--- title: Soft words for hard things: the toilet and bodily functions — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Euphemisms description: The 17 test and exam questions of lesson 6 «Soft words for hard things: the toilet and bodily functions» 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/6-toilet-words/) [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: the toilet… # Soft words for hard things: the toilet and bodily functions The 17 questions of lesson 6 «Soft words for hard things: the toilet and bodily functions» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school with their options, 98 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/6-toilet-words/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/6-toilet-words/t1/) — A sign at a highway stop reads "Restrooms open 24 hours". What can you do there? — wrong ✗ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/6-toilet-words/t2/) — Jake texts "brb gotta answer the call of nature lol". What is Jake doing? — wrong ✗ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/6-toilet-words/t3/) — At the wedding, Auntie May says "I'll just go and powder my nose, darling." Where is Auntie May going? — right ✓ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/6-toilet-words/t4/) — "oi where's the dunny mate, I'm bustin" — what does this Australian need? — right ✓ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/6-toilet-words/t5/) — A teacher's note home: "Toby needs to ask before going to the bathroom." What is Toby asking for? — wrong ✗ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/6-toilet-words/t6/) — Gran, in an old story: "Stop the car, I need to spend a penny." What does Gran want? — right ✓ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/6-toilet-words/t7/) — Mid-meeting the boss mutters "Back in five, gotta see a man about a dog." Is anyone getting a dog? — wrong ✗ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/6-toilet-words/t8/) — Little Ava on a car trip: "Mummy, is it a number one or a number two?" — "Just a one, sweetie." What does Ava need? — wrong ✗ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/6-toilet-words/t9/) — Someone giggles in class and says "Who broke wind?!" What happened? — wrong ✗ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/6-toilet-words/t10/) — Brother yells "get off the bloody throne, I've been waiting ages!" What does he want? — wrong ✗ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/6-toilet-words/t11/) — A hotel email says "Feel free to freshen up in the lobby facilities before check-in." What is offered? — wrong ✗ - [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/6-toilet-words/t12/) — A Brit at a party: "Sorry, where's your loo?" What is the guest looking for? — wrong ✗ - [t13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/6-toilet-words/t13/) — Mia reckons "the john" means the boss in American offices. Is she right? — right ✓ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/6-toilet-words/e1/) — Identify the meaning most accurately conveyed by the expression "to spend a penny" in traditional British usage. — right ✓ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/6-toilet-words/e2/) — It is given that a notice in a United States park directs visitors to a "comfort station". Ascertain the nature of the facility so designated. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/6-toilet-words/e3/) — Select the response consistent with the established meaning of the phrase "to answer the call of nature". — wrong ✗ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/6-toilet-words/e4/) — Whereas a hostess informs her guests that "the powder room is adjacent to the hall", determine what the guests may find there. — right ✓ · exam - ← previous: [5. 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