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1 at every turn
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2 it
• sitä• se* * *it1) ((used as the subject of a verb or object of a verb or preposition) the thing spoken of, used especially of lifeless things and of situations, but also of animals and babies: If you find my pencil, please give it to me; The dog is in the garden, isn't it?; I picked up the baby because it was crying; He decided to run a mile every morning but he couldn't keep it up.) se2) (used as a subject in certain kinds of sentences eg in talking about the weather, distance or time: Is it raining very hard?; It's cold; It is five o'clock; Is it the fifth of March?; It's two miles to the village; Is it your turn to make the tea?; It is impossible for him to finish the work; It was nice of you to come; Is it likely that he would go without us?)3) ((usually as the subject of the verb be) used to give emphasis to a certain word or phrase: It was you (that) I wanted to see, not Mary.) juuri4) (used with some verbs as a direct object with little meaning: The car broke down and we had to walk it; Oh, bother it!)•- its- itself
См. также в других словарях:
at every turn — every place or every time that something is possible. Since the divorce she has avoided the press at every turn … New idioms dictionary
at every turn — REPEATEDLY, recurrently, all the time, always, constantly, again and again. → turn * * * adverb : on every occasion : in every instance : constantly, continually commission would find itself hampered at every turn T.W.Arnold fights public housing … Useful english dictionary
at every turn — {adv. phr.} Every time; all the time; continually without exception. * /Because of his drinking, the man was refused a job at every turn./ … Dictionary of American idioms
at every turn — {adv. phr.} Every time; all the time; continually without exception. * /Because of his drinking, the man was refused a job at every turn./ … Dictionary of American idioms
at every turn — ► at every turn on every occasion; continually. Main Entry: ↑turn … English terms dictionary
at every turn — phrasal on every occasion ; continually < they opposed her at every turn > … New Collegiate Dictionary
at\ every\ turn — adv. phr. Every time; all the time; continually without exception. Because of his drinking, the man was refused a job at every turn … Словарь американских идиом
at every turn — her name seemed to come up at every turn Syn: repeatedly, recurrently, all the time, always, constantly, again and again … Thesaurus of popular words
at every turn — wherever or whenever someone tries to do something He was frustrated at every turn by petty rules and regulations … English dictionary
at every turn — every step of the way, everywhere … English contemporary dictionary
at every turn — on every occasion. → turn … English new terms dictionary
