Choose and Guard

Choose

Choose verb - To decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities.

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Guard and choose are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Guard" instead a verb "Choose".

Nearby Words: choosy, choosing, choosey, chooser

Guard verb - To drive danger or attack away from.

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Choose and guard are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Choose" instead a verb "Guard".

family	choose family	guard family
time	choose time	guard time
route	choose route	guard route
path	choose path	guard path
Other words: way, location, side, books.

If you choose to warn the guard about the gang, and then choose the right conversation options with Finch - for example, not just shooting him - he calls Shepard out for being "in bed" with the turians.

Source: Hilarious In Hindsight / Video Games
Kian can choose whether or not to torture and then kill the guard he interrogates.

Source: Video Game / Dreamfall Chapters
But also played for comedy, as when the ceremonial guard at Edinburgh Castle has to choose between a soldier who has just been drenched with paint and a soldier whose name is McAuslan.

Source: Literature / McAuslan

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