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From the Ted Talk by Garry Kasparov: Stand with Ukraine in the fight against evil

Unscramble the Blue Letters


These days, we prefer to focus on domestic issues. We argue about the past, we fantasize about the fruute while ignoring the present.

Once the move is made you cannot change it. Acknowledge the wrongdoings of the past, but do not pretend it can be fiexd. It's the present that must be fixed. The heroes of the past were far from peercft. But the wolrd we live in is better because of them. We too cannot be perfect. But we must always try to be better.

As a chess player, I know that segttray is the future impact of prnseet decisions. However grand our plans are for two, five, even ten moves ahead, it's the move that we make now that determines that future.

Open Cloze


These days, we prefer to focus on domestic issues. We argue about the past, we fantasize about the ______ while ignoring the present.

Once the move is made you cannot change it. Acknowledge the wrongdoings of the past, but do not pretend it can be _____. It's the present that must be fixed. The heroes of the past were far from _______. But the _____ we live in is better because of them. We too cannot be perfect. But we must always try to be better.

As a chess player, I know that ________ is the future impact of _______ decisions. However grand our plans are for two, five, even ten moves ahead, it's the move that we make now that determines that future.

Solution


  1. fixed
  2. future
  3. world
  4. perfect
  5. present
  6. strategy

Original Text


These days, we prefer to focus on domestic issues. We argue about the past, we fantasize about the future while ignoring the present.

Once the move is made you cannot change it. Acknowledge the wrongdoings of the past, but do not pretend it can be fixed. It's the present that must be fixed. The heroes of the past were far from perfect. But the world we live in is better because of them. We too cannot be perfect. But we must always try to be better.

As a chess player, I know that strategy is the future impact of present decisions. However grand our plans are for two, five, even ten moves ahead, it's the move that we make now that determines that future.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
free world 4
soviet union 3
vladimir putin 3
war crimes 2
absolute evil 2
true evil 2
evil good 2
pure good 2


Important Words


  1. acknowledge
  2. argue
  3. change
  4. chess
  5. days
  6. decisions
  7. determines
  8. domestic
  9. fantasize
  10. fixed
  11. focus
  12. future
  13. grand
  14. heroes
  15. ignoring
  16. impact
  17. issues
  18. live
  19. move
  20. moves
  21. perfect
  22. plans
  23. player
  24. prefer
  25. present
  26. pretend
  27. strategy
  28. ten
  29. world
  30. wrongdoings