I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a key turns
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We heard the key turn in the lock.
a turning point (= the time when an important change starts, especially an improvement )
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A turning point in the history of the republic came in 1358.
a wheel turns/goes around
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The wheels went slowly around.
as things turned out (= used to say what happened or was discovered in the end )
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Obviously, there had to be some mistake. As things turned out, there was.
become/turn into a nightmare
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Their honeymoon turned into a nightmare when they were involved in a car accident.
conversation turned to
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After a while, the conversation turned to a friend’s coming wedding.
dismiss/throw out/turn down an appeal (= not give permission for a decision to be changed )
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The taxpayer's appeal was dismissed and the penalty upheld.
do/turn a somersault
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Lana turned a somersault in midair.
do/turn cartwheels
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The children were doing cartwheels in the park.
get/turn nasty especially BrE (= suddenly start behaving in a threatening way )
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When Harry refused, Don turned nasty and went for him with both fists.
go/turn grey
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She was a tall thin woman who had gone grey early.
go/turn red
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Every time you mention his name, she goes bright red.
go/turn to sb for advice
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People often go to him for advice about their problems.
go/turn/flush/blush crimson
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The boy blushed crimson.
go/turn/flush/blush scarlet
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Eileen blushed scarlet at the joke.
mark a high/low/turning etc point (= be or happen at a particular time in the development of something )
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The day of the accident marked a turning point in Kenny’s life.
put/switch/turn the heating on
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Why don't you put the heating on if you're cold?
put/turn the spotlight on sth
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A new report has turned the spotlight on the problem of poverty in the inner cities.
refuse/reject/turn down an application (= say no to an application )
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Their planning application was rejected because of a lack of parking facilities.
refuse/turn down an invitation ( also decline an invitation formal )
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She turned down an invitation to take part in a televised debate.
reject/turn down sb's resignation
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Initially, his resignation was rejected.
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He offered his resignation but it was turned down by the Prime Minister.
sb’s face goes/turns pale (= becomes pale )
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I saw her face go pale when he walked in.
sb’s face goes/turns red (= becomes red )
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His face went red with embarrassment.
sb’s thoughts turn to sth (= they start thinking about something )
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As summer approaches, people’s thoughts turn to holidays.
star turn
switch off/turn off a machine
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Is the tape machine switched off?
switch off/turn off/stop an engine
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Maggie pulled over and switched off the engine.
switch on/turn on a machine
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Turn the machine on and slowly add the hot liquid.
switch on/turn on/start an engine
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I fastened my seat belt and turned on the engine.
switch/turn off a lamp
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He switched off the lamp beside the bed.
switch/turn off the alarm
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I entered the shop and switched off the alarm.
switch/turn on a lamp
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Dorothy switched on the desk lamp.
switch/turn the heating off
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We turn the heating off before bed.
take an exit/turn off at an exit
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Take the next exit, junction 15.
taken a turn for the better (= started to improve )
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The president’s fortunes seem, at last, to have taken a turn for the better .
the leaves turn red/brown etc (= become red, brown etc )
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The maple leaves had turned a fiery red.
the pivot on/around which sth turns/revolves
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Iago’s lie is the pivot on which the play turns.
the tide turns (= starts coming in or going out )
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Soon, the tide would turn and the waves would begin to creep inshore again.
the turn of the century (= the time when one century ends and another begins )
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The town was expanding at the turn of the century.
the turn of...millennium
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events which took place at the turn of the last millennium
the weather turns (= changes )
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The weather had turned mild.
three-point turn
throw away/pass up/turn down a chance (= not accept or use an opportunity )
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Imagine throwing up a chance to go to America!
turn a key
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He climbed into his car and turned the key.
turn a page
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I turned the page in order to find out what happened next.
turn a trick (= to have sex with someone for money )
turn down/refuse/reject/decline an offer (= say no to it )
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She declined the offer of a lift.
turn in/deliver a performance (= give a performance )
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Both actors turn in great performances.
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In the role of Carmen, Ms Leblanc delivered a quite exquisite performance.
turn off a tap
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I forgot to turn the tap off.
turn off the motorway (= leave the motorway )
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We forgot to turn off the motorway and ended up in London.
turn on a tap
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Run some cold water into the bath before turning on the hot tap.
turn on the charm (= use your charm to get something )
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If you turn on the charm, I’m sure you’ll get the job.
turn out all right
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Don’t worry, it’ll turn out all right .
turn out/empty your pockets (= take everything out of your pockets in order to find something )
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His mother made him turn out his pockets.
turn signal
turn the corner (= go around a corner )
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I walked on and turned the corner into Church Road.
turn the heating down/up
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Can you turn the heating down a bit?
turn the radio down/up (= make it quieter or louder )
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Can you turn your radio down a bit?
turn the television up/down (= make it louder or quieter )
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Rory had turned the television up so loud that the people next door complained.
turn the volume up/down
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Can you turn the volume up?
turn the water off/on (= turn a tap to stop water coming out of pipes or to let it come out )
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Turn the water off while you're brushing your teeth.
turn to crime (= start committing crimes )
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Youngsters who are bored sometimes turn to crime.
turn to sb for assistance (= ask them to help )
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The elderly sometimes have no one to turn to for assistance.
turn to/see page 22/45 etc
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Turn to page 8 for more details.
turn your attention to sth/sb
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She quickly put away the shopping and then turned her attention to preparing dinner.
turn your head
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John turned his head to look at the boy.
turn/earn a profit (= make a profit )
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Without the liquor sales, the store could not turn a profit.
turned nasty
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The weather turned nasty towards the evening.
turned purple
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His face turned purple with rage.
turned sour
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As time went by, their marriage turned sour .
turned the knob
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He thought the door was locked, but he turned the knob and the door opened.
turned to ashes
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All her hopes and dreams had turned to ashes.
turned to mush
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The boiled vegetables had turned to mush .
turned traitor (= became a traitor )
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a politician who turned traitor to the government
turned up like...bad penny (= suddenly appeared )
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Sure enough, Steve turned up like the proverbial bad penny .
turned up on the doorstep
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I got a shock when he just turned up on the doorstep .
turn/go pale
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He suddenly went pale.
turn/go pro
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Most young talented players are determined to turn pro.
turn/go sour (= become sour )
turn/grow cold (= become cold, especially suddenly )
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The birds fly south before the weather turns cold.
turning circle
turning point
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Meeting her was the turning point in my life.
turn...inside out
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I always turn my jeans inside out to wash them.
turn/let/set sth loose (= let something go free )
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Don’t let your dog loose on the beach.
turns out to be a pig in a poke
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What if the car you buy turns out to be a pig in a poke ?
turn/switch the radio off
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You can turn the radio off, darling, we're not listening to it.
turn/switch the radio on
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Dad switched on the radio for the eight-thirty news.
turn/switch the television on/off
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I switched off the television and went to bed.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
attention
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With a mental sigh that dimmed her meanings, she turned her attention to what she should have been doing all along.
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Somewhat relieved, I turned my attention away.
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So it will be some time before he can turn his full attention to his hobby-horse Britain's motorway service station crisis.
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He was dead, and she drew the sheet over his face before turning her attention to the next.
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Once the school began functioning smoothly, Friedman turned his attention to the blacker side of the organization: interception and solution.
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She now turns her attention to the women's world outdoor championships, which will held in Ayr in June.
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Talisman then turned his attention to Congress.
clock
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This great divide can not be bridged by turning the clock back.
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Only if somebody can come up with a way to turn back the clock .
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No-one can turn back the clock .
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The most important thing now is not to turn the clock back.
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Tonight, in a special report, we turn back the clock to 1963.
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It is time to stop trying to turn back the clock .
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What is past is past and you can not turn the clock back.
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Can we turn back the clock and revive the system of predetermined roles?
corner
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Woolley turned a corner and saw Colonel Hawthorn instructing Corporal Hemsley in the about-turn.
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The piglet made short little satisfied grunts and turned ever sharper corners .
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Once he had turned the corner , he took the coat off and slipped it over his arm.
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And when they turned the next corner they saw that it had indeed been the tax office.
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As she turned the corner , her lips curved.
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He faced Main Street, where a black hearse turned the corner .
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Readers became familiar with their Doppelgangers, as if they had turned a corner and unexpectedly confronted themselves in a mirror.
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We had an earlier start than I expected and now we are taking more time to turn the corner .
eye
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They no longer supply pretexts for local bullies to oppress, nor reason for western governments to turn a blind eye .
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Briefly, a vertical tube turned a blank glass eye on him and Ezra and the glass eye contemplated each other.
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The pixies clustered around the walls of the barrow turned their eyes to their Kelda.
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He did not turn a blind eye to corruption or greed.
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Directors know this is going on and turn a blind eye .
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Eventually I turned my eyes away and gave my body to them.
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Honouring some one does not mean turning a blind eye to weakness.
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Varney turned his eyes on the boy.
face
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Mrs Simpson turned her face and looked out of the window.
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We turned our faces glum to reaffirm the forced nature of this trip.
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She turned and pressed her face against his chest.
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I turn my face towards the wall.
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What has turned its face that grey colour?
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Clarisa turned and slapped her face .
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Just turn your face a little to the right.
head
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She turned her head , responding to his grin with a smile.
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One of the court officers guffawed but turned his head before Kovitsky could spot him.
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Open-mouthed, Leith turned her head to stare at him.
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When he was at Miami, he turned some heads by proclaiming himself the best receiver in college football.
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A noise somewhere near the front of the church made Fenn turn his head .
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Ezra turned his head slowly to meet them.
heel
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Suddenly, the boar had been faced with a cliff too steep to climb and had turned on its heel .
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The throng turned on their heels and stampeded into town.
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She turned on her heel and vanished into the murk.
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Cooper turned on his heels and walked away.
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Then she turned on her heel and we marched back down the hall.
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He turned on his heel and went into the dining room.
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Then she was turning on her heel and heading for the door, anxious to make a speedy escape.
light
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The sky was turning rosy and the lights on the pier were coming on, one by one.
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I turn on the other light on my side of the carriage.
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It was dark, but he had not turned on the light .
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Would you mind turning the light out, Robert?
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Mrs Vanya turned on a weak light , and motioned for me to sit.
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You'd turn the lights on and all the light would drop backwards out of the room.
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After an hour, though still wide awake, I crimped the page and turned off the light .
offer
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She'd turned down the offers of promotion because of Emily.
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She seemed relieved when he turned down her offer to come live with them.
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Not deterred the offer price was raised and raised again, until the family could no longer turn down this fabulous offer.
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Was it possible that he had actually wanted her to turn his offer down?
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Yet there are times when bureaucracies have turned down offers of money.
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The birthday princess was serenaded by Phil the year she turned down the offer of a party from Charles.
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After careful consideration, Jay turned down the offer .
page
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For full details, turn to centre pages .
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She leans over his shoulder to follow the music; her hand brushes his arm when she turns a page .
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They turned their pages in perfect harmony and experienced a decent run through of a difficult text rather than an intense spiritual journey.
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Ezra turned the page and scanned the chapter titles down.
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A tomato juice by my side, I began slowly to turn the pages of the paper.
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They turn quickly to the page she wants.
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He turned the pages of an old magazine that was filthy with a skin of grease that came off on his fingers.
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He turned the pages of the Tribune.
profit
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Richard could be turning his nightmares to profits , but his dad thinks they may have thrown away a fortune already.
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As a result, they turn a profit quicker, Johannesen said.
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But private operators can turn profits only if prices rise radically and rapidly.
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And the 1984 Olympics turned a profit of $ 225 million.
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A loss had been turned to a profit and teamwork has led to empowered people with a commitment to the business.
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Y., said the industry turned a slim profit last year after losses of $ 150 million in 1995.
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These have turned in greatly enhanced profits for the year ending December 31.
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At a time when many chains are losing money, Lechters is turning a healthy profit .
table
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It's time to turn the tables .
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Women shrieked and ran at the sight of pistols, and men turned over tables to hide.
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Is this what women became if afforded the luxury of turned tables ?
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So much for turning the tables .
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Isn't it nice to see a couple turning the tables on a double-glazing salesman?
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I sat down and he turned on a table lamp.
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Especially when such a rider turns the tables .
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She reached over and turned on a table lamp.
tap
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Tears rolling down her face, she turned on the taps .
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Then her hand was in his pants, matter-of-fact, like she was turning on a tap .
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I could tell that my questioning was slowly turning off the taps of their charm.
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She turned on the tap and watched water swirl into the drain.
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We have never had water simply by turning on a tap like most people.
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I tried to turn the tap off but it still dripped.
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She turned on taps that emitted nothing but a despairing sigh and she laughed.
tide
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However, in the battle which followed it was certainly Rodrigo who helped turn the tide of events for Sancho.
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If conscience can not turn the tide , perhaps it is the panic of self-interest which will finally do the job.
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I can only hope I am proved wrong: things have gone too far to turn back the tide .
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Breeding programs for apes are a failure, and even hard-nosed experimenters will be turning the tide .
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It took the rise of the socialist movement to turn the tide .
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The cumulative effect of all of these efforts would ultimately turn the tide .
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They had the desperate courage that flowed from knowing that this might be their last chance to turn the tide .
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Newport look for coaches to turn a falling tide .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
come/go/turn full circle
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A manufacturer of sun care products has just issued a report showing that the view on tanning has come full circle.
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Now his fortunes are poised to turn full circle again.
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Now the pattern has turned full circle.
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Only a classic endures, and sooner or later the fashion comes full circle.
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The neo-colonial wheel has almost come full circle.
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The wheel has turned full circle in the past 25 years.
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Thus the research has come full circle.
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Today, society has evolved and the wheel has come full circle.
come/turn up trumps
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And a dream come true ... The advert for grandparents that came up trumps .
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Conrad Allen came up trumps again, finishing fourth in the boys 800 metres in a personal best 2 mins. 22.
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Ibanez seem to have taken another daring step in their continuing success story and come up trumps once again.
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In part two: Four of a kind ... Durnin plays the winning hand as United come up trumps against Luton.
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You've come up trumps , Derek.
feel like/turn to jelly
go/turn over sth in your mind
make/turn sth into an art form
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Ronald Reagan turned it into an art form.
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To avoid simultaneous borrowing and depositing you should monitor how accurate your forecasting is, without turning this into an art form.
not do a hand's turn
not turn a hair
poacher turned gamekeeper
put/set/turn your mind to sth
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A second glance put my mind to rest, but for a moment there it gave me a turn.
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Across the table, Lalage put her mind to the subjugation of Dada.
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Anybody could do what I do if they put their mind to it.
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But he can turn his mind to detailed needs, like pensions, if he has to.
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He would put his mind to other issues, one of which was sobering in its own right.
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I turned my mind to Archie.
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Whatever you set your mind to, your personal total obsession, this is what kills you.
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When Medea knew the deed was done she turned her mind to one still more dreadful.
put/turn sth to good account
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The extra time was turned to good account .
put/turn the clock back
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If I could turn the clock back, I don't think I'd study law again.
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It would be nice to put the clock back to the years when Mum and Dad were still alive.
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He thinks you can turn the clock back.
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It was almost like turning the clock back a couple of centuries.
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Not unless they fell into Morton's hands. Turn the clock back.
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Or not lie, maybe. Turn the clock back.
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The most important thing now is not to turn the clock back.
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This great divide can not be bridged by turning the clock back.
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We can not turn the clock back.
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What is past is past and you can not turn the clock back.
sb would turn in their grave
set the wheels in motion/set the wheels turning
take a turn for the worse
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Stock prices have taken a turn for the worse .
the worm turns
turn King's evidence
turn Queen's evidence
turn State's evidence
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If both turn state's evidence, the five-year rule applies.
turn a blind eye (to sth)
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Many landlords turn a blind eye to the fact that two families are sharing apartments.
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Automakers say that in their zeal to promote airbags, regulators turned a blind eye to evidence of hazards.
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But the police turn a blind eye to the lawbreaking.
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Directors know this is going on and turn a blind eye.
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He would prefer to turn a blind eye to the problem of asylum seekers around the world.
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Rugby, whose spectators are a fairly respectable lot, turns a blind eye to fighting on the field.
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The best the authorities could do was turn a blind eye.
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The staff knew what was going on but they turned a blind eye.
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They just had to put up with it and turn a blind eye.
turn a deaf ear (to sth)
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She wouldn't be keeping the Law if she turned a deaf ear to the call or ran away from it.
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The race committee turned a deaf ear to the objections of Amelia and the other fliers.
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They may display their feelings by refusing to eat, and turning a deaf ear to anyone who calls their name.
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Thus, year after year, working people turn a deaf ear to union entreaties.
turn a room/building etc inside out
turn on the waterworks
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She was one of those people who could turn on the waterworks in order to get what they want.
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Before Reagan turned on the waterworks , crying in public was widely considered a sign of weakness.
turn over a new leaf
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After being released from jail, Tony decided to turn over a new leaf .
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I know I've done some bad things in the past, but now I'm turning over a new leaf .
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Faldo, perhaps above all, will be hoping to turn over a new leaf .
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Like all fathers, I see fatherhood as a chance to turn over a new leaf .
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Monnett agrees too, so much that he has turned over a new leaf .
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There is no indication that Hollywood is turning over a new leaf , free of bloodstains.
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We urge them to turn over a new leaf .
turn sth upside down
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A distorted religion has turned the world upside down, denying that anything ever existed before itself.
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I turn the box upside down and bring it out empty.
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The girl was turning everything upside down.
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The history of implants has been equally painful; implants can shift or turn themselves upside down.
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They studied the map for a while, scratched their heads, turned it upside down and studied it some more.
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We could turn the glass upside down and sideways without having the water pour out because air pressure pushes in all directions.
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Yet with an appealing brew of nationalism and promise of democratic reform, Kostunica has since turned Yugoslav politics upside down.
turn tail
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He caught sight of a few others, but they turned tail and vanished when they saw him through the mist.
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If one animal suddenly turns tail , it is liable to be attacked and might get injured.
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She wanted to turn tail and run, but she couldn't have stood herself if she appeared such a coward.
turn the corner
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A superior actor might have turned the corner on this film.
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He faced Main Street, where a black hearse turned the corner .
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He turned the corner toward home and heard the familiar, booming bark from the garage.
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I ran on down the road and when I turned the corner I was at the shops.
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I thought by January we would turn the corner .
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I watched him until he turned the corner .
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Their car had hardly turned the corner when the mob arrived and smashed the house to pieces.
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Willie caught sight of them as he turned the corner .
turn the other cheek
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It's hard to turn the other cheek when someone insults you.
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Anyway, all I can remember is something about turning the other cheek which I don't believe in.
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Maintaining our resolve for peace does not mean, however, turning the other cheek .
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No bottling up for me; no turning the other cheek for Walt.
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Peregrine responded by turning the other cheek .
turn the tables (on sb)
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Her record speed has turned the tables on Runyan, the defending champion.
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Antony has turned the tables completely and has now completely destroyed all hopes of the conspirators ever establishing themselves in Rome.
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Especially when such a rider turns the tables .
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Glenn Hoddle reckons Town are a good bet to turn the tables .
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Isn't it nice to see a couple turning the tables on a double-glazing salesman?
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It's time to turn the tables .
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So much for turning the tables .
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That turns the tables on movie ratings.
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That would certainly turn the tables , Blue thinks, that would certainly stand the whole business on its head.
turn turtle
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Had the tortoise turned turtle in some sulphurous cul-de-sac?
turn up like a bad penny
turn your hand to (doing) sth
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Adam Burns was probably good at everything he turned his hand to.
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Adult women could often turn their hand to more than one form of casual employment.
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Friday marks the start of a new music programme as Channel 4 turns its hand to dance.
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He has had to be able to turn his hand to almost anything.
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I have turned my hand to trying a bit of writing and I keep meaning to take it up again.
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Roth also turned his hand to poetry, his best-known volume being, as you no doubt guessed, his Shit Poems.
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She can also turn her hand to mending and spotting.
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She turned her hand to short stories, getting two published in the early 1990s.
turn your nose up (at sth)
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Many professors turn their noses up at television.
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Time and again he had to turn his nose up into the arch of the drain to keep from drowning.
turn your stomach
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The sight of the dead body turned his stomach .
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The strike has meant piles of rotting garbage in the streets. "It's enough to turn your stomach ," said one resident.
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And the rich, savoury smell of the hare drifted down to meet her, turning her stomach .
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I don't know anything about art, but I know what turns my stomach .
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It was in the air, all right, a stink that turned his stomach .
turn/beat swords into ploughshares
turn/beat swords into ploughshares
turn/go to mush
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All this quickness of mind, all her decisiveness had turned to mush when Mac came on the scene.
turn/spin on your heel
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Seifert turned on his heels and stomped away in anger.
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Cooper turned on his heels and walked away.
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He turned on his heel and went into the dining room.
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I turned on my heel and left the room.
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She turned on her heel and vanished into the murk.
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Suddenly, the boar had been faced with a cliff too steep to climb and had turned on its heel .
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Then she turned on her heel and we marched back down the hall.
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Then, without a word, he turned on his heel and left the room.
turn/stand sth on its head
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"You stand logic on its head when you use arms control as an argument for a larger defense budget," Aspin said.
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Another basic political problem here is that the Dole message turns history on its head .
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In fact, it would turn Beveridge on its head and use the national insurance system as a tax system.
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It turns time on its head .
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Many of these taboos derive from patriarchal societies taking the power of women and turning it on its head .
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Rather than ignore Philips's cherished necessity principle, the Government turned it on its head .
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Resist that temptation by turning it on its head .
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That, of course, is to stand reality on its head , since the industrialised nations are manifestly the real environmental villains.
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The next step was to turn reality on its head .
twist/turn the knife (in the wound)
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Saints twisted the knife with a glorious try from Tony Sullivan, set up by Gary Connolly.
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The tragedy is that you have to twist the knife in your own gray matter to make this defense work.
use/turn sth to your/good advantage
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First and foremost, Borland have taken the Windows interface and used it to good advantage .
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Homeloans are one of the cheapest ways of borrowing money - find out how to use them to your advantage .
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If you would like to reassess your life and learn how to use stress to your advantage , come along.
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Parents may feel suspicious of these, or resentful, and will need help in using them to best advantage .
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Professionals need to be aware of such things and use them to good advantage .
when/while sb's back is turned
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Once, despite the age requirement, my sister charms her way on to this ride while my back is turned.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"What do you think we should do?" she said, turning to her husband.
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"What time is it?" "It just turned 3:00."
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As the propeller stopped turning, Grady ran up to the plane.
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Campbell turned and walked out of the room.
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Charles turned his gaze upward to admire the ceiling.
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Continue to turn the fritter until both sides are golden brown.
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He saw a police car up ahead, so he turned and went down a side street.
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Heat the peas briefly till they turn bright green.
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I'll read the story and you turn the pages. OK, honey?
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I turned a corner and nearly ran into Caroline.
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I felt myself turn red with embarrassment.
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I got a perm that turned my hair green.
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I heard the door knob turning, and then Frank opened the door and tiptoed in.
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If we turn the table around we can fit more chairs in the room.
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It's getting late - I think we should turn back before it gets dark.
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It was late autumn and the leaves were slowly turning golden.
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Just when we were all getting our summer clothes out, it turned cold again.
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She turned and looked Seth straight in the eyes.
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She heard the door opening and turned to see who was coming in.
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She put the key in the ignition and turned it, but nothing happened.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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An event that made heads turn and tongues wag.
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It turned out about the good-looking fellow from Essex County that he was a football coach who also did some counseling.
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Landladies had mysteriously found tenants in the few minutes between a telephone inquiry and one's turning up on the doorstep.
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No wonder he has turned the Newtslaying mission over to his deputy, David Bonior.
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North Beach and Union Square merchants wait for customers who turn back, frustrated by street closures and a lack of parking.
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Peter Allis has turned golf into a kind of harmless interview where public figures hit a few shots and chat about themselves.
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Philomela accordingly turned to her loom.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
left
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The films were split into the 12 showing right turns and the 12 showing left turns.
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A U-turn in Moscow is even more illegal than a left turn .
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Ignore right turn just before church and ignore left turn 1/2 mile later.
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There was a sharp left turn at the bottom into Ruskin Road.
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The division of the stimuli into right and left turns demonstrated separate positive and negative relationships between risk and recognition sensitivity.
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I tried going back but I kept getting to corners and not knowing whether to take the left turn or the right.
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They noticed the car run wide as the defendant made a left turn and the officers decided to stop the vehicle.
right
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I executed a hard right turn , but could not see any other aircraft in my vicinity.
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We made a rocky, wet entry, and then took a sharp right turn along a wall.
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The films were split into the 12 showing right turns and the 12 showing left turns.
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Ignore right turn just before church and ignore left turn 1/2 mile later.
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Proceed to the top and take a right turn into Barracks Lane.
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Lower Bowland was starting to get further away, and there was still no sign of a right turn .
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Up at the top there was a right turn , but he went on.
sharp
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The control tower staff saw the aircraft making a sharp left-hand climbing turn before it disappeared into thick low cloud.
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The road made a last sharp turn and ran straight west along the shoreline into Angle Inlet.
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A sharp turn to the south east took us past St Ives, and up a massive sand-filled estuary towards Hayle.
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After a sharp turn in the path, they are suddenly approaching a faint square of light.
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There was a sharp left turn at the bottom into Ruskin Road.
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His feet and hands kept striking stone corners, sharp turns , and massive columns difficult to circumvent.
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Ro and Brent do the carrying, negotiating sharp turns in the stairwell.
wrong
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I took a wrong turn out of town.
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He took a wrong turn in his life, he concludes.
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Their chances of survival vanished the moment they stumbled into the procession; one wrong turn and that was it.
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There even have been reports that he took a wrong turn to get there.
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How cruel to reflect upon the wrong turns and unsought circumstances of an unlucky life.
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We haven't taken one wrong turn or had one row since getting in.
■ VERB
take
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In other collaborative activities individuals take turns in sitting vigilantly alert while others feed, thereby functioning as watchdogs or guards.
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They stood side by side, taking turns .
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Perhaps as a result of his unpopularity, speculation about him has taken a new turn .
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We took turns at being the hunter and the hunted.
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Let us take these in turn .
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As Richard grows up and Joan perseveres, their relationship takes subtle turns .
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They took turns with a champagne bottle.
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Resler and I took turns flying low level down the road, seeing who could hold the ship in the turns.
wait
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Everyone had to wait their turn or be punished by filling in a long complicated questionnaire two hundred and sixteen times.
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Jelani had to wait his turn .
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Inside, he picked up a magazine and waited his turn .
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Wearing red overalls, the princess laughed and chatted to other drivers while she waited her turn .
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Men line up in the yard, smoking and passing around flasks and bottles while they wait their turn inside.
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Goibniu would have to wait his turn .
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In one corner of the improvised surgery lay four other forms on stretchers, waiting their turn .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
come/go/turn full circle
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A manufacturer of sun care products has just issued a report showing that the view on tanning has come full circle.
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Now his fortunes are poised to turn full circle again.
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Now the pattern has turned full circle.
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Only a classic endures, and sooner or later the fashion comes full circle.
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The neo-colonial wheel has almost come full circle.
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The wheel has turned full circle in the past 25 years.
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Thus the research has come full circle.
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Today, society has evolved and the wheel has come full circle.
come/turn up trumps
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And a dream come true ... The advert for grandparents that came up trumps .
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Conrad Allen came up trumps again, finishing fourth in the boys 800 metres in a personal best 2 mins. 22.
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Ibanez seem to have taken another daring step in their continuing success story and come up trumps once again.
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In part two: Four of a kind ... Durnin plays the winning hand as United come up trumps against Luton.
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You've come up trumps , Derek.
feel like/turn to jelly
go/turn over sth in your mind
make/turn sth into an art form
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Ronald Reagan turned it into an art form.
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To avoid simultaneous borrowing and depositing you should monitor how accurate your forecasting is, without turning this into an art form.
not do a hand's turn
put/set/turn your mind to sth
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A second glance put my mind to rest, but for a moment there it gave me a turn.
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Across the table, Lalage put her mind to the subjugation of Dada.
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Anybody could do what I do if they put their mind to it.
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But he can turn his mind to detailed needs, like pensions, if he has to.
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He would put his mind to other issues, one of which was sobering in its own right.
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I turned my mind to Archie.
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Whatever you set your mind to, your personal total obsession, this is what kills you.
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When Medea knew the deed was done she turned her mind to one still more dreadful.
put/turn sth to good account
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The extra time was turned to good account .
sb would turn in their grave
speak out of turn
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Wagner spoke out of turn when he said the election would be delayed.
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Captain Steve Waugh had sharp words with Buchanan, telling him he had spoken out of turn.
take a turn for the worse
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Stock prices have taken a turn for the worse .
the worm turns
toss and turn
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Do you fall asleep as soon as your head hits the pillow, or do you toss and turn for hours before dropping off?
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She had slept badly, tossing and turning before falling into a fitful doze.
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If your tossing and turning is taking up needed sleep time, insomnia may be the culprit.
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Recurring thoughts about her conversation with Philippe Fontaine had kept her tossing and turning most of the night.
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She had slept badly, tossing and turning in the heat though the room had been cool enough.
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This, and the sound of heavy machinery passing underneath the window, kept me tossing and turning.
turn King's evidence
turn Queen's evidence
turn State's evidence
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If both turn state's evidence, the five-year rule applies.
turn a blind eye (to sth)
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Many landlords turn a blind eye to the fact that two families are sharing apartments.
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Automakers say that in their zeal to promote airbags, regulators turned a blind eye to evidence of hazards.
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But the police turn a blind eye to the lawbreaking.
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Directors know this is going on and turn a blind eye.
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He would prefer to turn a blind eye to the problem of asylum seekers around the world.
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Rugby, whose spectators are a fairly respectable lot, turns a blind eye to fighting on the field.
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The best the authorities could do was turn a blind eye.
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The staff knew what was going on but they turned a blind eye.
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They just had to put up with it and turn a blind eye.
turn a deaf ear (to sth)
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She wouldn't be keeping the Law if she turned a deaf ear to the call or ran away from it.
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The race committee turned a deaf ear to the objections of Amelia and the other fliers.
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They may display their feelings by refusing to eat, and turning a deaf ear to anyone who calls their name.
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Thus, year after year, working people turn a deaf ear to union entreaties.
turn on the waterworks
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She was one of those people who could turn on the waterworks in order to get what they want.
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Before Reagan turned on the waterworks , crying in public was widely considered a sign of weakness.
turn over a new leaf
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After being released from jail, Tony decided to turn over a new leaf .
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I know I've done some bad things in the past, but now I'm turning over a new leaf .
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Faldo, perhaps above all, will be hoping to turn over a new leaf .
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Like all fathers, I see fatherhood as a chance to turn over a new leaf .
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Monnett agrees too, so much that he has turned over a new leaf .
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There is no indication that Hollywood is turning over a new leaf , free of bloodstains.
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We urge them to turn over a new leaf .
turn sth upside down
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A distorted religion has turned the world upside down, denying that anything ever existed before itself.
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I turn the box upside down and bring it out empty.
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The girl was turning everything upside down.
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The history of implants has been equally painful; implants can shift or turn themselves upside down.
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They studied the map for a while, scratched their heads, turned it upside down and studied it some more.
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We could turn the glass upside down and sideways without having the water pour out because air pressure pushes in all directions.
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Yet with an appealing brew of nationalism and promise of democratic reform, Kostunica has since turned Yugoslav politics upside down.
turn tail
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He caught sight of a few others, but they turned tail and vanished when they saw him through the mist.
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If one animal suddenly turns tail , it is liable to be attacked and might get injured.
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She wanted to turn tail and run, but she couldn't have stood herself if she appeared such a coward.
turn turtle
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Had the tortoise turned turtle in some sulphurous cul-de-sac?
turn up like a bad penny
turn your hand to (doing) sth
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Adam Burns was probably good at everything he turned his hand to.
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Adult women could often turn their hand to more than one form of casual employment.
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Friday marks the start of a new music programme as Channel 4 turns its hand to dance.
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He has had to be able to turn his hand to almost anything.
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I have turned my hand to trying a bit of writing and I keep meaning to take it up again.
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Roth also turned his hand to poetry, his best-known volume being, as you no doubt guessed, his Shit Poems.
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She can also turn her hand to mending and spotting.
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She turned her hand to short stories, getting two published in the early 1990s.
turn your nose up (at sth)
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Many professors turn their noses up at television.
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Time and again he had to turn his nose up into the arch of the drain to keep from drowning.
turn your stomach
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The sight of the dead body turned his stomach .
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The strike has meant piles of rotting garbage in the streets. "It's enough to turn your stomach ," said one resident.
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And the rich, savoury smell of the hare drifted down to meet her, turning her stomach .
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I don't know anything about art, but I know what turns my stomach .
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It was in the air, all right, a stink that turned his stomach .
turn/beat swords into ploughshares
turn/beat swords into ploughshares
turn/go to mush
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All this quickness of mind, all her decisiveness had turned to mush when Mac came on the scene.
turn/spin on your heel
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Seifert turned on his heels and stomped away in anger.
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Cooper turned on his heels and walked away.
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He turned on his heel and went into the dining room.
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I turned on my heel and left the room.
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She turned on her heel and vanished into the murk.
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Suddenly, the boar had been faced with a cliff too steep to climb and had turned on its heel .
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Then she turned on her heel and we marched back down the hall.
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Then, without a word, he turned on his heel and left the room.
turn/stand sth on its head
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"You stand logic on its head when you use arms control as an argument for a larger defense budget," Aspin said.
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Another basic political problem here is that the Dole message turns history on its head .
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In fact, it would turn Beveridge on its head and use the national insurance system as a tax system.
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It turns time on its head .
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Many of these taboos derive from patriarchal societies taking the power of women and turning it on its head .
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Rather than ignore Philips's cherished necessity principle, the Government turned it on its head .
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Resist that temptation by turning it on its head .
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That, of course, is to stand reality on its head , since the industrialised nations are manifestly the real environmental villains.
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The next step was to turn reality on its head .
twist and turn
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And the sporty model, with its bigger tires, felt better in highway twists and turns than its richer sibling.
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But the journey of life has many twists and turns.
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Despite many bridges, viaducts, embankments, cuttings and tunnels the lines twist and turn in detours around the hills.
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First, in high winds the building could twist and turn and pull sections of the walls or windows apart.
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Or by the twists and turns of all that is buried in the human heart.
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Pros: Lots of pyrotechnics and effects, plenty of twists and turns that keep you hanging on.
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She'd twist and turn, she'd fold herself double, she'd cry out.
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The roller-coaster ride of the successful entrepreneur has many such twists and turns.
use/turn sth to your/good advantage
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First and foremost, Borland have taken the Windows interface and used it to good advantage .
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Homeloans are one of the cheapest ways of borrowing money - find out how to use them to your advantage .
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If you would like to reassess your life and learn how to use stress to your advantage , come along.
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Parents may feel suspicious of these, or resentful, and will need help in using them to best advantage .
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Professionals need to be aware of such things and use them to good advantage .
wait your turn
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A long line of people waited their turn to shake his hand.
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Everyone has to wait their turn.
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Everyone had to wait their turn or be punished by filling in a long complicated questionnaire two hundred and sixteen times.
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Goibniu would have to wait his turn.
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In one corner of the improvised surgery lay four other forms on stretchers, waiting their turn.
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Inside, he picked up a magazine and waited his turn.
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It is unnecessarily unnerving to be waiting your turn while potential workmates eye you up and down.
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Jelani had to wait his turn.
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Men line up in the yard, smoking and passing around flasks and bottles while they wait their turn inside.
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Wearing red overalls, the princess laughed and chatted to other drivers while she waited her turn.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Loosen the screw one complete turn in order to release the valve.
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She can do a 360-degree turn on water skis.
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Take the first turn on your right.
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Take the first turning after the traffic lights.
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Tighten the screw another two or three turns.
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We were supposed to take Highway 12, but I think we missed the turn .
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With three swift turns of the wheel, he steered the boat away from the rocks.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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In turn , however, the question of where population is growing - or declining - is fundamentally related to human welfare.
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My turn to die had come and I had been inexplicably reprieved.
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The impartial flames in turn drove them back.
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The OEMs in turn pass some of those reductions on to their customers to increase market share.
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This in turn gave the schools the heavy assignment of universal literacy.
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When it was my turn , I always used to think my time went quicker than when Frank was carrying it.