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title: Soft words for hard things: rudeness and swearing — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Euphemisms
description: The 16 test and exam questions of lesson 38 «Soft words for hard things: 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: rudeness and swearing

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The 16 questions of lesson 38 «Soft words for hard things: rudeness and swearing» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school with their options, 89 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/38-drat-and-the-f-word/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/38-drat-and-the-f-word/t1/) — TV news: "The minister was heard muttering the f-word into a live microphone." What happened? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/38-drat-and-the-f-word/t2/) — "omg sugar sugar SUGAR i've locked the keys in the car" Is she talking about food? — right ✓ · ★
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/38-drat-and-the-f-word/t3/) — Little brother says "shoot" is a swear and he's telling Mum. right? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/38-drat-and-the-f-word/t4/) — "What the heck is that smell?" How strong is "heck"? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/38-drat-and-the-f-word/t5/) — "eff off and leave my bike alone." What does the speaker want? — right ✓ · ★
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/38-drat-and-the-f-word/t6/) — An Aussie farmer sees a huge spider and says "Strewth!" What does he feel? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/38-drat-and-the-f-word/t7/) — "Holy moly, you ate the whole cake??" What is the speaker feeling? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/38-drat-and-the-f-word/t8/) — A teacher writes: "Sam told a classmate to 'eff off' at lunch." What did Sam do wrong? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/38-drat-and-the-f-word/t9/) — Grandpa, reading old letters: "Dash it all, I've lost my place!" Which modern word means the same? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/38-drat-and-the-f-word/t10/) — A boss texts: "the frigging server is down AGAIN". How does the boss feel? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/38-drat-and-the-f-word/t11/) — "this freaking homework, no wait, it's actually fine, i'm just tired." What is the speaker's mood at the end? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/38-drat-and-the-f-word/t12/) — Why does someone say "Fudge!" instead of the word it stands for? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/38-drat-and-the-f-word/e1/) — Identify the oath from which the exclamation "blimey" is held to derive. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/38-drat-and-the-f-word/e2/) — Ascertain the expression for which the interjection "heck" constitutes a softened substitute. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/38-drat-and-the-f-word/e3/) — Select the response that is consistent with the established meaning of the phrase "the s-word". — right ✓ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/38-drat-and-the-f-word/e4/) — Where an individual exclaims "Sugar!" upon suffering a misfortune, determine the principal function of the utterance. — wrong ✗ · exam

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