--- title: Soft words for hard things: religion and fate and failure… — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Euphemisms description: The 16 test and exam questions of lesson 32 «Soft words for hard things: religion and fate and failure and mistakes» 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/32-religion-fate-failure/) [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: religion a… # Soft words for hard things: religion and fate and failure and mistakes The 16 questions of lesson 32 «Soft words for hard things: religion and fate and failure and mistakes» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school with their options, 95 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/32-religion-fate-failure/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/32-religion-fate-failure/t1/) — A coach to a crying runner: "You trained so hard, love. It just wasn't meant to be." What is the coach saying? — wrong ✗ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/32-religion-fate-failure/t2/) — Report from a company: "Sales this year were suboptimal." What really happened? — wrong ✗ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/32-religion-fate-failure/t3/) — "dunno where me keys are, heaven knows" — what does the speaker know? — wrong ✗ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/32-religion-fate-failure/t4/) — "Oh for heaven's sake, Tom, how many times do I have to tell ya!" How does the speaker feel? — wrong ✗ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/32-religion-fate-failure/t5/) — Gossip: "Her brother's a man of the cloth now, would you believe." What is her brother's job? — right ✓ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/32-religion-fate-failure/t6/) — Jake says: "'Lady Luck' is a real woman who gives out prizes, right?" Is he right? — right ✓ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/32-religion-fate-failure/t7/) — "I lost my job, but it was a blessing in disguise — now I run my own bakery." How did losing the job turn out? — wrong ✗ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/32-religion-fate-failure/t8/) — The teams were picked by names from a hat. "Bad team? That's the luck of the draw, mate." What is meant? — right ✓ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/32-religion-fate-failure/t9/) — A council press release: "This year the holiday tree will be lit on 1 December." What will be lit? — wrong ✗ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/32-religion-fate-failure/t10/) — "Gran's in hospital, we've done everything, it's in God's hands now." What does the family mean? — wrong ✗ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/32-religion-fate-failure/t11/) — Two friends: "Do you go to church?" — "Nah, I'm a lapsed Methodist." What does the second friend mean? — right ✓ - [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/32-religion-fate-failure/t12/) — "If, heaven forbid, the dog got out, would ya know what to do?" What does "heaven forbid" show? — right ✓ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/32-religion-fate-failure/e1/) — It is given that a correspondent describes a relative as "spiritual but not religious". Which of the following statements most accurately characterises that relative? — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/32-religion-fate-failure/e2/) — Determine the meaning of the expression "suboptimal" as employed in respect of an organisation's annual results. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/32-religion-fate-failure/e3/) — Whereas a speaker remarks that a misfortune "was a blessing in disguise", identify the principal meaning of the remark. — right ✓ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/32-religion-fate-failure/e4/) — Ascertain the referent of the phrase "the good book" as customarily employed in English-speaking communities. — wrong ✗ · exam - ← previous: [31. Soft words for hard things: drinking and drugs a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/31-drinking-drugs-religion-fate/) - next →: [33. 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