hello welcome to number 18 of 25 bite-sized
lessons which I'm making especially for
you because it's Christmas
my name is Anna and today's lesson is
all about the word turn now turn means
to go around like I was just doing a
moment ago so you can turn around, so to
go around in a circle or turn can mean to
change direction so I turned left or
I turned right but to turn can also mean
to change or to become something else so
I could be the waitress turned actress
who eventually became a youtuber or you
can talk about the milk turning sour or
I might say the sky turned grey and the
weather turned cold oh it's suddenly
turned cold a phrase that we sometimes
use is to have a funny turn this means
when you don't feel very well you might
have a fainting spell or you might just
feel suddenly a little bit sick I need
to sit down I'm having a funny turn turn
as a verb of course also means to switch
so you might turn the light on and off
you might turn the volume up or turn it
down
interestingly turn up can also mean to
arrive
what time will you turn up to the party
tomorrow what time did you turn up at
work what time did you arrive if
somebody says to you it's your turn
that means is now your chance your
opportunity so if you're waiting to
speak to somebody at the bank and you're
in a line waiting queuing and finally
somebody calls out to you
hello sir madam it's your turn
it means your opportunity to go and see
the lady at the bank or the manager of
the bank now there are lots of phrases
that include the word turn so let's have
a look at them shall we?
if I turn a blind eye this means I
choose to ignore something that perhaps
isn't quite right
like if I see someone stealing money and
I don't do anything or say anything then
I'm turning a blind eye pretending like
i haven't noticed so choosing to ignore
something. If you turn your back on
something that means you completely
neglected and ignore it I'm turning my
back on you
goodbye or you could say David turned
his back on the project that was failing
so he chose to walk away he chose to
ignore it and neglect it. If you turn your
hand to something
this means that you take up a new skill
you acquire a new skill after a long
acting career Anna turned her hand to English
teaching if you turn somebody's head you
"hello" it means that you get somebody's
attention usually because your
attractive or because that person is
attracted to you so I turned many heads
when I wore my red dress. If you turn
your nose up at some things it means
that you don't like it
Oh No
so Anna turned her nose up at the
pineapple cake oh I don't like pineapple
cake no thank you
you can also say to turn something on
its head
that means to completely reverse the
meaning or the interpretation of an
idea or a concept so we're going to so
we're going to turn it on its head
some of you at some point in your life
may decide to turn over a new leaf
it refers to when you turn a page in a
book because a page full page two sides
is called a leaf when you turn the page
you start a fresh page and you might do
this in your life so if you've lost a
job or you've had a bad time or you get
married or meet somebody new that you
like and you might turn over a new leaf
and have a fresh start if something
turns your stomach but when i see that
man picking his nose and eating it
it turns my stomach if someone or
something
create chaos you could say that it has
turned things upside down so a new
acting job in my life could turn my life
upside down things could become chaotic
just as they would if you turned it
upside down so to be turned upside down
my life was turned upside down my world
was turned upside down when he walked in
and deliver the news
some people talk about turning back the
clock oh I wish I could turn back the
clock
it means i wish i could go back in time
to turn back the clock to go back in
time to revisit the past
finally you might say I've turned a
corner
this means that you've made progress
that something has changed
you've been stuck in a situation of
finally something's changed you made
progress you turned a corner
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