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From the Ted Talk by Stefan Sagmeister: Happiness by design

Unscramble the Blue Letters


A clupoe of weeks ago, a (Laughter) French company akesd us to design five billboards for them. Again, we could splpuy the content for it. So I just piekcd another one. And this was two weeks ago. We flew to Arizona — the designer who works with me, and myself — and photographed this one. So it's: "Trying to look good limits my life."

And then we did one more of these. This is, again, for a mnaazgie, dividing pages. This is: "Having" — this is the same thing; it's just, you know, photographed from the side. This is from the front. Then it's: "guts." Again, it's the same thing — "guts" is just the same room, reworked. Then it's: "always works out." Then it's "for," with the light on. (Laughter) And it's "me."

Open Cloze


A ______ of weeks ago, a (Laughter) French company _____ us to design five billboards for them. Again, we could ______ the content for it. So I just ______ another one. And this was two weeks ago. We flew to Arizona — the designer who works with me, and myself — and photographed this one. So it's: "Trying to look good limits my life."

And then we did one more of these. This is, again, for a ________, dividing pages. This is: "Having" — this is the same thing; it's just, you know, photographed from the side. This is from the front. Then it's: "guts." Again, it's the same thing — "guts" is just the same room, reworked. Then it's: "always works out." Then it's "for," with the light on. (Laughter) And it's "me."

Solution


  1. picked
  2. couple
  3. supply
  4. asked
  5. magazine

Original Text


A couple of weeks ago, a (Laughter) French company asked us to design five billboards for them. Again, we could supply the content for it. So I just picked another one. And this was two weeks ago. We flew to Arizona — the designer who works with me, and myself — and photographed this one. So it's: "Trying to look good limits my life."

And then we did one more of these. This is, again, for a magazine, dividing pages. This is: "Having" — this is the same thing; it's just, you know, photographed from the side. This is from the front. Then it's: "guts." Again, it's the same thing — "guts" is just the same room, reworked. Then it's: "always works out." Then it's "for," with the light on. (Laughter) And it's "me."

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


  1. arizona
  2. asked
  3. billboards
  4. company
  5. content
  6. couple
  7. design
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  9. dividing
  10. flew
  11. french
  12. front
  13. good
  14. laughter
  15. life
  16. light
  17. limits
  18. magazine
  19. pages
  20. photographed
  21. picked
  22. reworked
  23. room
  24. side
  25. supply
  26. weeks
  27. works