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From the Ted Talk by Lennart Green: Close-up card magic with a twist

Unscramble the Blue Letters


OK. Now, I drop the cards, and you say stop anyway, right? Not at the last card.

Zoe: Stop. LG: Yeah.

When I'm seobr, I do this much quicker, but we will chcek. (letuhagr) Ah, not in order, it — that was a mistake. No, I'm kidding. (Applause) No, now and then I put in a mistake, just to emphasize how difficult it is. Right? Yeah, last ngiht I forgot that. That was a mistake. But now I'm glad I rmbeemer it. So, this deck is bought here. Sorry. I have a little pad to make it a little softer. This deck is bhougt here in America. It's called "Bicycle." And this deck is very flexible, but not so many plepoe know, if you check, if you press at the right spots, you see how thin and flexible this deck is, right? Now, you can carry this in your wallet, so ... You don't see it, make no reaction? (Laughter) So, but here, and — is the camera getting too much? No. (Laughter)

Open Cloze


OK. Now, I drop the cards, and you say stop anyway, right? Not at the last card.

Zoe: Stop. LG: Yeah.

When I'm _____, I do this much quicker, but we will _____. (________) Ah, not in order, it — that was a mistake. No, I'm kidding. (Applause) No, now and then I put in a mistake, just to emphasize how difficult it is. Right? Yeah, last _____ I forgot that. That was a mistake. But now I'm glad I ________ it. So, this deck is bought here. Sorry. I have a little pad to make it a little softer. This deck is ______ here in America. It's called "Bicycle." And this deck is very flexible, but not so many ______ know, if you check, if you press at the right spots, you see how thin and flexible this deck is, right? Now, you can carry this in your wallet, so ... You don't see it, make no reaction? (Laughter) So, but here, and — is the camera getting too much? No. (Laughter)

Solution


  1. remember
  2. people
  3. sober
  4. laughter
  5. night
  6. check
  7. bought

Original Text


OK. Now, I drop the cards, and you say stop anyway, right? Not at the last card.

Zoe: Stop. LG: Yeah.

When I'm sober, I do this much quicker, but we will check. (Laughter) Ah, not in order, it — that was a mistake. No, I'm kidding. (Applause) No, now and then I put in a mistake, just to emphasize how difficult it is. Right? Yeah, last night I forgot that. That was a mistake. But now I'm glad I remember it. So, this deck is bought here. Sorry. I have a little pad to make it a little softer. This deck is bought here in America. It's called "Bicycle." And this deck is very flexible, but not so many people know, if you check, if you press at the right spots, you see how thin and flexible this deck is, right? Now, you can carry this in your wallet, so ... You don't see it, make no reaction? (Laughter) So, but here, and — is the camera getting too much? No. (Laughter)

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
shuffle tracking 3
false count 2


Important Words


  1. ah
  2. america
  3. applause
  4. bought
  5. called
  6. camera
  7. card
  8. cards
  9. carry
  10. check
  11. deck
  12. difficult
  13. drop
  14. emphasize
  15. flexible
  16. forgot
  17. glad
  18. kidding
  19. laughter
  20. mistake
  21. night
  22. order
  23. pad
  24. people
  25. press
  26. put
  27. quicker
  28. reaction
  29. remember
  30. sober
  31. softer
  32. spots
  33. stop
  34. thin
  35. wallet
  36. yeah