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  • 41To serve the hour — Serve Serve, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Served}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Serving}.] [OE. serven, servien, OF. & F. servir, fr. L. servire; akin to servus a servant or slave, servare to protect, preserve, observe; cf. Zend har to protect, haurva protecting. Cf …

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  • 42To serve the time — Serve Serve, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Served}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Serving}.] [OE. serven, servien, OF. & F. servir, fr. L. servire; akin to servus a servant or slave, servare to protect, preserve, observe; cf. Zend har to protect, haurva protecting. Cf …

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  • 43Trimmer — Trim mer, n. 1. One who trims, arranges, fits, or ornaments. [1913 Webster] 2. One who does not adopt extreme opinions in politics, or the like; one who fluctuates between parties, so as to appear to favor each; a timeserver. [1913 Webster] Thus… …

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  • 44timepleaser — noun Date: 1593 obsolete timeserver …

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  • 45timeserving — I. noun Date: 1621 the behavior or practice of a timeserver II. adjective Date: 1621 marked by or revealing a lack of independence or integrity < a mean, timeserving little man, grovelling odiously before the wealthy people Peter Forster > …

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  • 46Time — This article is about the measurement. For the magazine, see Time (magazine). For other uses, see Time (disambiguation). The flow of sand in an hourglass can be used to keep track of elapsed time. It also concretely represents the present as&#8230; …

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  • 47Chengyu — Not to be confused with Cheng Yu. 成語/成语 Chéngyǔ Chengyu (simplified Chinese: 成语; …

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  • 48Indian Standard Time — (IST) is the time observed throughout India and Sri Lanka, with a time offset of . India does not observe daylight saving time, (DST) or other seasonal adjustments, although DST was used briefly during the Sino–Indian War of 1962 and the&#8230; …

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  • 49Time server — A time server is a server computer that reads the actual time from a reference clock and distributes this information to its clients using a computer network. The time server may be a local network time server or an internet time server.The most&#8230; …

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  • 50Sentimental Education — Infobox Book | name = Sentimental Education title orig = L Education sentimentale translator = image caption = Title page from the first edition of L Education sentimentale author = Gustav Flaubert illustrator = cover artist = country = France&#8230; …

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