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From the Ted Talk by Euna Lee: What I learned as a prisoner in North Korea

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In a flash, we were sduurnerod by these two Korean soldiers. They were not much bigger than us, but they were determined to take us to their army base. I begged and yelled for any kind of help, hoping that someone would show up from cnhia. Here I was, being stubborn towards a trained soldier with a gun. I looked at his eyes. He was just a boy. At that moment, he raised his rifle to hit me, but I saw that he was hesitating. His eyes were shaking, and his rifle was still up in the air. So I suhtoed at him, "OK, OK, I'll walk with you." And I got up.

When we aerirvd at their army base, my head was spinning with these worst-case scenarios, and my colleague's statement wasn't helping. She said, "We are the enemy." She was right: we were the enemy. And I was supposed to be frightened, too. But I kept having these odd ecxeripenes. This time, an officer brought me his coat to keep me warm, because I lost my coat on the frozen rveir while bnilattg with one of these slidroes.

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In a flash, we were __________ by these two Korean soldiers. They were not much bigger than us, but they were determined to take us to their army base. I begged and yelled for any kind of help, hoping that someone would show up from _____. Here I was, being stubborn towards a trained soldier with a gun. I looked at his eyes. He was just a boy. At that moment, he raised his rifle to hit me, but I saw that he was hesitating. His eyes were shaking, and his rifle was still up in the air. So I _______ at him, "OK, OK, I'll walk with you." And I got up.

When we _______ at their army base, my head was spinning with these worst-case scenarios, and my colleague's statement wasn't helping. She said, "We are the enemy." She was right: we were the enemy. And I was supposed to be frightened, too. But I kept having these odd ___________. This time, an officer brought me his coat to keep me warm, because I lost my coat on the frozen _____ while ________ with one of these ________.

Solution


  1. arrived
  2. soldiers
  3. shouted
  4. china
  5. river
  6. surrounded
  7. experiences
  8. battling

Original Text


In a flash, we were surrounded by these two Korean soldiers. They were not much bigger than us, but they were determined to take us to their army base. I begged and yelled for any kind of help, hoping that someone would show up from China. Here I was, being stubborn towards a trained soldier with a gun. I looked at his eyes. He was just a boy. At that moment, he raised his rifle to hit me, but I saw that he was hesitating. His eyes were shaking, and his rifle was still up in the air. So I shouted at him, "OK, OK, I'll walk with you." And I got up.

When we arrived at their army base, my head was spinning with these worst-case scenarios, and my colleague's statement wasn't helping. She said, "We are the enemy." She was right: we were the enemy. And I was supposed to be frightened, too. But I kept having these odd experiences. This time, an officer brought me his coat to keep me warm, because I lost my coat on the frozen river while battling with one of these soldiers.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
north korea 5
north korean 5
north koreans 2
odd experiences 2
south korea 2
female guards 2
tv shows 2


Important Words


  1. air
  2. army
  3. arrived
  4. base
  5. battling
  6. begged
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  8. boy
  9. brought
  10. china
  11. coat
  12. determined
  13. enemy
  14. experiences
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  16. flash
  17. frightened
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  19. gun
  20. head
  21. helping
  22. hesitating
  23. hit
  24. hoping
  25. kind
  26. korean
  27. looked
  28. lost
  29. moment
  30. odd
  31. officer
  32. raised
  33. rifle
  34. river
  35. scenarios
  36. shaking
  37. shouted
  38. show
  39. soldier
  40. soldiers
  41. spinning
  42. statement
  43. stubborn
  44. supposed
  45. surrounded
  46. time
  47. trained
  48. walk
  49. warm
  50. yelled