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From the Ted Talk by Eve Ensler: Suddenly, my body

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And as the warm Gulf washed over my nkaed head, I realized that it held the best and the worst of us. It was the greed and recklessness that led to the drilling explosion. It was all the lies that got told before and after. It was the honey in the water that made it sweet, it was the oil that made it sick. It was my head that was bald — and cmotfraoble now without a hat. It was my whole self melting into Michaela's lap. It was the tears that were indistinguishable from the Gulf that were falling down my cheek. It was finally being in my body. It was the sorrow that's taken so long. It was finding my place and the huge responsibility that comes with ccotnenion. It was the cnnnuitiog devastating war in the cgnoo and the indifference of the wrlod. It was the Congolese woemn who are now rising up. It was my mother leaving, just at the moment that I was being born. It was the realization that I had come very close to dying — in the same way that the etrah, our mother, is barely hdolnig on, in the same way that 75 percent of the planet are hardly scrpnaig by, in the same way that there is a recipe for survival.

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And as the warm Gulf washed over my _____ head, I realized that it held the best and the worst of us. It was the greed and recklessness that led to the drilling explosion. It was all the lies that got told before and after. It was the honey in the water that made it sweet, it was the oil that made it sick. It was my head that was bald — and ___________ now without a hat. It was my whole self melting into Michaela's lap. It was the tears that were indistinguishable from the Gulf that were falling down my cheek. It was finally being in my body. It was the sorrow that's taken so long. It was finding my place and the huge responsibility that comes with __________. It was the __________ devastating war in the _____ and the indifference of the _____. It was the Congolese _____ who are now rising up. It was my mother leaving, just at the moment that I was being born. It was the realization that I had come very close to dying — in the same way that the _____, our mother, is barely _______ on, in the same way that 75 percent of the planet are hardly ________ by, in the same way that there is a recipe for survival.

Solution


  1. holding
  2. scraping
  3. earth
  4. world
  5. women
  6. continuing
  7. congo
  8. naked
  9. connection
  10. comfortable

Original Text


And as the warm Gulf washed over my naked head, I realized that it held the best and the worst of us. It was the greed and recklessness that led to the drilling explosion. It was all the lies that got told before and after. It was the honey in the water that made it sweet, it was the oil that made it sick. It was my head that was bald — and comfortable now without a hat. It was my whole self melting into Michaela's lap. It was the tears that were indistinguishable from the Gulf that were falling down my cheek. It was finally being in my body. It was the sorrow that's taken so long. It was finding my place and the huge responsibility that comes with connection. It was the continuing devastating war in the Congo and the indifference of the world. It was the Congolese women who are now rising up. It was my mother leaving, just at the moment that I was being born. It was the realization that I had come very close to dying — in the same way that the Earth, our mother, is barely holding on, in the same way that 75 percent of the planet are hardly scraping by, in the same way that there is a recipe for survival.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


  1. bald
  2. barely
  3. body
  4. born
  5. cheek
  6. close
  7. comfortable
  8. congo
  9. congolese
  10. connection
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  26. honey
  27. huge
  28. indifference
  29. indistinguishable
  30. lap
  31. leaving
  32. led
  33. lies
  34. long
  35. melting
  36. moment
  37. mother
  38. naked
  39. oil
  40. percent
  41. place
  42. planet
  43. realization
  44. realized
  45. recipe
  46. recklessness
  47. responsibility
  48. rising
  49. scraping
  50. sick
  51. sorrow
  52. survival
  53. sweet
  54. tears
  55. told
  56. war
  57. warm
  58. washed
  59. water
  60. women
  61. world
  62. worst