Practise the standard verbs for running an honest town hall Q&A session.
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Fill in: 'We ___ questions in writing before the town hall starts, so someone with a genuinely awkward question isn't forced to ask it out loud in front of everyone.'
We 'collect questions' — the standard, simple collocation for gathering submissions ahead of a Q&A session. The other options are less idiomatic here.
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Fill in: 'Only taking questions live from the floor can ___ the hardest, most important ones never actually getting asked at all.'
We say live-only questions will 'leave' the hardest ones unasked — the standard, natural collocation for the resulting gap. The other options aren't idiomatic here.
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Fill in: 'We ___ submitted questions only to remove duplicates, never to filter out ones that are simply uncomfortable to answer.'
We 'screen a question' — the standard, simple collocation for reviewing submissions before a session, without censoring them. The other options are less idiomatic here.
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Fill in: 'We ___ every genuine question directly, even the difficult ones, rather than deflecting with a vague, rehearsed non-answer.'
We 'answer a question' — the standard, simple collocation for responding to a query directly and honestly. The other options are less idiomatic here.
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Fill in: 'We ___ anything requiring a longer investigation to a named owner with a promised follow-up date, rather than leaving it unresolved in the room.'
We 'escalate a question' — the standard, simple collocation for routing a complex issue to someone who can properly resolve it. The other options aren't idiomatic here.