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From the Ted Talk by Daniel J. Watts: To accomplish great things, you need to "let the paint dry"

Unscramble the Blue Letters


(Tapping sdunos)

Upon my return, Dave clehaplpe was making his badwaory debut, followed by an invite-only impromptu jam session. I had an invite. I jammed at the session. Ehhhh! That's all right. A week from then, Tituss Burgess's album will be released, on which I had two features, and two days prior, "Deadline" would announce "Broadway's 'Tina' Musical Finds its Ike Turner in 'The Last O.G.' Co-star Daniel J. Watts." Ohhhh, wet paint! And I had not yet started painting like this.

The week before rehearsals, my mother and I would treval to Clarksdale, Mississippi. Memphis, Tennessee, and Nutbush, Tennessee, to see how a younger Ike truner might have maneuvered through life, then back to NYC to finish stoohnig "Maisel," then a qciuk trip to L.A. for an album release concert, then back to New York City to start "Tina" rehearsal. Four wkees of rsahareel, three weeks of tech, four more weeks of previews. And now it's November, and it's opening night. My family, which consists of my mother, my two anuts, my two csoinus and my 91-year-old granny fly up to support. They are drenched — drenched — in srheotun pride and basking in familial glroy as Tina Turner pdretens to give me a light smacking around at the curtain call, in front of 1,500 people.

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(Tapping ______)

Upon my return, Dave _________ was making his ________ debut, followed by an invite-only impromptu jam session. I had an invite. I jammed at the session. Ehhhh! That's all right. A week from then, Tituss Burgess's album will be released, on which I had two features, and two days prior, "Deadline" would announce "Broadway's 'Tina' Musical Finds its Ike Turner in 'The Last O.G.' Co-star Daniel J. Watts." Ohhhh, wet paint! And I had not yet started painting like this.

The week before rehearsals, my mother and I would ______ to Clarksdale, Mississippi. Memphis, Tennessee, and Nutbush, Tennessee, to see how a younger Ike ______ might have maneuvered through life, then back to NYC to finish ________ "Maisel," then a _____ trip to L.A. for an album release concert, then back to New York City to start "Tina" rehearsal. Four _____ of _________, three weeks of tech, four more weeks of previews. And now it's November, and it's opening night. My family, which consists of my mother, my two _____, my two _______ and my 91-year-old granny fly up to support. They are drenched — drenched — in ________ pride and basking in familial _____ as Tina Turner ________ to give me a light smacking around at the curtain call, in front of 1,500 people.

Solution


  1. sounds
  2. quick
  3. glory
  4. cousins
  5. turner
  6. shooting
  7. broadway
  8. pretends
  9. southern
  10. travel
  11. weeks
  12. rehearsal
  13. chappelle
  14. aunts

Original Text


(Tapping sounds)

Upon my return, Dave Chappelle was making his Broadway debut, followed by an invite-only impromptu jam session. I had an invite. I jammed at the session. Ehhhh! That's all right. A week from then, Tituss Burgess's album will be released, on which I had two features, and two days prior, "Deadline" would announce "Broadway's 'Tina' Musical Finds its Ike Turner in 'The Last O.G.' Co-star Daniel J. Watts." Ohhhh, wet paint! And I had not yet started painting like this.

The week before rehearsals, my mother and I would travel to Clarksdale, Mississippi. Memphis, Tennessee, and Nutbush, Tennessee, to see how a younger Ike Turner might have maneuvered through life, then back to NYC to finish shooting "Maisel," then a quick trip to L.A. for an album release concert, then back to New York City to start "Tina" rehearsal. Four weeks of rehearsal, three weeks of tech, four more weeks of previews. And now it's November, and it's opening night. My family, which consists of my mother, my two aunts, my two cousins and my 91-year-old granny fly up to support. They are drenched — drenched — in Southern pride and basking in familial glory as Tina Turner pretends to give me a light smacking around at the curtain call, in front of 1,500 people.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
paint dry 4
ike turner 3
mysterious illness 3
dave chappelle 2


Important Words


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  37. maneuvered
  38. memphis
  39. mississippi
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  63. sounds
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  69. tech
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  80. york
  81. younger