--- title: Soft words for hard things: money and poverty and work, fi… — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Euphemisms description: The 16 test and exam questions of lesson 20 «Soft words for hard things: money and poverty and work, firing and the economy» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/20-debt-and-jobs/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Euphemisms](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/) / Soft words for hard things: money and… # Soft words for hard things: money and poverty and work, firing and the economy The 16 questions of lesson 20 «Soft words for hard things: money and poverty and work, firing and the economy» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school with their options, 90 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/20-debt-and-jobs/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/20-debt-and-jobs/t1/) — News line: "Carmaker to cut 2,000 jobs in major restructuring." What is "restructuring" hiding here? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/20-debt-and-jobs/t2/) — "Dad got let go today, mum's being weird about it" — what happened to Dad? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/20-debt-and-jobs/t3/) — A company email: "As part of streamlining, the Leeds office will close." What will happen to the Leeds workers? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/20-debt-and-jobs/t4/) — A politician: "This isn't job cuts, it's rightsizing." Which is true? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/20-debt-and-jobs/t5/) — "boss says we're furloughed till March, so like paid holiday??" — is it a paid holiday? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/20-debt-and-jobs/t6/) — A press release: "Our director leaves to spend more time with family." Gossip at the office says what probably happened? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/20-debt-and-jobs/t7/) — Gran reads a letter: "Your account is three months in arrears." What does it mean? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/20-debt-and-jobs/t8/) — Liv reckons "made redundant" means you did the same job twice. Right? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/20-debt-and-jobs/t9/) — "Mate, I'm not unemployed, I'm in transition, ok?" What is he really? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/20-debt-and-jobs/t10/) — The shop owner sighs: "Bit of a cash flow problem, lads, wages next week." What is going on? — right ✓ · ★★ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/20-debt-and-jobs/t11/) — A bank calls a family "subprime borrowers". What does the bank think of them? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/20-debt-and-jobs/t12/) — "the bill says outstanding balance £40 — outstanding means great, so all good?" — is all good? — wrong ✗ · ★★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/20-debt-and-jobs/e1/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an employee subject to "involuntary separation"? — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/20-debt-and-jobs/e2/) — It is given that an account is designated "delinquent" by a financial institution in the United States. Identify the principal meaning of this designation. — right ✓ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/20-debt-and-jobs/e3/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a company announcement that a senior executive is departing "to pursue other opportunities". — wrong ✗ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/20-debt-and-jobs/e4/) — Whereas an undertaking states that it is "downsizing", determine the consequence most likely to ensue for its personnel. — wrong ✗ · exam - ← previous: [19. Soft words for hard things: money and poverty](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/19-money-and-poverty/) - next →: [21. Soft words for hard things: work, firing and the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/21-work-firing-and-the-economy/) - ↑ back to [Euphemisms](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/)