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• turn down (something)
  убавить что-либо (звук, свет, газ)

  "That radio is pretty loud. Can't you turn it down a little?"
• turn in
  ложиться спать

  I turned in at ten that night and I thought I would sleep well, being tired; but I didn't.
• turn in (someone)
  сдать кого-либо

  Sheila turned in the teenagers to the police for drug taking.
• turn in (something)
  отдать что-либо

  When the football season was over, the players turned in their uniforms.
• turn of the century
  на рубеже веков

  Cars were odd things to see at the turn of the century.
• turn off (someone)
  внушать отвращение, неприязнь

  Jack has decided not to date Christine anymore - she begins to turn him off.
• turn off (something)
  выключить (свет), закрыть (кран)

  My mother wanted me to turn off the water in the bathroom.
• turn off (somewhere)
  повернуть на другую дорогу, свернуть

  The car turned off on Main Street.
• turn on (someone)
  напуститься на кого-либо

  Jack turned on his brother, who he thought had deceived him.
• turn on (something)
  включить (свет, радио и т.д.)

  "It's getting dark, please turn on the light."
• turn on a dime
  развернуться в очень узком месте (величиной с монету)

  My new sports car can turn on a dime.
• turn on one's heel
  круто повернуться

  Jonathan turned on his heel and dashed out of the room.
• turn one's back on (someone or something)
  отказать в помощи кому-либо, отвернуться, покинуть кого-либо в беде

  Peter turned his back on his own family when they needed help.
• turn one's hand to (something)
  взяться за что-либо (отличное оттого, что делали ранее)

  After Mark finished writing a thriller, he turned his hand to screen plays.
• turn one's nose up at (someone or something)
  отвергать кого-либо \ что-либо

  The young man turned his nose up at the chance to go to an agricultural college.
• turn out
  оказаться, прийти

  The day turned out to be warm and clear.
• turn out (a light)
  выключать (свет)

  Please turn out the light if you I do not need it.
• turn out (someone)
  выгонять кого-либо

  He was my guest and I couldn't possibly turn him out.
• turn out (something)
  вывернуть что-либо

  Samantha turned out her handbag looking for her cell phone.
• turn out all right/good
  закончиться хорошо

  At first they thought that their offer would not be accepted but it turned out all right.
• turn over
  иметь оборот денежных средств

  The machine building plant turns over a lot of money each month.
• turn over (an engine)
  завести мотор

  I think the battery is dead that's why the engine won't turn over.
• turn over (something) to (someone)
  отдать, передать что-либо кому-либо

  Hillary turned her library books over to the librarian, Mrs. Gorring.
• turn over a new leaf
  (в корне) измениться, начать всё с начала

  After the divorce Margaret decided to turn over a new leaf and be happy again.
• turn over in one's grave
  перевернуться в могиле, быть очень сердитым

  If your grandfather could see how you're wasting his money, he would turn over in his grave.
• turn tail
  поспешно уйти или броситься бежать

  The men in front of me turned tail like a dog that had been whistled home, and fled like the wind.
• turn the clock back
  повернуть вспять

  Mrs. Brown wishes she could turn the clock back to the days before the children grew up and left home.
• turn the heat up on (someone)
  усилить нажим на кого-либо

  The new manager turned the heat up on the members of the department.
• turn the other cheek
  подставить другую щёку, быть безответным, не мстительным

  I know it was an excellent opportunity for turning the other cheek, but I didn't think of it in time.
• turn the tables on (someone)
  поменяться ролями с кем-либо

  Mark had to turn the tables on his opponent to save himself.
• turn the tide
  изменить ход событий, создать перелом

  At the very moment when Martin was about to abandone the fight, the tide turned.
• turn the trick
  добиться результатов

  I hoped that the correct tool would turn the trick to fix the leaking tap.
• turn thumbs down (on something)
  не одобрить или отклонить что-либо

  Everyone turned thumbs down on his suggestion to sell the company.
• turn thumbs down on (someone or something)
  быть против, запрещать

  Everyone turned thumbs down on his suggestion.
• turn to (someone or something)
  обратиться к кому-либо (за помощью, советом), прибегнуть (к помощи чего-либо)

  The instructor turned to the boys for help.