full transcript

From the Ted Talk by Jon Gray: The next big thing is coming from the Bronx, again

Unscramble the Blue Letters


(Laughter)

My shit was wet.

(Applause)

But when I tneurd 15, I started selling weed, I didn't finish high school, the New York Board of Education banned me from all of those, but I did graduate to snilelg cioncae when I turned 18. I did well. That was until I got jammed up, cuahgt a case, when I was 20. I was facing 10 yraes. I posted bail, sgined up at the Fashion isttntuie, I applied the skills that I learned in the streets to start my own fashion brand. My lawyer peeked my ambition, so he suggested that the judge grant me a suspended sentence. For once in my life, a suspension was a good thing.

Open Cloze


(Laughter)

My shit was wet.

(Applause)

But when I ______ 15, I started selling weed, I didn't finish high school, the New York Board of Education banned me from all of those, but I did graduate to _______ _______ when I turned 18. I did well. That was until I got jammed up, ______ a case, when I was 20. I was facing 10 _____. I posted bail, ______ up at the Fashion _________, I applied the skills that I learned in the streets to start my own fashion brand. My lawyer peeked my ambition, so he suggested that the judge grant me a suspended sentence. For once in my life, a suspension was a good thing.

Solution


  1. selling
  2. signed
  3. years
  4. turned
  5. institute
  6. cocaine
  7. caught

Original Text


(Laughter)

My shit was wet.

(Applause)

But when I turned 15, I started selling weed, I didn't finish high school, the New York Board of Education banned me from all of those, but I did graduate to selling cocaine when I turned 18. I did well. That was until I got jammed up, caught a case, when I was 20. I was facing 10 years. I posted bail, signed up at the Fashion Institute, I applied the skills that I learned in the streets to start my own fashion brand. My lawyer peeked my ambition, so he suggested that the judge grant me a suspended sentence. For once in my life, a suspension was a good thing.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
place vendôme 2
ghetto gastro 2


Important Words


  1. ambition
  2. applause
  3. applied
  4. bail
  5. banned
  6. board
  7. brand
  8. case
  9. caught
  10. cocaine
  11. education
  12. facing
  13. fashion
  14. finish
  15. good
  16. graduate
  17. grant
  18. high
  19. institute
  20. jammed
  21. judge
  22. laughter
  23. lawyer
  24. learned
  25. life
  26. peeked
  27. posted
  28. school
  29. selling
  30. sentence
  31. shit
  32. signed
  33. skills
  34. start
  35. started
  36. streets
  37. suggested
  38. suspended
  39. suspension
  40. turned
  41. weed
  42. wet
  43. years
  44. york