[Answer] What would you call a person making a joke out of a serious situation?

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...1. Patronizing 2. Flippant 3. Sardonic 4. Irascible

[Answer] 2. What is the novel of the mid-20th century whose title famously reflects a no-win situation?

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...1. Under Stress 2. My Mortal Enemy 3. Catch 22 4. Altitude Abroad This title phrase has become internationally synonymous with absurdist revolts in the 1960s, as well as many people's sense of overwhelming impotence in the face of invisible, impersonal powers.

[Answer] 8. If a situation or a task is particularly unpleasant, it might be described as a "bed of ..."Complete the idiomatic phrase.

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...1. Fire 2. Nails 3. Glass shards 4. Nuts and bolts I somehow don't think that a "bed of nails" would be the nicest place to lay down, hence the idiomatic phrase "bed of nails" describes something that would be fairly unpleasant. However, according to physics, someone lying down on a bed of nails might not be harmed at all, provided that their weight was distributed evenly, meaning that the force exerted on the nail would not be strong enough to pierce through the person and harm them. In magician's shows, a typical trick might be to get a volunteer to lie on a bed of nails, while wooden blocks are laid on top of them, and then smashed with a sledge hammer. Sometimes, a bed of nails is even used for meditation purposes in certain parts of Asia.

[Answer] 5. What is the novel of the mid-20th century whose title famously reflects a no-win situation?

Step 1 : Introduction to the question "5. What is the novel of the mid-20th century whose title famously reflects a no-win situation? "

...1. Catch 22 2. Altitude Abroad 3. My Mortal Enemy 4. Under Stress This title phrase has become internationally synonymous with absurdist revolts in the 1960s, as well as many people's sense of overwhelming impotence in the face of invisible, impersonal powers.

[Answer] 8. What kind of play is an offensive coach most likely to call in the following situation: Third down and 15 yards at the opposing teams 20-yard line, 45 seconds left in the fourth quarter, down by five, with no time outs left?

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...1. Field Goal 2. Run Play 3. Pass Play 4. Blitz A pass play is the most logical play in this situation. Running the ball would keep the clock moving with no way to stop it, a blitz is a defensive play, and a field goal would do no good because your team is down by five points.

[Ans] What French phrase is also a legal term for a situation outside of human control?

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A tour de force (See here under tour³, sense II.A.1.) is an impressive feat. The word(there are three tour, of differing etymologies) is ultimately from an Old French turn, a noun derived from what became tourner which through an elaborate series of semantic expansions acquired themeaning of "feat, ...

All the more so when you're dealing with the numerous words and phrases that simply don't have an obvious English equivalent. Here's a list of ten of the most common so-called 'untranslatable' French words. The Local has stepped in to provide some handy definitions to help you translate the untranslatable. But what ...