It's a last-ditch maneuver at best, of course, but those are useful when you need them.
(shrugs, and if the words are a bit provocative, the tone is entirely matter of fact) I don't care. Something you remember. Get cute with me and I'll hex you into Tuesday, of course.
The pronunciation is better, but didn't I tell you your stress was wrong? Tell me which word it wasn't wrong for.
(firmly) Arabic. Ali, emir--irrelevant. In Britain we cast languages of Greek and Latin derivation. Who's the Roman everyone knows, who didn't quite make it to king? Leaves on his head, stabbed to death by his friends, Ides of March?
Yes. You got it wrong, and there were only two possible answers. So we move to more than two. (writes some more on his paper and shows it to him) Say these words aloud, please. Perfunctory Perforate
No, but he's the one laying it on at the moment. n,n And no, I don't think you would have needed that many cues. ;)