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title: Soft words for hard things: politics and government spin — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Euphemisms
description: The 16 test and exam questions of lesson 24 «Soft words for hard things: politics and government spin» 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: politics and government spin

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The 16 questions of lesson 24 «Soft words for hard things: politics and government spin» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school with their options, 91 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/24-government-spin/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/24-government-spin/t1/) — News: "After a full and frank exchange of views, the two leaders left without a statement." What happened at the meeting? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/24-government-spin/t2/) — A minister says: "Mistakes were made, and lessons will be learned." What has he avoided saying? — right ✓ · ★
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/24-government-spin/t3/) — "council's calling it efficiency savings, means the library's shut, innit" — what does the speaker understand? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/24-government-spin/t4/) — A government announces "austerity measures". What will most people notice? — right ✓ · ★
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/24-government-spin/t5/) — Report: "Thousands of internally displaced persons sheltered in schools." Which is true? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/24-government-spin/t6/) — A spokesman says: "We are reviewing our options." What has the government decided? — right ✓ · ★
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/24-government-spin/t7/) — The leaders held "constructive talks". Did they reach agreement? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/24-government-spin/t8/) — "they called it re-education but nobody could leave" — what was it really? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/24-government-spin/t9/) — Sam says: "Tax relief means extra tax to help people." Is he right? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/24-government-spin/t10/) — An old newspaper: "The plan was built for plausible deniability." What does it suggest? — right ✓ · ★
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/24-government-spin/t11/) — A politician promises "investment in our roads". What does it mean in plain words? — right ✓ · ★
- [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/24-government-spin/t12/) — A news report says a city was emptied by "population transfer". What happened to the people? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/24-government-spin/e1/) — Identify the principal function of the expression "mistakes were made" in an official statement. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/24-government-spin/e2/) — It is given that two governments have issued a communiqué describing "a full and frank exchange of views". Select the response consistent with customary diplomatic usage. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/24-government-spin/e3/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises "entitlement reform" as the term is employed in American politics? — right ✓ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/24-government-spin/e4/) — Ascertain the plain meaning of "internally displaced person" as employed in international reports. — right ✓ · exam

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