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1 pay twenty shillings in the pound
My first duty... was to save enough money to pay twenty shillings in the pound on my father's liabilities and so get him discharged from bankruptcy. (C. P. Snow, ‘Time of Hope’, ch. V) — Первейшая моя обязанность... накопить побольше денег, чтобы расплатиться полностью с долгами отца и восстановить его доброе имя.
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