Able and Good for

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Able adjective - Having the required skills for an acceptable level of performance.

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Good for and able are semantically related In some cases you can use "Good for" instead an adjective "Able".

Nearby Word: ability

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Able and good for are semantically related in adept topic. Sometimes you can use "Able" instead an adjective phrase "Good for".

He hasn't been able to get beyond being an assistant since starting as a mangaka, and Fukuda tactlessly notes that Yujiro thinks he's only good for being an assistant.

Source: Manga / Bakuman。
In episode one, they were literally only good for being slaughtered by Brock, but by the finale of Season 2 they're able to go toe-to-toe against the Guild's own enforcers.

Source: Western Animation / The Venture Bros.
This being science fiction, her doctor is able to regrow the body part, but it is good for a guilt trip later in the novel when she meets one of her captors.

Source: Breast Attack

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