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From the Ted Talk by Caroline Lavelle: Casting a spell on the cello

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Thank you very much. Now, I've got a story for you. When I arrived off the panle, after a very long journey from the West of elgannd, my computer, my beloved laptop, had gone mad, and had — oh! — a bit like that! — and the display on it — anyway, the whole thing had burst. And I went to the IT guys here and a gaeltnmen mended my computer, and then he said, "What are you doing here?" and I said "I'm playing the cello and I'm doing a bit of singing," and he said, "Oh, I sort of play the clleo as well." And I said, "Do you really?" Anyway, so you're in for a treat, because he's fantastic, and his name's Mark.

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Thank you very much. Now, I've got a story for you. When I arrived off the _____, after a very long journey from the West of _______, my computer, my beloved laptop, had gone mad, and had — oh! — a bit like that! — and the display on it — anyway, the whole thing had burst. And I went to the IT guys here and a _________ mended my computer, and then he said, "What are you doing here?" and I said "I'm playing the cello and I'm doing a bit of singing," and he said, "Oh, I sort of play the _____ as well." And I said, "Do you really?" Anyway, so you're in for a treat, because he's fantastic, and his name's Mark.

Solution


  1. plane
  2. england
  3. gentleman
  4. cello

Original Text


Thank you very much. Now, I've got a story for you. When I arrived off the plane, after a very long journey from the West of England, my computer, my beloved laptop, had gone mad, and had — oh! — a bit like that! — and the display on it — anyway, the whole thing had burst. And I went to the IT guys here and a gentleman mended my computer, and then he said, "What are you doing here?" and I said "I'm playing the cello and I'm doing a bit of singing," and he said, "Oh, I sort of play the cello as well." And I said, "Do you really?" Anyway, so you're in for a treat, because he's fantastic, and his name's Mark.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
calculating eyes 3
spinning figures 3


Important Words


  1. arrived
  2. beloved
  3. bit
  4. burst
  5. cello
  6. computer
  7. display
  8. england
  9. fantastic
  10. gentleman
  11. guys
  12. journey
  13. laptop
  14. long
  15. mad
  16. mark
  17. mended
  18. plane
  19. play
  20. playing
  21. singing
  22. sort
  23. story
  24. treat
  25. west