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From the Ted Talk by Handspring Puppet Co.: The genius puppetry behind War Horse

Unscramble the Blue Letters


But now we would like you to put Joey through some paces. And palnt.

(Whinny)

Thank you. And now just — (Applause) All the way from sunny California we have Zem Joaquin who's going to ride the horse for us.

(Applause)

(Applause)

(Music)

So we would like to stress that the performance you see in the horse is three guys who have studied horse behavior incredibly thoroughly.

BJ: Not being able to talk to one another while they're onstage because they're mic'd. The sound that that very large chest makes, of the hsroe — the whinnnyig and the nickering and everything — that starts usually with one prfmeorer, carries on with a second perosn and ends with a third.

Open Cloze


But now we would like you to put Joey through some paces. And _____.

(Whinny)

Thank you. And now just — (Applause) All the way from sunny California we have Zem Joaquin who's going to ride the horse for us.

(Applause)

(Applause)

(Music)

So we would like to stress that the performance you see in the horse is three guys who have studied horse behavior incredibly thoroughly.

BJ: Not being able to talk to one another while they're onstage because they're mic'd. The sound that that very large chest makes, of the _____ — the _________ and the nickering and everything — that starts usually with one _________, carries on with a second ______ and ends with a third.

Solution


  1. whinnying
  2. performer
  3. person
  4. horse
  5. plant

Original Text


But now we would like you to put Joey through some paces. And plant.

(Whinny)

Thank you. And now just — (Applause) All the way from sunny California we have Zem Joaquin who's going to ride the horse for us.

(Applause)

(Applause)

(Music)

So we would like to stress that the performance you see in the horse is three guys who have studied horse behavior incredibly thoroughly.

BJ: Not being able to talk to one another while they're onstage because they're mic'd. The sound that that very large chest makes, of the horse — the whinnying and the nickering and everything — that starts usually with one performer, carries on with a second person and ends with a third.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
national theatre 3
century technology 2
hind legs 2
cavalry charges 2
plywood legs 2
green light 2
cape town 2
zem joaquin 2


Important Words


  1. applause
  2. behavior
  3. california
  4. carries
  5. chest
  6. ends
  7. guys
  8. horse
  9. incredibly
  10. joaquin
  11. joey
  12. large
  13. music
  14. nickering
  15. onstage
  16. paces
  17. performance
  18. performer
  19. person
  20. plant
  21. put
  22. ride
  23. sound
  24. starts
  25. stress
  26. studied
  27. sunny
  28. talk
  29. whinny
  30. whinnying
  31. zem