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From the Ted Talk by Parul Sehgal: An ode to envy

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Now Highsmith is a particular foativre of mine. She is the very brilliant and bizarre woman of American letters. She's the author of "Strangers on a Train" and "The Talented Mr. Ripley," books that are all about how jealousy, it muddles our minds, and once we're in the sphere, in that realm of jealousy, the membrane between what is and what could be can be pecreid in an instant. Take Tom rpiely, her most famous character. Now, Tom Ripley goes from wanting you or wanting what you have to being you and having what you once had, and you're under the floorboards, he's anniwresg to your name, he's wearing your rings, emptying your bank account. That's one way to go.

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Now Highsmith is a particular ________ of mine. She is the very brilliant and bizarre woman of American letters. She's the author of "Strangers on a Train" and "The Talented Mr. Ripley," books that are all about how jealousy, it muddles our minds, and once we're in the sphere, in that realm of jealousy, the membrane between what is and what could be can be _______ in an instant. Take Tom ______, her most famous character. Now, Tom Ripley goes from wanting you or wanting what you have to being you and having what you once had, and you're under the floorboards, he's _________ to your name, he's wearing your rings, emptying your bank account. That's one way to go.

Solution


  1. answering
  2. ripley
  3. pierced
  4. favorite

Original Text


Now Highsmith is a particular favorite of mine. She is the very brilliant and bizarre woman of American letters. She's the author of "Strangers on a Train" and "The Talented Mr. Ripley," books that are all about how jealousy, it muddles our minds, and once we're in the sphere, in that realm of jealousy, the membrane between what is and what could be can be pierced in an instant. Take Tom Ripley, her most famous character. Now, Tom Ripley goes from wanting you or wanting what you have to being you and having what you once had, and you're under the floorboards, he's answering to your name, he's wearing your rings, emptying your bank account. That's one way to go.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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tom ripley 2
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Important Words


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  2. american
  3. answering
  4. author
  5. bank
  6. bizarre
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  8. brilliant
  9. character
  10. emptying
  11. famous
  12. favorite
  13. floorboards
  14. highsmith
  15. instant
  16. jealousy
  17. letters
  18. membrane
  19. minds
  20. muddles
  21. pierced
  22. realm
  23. rings
  24. ripley
  25. sphere
  26. talented
  27. tom
  28. wanting
  29. wearing
  30. woman