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From the Ted Talk by Cara Greene Epstein: How theater weathers wars, outlasts empires and survives pandemics

Unscramble the Blue Letters


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Open Cloze


Next, we breathe. When we inhale, we give ourselves the opportunity to _______ in the present moment and be _____ of what's happening right now inside of us, as well as outside of us. When we exhale, we allow ourselves to release the moment so that we can be present for the next one and the next one and the next one. When we feel anxious or uncertain, we tend to hold our ______. We're ______ about what's going to happen next, and so we hold onto what's happening right now, which prevents movement, which keeps us _____. Far from helping us, holding our breath holds us back. So we stop. We breathe.

Solution


  1. stuck
  2. aware
  3. breathe
  4. breath
  5. scared

Original Text


Next, we breathe. When we inhale, we give ourselves the opportunity to breathe in the present moment and be aware of what's happening right now inside of us, as well as outside of us. When we exhale, we allow ourselves to release the moment so that we can be present for the next one and the next one and the next one. When we feel anxious or uncertain, we tend to hold our breath. We're scared about what's going to happen next, and so we hold onto what's happening right now, which prevents movement, which keeps us stuck. Far from helping us, holding our breath holds us back. So we stop. We breathe.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
creative person 3
feel anxious 3
theater artists 2
hard time 2
art form 2
survived plagues 2
western theater 2
great work 2


Important Words


  1. anxious
  2. aware
  3. breath
  4. breathe
  5. exhale
  6. feel
  7. give
  8. happen
  9. happening
  10. helping
  11. hold
  12. holding
  13. holds
  14. inhale
  15. moment
  16. movement
  17. opportunity
  18. present
  19. prevents
  20. release
  21. scared
  22. stop
  23. stuck
  24. tend
  25. uncertain