Sentence:  There are three possibilities : ( a ) **f remains tangent to C as it is translated ; ( b ) **f moves away from C and does not intersect it at all for **f ; ( c ) **f cuts across C and there are two <WSD>ordinary</WSD> intersections for every t in **f . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree