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From the Ted Talk by Jackie Tabick: The balancing act of compassion

Unscramble the Blue Letters


And he rushed home. And after the Sabbath, he made 12 loaves of bread, took them to the synagogue, went into the synagogue, oenepd the ark and said, "God, I don't know why you want this bread, but here you are." And he put it in the ark with the scrolls of the taorh. Then he went home.

The cleaner came into the synagogue. "Oh God, I'm in such trouble. I've got clrhdein to feed. My wife's ill. I've got no money. What can I do?" He goes into the synagogue. "God, will you please help me? Ah, what a wdfueronl smell." He goes to the ark. He oneps the ark. "There's bread! God, you've answered my plea. You've answered my question." Takes the berad and goes home.

Open Cloze


And he rushed home. And after the Sabbath, he made 12 loaves of bread, took them to the synagogue, went into the synagogue, ______ the ark and said, "God, I don't know why you want this bread, but here you are." And he put it in the ark with the scrolls of the _____. Then he went home.

The cleaner came into the synagogue. "Oh God, I'm in such trouble. I've got ________ to feed. My wife's ill. I've got no money. What can I do?" He goes into the synagogue. "God, will you please help me? Ah, what a _________ smell." He goes to the ark. He _____ the ark. "There's bread! God, you've answered my plea. You've answered my question." Takes the _____ and goes home.

Solution


  1. opened
  2. bread
  3. opens
  4. wonderful
  5. children
  6. torah

Original Text


And he rushed home. And after the Sabbath, he made 12 loaves of bread, took them to the synagogue, went into the synagogue, opened the ark and said, "God, I don't know why you want this bread, but here you are." And he put it in the ark with the scrolls of the Torah. Then he went home.

The cleaner came into the synagogue. "Oh God, I'm in such trouble. I've got children to feed. My wife's ill. I've got no money. What can I do?" He goes into the synagogue. "God, will you please help me? Ah, what a wonderful smell." He goes to the ark. He opens the ark. "There's bread! God, you've answered my plea. You've answered my question." Takes the bread and goes home.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
rich man 4
god looked 2
hot air 2


Important Words


  1. ah
  2. answered
  3. ark
  4. bread
  5. children
  6. cleaner
  7. feed
  8. god
  9. home
  10. ill
  11. loaves
  12. money
  13. opened
  14. opens
  15. plea
  16. put
  17. question
  18. rushed
  19. sabbath
  20. scrolls
  21. smell
  22. synagogue
  23. takes
  24. torah
  25. trouble
  26. wonderful