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From the Ted Talk by Derren Brown: Mentalism, mind reading and the art of getting inside your head

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(Applause)

AH, also in the center? AH. This will be a man, a little oedlr, maybe late 40s, I would say from this. AH, center, stand up for me if you think this is you. AH. Hi, let's get a microphone to this guy. qciuk as we can, on camera would be amazing. Oh, look at that! Freeze. Don't move. Don't move. Keep absolutely still. Are you stidanng? Where are you?

Man: I am standing. I'm not that sorht.

DB: OK. Alright, now you changed that. There was just something you did as you got up. Yes or no, have you put something on here — you're not doing it now, but you did it as you sootd up — to do with your left or your left leg or your left foot, yes or no?

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(Applause)

AH, also in the center? AH. This will be a man, a little _____, maybe late 40s, I would say from this. AH, center, stand up for me if you think this is you. AH. Hi, let's get a microphone to this guy. _____ as we can, on camera would be amazing. Oh, look at that! Freeze. Don't move. Don't move. Keep absolutely still. Are you ________? Where are you?

Man: I am standing. I'm not that _____.

DB: OK. Alright, now you changed that. There was just something you did as you got up. Yes or no, have you put something on here — you're not doing it now, but you did it as you _____ up — to do with your left or your left leg or your left foot, yes or no?

Solution


  1. quick
  2. standing
  3. short
  4. older
  5. stood

Original Text


(Applause)

AH, also in the center? AH. This will be a man, a little older, maybe late 40s, I would say from this. AH, center, stand up for me if you think this is you. AH. Hi, let's get a microphone to this guy. Quick as we can, on camera would be amazing. Oh, look at that! Freeze. Don't move. Don't move. Keep absolutely still. Are you standing? Where are you?

Man: I am standing. I'm not that short.

DB: OK. Alright, now you changed that. There was just something you did as you got up. Yes or no, have you put something on here — you're not doing it now, but you did it as you stood up — to do with your left or your left leg or your left foot, yes or no?

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
pay attention 2


Important Words


  1. absolutely
  2. ah
  3. alright
  4. amazing
  5. applause
  6. camera
  7. center
  8. changed
  9. foot
  10. freeze
  11. guy
  12. late
  13. left
  14. leg
  15. man
  16. microphone
  17. move
  18. older
  19. put
  20. quick
  21. short
  22. stand
  23. standing
  24. stood