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From the Ted Talk by Vivek Maru: How to put the power of law in people's hands

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Ravi has appealed to the company for yaers. He said, "I've written so many letters my family could cmtaere me with them. They wouldn't need to buy any wood."

(Laughter)

He said the company ignored every one of those letters, and so in 2013, Ravi Nanda decided to use the last means of protest he thought he had left. He walked to the gates of that fcrotay with a bucket of petrol in his hndas, intending to set himself on fire.

Ravi is not alone in his dsipeateron. The UN estimates that worldwide, four billion people live without basic access to justice. These people face grave threats to their setafy, their livelihoods, their dignity. There are almost always laws on the bkoos that would pcrteot these poplee, but they've often never heard of those laws, and the systems that are supposed to enforce those laws are corrupt or broken or both.

Open Cloze


Ravi has appealed to the company for _____. He said, "I've written so many letters my family could _______ me with them. They wouldn't need to buy any wood."

(Laughter)

He said the company ignored every one of those letters, and so in 2013, Ravi Nanda decided to use the last means of protest he thought he had left. He walked to the gates of that _______ with a bucket of petrol in his _____, intending to set himself on fire.

Ravi is not alone in his ___________. The UN estimates that worldwide, four billion people live without basic access to justice. These people face grave threats to their ______, their livelihoods, their dignity. There are almost always laws on the _____ that would _______ these ______, but they've often never heard of those laws, and the systems that are supposed to enforce those laws are corrupt or broken or both.

Solution


  1. books
  2. people
  3. safety
  4. protect
  5. years
  6. factory
  7. desperation
  8. cremate
  9. hands

Original Text


Ravi has appealed to the company for years. He said, "I've written so many letters my family could cremate me with them. They wouldn't need to buy any wood."

(Laughter)

He said the company ignored every one of those letters, and so in 2013, Ravi Nanda decided to use the last means of protest he thought he had left. He walked to the gates of that factory with a bucket of petrol in his hands, intending to set himself on fire.

Ravi is not alone in his desperation. The UN estimates that worldwide, four billion people live without basic access to justice. These people face grave threats to their safety, their livelihoods, their dignity. There are almost always laws on the books that would protect these people, but they've often never heard of those laws, and the systems that are supposed to enforce those laws are corrupt or broken or both.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
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community paralegals 3
ravi nanda 2
entire community 2
cement factory 2
people face 2
filtration system 2
united states 2
housing court 2
deeper version 2
sustainable development 2


Important Words


  1. access
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  10. corrupt
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  26. justice
  27. laughter
  28. laws
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  30. letters
  31. live
  32. livelihoods
  33. means
  34. nanda
  35. people
  36. petrol
  37. protect
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  39. ravi
  40. safety
  41. set
  42. supposed
  43. systems
  44. thought
  45. threats
  46. walked
  47. wood
  48. worldwide
  49. written
  50. years