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Wonderful rear-gunner flannelry. [[Shall]], or will, implies an [[obligation]]. [[Discretion]] implies a right — the ''lack'' of an obligation. So this elegant phrase reverses over its own tracks and runs itself over.
Wonderful rear-gunner {{f|flannel}}ry. [[Shall]], or [[will]], implies an ''[[obligation]]''. [[Discretion]] implies a ''[[right]]'' not just the ''lack'' of an obligation, but its ''very antithesis''.


The word your chauffeur is looking for is “''[[may]]''”.
So the driver who steers using this elegant phrase reverses over {{sex|her}} own flowerbed and runs herself over.
 
The word your {{sex|chauffeuse}} is looking for is “''[[may]]''”.


Carry on.
Carry on.


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*[[May, at its discretion]]


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