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From the Ted Talk by Emmanuel Jal: The music of a war child

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Also one thing that kept me pushing this story, this pafuinl stories out, the damers I have, sometimes, is like the voices of the dead, that I have seen would tell me, "Don't give up. Keep on going." Because sometime I feel like stpniopg and not doing it, because I didn't know what I was putting myself into.

Well I was born in the most difficult time, when my country was at war. I saw my village burned down. The wlord that menat a lot to me, I saw it vanish in my face. I saw my aunt in rape when I was only five. My mhteor was claimed by the war. My brothers and sisters were scattered. And up to now, me and my father were detached and I still have issues with him. Seeing people die every day, my mother crying, it's like I was raised in a violence. And that made me call myself a war child.

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Also one thing that kept me pushing this story, this _______ stories out, the ______ I have, sometimes, is like the voices of the dead, that I have seen would tell me, "Don't give up. Keep on going." Because sometime I feel like ________ and not doing it, because I didn't know what I was putting myself into.

Well I was born in the most difficult time, when my country was at war. I saw my village burned down. The _____ that _____ a lot to me, I saw it vanish in my face. I saw my aunt in rape when I was only five. My ______ was claimed by the war. My brothers and sisters were scattered. And up to now, me and my father were detached and I still have issues with him. Seeing people die every day, my mother crying, it's like I was raised in a violence. And that made me call myself a war child.

Solution


  1. meant
  2. mother
  3. stopping
  4. world
  5. dreams
  6. painful

Original Text


Also one thing that kept me pushing this story, this painful stories out, the dreams I have, sometimes, is like the voices of the dead, that I have seen would tell me, "Don't give up. Keep on going." Because sometime I feel like stopping and not doing it, because I didn't know what I was putting myself into.

Well I was born in the most difficult time, when my country was at war. I saw my village burned down. The world that meant a lot to me, I saw it vanish in my face. I saw my aunt in rape when I was only five. My mother was claimed by the war. My brothers and sisters were scattered. And up to now, me and my father were detached and I still have issues with him. Seeing people die every day, my mother crying, it's like I was raised in a violence. And that made me call myself a war child.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
starving refugee 4
people die 3
emma mccune 3
war child 2
left home 2
wretched disease 2


Important Words


  1. aunt
  2. born
  3. brothers
  4. burned
  5. call
  6. child
  7. claimed
  8. country
  9. crying
  10. day
  11. dead
  12. detached
  13. die
  14. difficult
  15. dreams
  16. face
  17. father
  18. feel
  19. give
  20. issues
  21. lot
  22. meant
  23. mother
  24. painful
  25. people
  26. pushing
  27. putting
  28. raised
  29. rape
  30. scattered
  31. sisters
  32. stopping
  33. stories
  34. story
  35. time
  36. vanish
  37. village
  38. violence
  39. voices
  40. war
  41. world