But I only wanted to make his dismissal a little less painful for him.

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We also drop the lowest score on a problem set and also lest in my appeal in the last lecture in this sounds a little too tailored to only those less comfortable realize too those more comfortable as we'll see today.

我们会划定最低分数,正如今天你们将看到的,这样做很照顾学习吃力的学生,今天大家就可以看到这一点。

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It's only a slight variation that makes it a little bit more polite. A little bit less approaching.

这样轻微的变形可以使你的问题变得更为礼貌，也更为委婉。

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