Explain
Explain verb - To make plain or understandable.
Usage example: a pamphlet that explains the medical procedure in language that any layperson can understand
Resolve is a synonym for explain in action topic. In some cases you can use "Resolve" instead a verb "Explain", when it comes to topics like ask, solve, justify, make clear.
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- The first is a story that exists primarily or only to resolve or explain continuity problems.
Source: Continuity Porn -
Amazingly, however, the next season managed to explain/resolve the Evil Alien Nazis story in a not-entirely-stupid fashion.
Source: Gainax Ending -
She doesn't explain until Chapter 10 that Lero is the god of balance, and a balanced approach is exactly how the people of Ansul resolve their problems with the Alds.
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