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nine tenths | почти все |
nine tenths of the voters | абсолютное большинство избирателей |
possession is nine tenths of the law | собственность это девять десятых закона (Possession is nine-tenths of the law is an expression meaning that ownership is easier to maintain if one has possession of something, and much more difficult to enforce if one does not. wiki Alexander Demidov) |