--- title: Soft words for hard things: politics and government spin a… — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Euphemisms description: The 16 test and exam questions of lesson 25 «Soft words for hard things: politics and government spin and war, the military and violence» 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 pragmati --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/25-spin-war-and-violence/) [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: politics a… # Soft words for hard things: politics and government spin and war, the military and violence The 16 questions of lesson 25 «Soft words for hard things: politics and government spin and war, the military and violence» 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/25-spin-war-and-violence/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/25-spin-war-and-violence/t1/) — News: "Three soldiers were killed by friendly fire." Who fired the shots? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/25-spin-war-and-violence/t2/) — "they said the target was neutralized, mate, that means dead, right?" — is the speaker right? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/25-spin-war-and-violence/t3/) — A government spokesman: "The minister's earlier statement is now inoperative." What does this admit? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/25-spin-war-and-violence/t4/) — A leaked email says: "Today is a good day to bury bad news." What is the writer planning? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/25-spin-war-and-violence/t5/) — Report: "Police were called to disturbances in the city centre." What happened? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/25-spin-war-and-violence/t6/) — "they called it enhanced interrogation, but it was torture, plain and simple" — what is the speaker saying? — right ✓ · ★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/25-spin-war-and-violence/t7/) — The news says a man was taken by "extraordinary rendition" to a "black site". What happened to him? — right ✓ · ★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/25-spin-war-and-violence/t8/) — "the gang wanted him eliminated, that's how bad it got" — what did the gang want? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/25-spin-war-and-violence/t9/) — Mia says: "Liquidate means turn into water, so the dictator melted the farmers?" Is she right? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/25-spin-war-and-violence/t10/) — The campaign's "messaging" was criticised. What was criticised? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/25-spin-war-and-violence/t11/) — "Emergency measures were declared and the courts were closed." What has happened? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/25-spin-war-and-violence/t12/) — A senator is accused of adding "earmarks" to the budget. What is he accused of? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/25-spin-war-and-violence/e1/) — Identify the principal meaning of the term "friendly fire" as employed in military reports. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/25-spin-war-and-violence/e2/) — It is given that an official describes a former statement as "inoperative". Select the response consistent with the established usage of the term. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/25-spin-war-and-violence/e3/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the practice termed "enhanced interrogation"? — wrong ✗ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/25-spin-war-and-violence/e4/) — Ascertain the plain meaning of "black site" as employed in reports concerning the detention of prisoners. — right ✓ · exam - ← previous: [24. 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