--- title: Soft words for hard things: failure and mistakes and stupi… — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Euphemisms description: The 16 test and exam questions of lesson 35 «Soft words for hard things: failure and mistakes and stupidity and madness» 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/35-mistakes-and-stupidity/) [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: failure an… # Soft words for hard things: failure and mistakes and stupidity and madness The 16 questions of lesson 35 «Soft words for hard things: failure and mistakes and stupidity and madness» 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/35-mistakes-and-stupidity/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/35-mistakes-and-stupidity/t1/) — "printer won't work, helpdesk says user error. rude!!" What is the helpdesk saying? — right ✓ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/35-mistakes-and-stupidity/t2/) — "The new bridge fell short of what was promised." What does this say about the bridge? — wrong ✗ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/35-mistakes-and-stupidity/t3/) — "I spilled blue ink on my drawing and it looked like the sea — a happy accident!" How did the spill turn out? — wrong ✗ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/35-mistakes-and-stupidity/t4/) — Gossip: "Her new boyfriend? Lovely, but not the sharpest tool in the shed." What is said about him? — wrong ✗ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/35-mistakes-and-stupidity/t5/) — "U put the milk in the oven?? lights are on but nobody's home, mate." What is the speaker saying? — wrong ✗ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/35-mistakes-and-stupidity/t6/) — An Australian uncle: "That bloke who parked on the beach? Few kangaroos loose in the top paddock." What does he think of the man? — right ✓ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/35-mistakes-and-stupidity/t7/) — "Called it an honest mistake, but he kept the change three times." Why might the speaker doubt it? — wrong ✗ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/35-mistakes-and-stupidity/t8/) — Leo says: "'He's no Einstein' means he's not famous, right?" Is Leo right? — wrong ✗ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/35-mistakes-and-stupidity/t9/) — A teacher to a parent: "Max is a bit slow with fractions." What is the teacher saying gently? — wrong ✗ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/35-mistakes-and-stupidity/t10/) — "shut up, you're a sausage short of a barbie, it's Tuesday not Friday" What does the speaker think of the friend? — right ✓ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/35-mistakes-and-stupidity/t11/) — The science teacher drops the egg: "Ha! A teachable moment, everyone — what went wrong?" What is she doing? — right ✓ - [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/35-mistakes-and-stupidity/t12/) — A boss about a new worker: "Not exactly a rocket scientist, but he works hard." What is said? — right ✓ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/35-mistakes-and-stupidity/e1/) — Whereas a technical support department attributes a malfunction to "user error", identify the party held responsible thereby. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/35-mistakes-and-stupidity/e2/) — Ascertain the meaning of the colloquial Australian expression "a sausage short of a barbie" when applied to a person. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/35-mistakes-and-stupidity/e3/) — It is given that an outcome is described as "a happy accident". Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the outcome? — wrong ✗ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/35-mistakes-and-stupidity/e4/) — Determine the meaning of the expression "fell short" as employed in respect of a team's attempt to reach a final. — right ✓ · exam - ← previous: [34. Soft words for hard things: failure and mistakes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/34-failure-and-mistakes/) - next →: [36. Soft words for hard things: stupidity and madness](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/36-dim-and-round-the-bend/) - ↑ back to [Euphemisms](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/)