--- title: Soft words for hard things: illness, disability and the body — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Euphemisms description: The 16 test and exam questions of lesson 5 «Soft words for hard things: illness, disability and the body» 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/5-drink-mind-and-body/) [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: illness, d… # Soft words for hard things: illness, disability and the body The 16 questions of lesson 5 «Soft words for hard things: illness, disability and the body» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school with their options, 92 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/5-drink-mind-and-body/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/5-drink-mind-and-body/t1/) — News: "Three people were hurt. One is in a comfortable condition." What is true of that person? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/5-drink-mind-and-body/t2/) — Chatty: "ugh got a tummy bug, been up all night, not coming in" Why is the speaker staying home? — right ✓ · ★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/5-drink-mind-and-body/t3/) — Max says "my grandad's lost his marbles, he forgot my name again". What does Max mean? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/5-drink-mind-and-body/t4/) — A care home note: "Mr Wood is sometimes confused at night." What would a nurse probably do? — right ✓ · ★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/5-drink-mind-and-body/t5/) — Gossip: "His wife? Went away for a rest after the baby, if you know what I mean." What is the speaker hinting at? — right ✓ · ★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/5-drink-mind-and-body/t6/) — A friend whispers "Ollie's got BO, no one wants to sit next to him." What is the problem? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/5-drink-mind-and-body/t7/) — Dad: "Bloody hell, Gran's been under the knife again." What happened to Gran? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/5-drink-mind-and-body/t8/) — A doctor says "we've found a growth, but it's probably harmless". What is true? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/5-drink-mind-and-body/t9/) — Lily says "Uncle Joe's in recovery, so is he still in hospital?" What should she be told? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/5-drink-mind-and-body/t10/) — Gran says "Don't sit in the garden all day, you'll get a touch of the sun." What is she warning about? — right ✓ · ★ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/5-drink-mind-and-body/t11/) — An old letter: "Father is laid up with gout." Where is Father? — right ✓ · ★ - [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/5-drink-mind-and-body/t12/) — Which phrase is the respectful way to talk about autism? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/5-drink-mind-and-body/e1/) — Identify the plain meaning of the expression "in a comfortable condition" as employed in a hospital bulletin. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/5-drink-mind-and-body/e2/) — It is given that a radiograph is reported to show "a shadow on the lung". Determine what is thereby suggested. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/5-drink-mind-and-body/e3/) — Select the response that most accurately characterises the term "halitosis". — right ✓ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/5-drink-mind-and-body/e4/) — Ascertain the meaning of the expression "self-medicating" when applied to a person's consumption of alcohol. — right ✓ · exam - ← previous: [4. Soft words for hard things: illness, disability…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/4-illness-disability-and-babies/) - next →: [6. Soft words for hard things: the toilet and bodil…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/6-toilet-words/) - ↑ back to [Euphemisms](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/)