--- title: Soft words for hard things: rudeness and swearing — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Euphemisms description: The 18 test and exam questions of lesson 40 «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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/40-with-all-due-respect/) [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: rudeness a… # Soft words for hard things: rudeness and swearing The 18 questions of lesson 40 «Soft words for hard things: rudeness and swearing» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school with their options, 100 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/40-with-all-due-respect/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/40-with-all-due-respect/t1/) — Headline: "Talks end after 'frank exchange of views' between the two leaders." What really happened? — wrong ✗ · ★★★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/40-with-all-due-respect/t2/) — Office email: "As previously mentioned (twice), the report is due Friday." How does the writer feel? — wrong ✗ · ★★★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/40-with-all-due-respect/t3/) — "no offence but ur drawing looks like a potato" Was the speaker kind? — wrong ✗ · ★★★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/40-with-all-due-respect/t4/) — A footballer was sent off for flipping the bird at the crowd. What did he do? — right ✓ · ★★★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/40-with-all-due-respect/t5/) — Sam says "with all due respect" means you really respect the person a lot. right? — wrong ✗ · ★★★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/40-with-all-due-respect/t6/) — Council report: "The meeting saw a robust discussion of the parking plan." What happened at the meeting? — wrong ✗ · ★★★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/40-with-all-due-respect/t7/) — "Mate, shut the front door, you got a puppy??" What is the speaker feeling? — wrong ✗ · ★★★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/40-with-all-due-respect/t8/) — Teacher's note: "Dad, I'll bear your idea in mind." The idea is never mentioned again. What did "bear it in mind" mean? — wrong ✗ · ★★★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/40-with-all-due-respect/t9/) — "piss off, go take a running jump" What does the speaker want? — right ✓ · ★★★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/40-with-all-due-respect/t10/) — A politician answers his rival: "I hear what the honourable member is saying..." What will he most likely do next? — right ✓ · ★★★ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/40-with-all-due-respect/t11/) — Gossip: "His new boss is not exactly a people person — she shouted at the cleaner." What is she like? — wrong ✗ · ★★★ - [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/40-with-all-due-respect/t12/) — "bless ur heart, u tried to microwave the ice cream to soften it?? lol" What does the speaker think? — right ✓ · ★★★ - [t13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/40-with-all-due-respect/t13/) — A boss and worker can't agree, and the boss says "Let's agree to disagree." What happens next? — wrong ✗ · ★★★ - [t14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/40-with-all-due-respect/t14/) — Which of these is a rude gesture, not rude words? — wrong ✗ · ★★★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/40-with-all-due-respect/e1/) — Where an official communiqué records "a frank exchange of views", identify the nature of the encounter so described. — right ✓ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/40-with-all-due-respect/e2/) — Ascertain the meaning most accurately conveyed by the prefatory phrase "with all due respect". — wrong ✗ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/40-with-all-due-respect/e3/) — Select the response that is consistent with the established meaning of the expression "per my last email" in correspondence. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/40-with-all-due-respect/e4/) — Identify the gesture denoted by the expression "the one-finger salute". — wrong ✗ · exam - ← previous: [39. Soft words for hard things: rudeness and swearing](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/39-pardon-my-french/) - next →: [41. Olympiad: the euphemism detective ★★★](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/41-olympiad-euphemism-detective/) - ↑ back to [Euphemisms](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/)