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Paraphrase 1 All it takes to turn this into holiday merriment is a bit of greenery looped around the office—the staff will soon be looped, too. P: Just making some decoration for the office will create the same merry atmosphere as that of a holiday, and the staff will soon be absorbed in such atmosphere. 2 Furthermore, partygoers figure, it offers relief from such pesky obligations as thanking anyone or being kind to wallflowers because there really aren’t any hosts P: Since it seems that the office party is free, the participants feel greatly relaxed. They no longer care about the annoying etiquette rules for common gatherings such as expressing gratefulness to the host or showing consideration towards others at the parties. (Moreover, at office party, people don’t feel as if they have to be nice to less popular people because no one person is host,) 3 This is all pure hospitality—there for the taking, like the office-supplied felt tipped pens everyone has been pocketing all year. P: This is offered free and without the need to make any return, as free as the company pens everyone has been taking all year. 4 For those still dimly aware of the once-standard give-and-take of real social life, this no-fault approach to business entertaining seems a godsend. P: “the once-standard give-and-take” refers to the conventional idea that if one wants to take or gain something he or she has to give or pay at the same time. The word “no-fault” means being free from duty or obligation, and the word “godsend” means a gift from God. 5 Flinty Miss Manners does not recognize any holidays from etiquette. P: The rules for etiquette still need to be observed in every kind of parties. 6 It might discourage hospitable bosses to see guests staring at them in horror and then slithering in by a side door. P: The generous hosts may feel disheartened to see their guests looking at them in alarm and trying to avoid them. 7 Discreet questioning establishes that this is an employee’ s guest.