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1 turn
[tə:n] 1. verb1) (to (make something) move or go round; to revolve: The wheels turned; He turned the handle.)2) (to face or go in another direction: He turned and walked away; She turned towards him.) a se întorce3) (to change direction: The road turned to the left.) a o lua (la)4) (to direct; to aim or point: He turned his attention to his work.) a-şi îndrepta5) (to go round: They turned the corner.) a se întoarce6) (to (cause something to) become or change to: You can't turn lead into gold; At what temperature does water turn into ice?) a (se) transforma (în)7) (to (cause to) change colour to: Her hair turned white; The shock turned his hair white.) a (se) face2. noun1) (an act of turning: He gave the handle a turn.) învârtire2) (a winding or coil: There are eighty turns of wire on this aerial.) spiră3) ((also turning) a point where one can change direction, eg where one road joins another: Take the third turn(ing) on/to the left.) cotitură; intersecţie4) (one's chance or duty (to do, have etc something shared by several people): It's your turn to choose a record; You'll have to wait your turn in the bathroom.) rând5) (one of a series of short circus or variety acts, or the person or persons who perform it: The show opened with a comedy turn.) număr•- turnover
- turnstile
- turntable
- turn-up
- by turns
- do someone a good turn
- do a good turn
- in turn
- by turns
- out of turn
- speak out of turn
- take a turn for the better
- worse
- take turns
- turn a blind eye
- turn against
- turn away
- turn back
- turn down
- turn in
- turn loose
- turn off
- turn on
- turn out
- turn over
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2 turn out
1) (to send away; to make (someone) leave.) a (iz)goni2) (to make or produce: The factory turns out ten finished articles an hour.) a produce3) (to empty or clear: I turned out the cupboard.) a goli4) ((of a crowd) to come out; to get together for a (public) meeting, celebration etc: A large crowd turned out to see the procession.) a se strânge, a veni5) (to turn off: Turn out the light!) a închide; a stinge6) (to happen or prove to be: He turned out to be right; It turned out that he was right.) a se dovedi -
3 turn up
1) (to appear or arrive: He turned up at our house.) a apărea2) (to be found: Don't worry - it'll turn up again.) a fi găsit3) (to increase (the level of noise, light etc) produced by (something): Turn up (the volume on) the radio.) a da mai tare -
4 turn off
1) (to cause (water, electricity etc) to stop flowing: I've turned off the water / the electricity.) a închide2) (to turn (a tap, switch etc) so that something stops: I turned off the tap.) a închide3) (to cause (something) to stop working by switching it off: He turned off the light / the oven.) a închide, a stinge -
5 turn on
1) (to make water, elekctric current etc flow: He turned on the water / the gas.) a deschide; a aprinde2) (to turn (a tap, switch etc) so that something works: I turned on the tap.) a deschide3) (to cause (something) to work by switching it on: He turned on the radio.) a deschide4) (to attack: The dog turned on him.) a ataca -
6 turn down
1) (to say `no' to; to refuse: He turned down her offer/request.) a refuza2) (to reduce (the level of light, noise etc) produced by (something): Please turn down (the volume on) the radio - it's far too loud!) a da mai încet -
7 turn-up
noun (a piece of material which is folded up at the bottom of a trouser-leg: Trousers with turn-ups are not fashionable at the moment.) manşetă -
8 turn back
(to (cause to) go back in the opposite direction: He got tired and turned back; The travellers were turned back at the frontier.) a (se) întoarce -
9 turn away
(to move or send away: He turned away in disgust; The police turned away the crowds.) a (se) întoarce; a îndepărta -
10 turn in
(to hand over (a person or thing) to people in authority: They turned the escaped prisoner in to the police.) a denunţa; a preda -
11 turn loose
(to set free: He turned the horse loose in the field.) a lăsa liber -
12 turn over
(to give (something) up (to): He turned the money over to the police.) a preda -
13 turn the corner
1) (to go round a corner.) a da colţul2) (to get past a difficulty or danger: He was very ill but he's turned the corner now.) a trece de momentul critic -
14 turn up one's nose at
(to treat with contempt: He turned up his nose at the school dinner.) a strâmba din nas la -
15 star turn
(the most successful or spectacular performance or item (in a show etc): The acrobats were the star turn of the evening.) vedetă -
16 take a turn for the better
((of things or people) to become better or worse: His fortunes have taken a turn for the better; Her health has taken a turn for the worse.) a se îmbunătăţi; a se înrăutăţi -
17 U-turn
noun (a turn, in the shape of the letter U, made by a motorist etc in order to reverse his direction.) -
18 in turn
(one after another, in regular order: They answered the teacher's questions in turn.) pe rând -
19 jump the queue
(to move ahead of others in a queue without waiting for one's proper turn: Many wealthy or important people try to jump the queue for hospital beds.) -
20 make the best of it
(to do all one can to turn a failure etc into something successful: She is disappointed at not getting into university but she'll just have to make the best of it and find a job.) a se împăca cu ideea
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