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From the Ted Talk by Michelle Knox: Talk about your death while you're still healthy

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(Laughter)

If you die leaving a spouse or a domestic partner, then chances are they will receive your estate, but if you are single, it's far more cmetaiolcpd, as parents, siblings, half-siblings and dependents all come into play. And did you know that if you make a regular donation to charity, that charity may have grounds to make a cialm on your estate? The most ioptarnmt thing to know is the bigger your estate, the more complicated that will will be, and the more expensive that bill. So if you don't have a will, I ask you ... when else in your life have you willingly given mneoy to the gvmnernoet when you didn't have to?

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(Laughter)

If you die leaving a spouse or a domestic partner, then chances are they will receive your estate, but if you are single, it's far more ___________, as parents, siblings, half-siblings and dependents all come into play. And did you know that if you make a regular donation to charity, that charity may have grounds to make a _____ on your estate? The most _________ thing to know is the bigger your estate, the more complicated that will will be, and the more expensive that bill. So if you don't have a will, I ask you ... when else in your life have you willingly given _____ to the __________ when you didn't have to?

Solution


  1. complicated
  2. government
  3. claim
  4. important
  5. money

Original Text


(Laughter)

If you die leaving a spouse or a domestic partner, then chances are they will receive your estate, but if you are single, it's far more complicated, as parents, siblings, half-siblings and dependents all come into play. And did you know that if you make a regular donation to charity, that charity may have grounds to make a claim on your estate? The most important thing to know is the bigger your estate, the more complicated that will will be, and the more expensive that bill. So if you don't have a will, I ask you ... when else in your life have you willingly given money to the government when you didn't have to?

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Important Words


  1. bigger
  2. bill
  3. chances
  4. charity
  5. claim
  6. complicated
  7. dependents
  8. die
  9. domestic
  10. donation
  11. estate
  12. expensive
  13. government
  14. grounds
  15. important
  16. laughter
  17. leaving
  18. life
  19. money
  20. parents
  21. partner
  22. play
  23. receive
  24. regular
  25. siblings
  26. single
  27. spouse
  28. willingly