Course and Turn

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Course noun - A way of acting or proceeding.

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Turn is a synonym for course in event topic. In some cases you can use "Turn" instead a noun "Course", when it comes to topics like sequence.

Nearby Words: coursed, coursing, courser, courseware

Turn noun - A relaxed journey on foot for exercise or pleasure.

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Course is a synonym for turn in sequence topic. Sometimes you can use "Course" instead a noun "Turn".

Nearby Words: turned, turning

similar	similar course	similar turn
short	short course	short turn
right	right course	right turn
current	current course	current turn
Other adjectives: original, single, actual, entire, real, huge, wrong, dangerous, quick, new, major, possible, final, next, last, different.

Of course, this can backfire rather spectacularly if an enemy manages to turn you into a dragon instead (Hilarity often ensues).

Source: Video Game / Dungeon Crawl
Also, though not really an artifact, weaponized cockatrice corpses can turn most enemies to stone with a single smack; but of course they can also turn you to stone if you're not extremely careful.

Source: Video Game / NetHack
Of course, as it transpires, the three difficulties all turn out to be synonymous to "stupid", even if the game had a remake that replaced the "386 MHz" with "Core i7".

Source: Idiosyncratic Difficulty Levels

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