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Johnleo Posted 18 years ago
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turn on

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00What does it mean here in the sentence?01h3

00This is a very fast moving, very suspenseful movie, and it 01font00turn02font00s really 01font00on02font00 the ethical dilemmas facing Sorowitsch.02h3

00turn on: "01i00to begin to display, employ, or exude02i00"02br
00 In this sense, it means the movie shows the audience the dilemmas facing Sorowitsch.02br
00Is that right? 02br
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02h3 00turn on: "01i 00to begin to display, employ, or exude02i 00"01b 01font 00 No. This is not the correct defintion for this example. 02font 02b 02br 02br 01b 01font 00Best wishes, Clive02font 02b 02br 02br 00Is that right?

— Clive

  • 02h3 00turn on: "01i 00to begin to display, employ, or exude02i 00"01b 01font 00 No.
  • This is not the correct defintion for this example.
  • 02font 02b 02br 02br 01b 01font 00Best wishes, Clive02font 02b 02br 02br 00Is that right?
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1font01b00Hi,02b02font02br
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00What does it mean here in the sentence?02br
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00This is a very fast moving, very suspenseful movie, and it 01font00turn02font00s really 01font00on02font00 the ethical dilemmas faci

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0 I think of "turn on" in this context being like a wheel turning on its axle. The whole thing turns on one central point. 0-
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0 So in fact it is not a verbal phrase: 01i00turn on sth. 02i00It's a collocation of01i00 vi.+n. 02i00It's more or less like 01i00centre around/on sth02i00. 02br
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0 Yes. 02br
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00Knowing that the success of his first date with Barbara would 01i00turn on02i00 the quality of the HBO's late night lineup, David grabbed the remote to 01i00turn on02i00 the TV, closing his eyes in a moment of silent prayer. When he opened them again, the TV was showing the opening scenes of "An Inconvenient Tru
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