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From the Ted Talk by Teitur: Home is a song I've always remembered

Unscramble the Blue Letters


I ... I was just thinking

I ... I was just tnhnikig

that I'm tired of calling you once a week

thinking of long distance rates instead of kissing you

So baby I'm sinking,

merely sinking

(gauitr music ends)

(Applause)

Thank you.

Singing is sharing. When you sing, you have to know what you're tinlkag about intimately, and you have to be willing to share this insight and give away a piece of yourself. I look for this iitenotnn to srhae in everything, and I ask: what are the intentions behind this architecture or this product or this restaurant or this meal? And if your intentions are to impress people or to get the big applause at the end, then you are taking, not ginvig.

Open Cloze


I ... I was just thinking

I ... I was just ________

that I'm tired of calling you once a week

thinking of long distance rates instead of kissing you

So baby I'm sinking,

merely sinking

(______ music ends)

(Applause)

Thank you.

Singing is sharing. When you sing, you have to know what you're _______ about intimately, and you have to be willing to share this insight and give away a piece of yourself. I look for this _________ to _____ in everything, and I ask: what are the intentions behind this architecture or this product or this restaurant or this meal? And if your intentions are to impress people or to get the big applause at the end, then you are taking, not ______.

Solution


  1. talking
  2. giving
  3. share
  4. guitar
  5. thinking
  6. intention

Original Text


I ... I was just thinking

I ... I was just thinking

that I'm tired of calling you once a week

thinking of long distance rates instead of kissing you

So baby I'm sinking,

merely sinking

(Guitar music ends)

(Applause)

Thank you.

Singing is sharing. When you sing, you have to know what you're talking about intimately, and you have to be willing to share this insight and give away a piece of yourself. I look for this intention to share in everything, and I ask: what are the intentions behind this architecture or this product or this restaurant or this meal? And if your intentions are to impress people or to get the big applause at the end, then you are taking, not giving.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
gonna feel 4
long distance 3
distance rates 3
weary head 2
gonna find 2

ngrams of length 3

collocation frequency
long distance rates 3

Important Words


  1. applause
  2. architecture
  3. baby
  4. big
  5. calling
  6. distance
  7. ends
  8. give
  9. giving
  10. guitar
  11. impress
  12. insight
  13. intention
  14. intentions
  15. intimately
  16. kissing
  17. long
  18. meal
  19. music
  20. people
  21. piece
  22. product
  23. rates
  24. restaurant
  25. share
  26. sharing
  27. sing
  28. singing
  29. sinking
  30. talking
  31. thinking
  32. tired
  33. week