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From the Ted Talk by Thomas Thwaites: How I built a toaster -- from scratch

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So, my next — (Applause) The next thing I was trying to get was copper. Again, this mine was once the largest copper mine in the world. It's not anymore, but I found a retired gogeoly professor to take me down, and he said, "Okay, I'll let you have some water from the mine." And the reason I was interested in getting water is because wtaer which goes through mines becomes kind of aiidcc and will start pnicikg up, dissolving the minerals from the mine. And a good example of this is the Rio Tinto, which is in Portugal. As you can see, it's got lots and lots of minerals dissolved in it. So many such that it's now just a home for btiracea who really like acidic, toixc conditions. But anyway, the water I deaggrd back from the Isle of Anglesey where the mine was — there was enough copper in it such that I could cast the pins of my metal electric plug.

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So, my next — (Applause) The next thing I was trying to get was copper. Again, this mine was once the largest copper mine in the world. It's not anymore, but I found a retired _______ professor to take me down, and he said, "Okay, I'll let you have some water from the mine." And the reason I was interested in getting water is because _____ which goes through mines becomes kind of ______ and will start _______ up, dissolving the minerals from the mine. And a good example of this is the Rio Tinto, which is in Portugal. As you can see, it's got lots and lots of minerals dissolved in it. So many such that it's now just a home for ________ who really like acidic, _____ conditions. But anyway, the water I _______ back from the Isle of Anglesey where the mine was — there was enough copper in it such that I could cast the pins of my metal electric plug.

Solution


  1. toxic
  2. picking
  3. geology
  4. acidic
  5. bacteria
  6. water
  7. dragged

Original Text


So, my next — (Applause) The next thing I was trying to get was copper. Again, this mine was once the largest copper mine in the world. It's not anymore, but I found a retired geology professor to take me down, and he said, "Okay, I'll let you have some water from the mine." And the reason I was interested in getting water is because water which goes through mines becomes kind of acidic and will start picking up, dissolving the minerals from the mine. And a good example of this is the Rio Tinto, which is in Portugal. As you can see, it's got lots and lots of minerals dissolved in it. So many such that it's now just a home for bacteria who really like acidic, toxic conditions. But anyway, the water I dragged back from the Isle of Anglesey where the mine was — there was enough copper in it such that I could cast the pins of my metal electric plug.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
electric toaster 2


Important Words


  1. acidic
  2. anglesey
  3. anymore
  4. applause
  5. bacteria
  6. cast
  7. conditions
  8. copper
  9. dissolved
  10. dissolving
  11. dragged
  12. electric
  13. geology
  14. good
  15. home
  16. interested
  17. isle
  18. kind
  19. largest
  20. lots
  21. metal
  22. minerals
  23. mines
  24. picking
  25. pins
  26. plug
  27. portugal
  28. professor
  29. reason
  30. retired
  31. rio
  32. start
  33. tinto
  34. toxic
  35. water
  36. world