Cover
Cover verb - To serve as a replacement usually for a time only.
Talks
Talks noun - A discussion intended to produce an agreement.
Both words in one sentence
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Angela talks to Pam about her friend "Noelle," whose boyfriend went to corporate to cover for her.
Source: I Have This Friend... - O'Neill, whose explanation for everything is "magnets" makes this even more of a blatant lie when he talks of the cover.
Source: Blatant Lies / Live-Action TV - In The Simpsons episode "Strong Arms of the Ma", Homer talks a roided-up Marge out of totaling Moe's Tavern, and Moe decides to set the place on fire to cover for his losses.
Source: Action Insurance Gag
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