Explain
Well
Common collocations
| name | explain name | well name |
Both words in one sentence
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The Watson: The space marines need to get Weir to explain, in simple words, how the ship's FTL drive works, which of course allows him to explain it to the audience as well.
Source: Film / Event Horizon -
Troubled Backstory Flashback: Each of the core Autobots has one or more that explain how they ended up where they were when they discovered the Allspark as well as explain their outlooks on things.
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Atari-esque avatars of the Wachowskis stopped the plot at that point to explain how the metaphorical ending of the movies didn't translate well into a video game.
Source: Giant Space Flea from Nowhere
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