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title: Not unhappy and not half: litotes — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Language
description: The 14 test and exam questions of lesson 50 «Not unhappy and not half: litotes» of the language 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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# Not unhappy and not half: litotes

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The 14 questions of lesson 50 «Not unhappy and not half: litotes» of the language course of Mova's primary school with their options, 83 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/language/50-not-unhappy-and-not-half-litotes/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/50-not-unhappy-and-not-half-litotes/t1/) — «my mum said she's not unhappy with my report, so she's sad, right??» What is right? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/50-not-unhappy-and-not-half-litotes/t2/) — Tia hears «That's not the worst idea you've had» and sulks: «so it's a bad idea». Then Dad gets the picnic basket out. What has she missed? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/50-not-unhappy-and-not-half-litotes/t3/) — ★ Your friend calls a boy in your class «not the brightest, bless him» and says «it's fine, I said it nicely». What is true? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/50-not-unhappy-and-not-half-litotes/t4/) — «they said 'not half' about the match so they only liked half of it lol» What is right? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/50-not-unhappy-and-not-half-litotes/t5/) — You offer Gran a biscuit and she says «I wouldn't say no». You put the tin away because «she didn't say yes». What went wrong? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/50-not-unhappy-and-not-half-litotes/t6/) — ★ In a guessing game the answer is 85. Who is «not a million miles away»? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/50-not-unhappy-and-not-half-litotes/t7/) — ★★ «Not bad», «not unhappy», «not too shabby», «no small thing». What do they all have in common? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/50-not-unhappy-and-not-half-litotes/t8/) — ★★ A cartoon shows a man reading «she's no stranger to trouble» and thinking the girl has never met trouble. What is the right meaning? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/50-not-unhappy-and-not-half-litotes/t9/) — ★★★ Dad says «It's not unlikely that it won't rain». Count the «not»-type words: not, un-, won't. Does he think it will rain? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/50-not-unhappy-and-not-half-litotes/t10/) — ★★★ Gran says «It's not exactly warm» in the sports hall, and later «It's not exactly cold» by the fire. Where is it colder? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/50-not-unhappy-and-not-half-litotes/e1/) — Identify the figure of speech employed in the utterance «I'm not unhappy with that», made by a parent upon reading an excellent report. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/50-not-unhappy-and-not-half-litotes/e2/) — Ascertain the meaning of the British expression «Not half!», given in reply to an enquiry whether the speaker enjoyed a match. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/50-not-unhappy-and-not-half-litotes/e3/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the remark «he's not the brightest», made concerning a third party? — right ✓ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/50-not-unhappy-and-not-half-litotes/e4/) — It is given that a pupil guessed 80 and that the true number was 85. Select the response consistent with the expression «You're not a million miles away». — right ✓ · exam

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