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From the Ted Talk by Sting: How I started writing songs again

Unscramble the Blue Letters


♪ Not a pension, nor a pittance, when your whole life is through ♪

♪ Get this through your head, I'm nothing like you ♪

♪ I'm done with all the arguments, there'll be no more disputes ♪

♪ And you'll die before you see me in your dead man's boots ♪

(Applause)

Thank you.

So whenever they'd launch a big ship, they would inivte some dignitary up from London on the train to make a speech, beark a bottle of champagne over the bows, launch it down the siaplwy into the river and out to sea. Occasionally on a really important ship, they'd get a member of the royal falmiy to come, Duke of egbudnrih, Princess Anne or somebody. And you have to remember, it wasn't that long ago that the royal family in England were ceisdreond to have magical healing pwores. Sick children were held up in crowds to try and tcuoh the coalk of the king or the queen to cure them of some terrible disease. It wasn't like that in my day, but we still got very excited.

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♪ Not a pension, nor a pittance, when your whole life is through ♪

♪ Get this through your head, I'm nothing like you ♪

♪ I'm done with all the arguments, there'll be no more disputes ♪

♪ And you'll die before you see me in your dead man's boots ♪

(Applause)

Thank you.

So whenever they'd launch a big ship, they would ______ some dignitary up from London on the train to make a speech, _____ a bottle of champagne over the bows, launch it down the _______ into the river and out to sea. Occasionally on a really important ship, they'd get a member of the royal ______ to come, Duke of _________, Princess Anne or somebody. And you have to remember, it wasn't that long ago that the royal family in England were __________ to have magical healing ______. Sick children were held up in crowds to try and _____ the _____ of the king or the queen to cure them of some terrible disease. It wasn't like that in my day, but we still got very excited.

Solution


  1. touch
  2. invite
  3. slipway
  4. family
  5. powers
  6. cloak
  7. break
  8. considered
  9. edinburgh

Original Text


♪ Not a pension, nor a pittance, when your whole life is through ♪

♪ Get this through your head, I'm nothing like you ♪

♪ I'm done with all the arguments, there'll be no more disputes ♪

♪ And you'll die before you see me in your dead man's boots ♪

(Applause)

Thank you.

So whenever they'd launch a big ship, they would invite some dignitary up from London on the train to make a speech, break a bottle of champagne over the bows, launch it down the slipway into the river and out to sea. Occasionally on a really important ship, they'd get a member of the royal family to come, Duke of Edinburgh, Princess Anne or somebody. And you have to remember, it wasn't that long ago that the royal family in England were considered to have magical healing powers. Sick children were held up in crowds to try and touch the cloak of the king or the queen to cure them of some terrible disease. It wasn't like that in my day, but we still got very excited.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
ship sails 6
queen mother 3
life worth 2
worth knowing 2
royal family 2

ngrams of length 3

collocation frequency
life worth knowing 2

Important Words


  1. anne
  2. applause
  3. arguments
  4. big
  5. boots
  6. bottle
  7. bows
  8. break
  9. champagne
  10. children
  11. cloak
  12. considered
  13. crowds
  14. cure
  15. day
  16. dead
  17. die
  18. dignitary
  19. disease
  20. disputes
  21. duke
  22. edinburgh
  23. england
  24. excited
  25. family
  26. head
  27. healing
  28. held
  29. important
  30. invite
  31. king
  32. launch
  33. life
  34. london
  35. long
  36. magical
  37. member
  38. occasionally
  39. pension
  40. pittance
  41. powers
  42. princess
  43. queen
  44. remember
  45. river
  46. royal
  47. sea
  48. ship
  49. sick
  50. slipway
  51. speech
  52. terrible
  53. touch
  54. train