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• turn down (someone or something)
  отказаться признать, отвергнуть кого-либо \ что-либо

  "You seem to be turning down a golden opportunity in leaving the company."
• 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 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 (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 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 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 (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.
• turn up
  найтись, обнаружиться, (внезапно) появиться

  "I will meet you on Monday unless anything special turns up."
• turn up one's nose at (something)
  отнестись пренебрежительно к чему-либо, "воротить нос"

  Sally is very choosy; she turns up her nose at many foods.
• twist (someone's) words around
  исказить чьи-либо слова

  My sister twisted my words around when she told my mother about my problems at work.
• twist (someone) around one's (little) finger
  обвести кого-либо вокруг пальца

  Susan can twist any of the boys around her little finger.
• two cents
  незначительный, грошёвый

  My computer is not in a very good working condition, and they won't give me two cents for it.
• two-faced
  неискренний, двуликий

  Don't confide too much in Dana as she has the reputation of being two-faced.
• unaccustomed to (someone or something)
  быть непривычным для кого-либо \ чего-либо

  On the hike Bob soon got tired, because he was unaccustomed to walking.
• under (close) scrutiny
  под пристальным вниманием

  The ex-criminal was under close scrutiny of the police.