take a turn

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic)Changeindirection,tone, ortendency.1819, Hosea Ballou (the Elder.),A Sermon, delivered in the Second Universalist Meeting House:In like manner do false teachers commence their discourses, by taking care to avoid a strait line of simple truthl they run a little waya, pretending that the divine Being is all love and grace to mankind, is the same yesterday, to-day and forever, that the most entire confidence may be safely placed in his wisdom, power, and goodness; but immediately theytake a turnand represent him as capable of having his mind so changed, as to burn with implacable vengeance toward those who do not conform to their doctrine.1895, Beatrice Harraden,Things Will Take a Turn: A Story for Children, pages17–18:He said to me: 'Look you, Rosebud child, things willtake a turn.'2017July 16, Brandon Nowalk, “Chickens and dragons come home to roost on Game Of Thrones (newbies)”, inThe Onion AV Club‎[1]:Plucky old Walder Frey gathers his family for a feast and toasts to their massacre of the Stark family. He compliments their bravery in stabbing a pregnant woman and her fetus to death. As every last Frey man swigs their special wine, Walder hypes the cunning it took to invite guests into your home and ambush them. But then thingstake a turn, the men starting to keel over as Walder seems to admonish them for leaving certain threads hanging. At last the room is empty but for Arya Stark, holding Walder Frey’s face, and a couple girls she leaves alive to spread the legend. “Winter came for House Frey.”; Towalkaround; tostroll.1798, August Friedrich Ferdinand von Kotzebue,The Stranger: a comedy:I musttake a turnin the open air to recover myself.2001, Charles R. Swindoll,The Mystery of God's Will,→ISBN:I used totake a turnup and down among the sins of my past life, and I always came down again with a broken and a contrite heart, ready to preach, as it was preached in the beginning, the forgiveness of sins.2012, Umberto Eco,The Name Of The Rose,→ISBN, page206:Let's go andtake a turnaround the Aedificium, while we still have a bit of light.2013, John Gay, Hal Gladfelder,The Beggar's Opera and Polly,→ISBN:Take a turnin the hall with my maid for a minute or two, and I'll take care to settle all matters and conditions for your reception.; Toparticipatein an activity involving two or moreparticipants.1980, Mary Ritchie Key,The Relationship of Verbal and Nonverbal Communication,→ISBN, page295:At each of these decision-making points, participants may choose not totake a turn.2005, Hanneke Bot,Dialogue Interpreting in Mental Health,→ISBN, page120:There are many opportunities, in the form of pauses and gaps, for the therapist totake a turn.2008, Sandra Bochner, Jane Jones,Child Language Development: Learning to Talk, page67:If not, provide some practice: model the task again and encourage the child totake a turnin the game.2009, Hiromitsu Hattori, Takahiro Kawamura, Tsuyoshi Ide,New Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence,→ISBN:In addition, Enomoto & Den[2] argue that which hearer shouldtake a turnat which point depends upon the hearer's status in a storytelling sequence.

Examples:

EN: "You have no right to take a turn, even because of your sacrifice"
ES: "Tú no tienes derecho a dejarte prender, ese es tu auténtico sacrificio"
EN: I'll now show you how, through a loving wife's cleverness, things take a turn that even you wouldn't expect.
ES: Ahora les mostraré cómo la inteligencia de una mujer enamorada puede cambiar el curso de los acontecimientos de una forma que ni ustedes imaginan.
EN: Let's take a turn around the deck.
ES: Demos una vuelta por cubierta.
EN: Shall we take a turn down the garden?
ES: ¿Damos una vuelta por el jardín?
EN: Well, I think I'll take a turn on the top deck.
ES: Creo que daré una vuelta por la cubierta superior.
EN: I have a feeling that from now on... everything's going to take a turn for the better.
ES: Tengo el presentimiento de que ahora en adelante todo cambiará para mejor.
EN: I'm going to take a turn about deck before retiring.
ES: Daré un paseo por cubierta antes de retirarme.
EN: But things take a turn for the worse!
ES: ¡Más difícil todavía!
EN: Six of us can take a turn at the wheel.
ES: Seis podríamos tomar el timón.
EN: Let's take a turn and go it again.
ES: Repitamos un pasaje.
EN: Shall we take a turn in the garden?
ES: ¿Damos una vuelta por el jardín?
EN: I think I'll take a turn in the park myself.
ES: Yo también tomaré un turno, agente.
EN: Why, for two pins, I'd take a turn in the arena myself today... and pay you out for daring to talk to me like that!
ES: Un poco más y yo mismo saldría al ruedo para ajustarte las cuentas por osar hablarme así.
EN: I'll let you take a turn at the wheel every morning while I catch forty winks.
ES: Te dejaré llevarla cuando duerma.
EN: He picked up a couple who wanted to take a turn through the park.
ES: Ha recogido a una pareja que quería dar un paseo por el parque.

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