ADJ
- full, half, quarter
- a full turn of the handle to the right
- 90-degree, 180-degree, etc.
- quick
- a quick turn of his head
VERB + TURN
- give sth
- Give the knob a turn
ADJ
- left/left-hand, right/right-hand
- sharp
- wide
- sudden
- three-point
VERB + TURN
- do, make, negotiate
- She stopped talking as she negotiated a particularly sharp turn
PHRASES
- at every turn (figurative)
- At every turn I met with disappointment
- a turn to the left/right
- He made a sudden turn to the right
- twists and turns (figurative)
- trying to follow all the twists and turns of the plot
VERB + TURN
- take
- He took a wrong turn and ended up on the coast road
- miss
PHRASES
- a turn on the left/right
- Take the next turn on the right
- twists and turns
- a lane full of twists and turns
VERB + TURN
- have, take
- Can I have a turn? I'll take a turn making the dinner?you have a rest. The children took turns on the swing
- miss
- If you can't put any cards down you have to miss a turn
- give sb
- Give Sarah a turn on the swing
- wait
- Be patient and wait your turn!
- come to
- By the time it came to my turn to sing, I was a bag of nerves
TURN + VERB
- come
- When my turn finally came, I was shaking with nerves
PREP
- in ~ (= one after the other)
- They gave their names in turn
- in sb's ~
- She had not been friendly to Pete and he, in his turn, was cold to her when she came to stay
- out of ~ (= before or after your turn)
- I'm writing to you out of turn because I have some very important news
ADJ
- dramatic, sudden, unexpected
- different, new
- downward
VERB + TURN
- take
- Her career took an unexpected turn when she moved to New York
PREP
- by ~(s)
- This movie is by turn (= alternately) terrifying and very funny
- on the ~ (= changing)
- Our luck is on the turn
PHRASES
- take a turn for the better/worse
- I'm afraid Grandma has taken a turn for the worse
- a turn of events
- In a dramatic turn of events she took control of the company into her own hands