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From the Ted Talk by William Shakespeare: "All the World's a Stage"

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“All the World’s a Stage” from "As You Like It" by William spraahsekee All the world’s a sgate, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many patrs, His acts being seven ages. At first the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse’s arms; And then the whining school-boy, with his satchel And sniinhg morning face, creeping like snail Unwillingly to school. And then the levor, Sighing like furnace, with a woeful bllaad Made to his mistress’ eoyrbew. Then a soldier, Full of strange oaths, and bdaered like the pard, Jealous in honour, sduden and quick in quarrel, seneikg the bblube reputation Even in the cannon’s mouth. And then the justice, In fair round belly with good coapn lin’d, With eyes severe and beard of formal cut, Full of wise saws and modern instances; And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slipper’d pantaloon, With spectacles on nose and pouch on side; His youthful hose, well sav’d, a world too wide For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice, tnnirug again toward childish treble, pipes And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all, That ends this strange entveufl history, Is second chneiisslhds and mere oblivion; Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.

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“All the World’s a Stage” from "As You Like It" by William ___________ All the world’s a _____, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many _____, His acts being seven ages. At first the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse’s arms; And then the whining school-boy, with his satchel And _______ morning face, creeping like snail Unwillingly to school. And then the _____, Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ______ Made to his mistress’ _______. Then a soldier, Full of strange oaths, and _______ like the pard, Jealous in honour, ______ and quick in quarrel, _______ the ______ reputation Even in the cannon’s mouth. And then the justice, In fair round belly with good _____ lin’d, With eyes severe and beard of formal cut, Full of wise saws and modern instances; And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slipper’d pantaloon, With spectacles on nose and pouch on side; His youthful hose, well sav’d, a world too wide For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice, _______ again toward childish treble, pipes And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all, That ends this strange ________ history, Is second ____________ and mere oblivion; Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.

Solution


  1. capon
  2. eventful
  3. lover
  4. shakespeare
  5. parts
  6. bearded
  7. sudden
  8. childishness
  9. turning
  10. shining
  11. eyebrow
  12. seeking
  13. ballad
  14. stage
  15. bubble

Original Text


“All the World’s a Stage” from "As You Like It" by William Shakespeare All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. At first the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse’s arms; And then the whining school-boy, with his satchel And shining morning face, creeping like snail Unwillingly to school. And then the lover, Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad Made to his mistress’ eyebrow. Then a soldier, Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard, Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel, Seeking the bubble reputation Even in the cannon’s mouth. And then the justice, In fair round belly with good capon lin’d, With eyes severe and beard of formal cut, Full of wise saws and modern instances; And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slipper’d pantaloon, With spectacles on nose and pouch on side; His youthful hose, well sav’d, a world too wide For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice, Turning again toward childish treble, pipes And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all, That ends this strange eventful history, Is second childishness and mere oblivion; Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations




Important Words


  1. acts
  2. age
  3. ages
  4. ballad
  5. beard
  6. bearded
  7. belly
  8. big
  9. bubble
  10. capon
  11. childish
  12. childishness
  13. creeping
  14. cut
  15. ends
  16. eventful
  17. exits
  18. eyebrow
  19. eyes
  20. face
  21. fair
  22. formal
  23. full
  24. furnace
  25. good
  26. history
  27. honour
  28. hose
  29. infant
  30. jealous
  31. justice
  32. lean
  33. lover
  34. man
  35. manly
  36. men
  37. mere
  38. mewling
  39. modern
  40. morning
  41. mouth
  42. nose
  43. oaths
  44. pantaloon
  45. pard
  46. part
  47. parts
  48. pipes
  49. plays
  50. pouch
  51. puking
  52. quarrel
  53. quick
  54. reputation
  55. sans
  56. satchel
  57. saws
  58. scene
  59. school
  60. seeking
  61. severe
  62. shakespeare
  63. shifts
  64. shining
  65. shrunk
  66. sighing
  67. sixth
  68. snail
  69. soldier
  70. sound
  71. spectacles
  72. stage
  73. strange
  74. sudden
  75. taste
  76. teeth
  77. time
  78. treble
  79. turning
  80. unwillingly
  81. voice
  82. whining
  83. whistles
  84. wide
  85. william
  86. wise
  87. woeful
  88. women
  89. world
  90. youthful