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turn of the screw |
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a turn of the screw an action which makes a bad situation worse, especially in order to force someone to do something. Each letter from my bank manager is another turn of the screw. |
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If the child gives the effect another turn of the screw, what do you say to TWO children--? Just when it seemed to him that another turn of the screw would kill him, little Stanislovas stopped. He perceived himself so extremely forlorn and lamentable, and was moved so deeply by the oppressive sorrow, that another turn of the screw, he felt, would bring tears out of his eyes. |
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turn of the screw
