Affect and Manage

Affect

Affect verb - To act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response.

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Manage and affect are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Manage" instead a verb "Affect".

Manage verb - To deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently.

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Affect and manage are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Affect" instead a verb "Manage".

character	affect character	manage character
life	affect life	manage life
people	affect people	manage people
time	affect time	manage time
Other words: way, level, world, game, battle, damage, weather, skills, powers, relationships.

Sure, he does manage to kill both Goldfinger and Oddjob, but that doesn't affect the plot very much, and the bulk of the work ends up being done by the US Army and the CIA.

Source: Non-Protagonist Resolver
It certainly does not affect programs for older audiences, which at least manage to hawk their newly released DVD volumes.

Source: Segregated Commercial
Jade and Tear manage to stop him from causing an explosion, but as a side affect, Casim loses his eyesight.

Source: Never My Fault

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