Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Verb Phrase 170. The verb phrase today is to
turn out. Now turn out is a very common verb phrase. We're actually going to cover
9 meanings today and 9 uses today. Yeah, and all of them are actually pretty
common. Okay. So anyway, let's take a look at the first one. Here's the first one. If
people turn out for an event they arrive in large numbers. So you could say that
supporters turned out in large numbers for that politicians rallies. I guess you
could go the other way with it, you could say they didn't turn ... they didn't
turn out very well. Or they didn't turn out you know in large numbers or they
didn't turn out and as much was as expected. But we do use it. We use it a
lot in this way. All right. Let's look at number two. To point or fold outward. Okay.
So here your collar is not set right. It means not in the right position. You need
to turn it out. So for example this was my collar and it was kind of pointed in
like this, You would tell somebody to turn it out . Turn it out
so that it's facing the right way. It's facing in the correct way.
All right. Number 3 here. To result or end up. Yeah. This is a really common one. I
cover this all the time. Luckily everything turned out well. Things may
not turn out well. Things may turn out badly or poorly , but we often say
something turned out in a certain way. All right. Number 4. Go to bed. I'm really
tired I'm going to turn out for the night , but
that's a way that we often use it. You are going to turn out for the night. It means
you're just going to go to bed. You're ready for bed. That's enough. You had enough for
the day, it's time to rest. Okay . Number 5. Yes.Turn out can also mean
to turn off in regard to lights. Yes. So not only do we say turn off the lights
we might say turn out the lights. So this one is really, really very common as well.
Remember to turn out the lights before going to bed. So that's ... I don't know how
many times I've heard people say that. All right number 6 here. It says to produce
something. Okay. That car factory turns out over 1,000 cars per day. So that's how
many they produce per day. Maybe, maybe they produce around 1100 or 1050 or
something. But they, they produce more than a thousand every day. All right. Number
seven here. To train or produce someone with skills. Okay. That police academy you
know, that's where you, you know, they train you to be a police officer. That
police academy turns out over 2,000 new policemen every year. So when they do it
they train them. Maybe they train them several times a year. But if you add up the
whole year maybe they do. They turn out over 2,000 each year. Okay. Number eight. To
send someone out somewhere or possibly even evict them. All right. So even though I
stayed at that hotel for two nights, they turned me out on the third night because
my room was pre-booked for the festival. Yes, especially if you try to get it for a
festival. Maybe they arrive before the festival. They still might have some room
before the festival. Once the festival begins somebody probably booked that one
months ago or many, many months ago. So then the hotel will ask you to leave if
they've already taken the money for that room. Okay and number nine. To outfit or
adorn. So like to supply somebody with an outfit or adorn means like decorate
somebody or something. So this is also kind of a common one. She turned out for
the party in a sexy dress. So when she came to the party. She arrived to the
party she was wearing a sexy dress. So she turned out for the party in a sexy
dress. Okay. Good. Great. I hope you got it. I hope they were
useful. Like we said before you know, probably you might have known a few of
these but you probably didn't know them all. So I hope it was informative. I hope hope it was
useful. Thank you for your time. Bye-bye