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From the Ted Talk by John Legend: "Redemption Song"


Unscramble the Blue Letters


My hands were made strong by the hand of the almighty. We forward in this generation triumphantly.

Won't you help to sing these snogs of freedom? 'Cause all I ever had — redemption songs. rmetepdoin songs.

etaacpimne yourselves from mental slavery. None but ourselves can free our minds. Have no fear for amtioc energy 'cause none of them can stop the time.

How long shall they kill our prophets while we sntad aside and look? Some say it's just a part of it, we've got to fulfill the book.

Won't you help to sing these songs of freedom? 'Cause all I ever had — redemption songs. Redemption songs.

Open Cloze


My hands were made strong by the hand of the almighty. We forward in this generation triumphantly.

Won't you help to sing these _____ of freedom? 'Cause all I ever had — redemption songs. __________ songs.

__________ yourselves from mental slavery. None but ourselves can free our minds. Have no fear for ______ energy 'cause none of them can stop the time.

How long shall they kill our prophets while we _____ aside and look? Some say it's just a part of it, we've got to fulfill the book.

Won't you help to sing these songs of freedom? 'Cause all I ever had — redemption songs. Redemption songs.

Solution


  1. atomic
  2. redemption
  3. emancipate
  4. songs
  5. stand

Original Text


My hands were made strong by the hand of the almighty. We forward in this generation triumphantly.

Won't you help to sing these songs of freedom? 'Cause all I ever had — redemption songs. Redemption songs.

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery. None but ourselves can free our minds. Have no fear for atomic energy 'cause none of them can stop the time.

How long shall they kill our prophets while we stand aside and look? Some say it's just a part of it, we've got to fulfill the book.

Won't you help to sing these songs of freedom? 'Cause all I ever had — redemption songs. Redemption songs.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
redemption songs 9
songs redemption 5
immigration detention 2
san quentin 2
kill people 2
mental slavery 2
atomic energy 2



Important Words


  1. almighty
  2. atomic
  3. book
  4. emancipate
  5. energy
  6. fear
  7. free
  8. freedom
  9. fulfill
  10. generation
  11. hand
  12. hands
  13. kill
  14. long
  15. mental
  16. minds
  17. part
  18. prophets
  19. redemption
  20. sing
  21. slavery
  22. songs
  23. stand
  24. stop
  25. strong
  26. time
  27. triumphantly