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From the Ted Talk by David Whyte: A lyrical bridge between past, present and future

Unscramble the Blue Letters


(Laughter)

corporate world."

(Applause)

But she said, "I'm not interested in that, anyway. I don't want to teach drama, I want to become a dramatist. I want to write plays. So I walked the Camino in order to give myself some cagoure, in oerdr to walk into my future." And I said, "What was the most powerful monemt you had on the whole cmniao, the very most powerful moment?" She said, "I had many powerful moments, but you know, the most pouferwl moment was post-Camino, was the three days you go on from Santiago and come to this cliff edge. And you go through three rituals. The first ritual is to eat a tapas plate of scallops" — or if you're vegetarian, to contemplate the scallop shell.

Open Cloze


(Laughter)

corporate world."

(Applause)

But she said, "I'm not interested in that, anyway. I don't want to teach drama, I want to become a dramatist. I want to write plays. So I walked the Camino in order to give myself some _______, in _____ to walk into my future." And I said, "What was the most powerful ______ you had on the whole ______, the very most powerful moment?" She said, "I had many powerful moments, but you know, the most ________ moment was post-Camino, was the three days you go on from Santiago and come to this cliff edge. And you go through three rituals. The first ritual is to eat a tapas plate of scallops" — or if you're vegetarian, to contemplate the scallop shell.

Solution


  1. order
  2. moment
  3. camino
  4. courage
  5. powerful

Original Text


(Laughter)

corporate world."

(Applause)

But she said, "I'm not interested in that, anyway. I don't want to teach drama, I want to become a dramatist. I want to write plays. So I walked the Camino in order to give myself some courage, in order to walk into my future." And I said, "What was the most powerful moment you had on the whole Camino, the very most powerful moment?" She said, "I had many powerful moments, but you know, the most powerful moment was post-Camino, was the three days you go on from Santiago and come to this cliff edge. And you go through three rituals. The first ritual is to eat a tapas plate of scallops" — or if you're vegetarian, to contemplate the scallop shell.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
conversational nature 4
powerful moment 4
scallop shell 3
cliff edge 2
full moon 2
marlene mccormack 2
western sea 2
heart broken 2
hillside hiding 2
gilded roofs 2


Important Words


  1. applause
  2. camino
  3. cliff
  4. contemplate
  5. corporate
  6. courage
  7. days
  8. drama
  9. dramatist
  10. eat
  11. edge
  12. future
  13. give
  14. interested
  15. laughter
  16. moment
  17. moments
  18. order
  19. plate
  20. plays
  21. powerful
  22. ritual
  23. rituals
  24. santiago
  25. scallop
  26. shell
  27. tapas
  28. teach
  29. vegetarian
  30. walk
  31. walked
  32. world
  33. write