--- title: Cringe that lasts: getting over embarrassing moments — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Cringe that lasts: getting over embarrassing moments», a lesson of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Some embarrassing moments make you cringe for weeks: the memory jumps out when you're cleaning your teeth, and you --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/11-cringe-that-lasts-getting-over-embarrassing-moments/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Reflection](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/) / Cringe that lasts: getting over embarr… # Cringe that lasts: getting over embarrassing moments Lesson 11 of the reflection course of Mova's primary school: 21 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/reflection/11-cringe-that-lasts-getting-over-embarrassing-moments/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/11-cringe-that-lasts-getting-over-embarrassing-moments/0/) — Some embarrassing moments make you cringe for weeks: the memory jumps out when you're cleaning your teeth, and your whole body squirms as if it were happening again. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/11-cringe-that-lasts-getting-over-embarrassing-moments/1/) — Callum got knocked out of the spelling bee on the word "because", the audience went "Oooh", and on the way home he kept thinking, "BECAUSE. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/11-cringe-that-lasts-getting-over-embarrassing-moments/2/) — A baby word. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/11-cringe-that-lasts-getting-over-embarrassing-moments/3/) — I can spell 'necessary' but not 'because'. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/11-cringe-that-lasts-getting-over-embarrassing-moments/4/) — I'm such a numpty"; that night he wanted the ground to swallow him. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/11-cringe-that-lasts-getting-over-embarrassing-moments/5/) — Under pressure, easy things go wrong because nerves block memory for a moment, so it said nothing about how clever he was; when Dad told his own spelling-bee disaster, they laughed together, and a month later Callum was saying "because" in a silly voice himself. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/11-cringe-that-lasts-getting-over-embarrassing-moments/6/) — Turning a cringe into a shared joke takes the sting out, and nicknames usually die down fastest when you shrug instead of exploding; what doesn't help is practising the word a hundred times at midnight or hiding under a hat. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/11-cringe-that-lasts-getting-over-embarrassing-moments/7/) — And if someone shares an unkind photo or comment, the cringe is theirs to own: you can ask for it to be deleted and say it hurt. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/11-cringe-that-lasts-getting-over-embarrassing-moments/8/) — Under pressure, nerves can block memory for a moment, so even easy things go wrong; "my mind went blank" describes this. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/11-cringe-that-lasts-getting-over-embarrassing-moments/9/) — Turning an embarrassing moment into a shared family joke can take the sting out of it. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/11-cringe-that-lasts-getting-over-embarrassing-moments/10/) — Hair grows back, usually about one centimetre a month; the first days after a big change in looks feel the worst, then people get used to it. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/11-cringe-that-lasts-getting-over-embarrassing-moments/11/) — Unkind comments about looks are often someone grabbing a cheap laugh, and they say more about the speaker than about you. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/11-cringe-that-lasts-getting-over-embarrassing-moments/12/) — Nicknames often fade when the person stops reacting; getting angry usually makes teasers say them more. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/11-cringe-that-lasts-getting-over-embarrassing-moments/13/) — A pet name is a loving nickname from family; asking a parent privately not to use it in public is fair. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/11-cringe-that-lasts-getting-over-embarrassing-moments/14/) — Everyone loses control sometimes, especially when overtired; a meltdown is losing control of your feelings, and a simple sorry afterwards usually fixes it. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/11-cringe-that-lasts-getting-over-embarrassing-moments/15/) — Asking someone something, like to dance, takes courage; being turned down hurts but is normal, and an unkind "ew" says more about the person showing off to friends. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/11-cringe-that-lasts-getting-over-embarrassing-moments/16/) — Feeling embarrassed by your family is common at this age and does not mean you love them less. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/11-cringe-that-lasts-getting-over-embarrassing-moments/17/) — Head lice are very common and can happen to anyone; lice do not care whether hair is clean or dirty, so having them is not about being dirty. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/11-cringe-that-lasts-getting-over-embarrassing-moments/18/) — A bad photo is one strange moment from one angle, not what you really look like. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/11-cringe-that-lasts-getting-over-embarrassing-moments/19/) — Taking or posting photos of people to laugh at them is unkind, and it is okay to ask for them to be deleted. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/11-cringe-that-lasts-getting-over-embarrassing-moments/20/) — Everyone picks their nose or dribbles in their sleep sometimes; these are normal body things, not proof that someone is gross. - ← previous: [Laughed at: photos, scores, nicknames and the spotlight](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/10-laughed-at-photos-scores-nicknames-and-the-spotlight/) - next →: [Parents shouting, parents splitting: it's not your fault](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/12-parents-shouting-parents-splitting-it-s-not-your-fault/) - ↑ back to [Reflection](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/)