Select
Select verb - To decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities.
Wish
Wish verb - To offer (something fake, useless, or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Journey to Chaos: There are numerous gods in Tariatla that select mortals deserving of aid and grant them a wish, but the manner in which they do so depends on the god.
Source: Make a Wish - You can choose to help them out if you wish,note After defeating Kenji, select "Return the World to Nothing" after the following cutscene.
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All playthroughs after the first use a more difficult "Enemy Deployment 2" version of each mission, but in Training you can select which enemy deployment you wish to play against.
Source: New Game+
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