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noun • a canonical hour that is the ninth hour of the day counting from sunrise • a service in the Roman Catholic Church formerly read or chanted at 3 PM (the ninth hour counting from sunrise) but now somewhat earlier adverb • not at all or in no way adjective satellite • not any; entity, negative pronoun | ||||||||
42% | 6 | To gloss over or excuse; excuse or cover up (an offense, error, etc.) | ||||||
verb • To extenuate, explain away, gloss over. • To use flattering language. • To smooth over; to palliate by specious explanation. • To give a shine to (something or someone). | ||||||||
37% | 6 | "Better late than never" and "Better safe than sorry" | ||||||
noun • a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people | ||||||||
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