--- title: Soft words for hard things: lying and honesty and drinking… — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Euphemisms description: The 17 test and exam questions of lesson 29 «Soft words for hard things: lying and honesty and drinking and drugs» 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/29-lying-and-drinking/) [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: lying and… # Soft words for hard things: lying and honesty and drinking and drugs The 17 questions of lesson 29 «Soft words for hard things: lying and honesty and drinking and drugs» 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/29-lying-and-drinking/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/29-lying-and-drinking/t1/) — Gran, about the twins' drawing: "Well, it's very... colourful." Which word best fits what she is doing? — right ✓ · ★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/29-lying-and-drinking/t2/) — "Mate, there's no homework today." "Seriously?" "Nah, just pulling your leg." Is there homework? — right ✓ · ★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/29-lying-and-drinking/t3/) — News: "The company massaged the numbers to hide its losses." What did the company do? — right ✓ · ★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/29-lying-and-drinking/t4/) — "Dad's had one too many, so Mum's driving us home." Why is Mum driving? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/29-lying-and-drinking/t5/) — Police: "The driver was over the limit." What did the driver do wrong? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/29-lying-and-drinking/t6/) — "Course he caught a shark, it's a fish story," laughs the American aunt. What does she think? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/29-lying-and-drinking/t7/) — "He embroidered the story a bit — there were two dogs, not twenty." What did he do? — right ✓ · ★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/29-lying-and-drinking/t8/) — Report on a minister: "His answers were less than candid." What does the report say? — right ✓ · ★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/29-lying-and-drinking/t9/) — "Uncle Rob was proper well-oiled at the wedding, fell in the cake." What was wrong with Uncle Rob? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/29-lying-and-drinking/t10/) — A newspaper writes that the MP was "tired and emotional" in Parliament. What are they really saying? — right ✓ · ★ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/29-lying-and-drinking/t11/) — "Grandpa's a bit tipsy after one sherry, lol." Which is true? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/29-lying-and-drinking/t12/) — Coach: "Stop fudging the figures — you didn't run 10 laps, you ran 6." What did the runner do? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/29-lying-and-drinking/t13/) — "That sailor came back three sheets to the wind." How was the sailor? — right ✓ · ★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/29-lying-and-drinking/e1/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the expression "shading the truth"? — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/29-lying-and-drinking/e2/) — Identify the principal meaning of "a misstatement" as acknowledged by an official spokesman. — right ✓ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/29-lying-and-drinking/e3/) — It is given that a guest at a festive gathering is described as "merry". Select the response that is consistent with the established British usage. — right ✓ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/29-lying-and-drinking/e4/) — Ascertain the meaning of the expression "to spin a yarn". — wrong ✗ · exam - ← previous: [28. 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