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From the Ted Talk by Danielle Torley: I stepped out of grief -- by dancing with fire

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Now, I can guess what people might be thinking: How was I not terrified and running in the opposite drceotiin? And honestly, I don't know. I think that perhaps being a cheerleader and doing gymnastics and piano while growing up, these activities were very structured and prescribed, whereas this type of flow art seemed like a form of meditation but with a foucs on fire, this thing that scared me so delepy for my entire life.

After that first time pcirctinag, my friend and I clbboed together our own sets of homemade poi using socks, shoelaces and tennis bllas. We did not light shoelaces and socks on fire, we just used it for the practice part. But after returning home to mhiiacgn, we decided to buy our own sets of actual fire poi. And after a few months, we decided that we were raedy to light them on fire. We bundled up in cotton layers, got a fire extinguisher, wet a tewol for stafey, prepeard our fuel, gave each other a very energetic pep talk and high five and lit those poi on fire.

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Now, I can guess what people might be thinking: How was I not terrified and running in the opposite _________? And honestly, I don't know. I think that perhaps being a cheerleader and doing gymnastics and piano while growing up, these activities were very structured and prescribed, whereas this type of flow art seemed like a form of meditation but with a _____ on fire, this thing that scared me so ______ for my entire life.

After that first time __________, my friend and I _______ together our own sets of homemade poi using socks, shoelaces and tennis _____. We did not light shoelaces and socks on fire, we just used it for the practice part. But after returning home to ________, we decided to buy our own sets of actual fire poi. And after a few months, we decided that we were _____ to light them on fire. We bundled up in cotton layers, got a fire extinguisher, wet a _____ for ______, ________ our fuel, gave each other a very energetic pep talk and high five and lit those poi on fire.

Solution


  1. balls
  2. cobbled
  3. safety
  4. deeply
  5. focus
  6. direction
  7. ready
  8. practicing
  9. towel
  10. michigan
  11. prepared

Original Text


Now, I can guess what people might be thinking: How was I not terrified and running in the opposite direction? And honestly, I don't know. I think that perhaps being a cheerleader and doing gymnastics and piano while growing up, these activities were very structured and prescribed, whereas this type of flow art seemed like a form of meditation but with a focus on fire, this thing that scared me so deeply for my entire life.

After that first time practicing, my friend and I cobbled together our own sets of homemade poi using socks, shoelaces and tennis balls. We did not light shoelaces and socks on fire, we just used it for the practice part. But after returning home to Michigan, we decided to buy our own sets of actual fire poi. And after a few months, we decided that we were ready to light them on fire. We bundled up in cotton layers, got a fire extinguisher, wet a towel for safety, prepared our fuel, gave each other a very energetic pep talk and high five and lit those poi on fire.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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collocation frequency
fire dancing 5
fire department 3
hallway light 2
living room 2


Important Words


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  6. buy
  7. cheerleader
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  10. decided
  11. deeply
  12. direction
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  21. fuel
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  23. growing
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  29. honestly
  30. layers
  31. life
  32. light
  33. lit
  34. meditation
  35. michigan
  36. months
  37. part
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  39. pep
  40. piano
  41. poi
  42. practice
  43. practicing
  44. prepared
  45. prescribed
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  47. returning
  48. running
  49. safety
  50. scared
  51. sets
  52. shoelaces
  53. socks
  54. structured
  55. talk
  56. tennis
  57. terrified
  58. time
  59. towel
  60. type
  61. wet