Explain and Propose

Explain

Explain verb - To make plain or understandable.

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

Propose verb - To set before the mind for consideration.

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Explain and propose are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Explain" instead a verb "Propose".

time	explain time	propose time
way	explain way	propose way
plan	explain plan	propose plan
concept	explain concept	propose concept
Other words: plans, rules, feelings, changes.

Negative Space Wedgie - One of the theories the physicists propose to explain a perturbation in the planet's orbit.

Source: Literature / Nightfall
As noted, Irish folklore marks February 29 as the day women are allowed to propose to men, explain as a deal Saint Bridget struck with Saint Patrick.

Source: Leap Day
There's also how the flashback in episode 7 doesn't explain where's Tokaji in the present, and doesn't do much with the revelation to Saginomiya that Konishi was going to propose to her instead Tokaji, since the OVA just kind of ends there.

Source: Manga / 801 T.T.S. Airbats

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