Heart and Net

Heart

Heart noun - The central part or aspect of something under consideration.

Usage example: avoided any small talk and got right to the heart of the matter

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Net and heart are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Net" instead a noun "Heart".

Nearby Words: hearty, heartless, hearten, heartily, hear

Net noun - The central part or aspect of something under consideration.

Usage example: the net of the report on race relations is that things are better but not good enough

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Heart and net are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Heart" instead a noun "Net".

Nearby Word: netting

old	old heart	old net
good	good heart	good net
soft	soft heart	soft net
silver	silver heart	silver net
Other adjectives: empty, small, strong, large, big, huge, blue, little, main, organic, glowing, extra, last, giant, floating.

And Show It to You: Erik catches one of the coppers with a net, and rips his heart out.

Source: Film / The Phantom of the Opera (1989)
Archer does this with a net to catch grenades being thrown at him◊ in "Heart of Archness, Part II."

Source: Offhand Backhand
One of the direct strikes Kaoru unintentionally shoots at her heart is paying for the net café himself in their first date and explaining that a gentleman cannot allow his date to pay.

Source: Manga / Shinigami-sama to 4-nin no Kanojo

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