DON'T GO AWAY! 3
PHRASAL VERBS WITH TURN
turn around:
to go back in the opposite
direction
turn down:
a) to lower the power of
something, such as lights or volume,
b) to enter a road,
especially a secondary road thought of as leading to a lower place,
c) to refuse,
turn in:
a) to leave a street or
highway and enter a driveway, parking lot, etc,
b) to go to bed,
c) to give an assignment or
paperwork to a boss or a teacher, to submit,
d) to report someone to the
police,
turn into:
to become (used with nouns)
turn off:
a) to stop an electronic
device,
b) to exit a road or
freeway,
c) to be unappealing,
turn on:
a) to start an electronic
device,
b) to drive into a street,
highway, or freeway,
c) to be appealing or
exciting, (also used to mean "sexually stimulating",)
turn out:
to come to a party, event,
etc
turn up:
a) to appear somewhere, to
be found,
b) to increase the power of
something, such as a lights or volume,
c) to enter a road,
especially a secondary road trough of as leading to a higher place,
turn over:
to reverse the position of
something from right side up to upside down,
REAL ENGLISH
hold on!
Just about everyone knows
that the expressions hello and good bye are used to begin and end
phone conversation in the united states, here are some other
expressions that are commonly used on the phone,
if you need to leave the
phone momentarily but don't want to end the conversation, you can
say, don't go away, hang on, stay on the line, hold on a minute, or
hold the line, in business setting, where there a hold button on the
phone, you can say let me put you on hold please, this is often
followed with I'll be right with you,
if a receptionist is very
busy, instead of answering the phone and waiting for a response, he
or she may say right away please hold or we'll be right with you, and
then you'll be put on,
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