--- title: Soft words for hard things: crime, prison and the police a… — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Euphemisms description: The 17 test and exam questions of lesson 28 «Soft words for hard things: crime, prison and the police and lying and honesty» 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/28-stealing-and-lying/) [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: crime, pri… # Soft words for hard things: crime, prison and the police and lying and honesty The 17 questions of lesson 28 «Soft words for hard things: crime, prison and the police and lying and honesty» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school with their options, 101 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/28-stealing-and-lying/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/28-stealing-and-lying/t1/) — News: "The charity's treasurer is accused of misappropriation of funds." What is she accused of? — right ✓ · ★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/28-stealing-and-lying/t2/) — "Cheap trainers, mate, don't ask — they fell off the back of a lorry." What is the seller hinting? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/28-stealing-and-lying/t3/) — Teacher's report: "Sam has been telling stories about his homework again." What has Sam done? — right ✓ · ★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/28-stealing-and-lying/t4/) — Gran opens a gift she dislikes and says "Oh, lovely!" What kind of lie is that? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/28-stealing-and-lying/t5/) — Bank warning: "Fraudsters use social engineering to get your PIN." What do they do? — right ✓ · ★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/28-stealing-and-lying/t6/) — "Oi, stop telling porkies! You never saw a shark in the canal." What is the speaker saying? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/28-stealing-and-lying/t7/) — Old crime film: "Cross the boss and you'll sleep with the fishes." What is the threat? — right ✓ · ★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/28-stealing-and-lying/t8/) — A driver was "under the influence" when he crashed. Which is true? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/28-stealing-and-lying/t9/) — Press office: "The minister's earlier statement is inoperative." What does it admit? — right ✓ · ★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/28-stealing-and-lying/t10/) — "My uncle caught a fish THIS big, he says. Classic tall tale." What does the speaker think? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/28-stealing-and-lying/t11/) — "He's being a bit creative with the truth about why he was late." What does it mean? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/28-stealing-and-lying/t12/) — A report finds the railway's costs were hidden by "strategic misrepresentation". What happened? — right ✓ · ★ - [t13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/28-stealing-and-lying/t13/) — "Under the law of that country the ultimate penalty still exists." What does the law still allow? — right ✓ · ★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/28-stealing-and-lying/e1/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the term "irregularities" as employed in an official audit? — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/28-stealing-and-lying/e2/) — Identify the meaning of an "enhanced pat-down" as conducted pursuant to airport security regulations. — right ✓ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/28-stealing-and-lying/e3/) — It is given that a witness states that he "misremembered" an event. Select the response that is consistent with the established usage of that term. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/28-stealing-and-lying/e4/) — Ascertain the meaning of "stretching the truth". — right ✓ · exam - ← previous: [27. 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