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  • curprev 21:0521:05, 20 August 2023‎ Blansheflur talk contribs‎ 856 bytes +856‎ Created page with "==English== ===Phrase=== {{head|en|phrase}} # {{lb|en|nautical}} One's problems on shore may be forgotten at the first turn of one's ship's propeller. #* {{quote-book|en|author=Geoffrey Willans|year=1943|title=One Eye on the Clock|page=41|passage=On the one hand was Martyn's dictum that '''the 'first turn of the screw pays all debts';'''}} #* {{quote-book|en|author=William Gaddis|year=1955|title=The Recogntions|page=9|passage=—'''The first turn of the screw p..."
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