Element and Situation

Element

Element noun - The situation in which you are happiest and most effective.

Usage example: in your element

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Situation and element are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Situation" instead a noun "Element".

Situation noun - Position with regard to conditions and circumstances.

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Element and situation are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Element" instead a noun "Situation".

Nearby Words: situate, situated, situating

particular	particular element	particular situation
common	common element	common situation
specific	specific element	specific situation
right	right element	right situation
Other adjectives: certain, present, critical, romantic, actual, entire, real, chaotic, dangerous, interesting, new, unique, dramatic, different, opposite.

Still, if used in a real-world situation with the element of surprise it would be more likely to work.

Source: Just For Fun / Tropes Examined by the MythBusters
Contains every sub-element of this trope, yet ends rather realistically with a riot-plus-hostage-situation that goes south.

Source: Great Escape
He therefore takes particular delight at any situation where Paul is clearly out of his element.

Source: Series / Ever Decreasing Circles

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