Discuss or introduce the matter?

[guest]

Test No. incompl/inter-36 "Go for it", question 3

We won't ......... that now but I don't think we can avoid the subject much longer.

(a) discuss
(b) enter
(c) introduce
(d) interrupt

Test No. incompl/inter-36 "Go for it", answer 3

We won't discuss that now but I don't think we can avoid the subject much longer.

Correct answer: (a) discuss

Your answer was: incorrect
We won't introduce that now but I don't think we can avoid the subject much longer.
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Why not introduce the subject ?

thanks for the answer

[Alan]

When I wrote the test I had in mind that people were discussing other matters and didn't want to discuss that particular subject. I agree that introduce does at first sound acceptable but my intention is that the speaker doesn't want to talk about the subject and it isn't a question of raising the subject or starting it.

Thank you for your interesting point.
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