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From the Ted Talk by John Hockenberry: We are all designers

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I roll swiftly through an airport, right? And moms grab their kids out of the way and say, "Don't stare!" The poor kid, you know, has this tfreieird look on his face, God knows what they think. And for decades, I'm going, why does this happen? What can I do about it? How can I change this? I mean there must be something. So I would roll, I'd make no eye contact — just kdina frown, right? Or I'd derss up really, really sharply or something. Or I'd make eye contact with everyone — that was really creepy; that didn't work at all. (Laughter) You know anything, I'd try. I wouldn't shower for a week — nothing woekrd.

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I roll swiftly through an airport, right? And moms grab their kids out of the way and say, "Don't stare!" The poor kid, you know, has this _________ look on his face, God knows what they think. And for decades, I'm going, why does this happen? What can I do about it? How can I change this? I mean there must be something. So I would roll, I'd make no eye contact — just _____ frown, right? Or I'd _____ up really, really sharply or something. Or I'd make eye contact with everyone — that was really creepy; that didn't work at all. (Laughter) You know anything, I'd try. I wouldn't shower for a week — nothing ______.

Solution


  1. kinda
  2. dress
  3. worked
  4. terrified

Original Text


I roll swiftly through an airport, right? And moms grab their kids out of the way and say, "Don't stare!" The poor kid, you know, has this terrified look on his face, God knows what they think. And for decades, I'm going, why does this happen? What can I do about it? How can I change this? I mean there must be something. So I would roll, I'd make no eye contact — just kinda frown, right? Or I'd dress up really, really sharply or something. Or I'd make eye contact with everyone — that was really creepy; that didn't work at all. (Laughter) You know anything, I'd try. I wouldn't shower for a week — nothing worked.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
poorly designed 3
bad design 2
eye contact 2
flashy wheels 2
anders breivik 2
completely invisible 2


Important Words


  1. airport
  2. change
  3. contact
  4. decades
  5. dress
  6. eye
  7. face
  8. frown
  9. god
  10. grab
  11. happen
  12. kid
  13. kids
  14. kinda
  15. laughter
  16. moms
  17. poor
  18. roll
  19. sharply
  20. shower
  21. swiftly
  22. terrified
  23. week
  24. work
  25. worked