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title: Soft words for hard things: stupidity and madness and rude… — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Euphemisms
description: The 16 test and exam questions of lesson 37 «Soft words for hard things: stupidity and madness and rudeness and swearing» 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.
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# Soft words for hard things: stupidity and madness and rudeness and swearing

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The 16 questions of lesson 37 «Soft words for hard things: stupidity and madness and rudeness and swearing» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school with their options, 91 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/37-bats-and-gosh/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/37-bats-and-gosh/t1/) — News: "The striker missed an open goal and the commentator cried, 'Crikey!'" What did the commentator show? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/37-bats-and-gosh/t2/) — "ugh my bro is so not the sharpest knife in the drawer, he put the cat food in the fridge AND the milk in the cupboard." What does the speaker think of the brother? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/37-bats-and-gosh/t3/) — Grandpa: "That fellow's got bats in the belfry, he paints his car every Tuesday." What does Grandpa think? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/37-bats-and-gosh/t4/) — Ben says "gosh" is a rude swear word and you'll get a detention for it. right? — right ✓ · ★
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/37-bats-and-gosh/t5/) — "for crying out loud, close the flipping door!" How does the speaker feel? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/37-bats-and-gosh/t6/) — A coach shouts, "Where's your head? You're out to lunch today!" What does he mean? — right ✓ · ★
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/37-bats-and-gosh/t7/) — Neighbour gossip: "After the lottery win he totally lost the plot, bought six boats." What happened? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/37-bats-and-gosh/t8/) — "dang it, i dropped my phone, no wait, it's fine." What is "dang" here? — right ✓ · ★
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/37-bats-and-gosh/t9/) — Which of these is NOT about being stupid or mad? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/37-bats-and-gosh/t10/) — Gran: "Darn! I've burnt the pie." Why does she say "darn" and not a stronger word? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/37-bats-and-gosh/t11/) — Why do phrases like "one card short of a full deck" mean someone is stupid? — right ✓ · ★
- [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/37-bats-and-gosh/t12/) — "Gee whiz, your dog's huge!" What is "gee" a soft form of? — right ✓ · ★
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/37-bats-and-gosh/e1/) — Identify the word for which the exclamation "crikey" constitutes a softened substitute. — right ✓ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/37-bats-and-gosh/e2/) — Ascertain the meaning most accurately conveyed by the statement that an individual is "not the sharpest knife in the drawer". — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/37-bats-and-gosh/e3/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the expression "for Pete's sake". — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/37-bats-and-gosh/e4/) — Where it is stated that a person "has lost the plot", determine the condition so described. — wrong ✗ · exam

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