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From the Ted Talk by Jeffrey Kluger: The sibling bond

Unscramble the Blue Letters


(Laughter)

are either the last borns or among the last in very large families.

Most middle borns don't get quite as seewt a deal. I think of us as the flyover states. We are —

(Laughter)

we're the ones who fight harder for ricineotgon in the home. We're the ones who are always rinaisg our hands while someone else at the table is getting called on. We're the ones who tend to take a little longer to find their direction in life. And there can be self-esteem issues associated with that, notwithstanding the fact that I've been aksed to do TED, so I feel much better about these things right now.

Open Cloze


(Laughter)

are either the last borns or among the last in very large families.

Most middle borns don't get quite as _____ a deal. I think of us as the flyover states. We are —

(Laughter)

we're the ones who fight harder for ___________ in the home. We're the ones who are always _______ our hands while someone else at the table is getting called on. We're the ones who tend to take a little longer to find their direction in life. And there can be self-esteem issues associated with that, notwithstanding the fact that I've been _____ to do TED, so I feel much better about these things right now.

Solution


  1. raising
  2. recognition
  3. asked
  4. sweet

Original Text


(Laughter)

are either the last borns or among the last in very large families.

Most middle borns don't get quite as sweet a deal. I think of us as the flyover states. We are —

(Laughter)

we're the ones who fight harder for recognition in the home. We're the ones who are always raising our hands while someone else at the table is getting called on. We're the ones who tend to take a little longer to find their direction in life. And there can be self-esteem issues associated with that, notwithstanding the fact that I've been asked to do TED, so I feel much better about these things right now.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
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saturday mornings 2
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mac os 2
common favorite 2
iq advantage 2
middle borns 2
small children 2
young daughters 2


Important Words


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  2. borns
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  5. direction
  6. fact
  7. families
  8. feel
  9. fight
  10. find
  11. flyover
  12. hands
  13. harder
  14. home
  15. issues
  16. large
  17. laughter
  18. life
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  21. raising
  22. recognition
  23. states
  24. sweet
  25. table
  26. ted
  27. tend