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title: Soft words for hard things: weight and pregnancy and birth — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Euphemisms
description: The 17 test and exam questions of lesson 10 «Soft words for hard things: weight and pregnancy and birth» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# Soft words for hard things: weight and pregnancy and birth

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The 17 questions of lesson 10 «Soft words for hard things: weight and pregnancy and birth» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school with their options, 97 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/euphemisms/10-weight-and-babies/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/10-weight-and-babies/t1/) — Kid: "he's not fat he's big-boned, that's what his mum says lol" — what is the kid hinting? — wrong ✗
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/10-weight-and-babies/t2/) — A sitcom line: "Me? I've got a dad bod, mate, it's all pizza." What does he mean? — wrong ✗
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/10-weight-and-babies/t3/) — News: "Witnesses describe the suspect as a heavyset man in his forties." What did the suspect look like? — wrong ✗
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/10-weight-and-babies/t4/) — A clothes shop label: "Husky fit – boys 8–16". What is it? — wrong ✗
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/10-weight-and-babies/t5/) — Grandpa pats his belly: "Bit of extra padding for winter, eh!" What is he joking about? — wrong ✗
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/10-weight-and-babies/t6/) — An old novel: "Mrs Bennet's sister was a stout, cheerful woman." What does "stout" say? — right ✓
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/10-weight-and-babies/t7/) — The doctor tells Dad: "You're carrying a few extra pounds — more walking, less beer." What is the doctor saying? — wrong ✗
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/10-weight-and-babies/t8/) — Ella reckons "love handles" are handles on a heart-shaped mug. Is she right? — right ✓
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/10-weight-and-babies/t9/) — Royal news from 1850: "Her Majesty is with child." What is the news? — right ✓
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/10-weight-and-babies/t10/) — A text from Auntie: "guess who's getting a visit from the stork 👶🎉" What is she announcing? — wrong ✗
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/10-weight-and-babies/t11/) — Rude brother: "shift over, you're well-upholstered, you take up the whole sofa" — what is he saying? — wrong ✗
- [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/10-weight-and-babies/t12/) — In an art gallery: "The painting shows Rubenesque women dancing." What do the women look like? — right ✓
- [t13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/10-weight-and-babies/t13/) — A magazine headline: "Curvy is the new beautiful." What kind of body is it praising? — wrong ✗
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/10-weight-and-babies/e1/) — Identify the meaning most accurately conveyed by the archaic expression "with child". — right ✓ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/10-weight-and-babies/e2/) — It is given that a witness describes a person as "portly". Ascertain the physical characteristic so described. — right ✓ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/10-weight-and-babies/e3/) — Select the response consistent with the established meaning of the phrase "a happy event" in British usage. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/10-weight-and-babies/e4/) — Whereas a retailer in the United States classifies garments for boys as "husky", determine which of the following most accurately characterises the said classification. — wrong ✗ · exam

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