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From the Ted Talk by Malcolm Gladwell: The unheard story of David and Goliath

Unscramble the Blue Letters


And the shepherd boy takes one of his stones out of his pocket, puts it in his sling and rlols it around and lets it fly and it hits the giant right between the eyes — right here, in his most vulnerable spot — and he flals down either dead or unconscious, and the shepherd boy runs up and takes his sword and cuts off his head, and the Philistines see this and they turn and they just run.

And of course, the name of the giant is Goliath and the name of the shepherd boy is dvaid, and the reoasn that story has obsessed me over the course of writing my book is that everything I thought I knew about that story tenrud out to be wonrg.

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And the shepherd boy takes one of his stones out of his pocket, puts it in his sling and _____ it around and lets it fly and it hits the giant right between the eyes — right here, in his most vulnerable spot — and he _____ down either dead or unconscious, and the shepherd boy runs up and takes his sword and cuts off his head, and the Philistines see this and they turn and they just run.

And of course, the name of the giant is Goliath and the name of the shepherd boy is _____, and the ______ that story has obsessed me over the course of writing my book is that everything I thought I knew about that story ______ out to be _____.

Solution


  1. reason
  2. wrong
  3. turned
  4. falls
  5. rolls
  6. david

Original Text


And the shepherd boy takes one of his stones out of his pocket, puts it in his sling and rolls it around and lets it fly and it hits the giant right between the eyes — right here, in his most vulnerable spot — and he falls down either dead or unconscious, and the shepherd boy runs up and takes his sword and cuts off his head, and the Philistines see this and they turn and they just run.

And of course, the name of the giant is Goliath and the name of the shepherd boy is David, and the reason that story has obsessed me over the course of writing my book is that everything I thought I knew about that story turned out to be wrong.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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collocation frequency
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Important Words


  1. book
  2. boy
  3. cuts
  4. david
  5. dead
  6. eyes
  7. falls
  8. fly
  9. giant
  10. goliath
  11. head
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  19. reason
  20. rolls
  21. run
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  23. shepherd
  24. sling
  25. spot
  26. stones
  27. story
  28. sword
  29. takes
  30. thought
  31. turn
  32. turned
  33. unconscious
  34. vulnerable
  35. writing
  36. wrong