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From the Ted Talk by Roger Ebert: Remaking my voice

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CE: I was optimistic, and all was right with the wolrd. The first surgery was a great success. I saw myself in the mrrior and I looked pterty good. Two weeks later, I was ready to return home. I was using my iPod to play the loenrad Cohen song 'I'm Your Man' for my doctors and nurses. Suddenly, I had an episode of catitsphroac bleeding. My ctaiord artery had ruptured. Thank God I was still in my hospital room and my doctors were right there. Chaz told me that if that song hadn't played for so long, I might have already been in the car, on the way home, and would have died right there and then. So thank you, Leonard Cohen, for saving my life.

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CE: I was optimistic, and all was right with the _____. The first surgery was a great success. I saw myself in the ______ and I looked ______ good. Two weeks later, I was ready to return home. I was using my iPod to play the _______ Cohen song 'I'm Your Man' for my doctors and nurses. Suddenly, I had an episode of ____________ bleeding. My _______ artery had ruptured. Thank God I was still in my hospital room and my doctors were right there. Chaz told me that if that song hadn't played for so long, I might have already been in the car, on the way home, and would have died right there and then. So thank you, Leonard Cohen, for saving my life.

Solution


  1. leonard
  2. catastrophic
  3. world
  4. pretty
  5. carotid
  6. mirror

Original Text


CE: I was optimistic, and all was right with the world. The first surgery was a great success. I saw myself in the mirror and I looked pretty good. Two weeks later, I was ready to return home. I was using my iPod to play the Leonard Cohen song 'I'm Your Man' for my doctors and nurses. Suddenly, I had an episode of catastrophic bleeding. My carotid artery had ruptured. Thank God I was still in my hospital room and my doctors were right there. Chaz told me that if that song hadn't played for so long, I might have already been in the car, on the way home, and would have died right there and then. So thank you, Leonard Cohen, for saving my life.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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computer voice 4
computer voices 4
carotid artery 3
tv show 2
salman khan 2
human nature 2
people talk 2
talk loudly 2

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collocation frequency
people talk loudly 2

Important Words


  1. artery
  2. bleeding
  3. car
  4. carotid
  5. catastrophic
  6. chaz
  7. cohen
  8. died
  9. doctors
  10. episode
  11. god
  12. good
  13. great
  14. home
  15. hospital
  16. ipod
  17. leonard
  18. life
  19. long
  20. looked
  21. mirror
  22. nurses
  23. optimistic
  24. play
  25. played
  26. pretty
  27. ready
  28. return
  29. room
  30. ruptured
  31. saving
  32. song
  33. success
  34. suddenly
  35. surgery
  36. told
  37. weeks
  38. world