trzeci

zero

one

two

three

four

five

The first and third lines of a villanelle's opening tercet play different roles from its middle line; equalising their recurrences in an adaptation would create a new arrangement, not merely a tidier record of the same poem.

When lending you the third volume of a series, I do not assume you remember everything from the earlier books; I can recap where we start, but would first like to know which volumes you have read so my help does not reveal what still lies ahead of you.

We agreed on a shortened version of the game, so finishing after the third round does not mean anyone gave up.

If we ask people to choose between two options, let us state whether a third proposal is also allowed rather than later treating it as a departure from the topic.

When she says after your third helping that you surely cannot be hungry, concern starts to sound uncomfortably like a dig.

A series of repeated conjunctions does not itself indicate where the list ends; let us plan the final falling intonation from the utterance's closure rather than arbitrarily after the third “and”.