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From the Ted Talk by Shameem Akhtar: To learn is to be free

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(Laughter)

Relatives are already scaring him about his daughter wandering off, tsaineg him with talk of his deguahtr cinrssog the border. When I return home, I want nothing more than just to accept the position in Thardeep. So that night, I packed all my things in a bag, and I walked into my father's room and told him, "Tomorrow morning, the bus is going to come in. If you believe in me, if you believe in me, you will wake me up and take me to the bus station. If you don't, I'll understand." Then I went to sleep. The next morning, my fhtaer was sitnndag beside me to take me to the bus stop.

Open Cloze


(Laughter)

Relatives are already scaring him about his daughter wandering off, _______ him with talk of his ________ ________ the border. When I return home, I want nothing more than just to accept the position in Thardeep. So that night, I packed all my things in a bag, and I walked into my father's room and told him, "Tomorrow morning, the bus is going to come in. If you believe in me, if you believe in me, you will wake me up and take me to the bus station. If you don't, I'll understand." Then I went to sleep. The next morning, my ______ was ________ beside me to take me to the bus stop.

Solution


  1. standing
  2. teasing
  3. crossing
  4. daughter
  5. father

Original Text


(Laughter)

Relatives are already scaring him about his daughter wandering off, teasing him with talk of his daughter crossing the border. When I return home, I want nothing more than just to accept the position in Thardeep. So that night, I packed all my things in a bag, and I walked into my father's room and told him, "Tomorrow morning, the bus is going to come in. If you believe in me, if you believe in me, you will wake me up and take me to the bus station. If you don't, I'll understand." Then I went to sleep. The next morning, my father was standing beside me to take me to the bus stop.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
baby boy 2
started sending 2
mortality rate 2


Important Words


  1. accept
  2. bag
  3. border
  4. bus
  5. crossing
  6. daughter
  7. father
  8. home
  9. laughter
  10. morning
  11. night
  12. packed
  13. position
  14. relatives
  15. return
  16. room
  17. scaring
  18. sleep
  19. standing
  20. station
  21. stop
  22. talk
  23. teasing
  24. thardeep
  25. told
  26. understand
  27. wake
  28. walked
  29. wandering