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make a few verbs using turn and write its meaning |
| Answer» <p>TURN AWAY</p><p>Not allow someone to enter a place:</p><p>“You have to be 21 to enter the club, so my 19-year-old cousin wasturned awayat the door.”</p><p>TURN DOWN</p><p>1. Decrease volume or heating/air conditioning:</p><p>“Could youturn the music down,please? It’s too loud.”</p><p>2. Not accept an invitation or offer (can be used for romantic dates, job offers, etc.):</p><p>“He asked her out to dinner, but sheturned him down.”</p><p>“I can’t believe heturned downa great job at a bank in order to try to be a writer!”</p><p>TURN IN</p><p>1. Give an assignment to a teacher or supervisor:</p><p>“My son needs toturn his research paper inon Thursday.”</p><p>2. Go to bed:</p><p>“I’m exhausted. I’m going toturn inearly tonight.”</p><p>3. Deliver someone who committed a crime to the police:</p><p>“The drug dealer wasturned inby his own mother.”</p><p>TURN INTO</p><p>Become:</p><p>“Caterpillarsturn intobutterflies.”</p><p>TURN ON</p><p>1. Start a machine, light, or electronic device:</p><p>“When I get to work, the first thing I do isturn onmy computer.”</p><p>2. Turn (someone) on = make the person sexually aroused:</p><p>“He says that girls with long legs reallyturn him on.”</p><p>TURN OFF</p><p>1. Stop a machine, electronic device, or light (for lights, we can use TURN OFF, SHUT OFF, or TURN OUT; for machines, only TURN OFF or SHUT OFF):</p><p>“Time toturn offthe TV – you’ve been watching for the past three hours!”</p><p>2. Turn (someone) off = make someone lose interest, make someone dislike something (may be sexual, but not necessarily):</p><p>“Itturns me offwhen my boyfriend tries to hug me when he’s all sweaty.”</p><p>“I don’t like that design at all. The bright colors justturn me off.”</p> | |