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A. In the old joke tales, the targets are mocked for their slowness, for being unable to understand
simple rules necessary for a successful life, or other characteristics.
B. Their vice is usually more specific than just universal stupidity.
C. Foreigners are in a clear minority and limited to those who have had direct contact with Estonian
natives (travelling Gypsies, Russians, Germans and Jews, less often Finns).
D. In Estonian old folk jokes and early punch-lined jokes, targets are peripheral groups with funny
speech and perceived backwardness.
E. Stupidity jokes are in the majority, and there are several targets which vary in different regions.
(a) CBED (b) DCBE (c) EDCB (d) ECBD
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A. Laughter, thus, stands for different phenomena in narration.
B. Narrators can underline the standpoint in the narrative in many ways, such as direct comments,
embedding of evaluation, style of telling, metaphors, strong adjectives and facial expression and
gestures.
C. It communicates emotions both in a concealing and a revealing way.
D. One way of studying this in narration is by analysing the use of humour, irony and paralinguistic
devices such as chuckles, laughter, pauses, or changes of tempo.
E. Laughter is thus one stylistic device to mark a standpoint in narration.
(a) CEDB (b) CEBD (c) DBCE (d) CBDE
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A. Despite arguments that it is unethical to conduct research on vulnerable populations caught in conflict,
health research is essential to achieving the goals of promoting and enhancing the delivery of lifesaving
interventions.
B. This implies training for humanitarian actors engaged in research methods, and greater collaboration
with experts to support the design and analysis, and potentially also the implementation of research.
C. There is much scope to improve the quality of research methodologies implemented in conflict
settings through validation of survey tools, the establishment of clear protocols, and training in a
broader use or research methodologies that can be applied.
D. Those engaged in research should first reflect on the necessity of conducting research in such
settings, and the feasibility of seeing the research through to completion.
E. Conflict settings are characterized by instability and rapidly change in circumstances and pose
major challenges to the conduct of research.
(a) DCBE (b) EDCB (c) BCDE (d) EBDC
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Vicissitude : Stagnation
(a) Vexation : Chagrin
(b) Mortification : Humiliation
(c) Naivete : Ingenue
(d) Diffidence : Assertiveness
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The "I won him" smirk doesn't work in her favour either; she looks ______________. If she wants box
office appeal, she needs to stop gloating over the fact that she is dating a relapsed alcoholic who doesn't
give a care about how his wife and kids are handling this affair.
(a) like something the cat dragged in.
(b) like the cat who swallowed the canary.
(c) like a cat on a hot tin roof.
(d) like a bump on a log.
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