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From the Ted Talk by Riley Moynes: How to squeeze all the juice out of retirement

Unscramble the Blue Letters


(Laughter)

The first year we ofeferd nine prgmaros and there were 200 folks signed up. The next year, that nubemr expanded to 45 programs with over 700 folks participating. And the following year we offered over 90 programs and had 2,100 registrations. aazinmg.

(Applause)

That was Bill. Our members taught us to play bridge and mahjong. They taught us to paint. They taught us to repair our bicycles. We tutored and mentored lacol school kids. We set up English as a second language programs for newcomers. We had book clubs, we had film clubs, we even had a few golf cblus. Exhausting, but exhilarating. That's what's possible in pshae four.

Open Cloze


(Laughter)

The first year we _______ nine ________ and there were 200 folks signed up. The next year, that ______ expanded to 45 programs with over 700 folks participating. And the following year we offered over 90 programs and had 2,100 registrations. _______.

(Applause)

That was Bill. Our members taught us to play bridge and mahjong. They taught us to paint. They taught us to repair our bicycles. We tutored and mentored _____ school kids. We set up English as a second language programs for newcomers. We had book clubs, we had film clubs, we even had a few golf _____. Exhausting, but exhilarating. That's what's possible in _____ four.

Solution


  1. offered
  2. programs
  3. phase
  4. amazing
  5. clubs
  6. number
  7. local

Original Text


(Laughter)

The first year we offered nine programs and there were 200 folks signed up. The next year, that number expanded to 45 programs with over 700 folks participating. And the following year we offered over 90 programs and had 2,100 registrations. Amazing.

(Applause)

That was Bill. Our members taught us to play bridge and mahjong. They taught us to paint. They taught us to repair our bicycles. We tutored and mentored local school kids. We set up English as a second language programs for newcomers. We had book clubs, we had film clubs, we even had a few golf clubs. Exhausting, but exhilarating. That's what's possible in phase four.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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collocation frequency
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Important Words


  1. amazing
  2. applause
  3. bicycles
  4. bill
  5. book
  6. bridge
  7. clubs
  8. english
  9. exhausting
  10. exhilarating
  11. expanded
  12. film
  13. folks
  14. golf
  15. kids
  16. language
  17. laughter
  18. local
  19. mahjong
  20. members
  21. mentored
  22. newcomers
  23. number
  24. offered
  25. paint
  26. participating
  27. phase
  28. play
  29. programs
  30. registrations
  31. repair
  32. school
  33. set
  34. signed
  35. taught
  36. tutored
  37. year