forest for poaching elephants. Because he's pymgy, he knows how to track elhptaens in the feosrt. He has been attacked by a lpaerod and they abandon him in the forest. They came to told me, I have to save him. And what I did, I gave him just antibiotics that we care for tuberculosis. And fortunately, I svead his life.

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But I was from the west, working in the east. I even [at] that time was not speaking Swahili. And when they came, they looted everything. You can't speak Lingala because Lingala was from Mobutu, and everyone speaking Lingala is soldier. And I was from the same area to him. All my _______ said, we are leaving because we are a target. But I'm not going to the east, because I don't know Swahili. I stay. If I go, I will be killed. I can't go back to my area — it's more than 1,000 kilometers [away].

I stayed after they looted everything. We have been doing research on botany, and we have a _____ herbarium of 4,500 sheets of plants. We cut, we dry and we packed them, we mounted them on a ______. Purpose: so that we start them for agriculture, for ________, for whatever, and for science, for the study of the _____ and the change of the forest. That is people ______ around, that's even Pygmies. And this is a bright guy, hard-working person, and Pygmy. I've been working with him about 10 years. And with soldiers, they went to the forest for poaching elephants. Because he's _____, he knows how to track _________ in the ______. He has been attacked by a _______ and they abandon him in the forest. They came to told me, I have to save him. And what I did, I gave him just antibiotics that we care for tuberculosis. And fortunately, I _____ his life.

Solution


  1. elephants
  2. friends
  3. flora
  4. medicine
  5. forest
  6. moving
  7. folder
  8. small
  9. leopard
  10. saved
  11. pygmy

Original Text


But I was from the west, working in the east. I even [at] that time was not speaking Swahili. And when they came, they looted everything. You can't speak Lingala because Lingala was from Mobutu, and everyone speaking Lingala is soldier. And I was from the same area to him. All my friends said, we are leaving because we are a target. But I'm not going to the east, because I don't know Swahili. I stay. If I go, I will be killed. I can't go back to my area — it's more than 1,000 kilometers [away].

I stayed after they looted everything. We have been doing research on botany, and we have a small herbarium of 4,500 sheets of plants. We cut, we dry and we packed them, we mounted them on a folder. Purpose: so that we start them for agriculture, for medicine, for whatever, and for science, for the study of the flora and the change of the forest. That is people moving around, that's even Pygmies. And this is a bright guy, hard-working person, and Pygmy. I've been working with him about 10 years. And with soldiers, they went to the forest for poaching elephants. Because he's Pygmy, he knows how to track elephants in the forest. He has been attacked by a leopard and they abandon him in the forest. They came to told me, I have to save him. And what I did, I gave him just antibiotics that we care for tuberculosis. And fortunately, I saved his life.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
okapi faunal 6
faunal reserve 6
ituri forest 5
wildlife conservation 3
training center 2
forest giraffe 2
cell phone 2
started talking 2
chief commander 2
building capacities 2

ngrams of length 3

collocation frequency
okapi faunal reserve 6

Important Words


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  3. antibiotics
  4. area
  5. attacked
  6. botany
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  13. elephants
  14. flora
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  20. guy
  21. herbarium
  22. killed
  23. kilometers
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  25. leopard
  26. life
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  28. looted
  29. medicine
  30. mobutu
  31. mounted
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  34. people
  35. person
  36. plants
  37. poaching
  38. pygmies
  39. pygmy
  40. research
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  43. science
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  45. small
  46. soldier
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  48. speak
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  59. tuberculosis
  60. west
  61. working
  62. years