Brief
Guide
Guide verb - To give advice and instruction to (someone) regarding the course or process to be followed.
Usage example: the pastry chef guided her through the creation of the wedding cake, showing her how to ice the layers, fashion the elaborate decorations, and assemble the whole shebang
Brief and guide are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Brief" instead the word "Guide" as a verb or a noun.
How words are described
| good | good brief | good guide |
| original | original brief | original guide |
| big | big brief | big guide |
| little | little brief | little guide |
| Other adjectives: quick, easy, titular. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Guide Dang It: Good luck finding all the brief cases the first time without a guide, or the maze level.
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Guide Dang It: While the tutorial does brief you on the basics a lot of the content is left for the player to discover, which can lead to this.
Source: Videogame / Darkest Dungeon - It's brief, slightly awkward, they both have reasonably odd o-faces, and you can even see him use his hand to guide himself in (it's under the blankets, but it's obvious what he's doing).
Source: Idealized Sex
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