Explain and Obtain

Explain

Explain verb - To make plain or understandable.

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Obtain and explain are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Obtain" instead a verb "Explain".

Obtain verb - To receive as return for effort.

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Explain and obtain are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Explain" instead a verb "Obtain".

Nearby Words: obtained, obtainable, obtaining

ability	explain ability	obtain ability
power	explain power	obtain power
part	explain part	obtain part
knowledge	explain knowledge	obtain knowledge
Other words: way, skills, powers, abilities.

In Book Eleven, she just tells Hiccup to seek refuge in a Hideout until the Doomsday of the Yule, and doesn't explain her plan to obtain the Lost Things.

Source: Literature / How to Train Your Dragon
The third, Web of Shadows suffered more: every shot with even a hint of violence and scariness got removed or shortened, including the scene in which the villains explain just what the plot is about — namely, that Roodaka wants to obtain the corpses of the heroes to drain their powers.

Source: Bowdlerise / Film

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