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From the Ted Talk by Bruce Feiler: The council of dads

Unscramble the Blue Letters


And the first of these guys was Jeff Schumlin. Now Jeff led this trip I took to Europe when I gaderautd from high school in the elray 1980s. And on that first day we were in this youth hostel in a clatse. And I sunck out behind, and there was a moat, a fcnee and a felid of cows. And Jeff came up beside me and said, "So, have you ever been cow tipping?" I was like, "Cow tipping? He was like, "Yeah. Cows sleep standing up. So if you approach them from behind, down wind, you can push them over and they go thud in the mud." So before I had a chance to determine whether this was right or not, we had jumped the moat, we had climbed the fence, we were tiptoeing through the dung and approaching some poor, dozing cow.

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And the first of these guys was Jeff Schumlin. Now Jeff led this trip I took to Europe when I _________ from high school in the _____ 1980s. And on that first day we were in this youth hostel in a ______. And I _____ out behind, and there was a moat, a _____ and a _____ of cows. And Jeff came up beside me and said, "So, have you ever been cow tipping?" I was like, "Cow tipping? He was like, "Yeah. Cows sleep standing up. So if you approach them from behind, down wind, you can push them over and they go thud in the mud." So before I had a chance to determine whether this was right or not, we had jumped the moat, we had climbed the fence, we were tiptoeing through the dung and approaching some poor, dozing cow.

Solution


  1. early
  2. castle
  3. field
  4. graduated
  5. fence
  6. snuck

Original Text


And the first of these guys was Jeff Schumlin. Now Jeff led this trip I took to Europe when I graduated from high school in the early 1980s. And on that first day we were in this youth hostel in a castle. And I snuck out behind, and there was a moat, a fence and a field of cows. And Jeff came up beside me and said, "So, have you ever been cow tipping?" I was like, "Cow tipping? He was like, "Yeah. Cows sleep standing up. So if you approach them from behind, down wind, you can push them over and they go thud in the mud." So before I had a chance to determine whether this was right or not, we had jumped the moat, we had climbed the fence, we were tiptoeing through the dung and approaching some poor, dozing cow.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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collocation frequency
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mud puddle 2
john healey 2
lost year 2
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Important Words


  1. approach
  2. approaching
  3. castle
  4. chance
  5. climbed
  6. cow
  7. cows
  8. day
  9. determine
  10. dozing
  11. dung
  12. early
  13. europe
  14. fence
  15. field
  16. graduated
  17. guys
  18. high
  19. hostel
  20. jeff
  21. jumped
  22. led
  23. moat
  24. mud
  25. poor
  26. push
  27. school
  28. schumlin
  29. sleep
  30. snuck
  31. standing
  32. thud
  33. tipping
  34. tiptoeing
  35. trip
  36. wind
  37. youth