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From the Ted Talk by Mai Lan: "Autopilote" / "Pumper"


Unscramble the Blue Letters


(Applause)

So, thank you, little pilot.

(Applause)

I bet some of you guys have little pilots wrniokg inside, too. There is actually somebody else in my big vsseel now, look. Whoo!

(Laughter)

Say hello to our new band mebemr, Belly Joe. He's an inside drummer, and he's actually pretty good. He gives little hits so we can keep the right rhythm. Because only he knows what the right rhythm is, because he feels it from the inside, you know. The next song is called "Pumper." I wrote it when I was in fenrch Guiana. And there in French Guiana it's really, really, really hot. So, Belly Joe is going to give you guys the ryhhtm.

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(Applause)

So, thank you, little pilot.

(Applause)

I bet some of you guys have little pilots _______ inside, too. There is actually somebody else in my big ______ now, look. Whoo!

(Laughter)

Say hello to our new band ______, Belly Joe. He's an inside drummer, and he's actually pretty good. He gives little hits so we can keep the right rhythm. Because only he knows what the right rhythm is, because he feels it from the inside, you know. The next song is called "Pumper." I wrote it when I was in ______ Guiana. And there in French Guiana it's really, really, really hot. So, Belly Joe is going to give you guys the ______.

Solution


  1. vessel
  2. french
  3. working
  4. rhythm
  5. member

Original Text


(Applause)

So, thank you, little pilot.

(Applause)

I bet some of you guys have little pilots working inside, too. There is actually somebody else in my big vessel now, look. Whoo!

(Laughter)

Say hello to our new band member, Belly Joe. He's an inside drummer, and he's actually pretty good. He gives little hits so we can keep the right rhythm. Because only he knows what the right rhythm is, because he feels it from the inside, you know. The next song is called "Pumper." I wrote it when I was in French Guiana. And there in French Guiana it's really, really, really hot. So, Belly Joe is going to give you guys the rhythm.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
pumper drop 8
je suis 6
en autopilote 6
autopilote je 6
ne cherche 6
mon avis 5
suis comme 4
comme endormie 3
endormie dans 3
dans mon 3
mon bordel 3
bordel je 3
je mets 3
mets de 3
je rouvre 3
rouvre les 3
les plaies 3
plaies guéries 3
guéries en 3
je ne 3
ne serai 3
serai pas 3
pas lucide 3
lucide dans 3
dans ton 3
ton bordel 3
bordel mettre 3
mettre de 3
avis ne 3
millions de 2
ils se 2
belly joe 2
french guiana 2

ngrams of length 3

collocation frequency
en autopilote je 6
je suis comme 4
autopilote je suis 3
suis comme endormie 3
comme endormie dans 3
endormie dans mon 3
dans mon bordel 3
mon bordel je 3
bordel je mets 3
je mets de 3
je rouvre les 3
rouvre les plaies 3
les plaies guéries 3
plaies guéries en 3
guéries en autopilote 3
autopilote je ne 3
je ne serai 3
ne serai pas 3
serai pas lucide 3
pas lucide dans 3
lucide dans ton 3
dans ton bordel 3
ton bordel mettre 3
bordel mettre de 3
mon avis ne 3
avis ne cherche 3


Important Words


  1. applause
  2. band
  3. belly
  4. bet
  5. big
  6. called
  7. drummer
  8. feels
  9. french
  10. give
  11. good
  12. guiana
  13. guys
  14. hits
  15. hot
  16. joe
  17. laughter
  18. member
  19. pilot
  20. pilots
  21. pretty
  22. rhythm
  23. song
  24. vessel
  25. working
  26. wrote