Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| good | good direction | good setting |
| particular | particular direction | particular setting |
| similar | similar direction | similar setting |
| specific | specific direction | specific setting |
| Other adjectives: complete, current, original, proper, single, romantic, actual, entire, real, serious, dark, interesting, new, general, possible, unusual, central, different, realistic, overall. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Setting people on fire who are already aggressive towards you will often result in them running blindly in your direction and setting you on fire as well before you can back away, due to the short throwing arc of your matches.
Source: Infernal Retaliation -
If you can see the mushroom cloud and it's at a distance, this puts you in a better position to see what direction fallout will be - as well as possibly setting you up better for sheltering if you have the capacity for doing so.
Source: Useful Notes / Nuclear Weapons - One story in the setting, "Lifeloop", deals with this trope from an entirely different direction: the relationship between actors and their roles.
Source: Literature / The Worthing Saga
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