--- title: Soft words for hard things: drinking and drugs and religio… — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Euphemisms description: The 17 test and exam questions of lesson 31 «Soft words for hard things: drinking and drugs and religion and fate» 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/31-drinking-drugs-religion-fate/) [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: drinking a… # Soft words for hard things: drinking and drugs and religion and fate The 17 questions of lesson 31 «Soft words for hard things: drinking and drugs and religion and fate» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school with their options, 98 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/31-drinking-drugs-religion-fate/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/31-drinking-drugs-religion-fate/t1/) — News: "The footballer has gone into treatment and asks for privacy." What has really happened? — right ✓ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/31-drinking-drugs-religion-fate/t2/) — "Sorry I'm late, Dad had one for the road and then couldn't find his keys." What did Dad do? — wrong ✗ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/31-drinking-drugs-religion-fate/t3/) — Gossip: "Poor Mrs Kelly, her husband's fond of the drink." What is she worried about? — wrong ✗ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/31-drinking-drugs-religion-fate/t4/) — "Bloody hell, look at him, he's had a right skinful." What is the speaker saying? — right ✓ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/31-drinking-drugs-religion-fate/t5/) — A press release: "The actor cancelled the tour due to exhaustion." What might a careful reader suspect? — right ✓ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/31-drinking-drugs-religion-fate/t6/) — "we tied one on last nite lol head is killing me" What happened last night? — right ✓ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/31-drinking-drugs-religion-fate/t7/) — Insurance letter: "We cannot pay for the damage, as the flood was an act of God." What does the company mean? — wrong ✗ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/31-drinking-drugs-religion-fate/t8/) — Nan says: "We'll see you at Christmas, the good Lord willing." What does she mean? — wrong ✗ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/31-drinking-drugs-religion-fate/t9/) — "what the dickens have u done to the kitchen?!" How is the speaker feeling? — right ✓ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/31-drinking-drugs-religion-fate/t10/) — A cartoon villain shouts "Go to the other place!" Where is he telling them to go? — wrong ✗ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/31-drinking-drugs-religion-fate/t11/) — "wobbly pops for the grown-ups, juice for the kids" — what will the grown-ups drink? — right ✓ - [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/31-drinking-drugs-religion-fate/t12/) — Mia says: "Old Nick means Father Christmas, right? St Nicholas!" Is she right? — right ✓ - [t13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/31-drinking-drugs-religion-fate/t13/) — "The holiday was all booked, but fate had other plans — Dad broke his leg." What happened to the holiday? — wrong ✗ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/31-drinking-drugs-religion-fate/e1/) — Pursuant to the insurer's correspondence, the destruction of the dwelling is attributed to "an act of God". Identify the meaning of this expression. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/31-drinking-drugs-religion-fate/e2/) — Whereas a public statement asserts that a performer has "gone into treatment", which of the following most accurately characterises the situation? — right ✓ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/31-drinking-drugs-religion-fate/e3/) — Ascertain the referent of the expression "Old Nick" as employed in traditional British narrative. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/31-drinking-drugs-religion-fate/e4/) — Select the response consistent with the established meaning of the phrase "for medicinal purposes" when uttered jocularly in respect of an alcoholic beverage. — wrong ✗ · exam - ← previous: [30. 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