'turn round' vs.'turn over' - English Language Learners Stack …
2019年10月30日 · 1. Imagine a dog facing you. You and the dog are face-to-face. The dog is standing normally. If the dog turns around, its butt is now facing you and you're looking at its butt. If the dog **turns over*, it is now showing its belly to you and you're looking at its belly, so rub the belly! "Turn round" is not super common.
phrase choice - Turn around vs Turn back - English Language …
Turn Back is generally not used in the same sense as turn around, which means "turn around where you are standing." In your first example to ask someone to move from position 1 to position 2, or vice versa, you would say, "Turn around." In the second situation with the yellow line, to ask the person to come back it would be more common just to ...
meaning - turn round vs turn around - English Language Learners …
2017年7月14日 · There is no difference. "Turn round" is the same as "turn around". Some American dialects will write the expression with an apostrophe ('round) to indicate it's an abbreviation of around and distinguish it from round (meaning "circular"). In British English it's simply written "turn round". Share. Improve this answer. edited Jul 14, 2017 at 4:57.
Meaning of "turn-around" - English Language Learners Stack …
2020年12月12日 · Large houses often have a roundabout in front of the main entrance so that, when the owners have a party, cars can enter on one side, drop off guests in front of the entrance, then drive out of the other side. This can be called a turn-around. Share. Improve this answer. answered Dec 12, 2020 at 7:48.
word usage - To turn (around/round) the corner - English …
2017年4月11日 · Turn the corner. It is used as an Idiom and has the meaning: to improve after going through something difficult. to pass a critical point in a process. if something or someone turns the corner, their situation starts to improve after a difficult period. begin to recover. to get safely past the critical point.
Does 'turn around' mean 180° or 360°? - English Language …
2019年12月26日 · The only other time I can think of where "turn around" doesn't mean 180° is when you turn "around and around," which means turning 360° at least twice. 99 out of 100 people will turn 180 degrees. Turn around vs Turn back. From a management announcement: “Last year our company faced in the wrong direction.
word request - Synonym for "turn around" - English Language …
2019年12月16日 · Synonym for "turn around". In many contexts, "turn around" is used for cases when you "transform" something completely. E.g. "He turned around his life." I want a synonym for "turn around" in such contexts, but something which is stronger than "transform". Here is the sentence for which I need the synonym:
Can we say "turn around something" to mean "rotate/revolve …
2020年7月13日 · Can we use "turn around" to mean "rotate/revolve around" in sentences like these? "Jordan turned around his defender and got the pass." "The lion turned around its prey once before attacking it." "The world turns around the sun." "The motorcycle convoy started turning around the pole."
word usage - Turn s something around on someone...... Is it like ...
2019年7月1日 · Turn around - Usually means to change the plan to make something successful Ref. In your case, it's a little different, I think it's best to read through this post which is asking a very similar question and explains it a lot better than I can! Turn your back on someone - means to ignore or abandon them (esspecially in their time of need). Ref.
phrasal verbs - turn around the book VS turn over the book
2019年12月20日 · Turn around the book! You are reading it upside down. Turn over the book so that you can see the price. Are "turn around" and "turn over" used correctly in these con