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From the Ted Talk by Matthew O'Reilly: “Am I dying?” The honest answer.

Unscramble the Blue Letters


This came to me very, very early in my cearer. I had responded to a call. There was a female in her late 50s svereley pinned within a vehicle. She had been t-boned at a high rate of seped, critical, critical condition. As the fire drmentaept worked to remove her from the car, I cmleibd in to begin to render care. As we talked, she had said to me, "There was so much more I wetnad to do with my life." She had felt she had not left her mark on this Earth. As we taekld further, it would turn out that she was a mother of two adopted cdrilehn who were both on their way to medical school. Because of her, two children had a chance they never would have had otherwise and would go on to save lives in the medical field as medical doctors. It would end up taking 45 minutes to free her from the vehicle. However, she perished prior to freeing her.

Open Cloze


This came to me very, very early in my ______. I had responded to a call. There was a female in her late 50s ________ pinned within a vehicle. She had been t-boned at a high rate of _____, critical, critical condition. As the fire __________ worked to remove her from the car, I _______ in to begin to render care. As we talked, she had said to me, "There was so much more I ______ to do with my life." She had felt she had not left her mark on this Earth. As we ______ further, it would turn out that she was a mother of two adopted ________ who were both on their way to medical school. Because of her, two children had a chance they never would have had otherwise and would go on to save lives in the medical field as medical doctors. It would end up taking 45 minutes to free her from the vehicle. However, she perished prior to freeing her.

Solution


  1. speed
  2. career
  3. severely
  4. children
  5. talked
  6. wanted
  7. climbed
  8. department

Original Text


This came to me very, very early in my career. I had responded to a call. There was a female in her late 50s severely pinned within a vehicle. She had been t-boned at a high rate of speed, critical, critical condition. As the fire department worked to remove her from the car, I climbed in to begin to render care. As we talked, she had said to me, "There was so much more I wanted to do with my life." She had felt she had not left her mark on this Earth. As we talked further, it would turn out that she was a mother of two adopted children who were both on their way to medical school. Because of her, two children had a chance they never would have had otherwise and would go on to save lives in the medical field as medical doctors. It would end up taking 45 minutes to free her from the vehicle. However, she perished prior to freeing her.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
heart attack 2
simply laid 2


Important Words


  1. adopted
  2. call
  3. car
  4. care
  5. career
  6. chance
  7. children
  8. climbed
  9. condition
  10. critical
  11. department
  12. doctors
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  14. earth
  15. felt
  16. female
  17. field
  18. fire
  19. free
  20. freeing
  21. high
  22. late
  23. left
  24. life
  25. lives
  26. mark
  27. medical
  28. minutes
  29. mother
  30. perished
  31. pinned
  32. prior
  33. rate
  34. remove
  35. render
  36. responded
  37. save
  38. school
  39. severely
  40. speed
  41. talked
  42. turn
  43. vehicle
  44. wanted
  45. worked