Hand and Key

Hand

Hand noun - A certain way in which something appears or may be regarded.

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Key and hand are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Key" instead a noun "Hand".

Nearby Words: handle, handy, handed, handful, handhold

Key noun - An explanatory list of the symbols on a map or chart.

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Hand and key are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hand" instead a noun "Key".

Nearby Words: keyed, keyboard, keying

old	old hand	old key
normal	normal hand	normal key
right	right hand	right key
free	free hand	free key
Other adjectives: green, single, actual, real, large, big, wrong, blue, bad, main, magic, new, major, possible, final, extra, left, last, literal, giant.

In Coraline after Coraline and Wybie throw the Other Mother's smashed hand and the key inside the well, if you listen closely, you can hear the Other Mother whispering 'No'.

Source: Little "No"
Deadpool being crazy awesome was key in defeating the Taskmaster in hand-to-hand combat.

Source: Crazy Awesome / Comic Books
Literally in one key scene in which a character's left hand is not visible, because he is using it to protect himself, but his right hand is, and is the one that gets him into trouble.

Source: Film / Inglourious Basterds

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