Shall We Repair* to My Workshop?
Please take a seat.
This one has already been taken.
Oh, well, I think you would have found that chair rather cramped -- I mean clamped. Let me get you another one.
* Definition of REPAIR
intransitive verb
1
a : to betake oneself : go <repaired to the judge's chambers>
b : to come together : rally
2
obsolete : return
Origin of REPAIR
Middle English, from Anglo-French repairer to go back, return from Late Latin repatriare to go home again, from Latin re- + patria native country - more at expatriate
First Known Use: 14th century
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