Click
Click verb - To turn out as planned or desired.
Usage example: sometimes an idea simply clicks
Fail
Fail verb - To be unsuccessful.
Usage example: despite all the publicity, the movie failed miserably at the box office
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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If you click on neither of them (or repeatedly fail later sections by not clicking), Q breaks in and explains what a mouse cursor is and how to click on something, prompting the player to click on his nose.
Source: But Thou Must! - While Point-And-Click adventures are almost guaranteed to have a few Guide Dang It moments for players who fail to catch a ride on the designer's particular train of thought, Shadowgate for the NES is an egregious example.
Source: Guide Dang It / Adventure
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